Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from landfills have decreased 16.2 percent since 1990, according to new data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....More

Clean World Partners has opened what it claims is the United States’ first commercial high-solid organic waste conversion facility, at American River Packaging's (ARP) Sacramento, Calif., headquarters....More

Covanta Holding Corp. posted a net loss for its first quarter on slightly higher revenue....More

Waste Management Inc. has opened the first landfill gas-to-energy facility in northern Nevada....More

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. plans to reduce its waste by weight sent to landfills by 50 percent and include 30-percent recycled and renewable content in packaging by 2018, according to its latest sustainability report....More

NIMBY reactions to waste speak to matters of pride ... as well as property values....More

Waste-to-energy firm Covanta Holding Corp. made several changes to its senior management team to improve focus on organic growth, new technology and project development initiatives....More

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Ameresco Inc. have launched a waste-to-energy facility in South Carolina....More

Following a solar landfill project in Easthampton, Mass., from concept to completion....More

Vermont’s House passed a bill that would ban from the landfill a variety of materials mandated for recycling....More