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Tackling Winter Storm Fern Cleanup
2026-03-04 14:00:00| Waste Age
The colossal Winter Storm Fern that swept across the US with snow and ice in January has set records everywhere in accumulation, power outages, and property damage. The catastrophic impact reported by the Insurance Journal tallies the destruction in insured losses at $6.7B, making it one of the costliest winter storms since 1950. The combination of snow, ice, and arctic air that lingered for days created a recipe for disaster with widespread impact in delays of city services in snow clearing and collection of trash and recycling.
Category:Energy and Environment
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Rethinking Recycling Success at the Olympics
2026-03-04 13:00:00| Waste Age
Fresh off the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, questions remain about what recycling success looks like at that scale. Circular Solutions founder J.T. Marburger says measurement challenges persist even in Europes more mature policy and infrastructure environments. In this Q&A, he explains why recycling performance is harder to verify than many other sustainability efforts and what credible proof would require at Olympic scale.
Category: Energy and Environment
Only One-Third of Glass is Recycled. GRFs 2025 Report Shows How Communities Are Changing That
2026-03-03 21:26:36| Waste Age
The Glass Recycling Foundation (GRF) has released its 2025 Impact Report, highlighting measurable progress in strengthening glass recycling systems across the U.S through strategic grantmaking and industry collaboration. At a time when only one-third of glass is currently recovered for recycling and 9.2 million tons of glass still go to landfills annually, GRFs work continues to address infrastructure gaps and expand access to glass recycling.
Category: Energy and Environment