In the News

This page will serve as a landing point for relevant articles on events happening around the world. Articles are grouped into general categories and will be updated as time and resources allow.

Composting

November 27, 2019: Contaminated romaine lettuce: the compost pile
November 26, 2019: City Composting Pilot to Make Good Use of Philadelphians' Food & Yard Waste
November 2019: Solar Powered Composting Facility
August 2, 2019: Anchorage, AK Curbside Compost Pilot Picked Up By Private Waste Company, Likely to Expand
July 29, 2019: Rep. Ilhan Omar Introduces the Zero Waste Act
July 26, 2019: Fairfield, CT Launches Compost Pilot Program
July 22, 2019: Buffalo, NY Offers Food Scrap Recycling Program
July 17, 2019: Omaha, NE Neighborhood Organizes Pilot Program to Bring Cmpost Options to Residents
July 11, 2019: Austin to Expand Curbside Composting to 53,000 More Homes
July 01, 2019: California to require data reporting on recycling and composting
May 24, 2019: Washington State Legalizes 'Human Composting'
May 22, 2019: Turning food scraps into cash
May 10, 2019: Composting Toilets information
March 11, 2019: Denver Compost Program Grows, Readies to Sell
March 02, 2019: Closing Chicago Composters Will Make The Windy City Less Green
February 28, 2019: University of Southern California Steps Up Recycling and Composting Efforts in Move Toward Zero Waste
February 26, 2019: Composting leaders recognized at USCC's COMPOST2019
February 05, 2019: Pizza Box Composting Incorporated in Residence Halls at Central Michigan University
February 05, 2019: MSA advocates for composting in all University buildings
February 04, 2019: Can SE MN support composting biz?
December 23, 2018: To Beat Recycling Restrictions, Bakersfield Turns Recyclables Into Compost
November 12, 2018: The Pros and Cons of New York's Fledgling Compost Program
October 31, 2018: Using Ozone for Composting Odor Control
October 11, 2018: Evaluating Options For Curbside Yard Trimmings Collection
October 09, 2018: Rhode Island Anaerobic Digester Could be Model for Region

Bans

December 27, 2019: Denver, CO City Council Passes Bag Fee, Mayor expected to Sign
December 15, 2019: Philadelphia, PA Passes Ban on Single-Use Plastic Bags
December 12, 2019: Ohio House Passes Bill that Would Block Local Bans on Plastic Bags
December 11, 2019: Honolulu, HI Passes Struct Plastic Band in US
December 8, 2019: Logan UT Adopts Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban
November 24, 2019: Minneapolis, MN City Council Approves 5-Cent Plastic & Paper Bag Fee
November 5, 2019: Baltimore City Council Approves Bill to Ban Retailers’ Use of Plastic Bags, Set 5-Cent Fee Per Paper Bag
October 29, 2019: Michigan Legislation Introduced to Overturn a Previous Ban on Plastic Bag Bans
July 24, 2019: Panama Becomes First Central American Nation to Ban Plastic
Bags
July 8, 2019: Paper vs. Plastic? Once the Newest Fad, Single-Use Plastic Bags are Being Phased Out Due to Changing Times
June 19, 2019: Maine, Vermont Pass Plastic Bag Bans on Same Day
June 05, 2019: A New Study on Plastic Bag Bans
May 21, 2019: Whole Foods ditching plastic straws across all stores
May 18, 2019: Africa is leading the world in plastic bag bags
May 08, 2019: UN Chemical Regulators Approve PFOA Ban, with Exemptions
May 03, 2019: Maine Becomes the First State to Ban Styrofoam
May 03, 2019: Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts Race Against Bans, Taxes on
  Disposable Cups
April 18, 2019: City of Buffalo, NY is Considering a Ban on Styrofoam Food
  Service Containers
April 17, 2019: Plastic bag bans are spreading. But are they truly effective?
April 15, 2019: Buffalo, NY's Talk of Styrofoam Ban Pits Environment vs. Cost
April 14, 2019: Mayor Bill De Blasio Bans New York City from Using Single-Use
  Plastics
March 28, 2019: Europe Bans Single-Use Plastics. And Glitter Could Be Next.
March 11, 2019: Colorado's Ban on Banning Plastics Has Cities' Plans to
Outlaw Single-Use Bags and Straws in Limbo
March 08, 2019: Florida Bill Would Ban Plastic Straw Bans Until 2024
March 06, 2019: St. Paul City Council approves limits on restaurants' plastic
takeout containers
February 24, 2019: CA Proposes Phaseout of Single-Use Plastics by
2030
February 21, 2019: Banning Plastic Bags, Town by Town: A Guide
February 20, 2019 ME Could be First in the US to Ban Plastic Bags Statewide
January 15, 2019: Cuomo to Include Statewide Plastic Bag Ban in 2019 budget

