This Week in Waste: Top Stories July 15 – July 18, 2024

#5 - Brown Gibbons Lang & Company’s Cocita Sees Sustainability as a Smart Investment

In this Q&A, James Cocita discusses navigating the ins and outs of selling or acquiring a business. And he expounds on investors’ increased interest in the transition to a circular economy and, with that interest, their growing attraction to the waste management sector.

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#4 - Composting: A Financially Viable Alternative to Recycling

In the face of volatile economic conditions affecting the recycling industry, exploring alternative waste management solutions like composting offers stability and resilience. Composting, which converts organic waste into valuable compost used in agriculture and landscaping, provides consistent demand and local market resilience, mitigating the financial uncertainties associated with recycling. This approach not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enhances soil quality but also creates sustainable economic opportunities, positioning municipalities for more stable waste management practices amid global environmental challenges.

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#3 - How Home Chef Cuts Meal Kit Food and Packaging Waste

Meal kits delivered to homes, while typically involving more packaging, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 33 percent compared to grocery store meals due to streamlined supply chains and reduced food waste. Home Chef, a company offering both pre-portioned ingredients and fully cooked meals, strategically minimizes its carbon footprint by optimizing logistics and ingredient consolidation across menus to enhance sustainability efforts.

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#2 - Nopetro to Launch Florida’s Second RNG Facility; Sets Sight Beyond

Nopetro Renewables is building Florida’s second-ever landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Indian River County, with plans to launch in January 2025 and scale to 400,000 MMbtus later that year. The company, which built its first RNG fueling station for heavy-duty trucking fleets in 2011, now owns and operates 15 distribution sites across Florida. But the Indian River project in Vero Beach is its first production plant.

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#1 - WM Acquires Winters Bros Waste Systems

A new deal between WM and Winters Bros. Waste Systems will see one of the industry’s leading companies increase its service ability and operations while providing best-in-class service to the people of Long Island.

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