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WM reports strong Q3, says Stericycle synergies estimate was ...
Oct 29, 2024 · WM reports strong Q3, says Stericycle synergies estimate was ‘conservative’. WM highlighted solid collection and disposal activity, higher commodity prices and continued RNG and recycling project completion. It’s on track to complete its acquisition of Stericycle in Q4. Trucks operate at the Waste Management facility in Austin, Texas.
WM drops 'waste' from its name, frames ESG approach at annual ...
Feb 16, 2022 · Two years ago, at a sustainability forum hosted by Waste Management, a former UN climate official said the company "should actually change its name" to signal a shift away from the linear economy of production and disposal. Last week, CEO Jim Fish detailed why the company has now taken that step, dropping the title it has been known by since 1968.
8 questions about the top trends shaping waste and recycling in …
Jan 13, 2022 · Recycling and waste operations will need to make environmental justice considerations a priority in 2022 and beyond, especially as lawmaking and advocacy on the topic move forward at the grassroots, state and federal level, according to fenceline community advocates and EPA officials. Experts have repeatedly said that facility operators must ...
Recycling News - Waste Dive
Oct 31, 2024 · EPS producers say foam recycling is improving, despite bans on related types of the material. The EPS Industry Alliance says 168 million pounds of the material, used in applications such as transport packaging, were diverted from disposal in 2022. Infrastructure investments could improve collection, it says. By Megan Quinn • Updated Oct. 25 ...
By the numbers: Key 2023 waste and recycling trends
Dec 22, 2023 · 100+. The number of transactions involving U.S. solid waste companies tracked by Waste Dive so far in 2023, during a year which saw activity decline slightly relative to prior boom years. $2.99B. Estimated M&A spending by the industry’s top five publicly traded companies through Q3, led by Republic Services.
Stericycle’s $7.2B sale to WM clears DOJ antitrust review - Waste …
Aug. 14: A majority of Stericycle shareholders have voted to approve the company’s sale to WM, a key step in moving forward with the $7.2 billion deal. At the close of the deal, which WM says is expected as early as the fourth quarter this year, Stericycle shareholders will get $62 per share, and the company will become a wholly owned ...
Zero Waste News - Waste Dive
Oct 10, 2024 · By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 19, 2024. New York City inked a $7M large bin contract. Advocates want more. The New York Department of Sanitation contract is for large, on-street shared waste containers. A proposal for small residential buildings to use individual bins instead has zero waste advocates frustrated. By Jacob Wallace • Updated Aug. 12 ...
Waste Management report shows untapped recycling potential, …
Sep 10, 2020 · Waste Management's report describes the key to improved recycling as a combination of better collection access and ongoing education with the strategy that "collection investments must match facility investment." Along these lines, recent investments include four new or upgraded MRFs and 100 equipment upgrades at other MRFs. Per the report ...
Landfill Operation News - Waste Dive
3 days ago · NWRA challenges EPA emissions method; landfill operators report initial hurricane effects. Plus, WM, Republic Services and Rumpke Waste & Recycling continued landfill expansion efforts in multiple states. Multiple publicly owned landfills also reported closure and expansion news. By Jacob Wallace , Megan Quinn , Cole Rosengren • Nov. 8, 2024.