Biodegradation

December 2, 2019: South African startup producing edible bowls
November 29, 2019: Here's one way to cut down on plastic pollution: Eat your bowl
November 6, 2019: Peruvian innovators launch banana leaf biodegradable dishes to combat plastic consumption
October 17, 2019: Peruvian Introduced Plates Made from Banana Leaves
September 3, 2019: Will Compostable Packaging Ever Be Able to Solve Our Waste Problem?
July 19, 2019: Are Bioplastics Better for the Environment than Conventional
Plastics?
July 3, 2019: Inspired by Orange Peel, This "Plastic" Packaging is Totally Composatable
April 25, 2019: Biodegradable Packaging Market Remains Highly Fragmented,
with Tier 3 Players Collectively Foreseen to Account for Over 60
Percent Revenue Share
March 07, 2019: These straws work like plastic but they're "hyper-compostable"
December 31, 2018: Leveraging Biodegradation and Composting to Divert
Waste from Landfills

Carbon Sequestration

October xx, 2018: Compost Council Members Engage in Projects to Advance Carob Sequestration

November 24, 2019: Cities Turning Food Into Fuel

Legislative

Organics and Food Recovery

December 21, 2019: Ulster County lawmakers approve Food Waste Prevention and Recovery Act
December 13, 2019: Rep. Haley Stevens Launches Congressional Plastics Solutions TaskForce
December 8, 2019: New Jersey Assembly Environment Committee-Plastics Prohibition
December 6, 2019: Gov. Mike DeWine Favors Letting Ohio Cities Ban Plastic Bags
November 21, 2019: NWRA Announces its Support for "The Recycle Act"
November 19, 2019: Massachusetts State Senate Plans Plastic Bag Ban
November 8, 2019: Lawmakers Propose Radical Legislation to Address Global Plastic Waste
October 13, 2019: CA Governor Newsom Signs Package Of Forward-Looking Waste Reduction Bills Into Law
September 30, 2019: Trends in Waste Legislation: What Recent Regulations Are on Our Radar
September 29, 2019: No More Hotel Freebies if Proposed Ban on Single-Use Bottles Become Law
August 25, 2019: NJ Governor Murphy Strengthens Food Waste Recycling Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse Gasses and Protect Environmental Justice Communities
July 29, 2019: MI Legislation Introduced to Overturn a Previous Ban on Plastic Bags
July 29, 2019: Rep. Ilhan Omar Introduces the Zero Waste Act
July 19, 2019: Santa Cruz County, CA Eyes Sweeping Plastic Prohibition
July 19, 2019: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Proposal for Packaging
Hits the National Stage
July 19, 2019: San Francisco, CA's Checkout Bag Fee to Rise to 25 Cents
July 8, 2019: Vermont Reccyling Law Goes Into Full Effect in One Year
