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WM puts sustainability at the controls: What Tara Hemmer’s COO move means for ops
WM didn’t just fill a seat—it put a sustainability-minded operator in charge of the machine room. Expect tighter specs, faster automation, and contract terms that reward quality and verifiable performance.
Retailers Are Quietly Rewriting Your MRF Feedstock. Loblaw Just Hit the Gas.
Canada’s biggest grocer is telling suppliers to make packaging recyclable or reusable. Shelf-access mandates like this move material faster than any law — and operators need to tune lines and contracts now.
Veolia poised to absorb Clean Earth — expect a tighter hazardous waste market
With Enviri’s sale of Clean Earth to Veolia slated to close by June 1, the hazardous and specialty waste landscape in the U.S. is consolidating again. Haulers, municipal programs and remediation contractors should prepare now for pricing leverage, contract novations and routing shifts.
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View all →WM puts sustainability at the controls: What Tara Hemmer’s COO move means for ops
WM didn’t just fill a seat—it put a sustainability-minded operator in charge of the machine room. Expect tighter specs, faster automation, and contract terms that reward quality and verifiable performance.
Retailers Are Quietly Rewriting Your MRF Feedstock. Loblaw Just Hit the Gas.
Canada’s biggest grocer is telling suppliers to make packaging recyclable or reusable. Shelf-access mandates like this move material faster than any law — and operators need to tune lines and contracts now.
Veolia poised to absorb Clean Earth — expect a tighter hazardous waste market
With Enviri’s sale of Clean Earth to Veolia slated to close by June 1, the hazardous and specialty waste landscape in the U.S. is consolidating again. Haulers, municipal programs and remediation contractors should prepare now for pricing leverage, contract novations and routing shifts.
House moves on cargo theft: recycled materials finally get federal attention
The House just passed a bill that calls out cargo theft of recycled commodities by name. If you move scrap, OCC, or e-scrap, this isn’t abstractions in D.C.—it’s about how you secure loads, set rates, and prove custody starting now.
California’s recycling rules are headed to court. Haulers can’t wait on clarity.
California’s EPR and labeling laws are about to be litigated from both sides. That uncertainty is exactly why operators need to lock down contracts, data, and pricing mechanics now—before the rules start (or stop) biting.
EPA’s battery “best practices” are a blueprint — and a warning — for waste ops
EPA just told Congress how batteries should be kept out of the trash. If you haul or run a MRF, assume today’s ‘best practices’ become tomorrow’s requirements — and start hardening routes, transfer floors and billing now.
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