Chaz Miller

Chaz Miller

Semi-retired, 40-year veteran of the waste and recycling industry, National Waste & Recycling Association

Chaz Miller is a longtime veteran of the waste and recycling industry.

Latest from Chaz Miller

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Commodities Pricing
Up, Down and Sideways: Mixed Demand and Supply Signals Make Recycling Markets PuzzlingUp, Down and Sideways: Mixed Demand and Supply Signals Make Recycling Markets Puzzling
byChaz Miller
Sep 18, 2023
3 Min Read
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Waste Recycling
Where Do Our Recyclables Go?Where Do Our Recyclables Go?
byChaz Miller
Jun 8, 2023
4 Min Read

All from Chaz Miller

When Wishcycling Met Rosy Scenario: Recycling Goals Should Be Ambitious But Also Need To Be Realistic
Waste Recycling
When Wishcycling Met Rosy Scenario: Recycling Goals Should Be Ambitious But Also Need To Be Realistic
When Wishcycling Met Rosy Scenario: Recycling Goals Should Be Ambitious But Also Need To Be Realistic
Mar 6, 2023
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3 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
2023: New Laws, New Markets & Recycling’s Moral Halo
2023: New Laws, New Markets & Recycling’s Moral Halo
Jan 13, 2023
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6 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Greenpeace vs Recycling: What Wasn't Said
Greenpeace vs Recycling: What Wasn't Said
Nov 3, 2022
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
How Much Can We Recycle?
How Much Can We Recycle?
Sep 28, 2022
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3 Min Read
byChaz Miller
Recycling Markets Stumbling in Our Shapeshifting Economy
Waste Recycling
Recycling Markets Stumbling in Our Shapeshifting Economy
Recycling Markets Stumbling in Our Shapeshifting Economy
Aug 15, 2022
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
The Chinese Banned Our Recyclables: What Happened Next
Waste Recycling
The Chinese Banned Our Recyclables: What Happened Next
The Chinese Banned Our Recyclables: What Happened Next
Jul 18, 2022
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
What Do We Want From EPR?
What Do We Want From EPR?
May 4, 2022
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Is Recycling a Fraud?
Is Recycling a Fraud?
Apr 11, 2022
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Companies Need to Be More Forthright About How They Will Achieve Their Goals
Companies Need to Be More Forthright About How They Will Achieve Their Goals
Feb 14, 2022
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3 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
2021 & 2022: Looking Backward and Forward
2021 & 2022: Looking Backward and Forward
Jan 4, 2022
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Recycling’s New Crisis: Demand is Fine, but Where is Supply?
Recycling’s New Crisis: Demand is Fine, but Where is Supply?
Dec 1, 2021
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Paper
Why Paper Is Easier to Recycle Than Plastic
Why Paper Is Easier to Recycle Than Plastic
Oct 18, 2021
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Hot Markets, Commodity Prices and Recycled Content: What’s Next
Hot Markets, Commodity Prices and Recycled Content: What’s Next
Sep 13, 2021
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3 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Want to Improve Recycling? Focus on People, Not Policy
Want to Improve Recycling? Focus on People, Not Policy
Jul 15, 2021
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
The Return of Recycling Markets
The Return of Recycling Markets
Jun 7, 2021
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3 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
John Oliver Is Wrong: Recycling Is All About Individual Responsibility
John Oliver Is Wrong: Recycling Is All About Individual Responsibility
Apr 21, 2021
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Legislation
An American EPR: Monopolies and Other Unintended Consequences
An American EPR: Monopolies and Other Unintended Consequences
Mar 30, 2021
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
An American Version of EPR
An American Version of EPR
Feb 17, 2021
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Legislation
My 2021 Vision (Commentary)
My 2021 Vision (Commentary)
Jan 19, 2021
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
2020 In the Rear-View Mirror
2020 In the Rear-View Mirror
Dec 22, 2020
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Plastics
Plastic Wars
Plastic Wars
Nov 20, 2020
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
It’s Time for a National Deposit Law (Commentary)
It’s Time for a National Deposit Law (Commentary)
Oct 27, 2020
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
To Score Points, We Need Goals (Commentary)
To Score Points, We Need Goals (Commentary)
Sep 28, 2020
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Recycling is not rocket science. It’s people science.
Recycling is not rocket science. It’s people science.
Jul 30, 2020
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3 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Industry Insights
Aiming for Zero Waste: Beware the Intersection Between Goals and Accounting (Commentary)
Aiming for Zero Waste: Beware the Intersection Between Goals and Accounting (Commentary)
Jul 1, 2020
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
The Plague of Uncertainty: The Pandemic’s Unpredictable Impacts on Recycling and Its Markets (Commentary)
The Plague of Uncertainty: The Pandemic’s Unpredictable Impacts on Recycling and Its Markets (Commentary)
May 29, 2020
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Recycling
Recycling Is About You and Me
Recycling Is About You and Me
Apr 22, 2020
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
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Waste Management Business
Nobody Predicted This
Nobody Predicted This
Mar 30, 2020
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6 Min Read
byChaz Miller
Producer Responsibility: Does That Mean Free Recycling?
Waste Producers
Producer Responsibility: Does That Mean Free Recycling?
Producer Responsibility: Does That Mean Free Recycling?
Feb 20, 2020
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3 Min Read
byChaz Miller
Why Selling Our Recyclables Isn’t Always Easy
Waste Recycling
Why Selling Our Recyclables Isn’t Always Easy
Why Selling Our Recyclables Isn’t Always Easy
Jan 22, 2020
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
My 2020 Vision
Waste Management Business
My 2020 Vision
My 2020 Vision
Dec 20, 2019
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
Waste and Recycling: 2019 in Review
Waste Recycling
Waste and Recycling: 2019 in Review
Waste and Recycling: 2019 in Review
Nov 25, 2019
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5 Min Read
byChaz Miller
Recycling Destroys to Create
Waste Recycling
Recycling Destroys to Create
Recycling Destroys to Create
Nov 1, 2019
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4 Min Read
byChaz Miller

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