June 24, 2019: Boston, MA Announces Zero Waste Plan
June 23, 2019: House Unanimously Passes Stevens-Led Amendment to
  Develop a National Recycling Strategy
June 19, 2019: New California Bill Could Revolutionize How the U.S. Tackles
Plastic Pollution
June 03, 2019: California Assembly Approves Ambitious Measure to Cut
Packaging and Plastic Waste by 75% by 2030
May 12, 2019: UN Decides to Control Global Plastic Waste Dumping
May 03, 2019: Los Angeles, CA Launches Its Own Green New Deal
April 18, 2019: Push for NYC Paper Bag Fee Backed By Sanitation Department
April 14, 2019: Alabama Senate Pushes Legislation to Stop Plastic Bag Bans
April 04, 2019: New Rule Mandates Food Waste in New York Must be Donated
or Recycled
March 26, 2019: Activists, Lawmakers Push for 'Bottle Bill' Expansion in New
York State Budget
March 26, 2019: Denver Planning "Pay-As-You-Throw" Trash Fees
March 05, 2019: State Senator Carrie Ruud Pushes to Recycle Minnesota's
Solid Waste Tax
March 04, 2019: Senate confirms Wheeler to Lead EPA
February 26, 2019: Maine Could Be Among First in U.S to Ban Plastic Bags
Statewide
February 26, 2019: Senate Advances Bill Package Promoting Awareness of
  Food Waste and Hunger
February 24, 2019: Washington Bill Would Make Food And Other Brand
  Owners Responsible for Plastic Waste
February 17, 2019: Orlando, FL Apartments and Commercial Buildings Aren't
Required to Recycle. This Could Change Soon.
January 31, 2019: Policy Alert: SB1383 Organic Waste Diversion Poses Big
Challenge for California
January 27, 2019: Berkeley Isn't Just Attacking Plastic Waste, It's Rejecting
Our Entire Throwaway Culture
January 17, 2019: Vermont may walk back statewide organics collection
  requirement
January 08, 2019: 5 Years After Sonoma County, CA Ban, New Era of Plastic
Bags Poses a Growing Waste Threat
January 08, 2019: Plastic Bag, Straw Ban Proposed for Albuquerque, NM
January 01, 2019: Foam Ban for New York City Businesses Begins in New
  Year
October 01, 2018: Strongest Plastics Ban in the Nation Takes 1st Step Forward
in New Jersey
April 05, 2018: State bills would prevent local governments from regulating to-
go containers, enforcing ranked-choice voting
April 02, 2018: Bill to nullify polystyrene bans draws opposition
April 01, 2018: Duluth News Tribune: Local View: Legislators looking to
preempt locals on packaging, health, environment
March 30, 2018: Kare11: Lawmakers take on takeout containers
March 29, 2018: MPR News: Local control v. statewide standard -- battle over
preemption continues
March 09, 2018: MinnPost: It's locals vs. the Legislature, round 2: The battle
over preemption is back at the Minnesota Capitol

