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GFL Environmental’s sale of Colorado assets to Republic Services is ...
May 11, 2023 — One was Nashville, Tennessee, where GFL recently sold its assets to WM for an undisclosed price; the second was the mid-Atlantic region, where the sale of its Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware assets to Casella Waste Systems for $525 million is pending. A purchase price or asset list has not been disclosed for the Colorado-based package ...
Covanta announces rebrand to Reworld | Waste Dive
Apr 16, 2024 — In 2021, Mohammed became CEO of what was then Covanta, following the EQT deal. The $5.3 billion sale was contingent on several sustainability growth metrics, including a 25% increase by 2025 in waste recycled or reused. The company was the largest operator of mass-burn combustion facilities in the U.S. at the time of the sale, and it has grown since then.
Researchers find faster, cleaner way to extract gold from electronics
Feb 4, 2016 — Researchers at University of Saskatchewan in Canada have found a cheap, fast, and environmentally-friendly way to extract gold from materials while producing re-usable waste — a technology that might have potential to turn e-waste to gold, literally. There are two standard methods for extracting gold from electronic scraps: burning off the ...
The waste and recycling industry outlook for 2024
Published Jan. 29, 2024. By Waste Dive Staff. WendellandCarolyn via Getty Images. 2024 is gearing up to be another consequential year for the waste and recycling industry, following a challenging stretch coming out of the pandemic. While industry operations could be on track for a period of relative normalcy as inflation moderates and labor ...
By the numbers: Key 2023 waste and recycling trends
Dec 22, 2023 — 100+. The number of transactions involving U.S. solid waste companies tracked by Waste Dive so far in 2023, during a year which saw activity decline slightly relative to prior boom years. $2.99B. Estimated M&A spending by the industry’s top five publicly traded companies through Q3, led by Republic Services.
WIN Waste Innovations acquires New England recycler plus GFL …
Feb 15, 2022 — The company reported aggregate proceeds of $192.8 million for those deals last year, including $66.5 million for “a divestiture of certain landfill assets” in the fourth quarter. GFL’s leadership did not respond to a request for comment about what motivated this latest sale to WIN Waste. During an earnings call last week, CEO Patrick ...
Mapping zero waste cities: Where local governments are pursuing …
Nov 30, 2022 — Progress: The city’s baseline was 3.6 million tons of waste disposed in 2005 from the residential sector. In FY2022, New York disposed of 3.16 million tons of waste.. References: One New York Plan (2015) Department of Sanitation Strategic Plan Progress Report (2018) Policies and programs: New York announced its zero waste targets in 2015 as part of a multifaceted sustainability plan, though ...
Best Buy just launched a $200 electronics recycling pick-up program
May 12, 2022 — Best Buy’s new service joins a few recycling options the retailer already has in motion. The company has a Haul-Away offering for shoppers when they purchase a new television, major appliance or fitness equipment wherein old products can be taken away for a small charge. Customers can also drop off up to three electronics per household, per day at Best Buy stores through its everyday ...
Republic Services purchases ACV Enviro for environmental services ...
Sep 2, 2021 — Dive Insight: Republic executives have foreshadowed their planned environmental services expansion for months during earnings calls and investor events, and this deal is a sizable step in that direction. "These are businesses or service lines that we've been in for long periods of time in very incremental ways," said CEO Jon Vander Ark …