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This Week in Waste: Top Stories May 27 - 31, 2024
This Week in Waste: medical waste goes circular, the chemical recycling debate, and exclusive interviews with Waste360 40 Under 40 winners. Here are your top stories!
May 31, 2024
1 Min Read
Envetec Prepares Regulated Medical Waste to be Made into Circular Plastics
Historically, regulated medical waste has been managed through incineration or thermal sterilization processes like autoclaving, then landfilled after thermal treatment. Cleantech company Envetec has developed an alternative to these traditional treatment and disposal methods that it says are cheaper, cleaner, and can convert biohazardous materials into feedstock suitable for plastic recycling.
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Breaking It Down: The Chemical Recycling/Mass Balance Debate
Proponents say mass balance negates the need to duplicate billions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure to keep recycled and virgin materials separate throughout the value chain, thus enabling scale up. Opponents say making recycled claims on what can’t be physically traced is misleading.
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Dealing With Lithium-ion Battery Fires on the Frontlines
The scope, consequences, and solutions of dealing with lithium-ion battery fires in recycling facilities, as presented at WasteExpo.
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Casella Waste’s Sean Lukas Likes Fixing Problems
In this Q&A interview, Sean Lukas, general manager at Casella Waste Systems, talks about the challenges he enjoys taking on in his role, and his pathway to his position as a general manager.
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Finding A Unique Opportunity: Q&A with Fire Rover’s Lindsey Scharg
Lindsey Scharg joined Fire Rover as a founding employee soon after earning a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University. As Vice President of Sales, Scharg helps to ensure the protection of facilities from fire hazards. Utilizing military technologies and patented equipment, Fire Rover detects and extinguishes fires before they start.
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