Organics
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Stewart, Christopher. (2024). [Photograph]. Retrieved from Flickr.
Where to begin with anaerobic digestion? New guides provide starting point
NERC and NEWMOA used grant funding from the U.S. EPA to develop a regulatory guide and companion materials, including advice for community engagement, for Northeastern states.
By Jacob Wallace • June 27, 2024 -
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USDA opens applications for next round of compost project funding pilot
Under the American Rescue Plan-funded program, the USDA plans to spend $30 million on projects over three years.
By Jacob Wallace • June 21, 2024 -
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Mill touts data tracking as a means to reduce household food waste
About a year after customers first began receiving their devices, Mill estimates they reduced their organic waste production by about 20%.
By Jacob Wallace • June 20, 2024 -
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5 packaging priorities in the federal food waste strategy
The EPA, FDA and USDA highlighted efforts related to compostable packaging, biobased materials, food date labeling, PFAS and more in the recently finalized National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics.
By Cole Rosengren • June 18, 2024 -
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LA waste zone rebid will help Rialto Bioenergy Facility, new owner says
The CEO of Rialto Bioenergy Facility’s new owner, Sevana Bioenergy, said the facility needs maintenance. But he thinks it could benefit from Los Angeles’ pending commercial waste contract reset.
By Jacob Wallace • June 17, 2024 -
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USDA’s Vilsack touts updated, ‘accountability-focused’ national food waste strategy
Vilsack said the strategy has taken on renewed importance as global efforts to curb methane pollution ramp up. He also said he is looking to the farm bill to ensure the priorities will be funded.
By Jacob Wallace • June 14, 2024 -
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Rialto Bioenergy Facility sold to Sevana Bioenergy for $20M
The deal closes the book on a difficult chapter for Anaergia, which removed the massive facility from its earnings last year amid financial troubles.
By Jacob Wallace • June 13, 2024 -
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NYC officials spotlight commercial waste zone selection, pricing and M&A
A tense council hearing elicited more context about how the Department of Sanitation selected companies for coveted 10-year contracts but little new information on implementation timing beyond the first zone.
By Cole Rosengren • June 7, 2024 -
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Washington finalizes landfill rule, Divert and EnviTec announce plants and other RNG news
Washington finalized its landfill methane rule while digester companies around the country made RNG-related announcements in May. Two U.S. senators also introduced a federal RNG incentive bill.
By Jacob Wallace • June 7, 2024 -
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AMP, Virginia waste company collaborate on AI-powered facility to divert recycling from MSW
AMP and Recycling and Disposal Solutions say a newly built facility will divert about 60% of MSW previously headed to the landfill. AMP’s technology is meant to be co-located at landfills and transfer stations.
By Megan Quinn • June 4, 2024 -
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Bioenergy Devco, growing anaerobic digestion company, names new CEO
An executive with 25 years of experience in the energy sector will take over the company while founder Shawn Kreloff will step into a role on the board of directors.
By Jacob Wallace • May 29, 2024 -
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4 bills propose changes to California’s SB 1383 organics recycling law
Procurement requirements and compost facility permitting updates are among changes legislators are seeking after a report last year found the state is behind on its diversion targets.
By Jacob Wallace • May 29, 2024 -
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New York poised to expand organics recycling mandate
The pending bill would lower that threshold of the state’s food recovery and recycling law, which currently applies to entities that generate an average of two tons of material per week, and eliminate another key exemption.
By Cole Rosengren • May 15, 2024 -
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GrowNYC compost drop-off funding runs out amid New York budget talks
The nonprofit has become a fixture in communities and at farmer’s markets for its food scrap collection program, but emergency private funding was not enough to keep the programs afloat through the current fiscal year.
By Jacob Wallace • May 9, 2024 -
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JanmckinleySouth Florida composters eye opportunities as region faces disposal crunch
A growing number of subscription haulers in Miami-Dade, Broward and other counties are signing up residential and commercial customers as local officials debate landfill and incinerator expansions.
By Cole Rosengren • May 6, 2024 -
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Q&AISWA says waste should become a ‘transformation industry’ as UN projects rising global tonnage
A recent UN report projects global waste volumes could reach 3.8 billion metric tons by 2050, at significant cost. Carlos Silva Filho, president of ISWA and a contributor to the report, shares his thoughts on a new vision for the sector.
By Cole Rosengren • April 30, 2024 -
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Veolia, looking to double US footprint, targets PFAS
The company is looking across its network for opportunities to increase capacity as emerging pollutants like PFAS create more demand for hazardous waste treatment assets. It plans to double its size by 2030.
By Jacob Wallace • April 29, 2024 -
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Vanguard, TotalEnergies announce joint venture for at least 10 RNG facilities
The companies left open the possibility to expand their partnership to up to 60 organic-waste-to-RNG facilities. The first three facilities will be built on farms in Wisconsin and Virginia.
By Jacob Wallace • April 24, 2024 -
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Tracking PFAS developments in 2024
The EPA designated certain PFAS hazardous, set drinking water standards for some of the chemicals and updated destruction and disposal guidance. Follow Janmckinley’s ongoing coverage of what it will mean for the industry.
Updated June 12, 2024 -
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Canadian organics processor kick-starts US expansion with Virginia deal
Convertus primarily has been expanding in Canada since it was formed via a private-equity backed merger. Now it’s eyeing several U.S. markets for expansion.
By Jacob Wallace • April 18, 2024 -
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Pacific Coast grocers reduce wasted food tonnage by nearly 25% over 4 years
The reductions came via a public-private partnership among stakeholders across the food supply chain to share best practices to reduce food loss and waste 50% by 2030.
By Jacob Wallace • April 17, 2024 -
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Compostables break down in real-world conditions, but more work needed: report
The Composting Consortium, which is managed by the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners, calls this study the largest known North American field test of certified compostable packaging.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 16, 2024 -
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Education, transparency key to improving New York City’s recycling system, experts say
Recycling capture rates declined from 2017 to 2023 in New York City. Critics say DSNY is losing its focus on waste reduction and should redouble its efforts to get recycling and organics collection right.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated April 11, 2024 -
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Divert chooses North Carolina for its 3rd anaerobic digestion facility
The facility follows two projects under construction in California and Washington. It’s part of Divert’s push to expand its AD capabilities throughout the U.S.
By Jacob Wallace • April 9, 2024 -
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Viridi, Casella say expanded AD facility can help address Maine’s biosolids issues
The companies tout their partnership at an anaerobic digester in Brunswick, Maine, as a way to reduce volumes of biosolids that contain PFAS. The facility will also produce power and RNG for the community.
By Jacob Wallace • March 27, 2024
