Recycling is vitally important to the environment, and it has come to play a critical role in certain manufacturing supply chains.

In response to COVID-19, the de Blasio administration is pushing the system’s timeline back by at least a month.

Waste360 sits down with Michael E. Hoffman of Stifel to discuss stock markets, M&A activity, labor, commercial and residential recycling, safety and more.

FPA and manufacturers of corrugated cardboard boxes encourage federal, state and local governments to distinguish them as essential business operations.

Many companies and municipalities have been phasing out single-use plastics, but those efforts are being slowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to The Independent, there has been a 50 to 60 percent drop in commercial recycling.

States are supporting EPR laws that would force product manufacturers to pay for the cost of recycling and disposing of their products.

Denver International Airport is making an effort to reduce food waste through a partnership with an area group called We Don’t Waste.

The acquisition includes all of Republic’s hauling and recycling operations in Erie, Niagara and Orleans Counties.