This month's column explains why the gap between donating clothes and recycling them is bigger than you may realize.

Joaquin Mariel, Circular Services president, broke down why recycling infrastructure is so hard to scale and used PET's rapid market erosion to show how quickly it can unravel.

The company posted its first positive gross margin for Q3 2026 and provided an update on its plans for a second facility.

Republic Services reported Q1 2026 net income of $525 million, up from $495 million the same period last year. Recycled commodity prices averaged $120 per ton in the first quarter, a $35-per-ton decline from the prior year. The Phoenix-based hauler told investors that increased volumes across its polymer center network offset the revenue impact. Q1 2026 highlights (year over year):...

NRDC and Californians Against Waste are suing CalRecycle over finalized EPR regulations they say unlawfully allow chemical recycling and other objectionable technologies to count toward recycling targets.

Circular Action Alliance is now accepting public comment for its draft Responsible End Markets certification standard.

Allied-backed Liberty Waste has acquired Randolph County Garbage Services, further positioning the hauler in the North Carolina Triad market.

Casella Waste Systems raised full-year revenue guidance to $2.06 billion–$2.08 billion after closing four acquisitions in 2026 totaling roughly $150 million in annualized revenue.

While packaging EPR fights injunctions, battery EPR has achieved a mostly harmonized legal framework across nearly every state that has passed a law.

Most battery EPR frameworks don't cover what's actually igniting in collection trucks.