Casella Waste Systems signed an enterprise agreement with Routeware to equip Casella’s collection fleet with new technologies. 

Closed Loop Partners announced the successful final close of its Closed Loop Leadership Fund, the group’s largest fund at over $200 million. Closed Loop Partners now manages over $475 million and has made over 60 investments since its inception.

GreenBlue appointed Paul Nowak as executive director to take over for Nina Goodrich, who will retire at the end of June. Nowak was previously vice president of sustainability at Quad. 

The boards of directors for the Illinois Recycling Foundation (IRF) and the Illinois Recycling Association (IRA) named Allessandra A. Kummelehne their new executive director. 

The Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (SMART) Association announced that Susan DeCourcey has been appointed executive director to take over for Jackie King, who is retiring. 

The University of California Nutrition Research Institute devised a standardized method to measure school food packaging waste.