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Current U.S. climate policy treats waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities and landfills in fundamentally unequal ways.

GMI Global specializes in the development and execution of high-level event concepts for key industrial sectors driving global transformation.

Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and California Governor Gavin Newsom met today at the Munich Security Conference to spotlight the national and economic security risks of climate change and highlight how the transition to clean energy reduces risk while protecting communities and growing economies.

This paper studies U.S. climate policy and its impact on relations with the EU.

Basel Action Network (BAN) releases startling exposé “Brokers of Shame”

The proposed rule aims to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program tracking emissions data from thousands of large polluters.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the stricter control on plastic waste imports imposed by the Malaysian government under the amended Customs Order.

Stricter controls on imports of plastic waste into Malaysia come into effect from today (1 July), effectively putting the brakes on ‘waste colonialism’ exports from other countries.

It is the first in the world capable of taking commercial volumes of blended textiles and turning them into recycled cellulose and PET inputs for next season’s textiles

20 cities worldwide have been named the inaugural 20 Cities Towards Zero Waste, an initiative led by the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Zero Waste.

With all key project details finalized, Kanadevia Inova’s North America team and its partners are launching one of the most advanced organic waste-to-renewable gas projects in the region and establishing a new benchmark in circular waste management and renewable energy production.

The months-long effort to remove these batteries is coming to an end this April.

The new laws that ban PFAS in most products and classify firefighter foam as hazardous waste are part of a bill package.

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a spotlight on waste in the fashion and textiles industry, highlighting the environmental and social challenges of overproduction and overconsumption caused by the sector’s linear business model.

The findings for the draft risk assessment show that there may be human health risks associated with exposure to the “forever chemicals” PFOA or PFOS with all three methods of using or disposing of sewage sludge – land application of biosolids, surface disposal in landfills, or incineration.

The estate of California suing a big plastics manufacturer for environmental harm is the first of its kind.

Professor Huang Qunxing Delivers Insightful Lecture on Waste-to-Energy Innovations at Columbia University

Numerous safety violations have been detected at the fast-growing landfill. It’s part of a larger pattern of problems with how the U.S. handles waste.

The mayor of New York city claimed the use of garbage cans as a game changer for the city as they will eliminate billions of kilograms of waste from the streets.

Through its subsidiary in America, SENNEBOGEN has been very successful for almost 25 years, especially in the field of material handling in various industries such as scrap, steel mills, the timber industry, port operations, tree care and waste management.

The paper "History of Landfill And Landfill Gas Management In The United States" shows that in USA “states with high recycling rates have high landfill costs, and nine of the top ten states with high recycling rates also have bottle bill legislation that requires a deposit on bottles. Sates with low recycling rates also have low landfill fees for solid waste.”

G7 final declaration sends important signals to combat the climate crisis, the waste crisis and the crisis of species extinction

We quantified emissions at hundreds of large landfills across 18 states in the United States between 2016 and 2022 using airborne imaging spectrometers.

The Waste Characterization Handbook provides a practical guide for planning and conducting municipal waste characterization studies to understand waste composition and use these data to design data driven methane mitigation strategies. It explains study planning, sampling, field procedures, and data analysis, and includes an Excel tool that helps visualize results and feed them into GMI tools such as SWEET, the AD Screening Tool, and the Landfill Gas Screening Tool for evaluating mitigation options.

Brief article submitted to Editor of Waste Management World, Dec. 15, 2023