December 8, 2019: Connecticut Mandated Food Waste-to-Energy struggles to grow
November 29, 2019: The Power of Curbside Food Scrap Collection
November 24, 2019: Prairie Village, KS Piloting Curbside Food Waste, Glass Recycling Programs
November 21, 2019: Free Organics Recycling in Jordan, MN Helps Turn Scraps into Savings
November 19, 2019: Study: Restaurants Could Capture More Food Waste & Reduce Climate Impact
November 19, 2019: Maryland Recycling/Composting Programs Experiencing Mixed Results
October 29, 2019: Buffalo, NY Places First Food Waste Receptacle on Elmwood Avenue
October 26, 2019: Allen County, IN Signs Off on Food Recycling
October 20, 2019: Montreal, QC Plans to Divert 85% of Garbage Away from Landfills by 2030
October 20, 2019: Newton, MA to Offer Household Curbside Food Waste Collection
October 20, 2019: The World Loses $400 Bil. of Food Before it Reaches Stores
September 29, 2019: South Portland, ME Food Waste Recycling: 1-Year and Growing
September 6, 2019: Food Waste Pickup to Begin in Vancouver, WA
September 6, 2019: Curbside Composting Coming to Eugene, OR on Oct. 1
August 27, 2019: Rep. Pingree, Deputy FDA Commissioner Hear Ideas for Reducing Food Waste
July 24, 2019: Kroger Working with EPA to Get Food Retailers to Eliminate
Food Waste
July 22, 2019: Buffalo, NY Offers Food Scrap Recycling Program
July 11, 2019: Austin to Expand Curbside Composting to 53,000 Home
July 04, 2019: Food Waste Update: The Industry's Progress in 2019
June 7, 2019: How MA's Commercial Food Waste Disposal Ban is Working
May 27, 2019: Utah's Rotten, Stinky Food Can Now Be Transformed into
  Natural Gas and Fertilizer
May 21, 2019: General Mills awards teens for clever ideas to reduce
hunger, food waste
May 01, 2019: Food Waste Collection & Recycling Provides Haulers with New
  Destinations for Organics and Financial Benefits
May 01, 2019: U.S. EPA Honors Food Forward for Leading Food Recovery
  Efforts Nationwide
April 24, 2019: Most people waste more food than they think - here's how to fix
it
April 22, 2019: Food Waste to Fuel as Washington Hopes to Curb Excess
April 18, 2019: Experts Offer Solutions to Food Waste Prevention, Reduction,
  Recovery
April 15, 2019: Teton County, WY Aims to Add Food Waste Composting
April 09, 2019: Connecticut's Food Waste Recycling Law is Taking a Long Time
  to Grow
April 09, 2019: U.S. EPA Honors MGM Resorts' Bellagio Hotel and Casino for
Leading Food Recovery Efforts Nationwide
April 01, 2019: Tackling Domestic Organics Recycling
February xx, 2019: Pope Douglas Solid Waste Management Collaborates with
Organix Solutions Bringing Organics Recycling to Rural MN
January 24, 2019: Cash for compost? Winona County to study food waste
  economics
December 23, 2018: Metro (Portland, OR) Scraps Deal for Food Waste
December 11, 2018: Hennepin County, MN Enacts New Organics
Requirements, but UMN is One Step Ahead
December 11, 2018: Already a Climate Change Leader, California Takes on
Food Waste
December 09, 2018: Food Waste Management Market Growth Triggered by
  Environmental Conservation Trend
December 01, 2018: Set up for success: Successful Multifamily Organics
Recycling Program
November 27, 2018: Hennepin County requires organics recycling for cities
  and businesses
October 30, 2018: Best Features of Food Waste Collection Containers
October 21, 2018: New Report Finds Food Banking Poised to Play a Key Role
in Achieving #ZeroHunger
October 12, 2018: Hennepin County pushing forward with new organic waste
  ordinance
October 08, 2018: New York City Has So Far Turned Up Nose at Food-Scrap
  Recycling
October 04, 2018: Austin, TX Now Requires Restaurants To Responsibly
Dispose Of Food Waste
October 02, 2018: West Rock scales up food service packaging recovery
July 11, 2018: Pope Douglas Organic Recycling Program Expanded

