This Week in Waste: Top Stories Aug 5 – Aug 8

This Week in Waste compiles the week's most popular stories from Waste360.com. This week, readers showed strong interest in August's Business Report and a Q&A with a 40 Under 40 Award winner.

Gage Edwards, Content Producer

August 8, 2024

#5 - Rutherford County, Tenn. Signs Contract with WM to Handle Waste at New Transfer Station

Rutherford County, Tenn. has entered into a five-year contract with WM of Tennessee to transport and dispose of waste from the area’s future transfer station.

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#4 - Colorado Clamps Down on Oil and Gas Emissions; U.S. EPA Follows Suit

Colorado has set a target of its own: cutting oil and gas producers’ methane 60 percent by 2030 over 2005 levels. It passed legislation that is the first of its kind in the world to try and help reach the mark—the Greenhouse Gas Intensity Verification Rule.

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#3 - Monarch Waste Technologies Announces Advanced Pyrolysis Medical Waste Facility in Alabama

Monarch Waste Technologies ("MWT") announced the commissioning of its latest pyrolysis facility in Gadsden, Alabama. This cutting-edge facility is home to the third generation of MWT's PyroMedTM design establishing a new benchmark in non-incineration technological innovation.

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#2 - August 2024 Business Report—Second Quarter 2024 Highlights

Over the past two weeks, the publicly-traded solid waste companies reported their second quarter earnings and held follow-up conference calls. In this edition of Business Report, we present the highlights and note the similarities and differences in the reports and company messages.

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#1 - Right Where He Wants to Be: GFL’s Matthew Taylor Loves This Industry

In this Q&A interview, GFL's Matthew Taylor discusses how he works to create opportunities for growth through recruitment and training and why he wouldn’t rather work in any other industry.

Read the full article here.

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About the Author

Gage Edwards

Content Producer, Waste360

Gage Edwards is a Content Producer at Waste360 and seasoned video editor.

Gage has spent the better part of 10 years creating content in various industries but mostly revolving around video games.

Gage loves video games, theme parks, and loathes littering.

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