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Keeping healthcare waste out of residential streams and preventing worker injuries from needlesticks and hazardous waste is a challenge. WasteExpo speakers from Stericycle, PSI and Alston & Bird highlighted efforts to advance policy and education. wastedive.com/news/healthcar…

Battery fires have long been a problem for the waste and recycling industries. Speakers at this year’s WasteExpo called for coordinated prevention strategies like integrating newer tech like x-rays, to fight growing battery waste streams such as vapes. wastedive.com/news/wasteexpo…

Maryland becomes the sixth state with an EPR for packaging law. It ramps up reimbursement between 2028 and 2030. wastedive.com/news/maryland-…

U.S. House committees released detailed proposals to achieve the $1.5 trillion in cuts Republicans are hoping to reach. They included big changes to climate and energy programs. wastedive.com/news/republica…

The U.S. EPA plans to rescind regulations for four types of PFAS in drinking water, rolling back part of a standard for the "forever chemicals" that was set last year. wastedive.com/news/epa-rolls…

The EPA under Biden considered several categories for possible ELGs. It planned to revisit metal finishing in 2026 and landfills in 2027, following the discovery of PFAS in leachate at 95% of landfills in an agency study. wastedive.com/news/epa-pfas-…

Business owners looking to sell should keep up with maintenance and finances long before deal discussions begin, said WasteExpo speakers from Kinderhook, WM, Wastequip and others. wastedive.com/news/tips-for-…

After a long search, Ameripen named Lynn Dyer its new executive director. Her background is in food service packaging and sustainability work. wastedive.com/news/ameripen-…

PFAS is a ‘high priority’ for EPA waste office nominee John Busterud, who noted support for passive receivers and called for more frequent updates to the EPA’s destruction and disposal guidance during a nomination hearing. wastedive.com/news/epa-nomin…

Companies with compostable packaging on the market in California are unsure whether such products could effectively become banned next year. wastedive.com/news/californi…

Now that Washington has adopted the law, the whole West Coast of the U.S. has an EPR for packaging program. California and Oregon have also adopted such laws. wastedive.com/news/washingto…

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a host of waste and recycling bills over the weekend. wastedive.com/news/washingto…

WM President and COO John Morris says on AI, autonomous equipment and tech investments are part of an effort to fight labor challenges, "modernize our business model and structurally get our costs down." wastedive.com/news/wm-presid…

Republic Services CEO Jon Vander Ark says AI is ‘wildly oversold,’ but it can provide benefits wastedive.com/news/republic-…

Veolia says its recent incinerator test shows over 99% PFAS destruction. The company shared the results with the U.S. EPA, which has said more research is needed to collect data on available PFAS disposal and destruction technologies. wastedive.com/news/veolia-co…

Grantees say the loss of ‘generational’ recycling funding under Trump is changing how plastics and organics recyclers view the federal government. wastedive.com/news/federal-g…

Recycling partnerships, led by First Nations groups in British Columbia, are making it easier for people in remote regions to access EPR-related recycling programs. wastedive.com/news/epr-canad…

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed two right-to-repair laws for electronics and wheelchairs into law. wastedive.com/news/washingto…

California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is working on revamped SB 54 regulations. The agency released revised draft regulations last Friday and is accepting feedback on proposed changes through June 3. wastedive.com/news/sb-54-cal…

California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is accepting comments on the new text through June 3. It comes after Gov. Gavin Newsom restarted the regulations process in March. wastedive.com/news/sb-54-cal…