Across The Wire

  1. Conagra Brands Recognizes Seven Facilities Achieving 95 Percent Waste Diversion As Zero Waste Champions 11/15/2018

    As the nation comes together to encourage and enable recycling for America Recycles Day, Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) is recognizing seven facilities that have diverted more than 95 percent of materials that would have otherwise been sent to landfills

  2. PAC Worldwide Rolls Out Solution To Holiday Packaging Waste 11/15/2018

    With between $128 billion and $134 billion in holiday e-commerce transactions forecasted this season,* trash bins will be overflowing with discarded packaging -- much of it non-recyclable

  3. 4ocean Unveils One-Of-A-Kind 135-Foot Ocean Plastic Recovery Vessel 11/12/2018

    4ocean (www.4ocean.com), an ocean cleanup company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, will unveil their new Ocean Plastic Recovery Vessel, a 135-foot vessel outfitted with 48,000 gallon fuel tanks, 30,000 gallon water tanks and 14 cabins

  4. Innovative Dubai Company Paves The Way For Electronic Waste Recycling In The Middle East, Africa & Caucasus 11/12/2018

    Electronic waste continues to be a major concern around the globe, but one pioneering company headquartered in Dubai is leading the way

  5. Agilyx And AmSty Announce Joint Venture 11/8/2018

    Agilyx, the leader in converting waste plastics to low carbon fuels and chemicals, today announced it has signed a Letter of Intent with AmSty, a leading integrated producer of polystyrene and styrene monomer

  6. SC Johnson Accelerates Progress Boosting Plastic Recycling And Reuse 10/28/2018

    Today, SC Johnson is announcing a series of commitments to further reduce its own plastic footprint, by boosting recycled plastic content in its packaging, supporting reuse of plastic bottles through concentrated refills, and launching an effort to make Ziploc® bags recyclable at curbside

  7. Waste Collection Company Turlock Scavenger Reports Significant Reduction In Maintenance Costs After Switching Its Fleet To Neste MY Renewable Diesel 10/24/2018

    Turlock Scavenger, a waste collection and recycling company in Central California, has switched its fleet of diesel engine vehicles to run on Neste MY Renewable Diesel™ and is reporting significant reductions in maintenance costs

  8. Johnson County To Partner With Burns & McDonnell To Develop Solid Waste Management Plan 10/18/2018

    Johnson County, Kansas, Johnson County Department of Health and Environment awarded Burns & McDonnell the contract to assist in developing a solid waste management plan (SWMP) to provide the vision and framework to guide future activities and develop the infrastructure, programs and policies needed to manage the county's solid waste for the next 25 years

  9. EESTech Announces ‘ThermaSand’ From Mine Site And Process Waste 10/15/2018

    ThermaSand is produced from the application of EESTech's patent pending Inductosmelt Reduction Furnace (IRF), transforming environmentally hazardous slag waste into a valuable resource

  10. University Of Delaware Completes Life Cycle Assessment Of BioHiTech Digesters For Food Waste Management 10/2/2018

    BioHiTech Global, Inc. ("BioHiTech" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BHTG), a technology and services company that provides cost-effective and sustainable waste management solutions, today announced the results of an independent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of its aerobic digester solution for food waste conducted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware