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FDA, USDA, EPA Enhance Efforts To Reduce Food Loss And Waste; Welcome USAID To Interagency Collaborative
5/30/2024
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the signing of a formal agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to renew their Federal Interagency Collaboration to Reduce Food Loss and Waste (FIFLAW).
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AMP Processing Municipal Solid Waste At Virginia Facility With AI-Powered Sortation Technology
5/29/2024
AMP Robotics Corp. (“AMP”), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered sortation at scale for the waste and recycling industry, is using its technology to extract mixed recyclables and organic material from municipal solid waste (MSW) for further processing at a facility owned by Recycling and Disposal Solutions of Virginia, Inc. (RDS).
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Venom Reduces E-Waste By 53% Through Circular Economy Approach
5/28/2024
Venom, a manufacturer of performance-oriented laptops, has achieved a significant milestone: over 50% of its current Venom BlackBook notebook sales include a trade-in, which is then refurbished.
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Kinderhook Partners With Apex Waste Solutions And Acquires Materials Management Company And All American Disposal
5/20/2024
Kinderhook Industries, LLC ("Kinderhook") announced today an investment in Apex Waste Solutions ("Apex") in partnership with management.
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BGL Announces The Recapitalization Of Musser Biomass And Wood Products By Watermill Group
5/20/2024
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) is pleased to announce the recapitalization of Musser Biomass and Wood Products ("Musser" or the "Company"), a leading producer of premium ESG-certified reclaimed biomass wood fiber, by the Watermill Group.
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LRS Advances Aluminum Can Recovery With Everestlabs Robot, Funded By Can Manufacturers Institute
5/16/2024
EverestLabs, developer of RecycleOS, the first AI-enabled operating system for material recovery facilities (MRFs) and recyclers, today announced its partnership with LRS, the nation's fifth largest independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services provider.
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Plastic Waste Reduced By Half At ABB Factory In Porvoo, Finland
5/16/2024
By adopting innovative processes for reusing waste products, ABB’s manufacturing site in Porvoo, Finland has reduced its mixed plastic waste by 50 percent and improved its recycling rate by almost 20 percent in 2023.
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Dow And Freepoint Eco-Systems Announce Supply Agreement To Transform Plastic Waste Into New Circular Products
5/16/2024
Today, Dow (NYSE: DOW) and Freepoint Eco-Systems Supply & Trading LLC ("Freepoint Eco-Systems") announced an agreement for an estimated 65,000 metric tons per year of certified-circular, plastic waste-derived pyrolysis oil to produce new, virgin-grade equivalent plastics in Dow's U.S. Gulf Coast operations.
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Firmament Recapitalizes Whitecap Waste
5/14/2024
Firmament, a provider of structured equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises, announced today its strategic investment in Whitecap Waste, one of the leading waste collection service companies in southern West Virginia. Whitecap Waste represents Firmament's 8th platform investment in environmental services since inception.
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ROCKWOOL Enrols India, China, And Slovenia In Rockcycle Programme
5/13/2024
Construction and demolition waste accounts for 30 percent of total waste produced globally, with an estimated average of more than 35 percent of it ending in landfills annually1, indicating an urgent need to tackle this challenge.