Other

PFAS

December 22, 2019: World's First Human Composting Facility for Funeral Services open 2021
December 8, 2019: Ford is Recycling McDonald's Coffee Grounds into Car Parts
December 1, 2019: Farmers are using Food Waste to Make Electricity
November 24, 2019 USDOE Launches Plastics Innovation Challenge
November 24, 2019: Alliance to End Plastic Waste Welcomes 4 New Companies
November 5, 2019: California’s Plastic Pollution Fight May Be Headed to Voters
July 24, 2019: Kroger Working w EPA to Get Food Retailers to Elminate Food Waste
July 24, 2019: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Visits Cleveland, Announces
Trash-Free Great Lakes Grant Program
July 22, 2019: What I Learned on the World's First Zero-Waste Trip
July 11, 2019: World's Largest Airlines Taking Small Steps to Reduce Cabin
Waste
July 08, 2019: New Law Means Drivers Must Slow Down and Steer Clear of
Garbage and Recycling Trucks
June 25, 2019: United Airlines Makes History the Most Eco-Friendly
  Commercial Flight of its Kind
June 25, 2019: How You Can Make Your Appliances More Eco-Friendly
June 24, 2019: How Best Buy Tries to Deal with a Glut of Cardboard Boxes
June 21, 2019: G20 Agrees to Tackle Ocean Plastic Waste
June 10, 2019: How Car Makers Turn Plastic Bottles and Jose Cuervo
Leftovers into New Vehicles
June 10, 2019: Solar-Powered Trash Compactors Come to Florida Beaches
and Marinas
June 07, 2019: Airlines Take a Step Toward Garbage-Free Flying
May 29, 2019: Seattle, WA Makes History with Electric Garbage Truck
May 28, 2019: Downtown Raleigh to Get First-in-the-Nation Underground Trash
  System
May 24, 2019: The Future of Sustainable Fuel
May 09, 2019: Qantas Makes History with First Flight to Produce Zero Landfill
  Waste
May 05, 2019: Coffee Waste 'Could Replace Palm Oil'
May 03, 2019: Waste Not: Company Takes Environmental Approach to
Deconstruction in West Hawaii
May 01, 2019: The Importance of a Site-Specific Review for Fabric Structures
April 28, 2019: Seaweed Pouches Replaced Thousands of Plastic Bottles at
the London Marathon
April 25, 2019: Fighting the Rising Tide of Plastic
April 25, 2019: Tupperware Brands Reinforces Sustainability Commitment with
Introduction of New Circular Material Made from Mixed Plastic
  Waste
April 18, 2019: Electric Cars Cause Another Great Generational Divide
April 17, 2019: IntegriTies Offer 100% Recycled Alternative to Wooden Railroad
  Ties
April 15, 2019: The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Encourages Kids to
Save the Planet
April 13, 2019: Since Start of Pay-As-You-Throw Trash Program, New Windsor,
  MD's Overall Waste Generation Drops 26 Percent
February 20, 2019: MN Department of Agriculture: Plant Pest Insider
February 14, 2019: NatureWorks Announces 100 Percent Third-Party Certified
Sustainable Feedstock by 2020
December 11, 2018: U.S. Composting Council Executive Board Elected to
2019 Terms
May 11, 2018: Composting 101
April 18, 2018: Can Dirt Save the Earth?
2018: The Worm Farmer's Handbook: Mid- to Large-Scale Vermicomposting for Farms, Municipalities, Schools, and Institutions by Rhonda Sherman, available now
February xx, 2015: Coffee & Biochar White Paper Now Available

December 2019: Receivers of PFAS Contaminated Materials (lifecycle)
December 2019: Judge temporarily halts strict New Hampshire PFAS regulations
December 20, 2019: Understanding the Impact of PFAS
December 10, 2019: PFAS detected in New Hanover County compost
November 21, 2019: Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone, JR (D-NJ) Applauds Passage of Comprehensive Legislation to Address PFAS Contamination and Exposure
November 10, 2019: EPA Continues Progress Under PFAS Action Plan
September 26, 2019: EPA Takes Two Important Steps Under PFA Action Plan
September 4, 2019: Denmark Just Became the First Country to Ban a Toxic Lining Common in Food Containers
June 03, 2019: 'Forever chemicals' found in seafood, meats, and chocolate
cake, FDA says
May 08, 2019: UN Chemical Regulators Approve PFOA Ban, with Exemptions
March 01, 2019: The Environmental Dangers of PFAS and Technologies for
Removing Them
October 06, 2018: Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Targets Dupont,
Chemours, 3M, And Other Makers of PFAS Chemicals
July 06, 2018: PFAS And Organic Residuals Management
July xx, 2018: Basic Information on PFAS
March 28, 2018: Washington Bans PFAs in Food Packaging
2017: A Never-Ending Story of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)?

PFAS Resources
USEPA PFAS Action Plan
North East Biosolids & Residuals Association
North East Biosolids 7 Residuals Association News

Phosphorus

2007 - 2013: A Literature Review on the Availability of Phosphorus from
Compost in Relation to the Nitrate Regulations

