Minnesota's Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act passed in 2024 and is still in early implementation, making the infrastructure decisions happening right now critical to the program's long-term performance.

The faucet is open, and what started as a trickle is becoming a flood. Landfill operators that once fielded a handful of retiring solar panels are now fielding calls about tens of thousands at a time.

With the July 1 deadline looming, the American Apparel & Footwear Association has filed a petition questioning CalRecycle's selection of Landbell USA to implement California's landmark SB 707 textile EPR program.

GFL Environmental has closed its eighth acquisition of 2026, picking up Texas-based Frontier Waste Solutions and adding 24 sites and nearly 1,000 workers to its growing southern footprint.

Baltimore e-recycling company Electronics Value Recovery (EVR) is accelerating nationwide expansion into the ITAD and enterprise markets after securing a private equity investment from Acadian Capital Group.

With less than 15% of US agricultural plastics currently being recycled, insiders say the gap between what's possible and what's happening has never been more apparent.

A coalition of packaging producers, farmers, restaurants and grocers has filed a class action lawsuit seeking to block enforcement of SB 343, alleging California's recycling labeling law unconstitutionally restricts free speech.

AF&PA has filed for a temporary injunction on Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act, arguing the EPR law threatens an already high-performing paper recycling system.

The revised responsible end market plan from Circular Action Alliance aims to accelerate EPR implementation with a nationally scalable end-market verification framework.

Valley Landfills Inc., a Republic Services subsidiary, must pay $3.1 million in penalties and take corrective actions following a multi-year investigation between Oregon DEQ and the US EPA.