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The Persistent Problem of Waste

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Massachusetts residents and businesses dispose of enough trash yearly to fill up about 31 Fenway Parks. Despite decades of government policies to reduce waste, we continue throwing away about six million tons of waste each...more

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Organic Waste Regulation Cost Impacts

CalRecycle Study Makes Recommendations to Local Agencies - The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery released a draft report of cost impacts to local agencies to implement Senate Bill 1383 and reduce...more

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Another Set of Organic Waste Regulations Revisions Released by CalRecycle

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Changes to Proposed Regulations Could Impact Local Agencies that Collect or Generate Organic Waste - The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery released its second set of revisions to the proposed...more

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Organic Waste Regulations Proposed - CalRecycle Taking Comments on Landfill Regulations Required By SB 1383

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery issued proposed regulations to reduce organic waste in landfills as required by Senate Bill 1383. The bill directed CalRecycle to adopt regulations to reduce...more

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Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (SWEEP): Draft Municipal Standard Issued

The Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (“SWEEP”) issued a December 14th document titled: The SWEEP Municipal Standard (“Municipal Standard”) - Municipal Standard is characterized as evaluating the...more

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Joint Advisory on Designing Contracts for Processing of Municipal Recyclables: SWANA/National Waste & Recycling Association August...

The Solid Waste Association of North America and National Waste & Recycling Association (collectively “SWANA”) announced an amendment/update to the document they drafted in 2015 titled: Joint Advisory on Designing...more

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Closing the Loop—European Circular Economy Package to Improve Waste Management

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The Situation: The European Circular Economy Package ("CEP") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 14, 2018. The Result: According to the European Commission, the CEP should "help European...more

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Legislative Update: New Texas Laws Affecting the Environment or Environmental Regulation

This Texas legislative session brought several notable environment- and energy-related changes. The major standouts are culled and summarized in this Pillsbury Legislative Update....more

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