Recycling

October 31, 2019: Meridian Waste Enhances Curbside Recycling in the City of Tory, MO
October 29, 2019: Chesapeake, VA Recycles 14,500 Tons of Trash. Now the City is "Seriously Considering" Whether to Stop Recycling
October 28, 2019: Gerber & Terracycle to Partner to Launch National Recycling Program
October 26, 2019: New York Lawmakers Hold Hearing on Changing Recycling Market
October 22, 2019: SWANA's Report on Curbside Recycling Programs Free to Members
October 20, 2019: Washington County Recycling Association (NE) Wind State Recycling Award
October 20, 2019: Pearland, TX Focuses on Local Recycling Education in the MIdst of Industry Changes
October 20, 2019: King County, WA Will No Longer Accept Plastic Bags, Wraps in Recycling Starting Next Year
October 20, 2019: Recycled Plastic to Soon Pave Los Angeles, CA Roads
October 16, 2019: The Recycling Partnership & The PepsiCo Foundation Raise $25 Million for U.S. Recycling - Reaching Funding Goal 1-year into 5-year Challenge
October 2, 2019: Advance Disposal Begins Providing Waste & Recycling Collection Services to Osceola Residents on Tuesday Oct. 1
September 10, 2019: Organics Recycling Pushed by Minneapolis, MN Neighborhood Groups
September 10, 2019: New Report Provides Options for Curbside Recycling Programs
September 8, 2019: Fort Dodge Airport in Iowa to Quit Selling Plastic Bottles
September 6, 2019: Nashville TN's Zero Waste Plan Calls for Mandatory Recycling and Composting
August 29, 2019: Marriott Banning Small Plastic Shampoo Bottles by 2020
July 31, 2019: Europe Faces Challenges in Meeting Plastic Bottle Recovery Target
July 26, 2019: NWRA Urges California Lawmakers to Considef
r Incentives for Domestic Recycling Infrastructure
July 18, 2019: Cambodia to Send Plastic Waste Back to the U.S. and Canada
July 15, 2019: It's Time to Get Serious About Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries
July 15, 2019: Petaluma, CA Getting on Board the Zero Waste Train
July 11, 2019: Markets Shits Prompt Bill to Shore Up Maine Recycling Programs
July 03, 2019: Michigan launches statewide educational campaign on recycling
July 03, 2019: Recyclers request government mandates for recycled plastic
content in bags

June 28, 2019: PepsiCo to trial Aquafina in aluminum cans
May 27, 2019: Historic U.S. Bill To Clean Up Recycling At The Bin And Save
Billions
May 22, 2019: World's Largest Bottle-to-Bottle Recycler Tackles Ocean Plastic
Pollution with Ocean-Diverted Material
May 15, 2019: Rolling Coffee Cups Into the Circular Economy
May 14, 2019: What Are School Recycling Programs Teaching Our Kids?
May 05, 2019: What is the World's #1 Plastic Pollutant?
April 29, 2019: Arlington, VA Shifting Glass Out of Residential Recycling Carts
April 22, 2019: Why Americans aren't recycling
April 18, 2019: From Landlines To Cellular In The Business of Recycling:
  Encourage Innovation & Drive Massive Impact
April 18, 2019: Apple Expands Global Recycling Programs
April 13, 2019: New Recycling Partnership Initiative Will Accelerate the Shift to
  a Circular Economy
March 14, 2019: NW Minnesota Counties Make Innovative Bet on Recycling
March 04, 2019: How Business Groups are Fighting a Wave of Anti-Plastic
  Straw Laws
February 24, 2019: The 'Oops!' is Paying Off: Central Virginians Improving
  Recycling Habits
February 21, 2019: U.S. Cities Burn Recyclables After China Bans Imports
February 21, 2019: Jesuit High in Portland, OR Aims to Become 'Zero Waste'
School with Special Recycling Program
February 17, 2019: Metal Recycling Market to Hold a High Potential for
Growth by 2027
February 17, 2019: Assembly Democratic Resolution Package Dedicated to
Increase Recycling, Clean Up Plastic Pollution Clears
Assembly Panel
February 17, 2019: U.S. Seeks Way to Recycle Lithium-Ion Batteries
February 05, 2019: A Chair Made from Ocean Waste Hints at the Furniture of
the Future
December 07, 2018: Carson City, NV Restaurant Pilot Project to Involve 30
Eateries Wins Recycling Program Grant
December 04, 2018: Partnerships Enable 2 Million Residents to Recycle Paper
Cups
December 01, 2018: Optimizing Recycling: Lessons from Home and Abroad
August 29, 2018: State Fair Stays Ahead of the Curve on Recycling,
Composting