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Republic Services, Inc. Appoints Ian Craig to Board of Directors
2026-02-13 14:41:31| Waste Age
Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG), a leader in the environmental services industry, today announced that Ian Craig has been appointed to its board of directors. The company's board now consists of 13 members, including 12 independent directors.
Category: Energy and Environment
Waste Connections Q4 Earnings Highlight Pricing Strength, Acquisition Growth and Expanded AI Strategy
2026-02-13 14:22:02| Waste Age
Waste Connections closed out 2025 with solid operational performance in Q4, supported by pricing strength, acquisition contributions, and expanding margin. Leadership also emphasized a growing commitment to artificial intelligence initiatives designed to boost efficiency, modernize routing, and improve customer experience.
Category: Energy and Environment
This Week in Waste: Top Stories Feb 9 Feb 12
2026-02-13 13:00:00| Waste Age
This week's top stories from Waste360.com include the annual fire report, how Mercedes-Benz Stadium tackles sustainability, RNG momentum, and more.
Category: Energy and Environment
National Nonprofits Scale Packaging EPR Implementation Working Group Nationwide, Release Circular Economy Policy Guide
2026-02-12 21:31:42| Waste Age
The National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC) today released a new Circular Economy Policy Guide and, together with the Stewardship Action Foundation (SAF), officially announced the national expansion of their Packaging / Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Implementation Working Group.
Category: Energy and Environment
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy
2026-02-12 18:30:00| Waste Age
Sound policy is ideally informed by sound science. In practice, aligning research findings with policy development and implementation is not always straightforward. One common challenge is not the absence of science, but how that science is translated into forms that support decision-making. In some cases, the data are still emerging.
Category: Energy and Environment
Recycle Dat Collects 14K Pounds of Materials Ahead of Mardi Gras
2026-02-12 17:06:08| Waste Age
Recycle Dat is operating for its fourth straight Carnival season, looking to keep beads and other trash out of storm drains and landfills.
Category: Energy and Environment
Omaha, NE Receives State Grants for Waste, Recycling
2026-02-12 17:03:34| Waste Age
Five entities in Omaha, Neb., are sharing $7 million in grant money awarded to communities throughout the state.
Category: Energy and Environment
GFL Environmental Reports Record 2025 Results, Issues Strong 2026 Guidance
2026-02-12 14:55:22| Waste Age
GFL Environmental closed out 2025 with another quarter of record performance, delivering fourth-quarter results ahead of expectations and achieving the highest full-year margins in company history.
Category: Energy and Environment
WWETT Show 2026 Education Preview
2026-02-12 13:30:00| Waste Age
Education is a cornerstone of the WWETT Show each year, giving wastewater and environmental services professionals direct access to technical training, business insights, and real-world case studies that can be put to work in the field. WWETT 2026 looks to be no different as it looks to deliver a robust lineup of sessions designed explore emerging trends and tackle the industrys most pressing challenges.
Category: Energy and Environment
Reuse the News: Community Programs Sparking Paper Recycling Movements
2026-02-11 19:00:00| Waste Age
In the late 1970s, recycling in America was still a patchwork of municipal experiments and EarthDayera enthusiasm. Yet in Montgomery County, Maryland, a quiet breakthrough was taking shape. Reuse the Newsa simple, communitydriven newspaper recovery programhelped accelerate paper recycling across the Washington, D.C. region.
Category: Energy and Environment