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Researchers find faster, cleaner way to extract gold from electronics
Feb 4, 2016 · Researchers at University of Saskatchewan in Canada have found a cheap, fast, and environmentally-friendly way to extract gold from materials while producing re-usable waste — a technology that might have potential to turn e-waste to gold, literally. There are two standard methods for extracting gold from electronic scraps: burning off the ...
The waste and recycling industry outlook for 2024
Published Jan. 29, 2024. By Waste Dive Staff. WendellandCarolyn via Getty Images. 2024 is gearing up to be another consequential year for the waste and recycling industry, following a challenging stretch coming out of the pandemic. While industry operations could be on track for a period of relative normalcy as inflation moderates and labor ...
Covanta announces rebrand to Reworld | Waste Dive
Apr 16, 2024 · In 2021, Mohammed became CEO of what was then Covanta, following the EQT deal. The $5.3 billion sale was contingent on several sustainability growth metrics, including a 25% increase by 2025 in waste recycled or reused. The company was the largest operator of mass-burn combustion facilities in the U.S. at the time of the sale, and it has grown since then.
By the numbers: Key 2023 waste and recycling trends
Dec 22, 2023 · 9.8%. The increase in the “waste collection” producer price index between November 2022 and 2023, according to BLS data. That’s compared to an overall PPI increase of 7.4% during the same period.
Mapping zero waste cities: Where local governments are pursuing …
Nov 30, 2022 · Progress: The city’s baseline was 3.6 million tons of waste disposed in 2005 from the residential sector. In FY2022, New York disposed of 3.16 million tons of waste.. References: One New York Plan (2015) Department of Sanitation Strategic Plan Progress Report (2018) Policies and programs: New York announced its zero waste targets in 2015 as part of a multifaceted sustainability plan, though ...
Republic Services purchases ACV Enviro for environmental services ...
Sep 2, 2021 · Dive Insight: Republic executives have foreshadowed their planned environmental services expansion for months during earnings calls and investor events, and this deal is a sizable step in that direction. "These are businesses or service lines that we've been in for long periods of time in very incremental ways," said CEO Jon Vander Ark …
Heritage Interactive Services changes name to Envita Solutions
INDIANAPOLIS (June 1, 2023)—Heritage Interactive Services, a leading waste and recycling partner in North America, announced today that it is changing its name to Envita Solutions. Derived from the English word “environment” and the Latin word “vita,” the new brand reflects the company’s vision of fostering a healthier planet by ...
GFL Environmental’s sale of Colorado assets to Republic Services is ...
May 11, 2023 · One was Nashville, Tennessee, where GFL recently sold its assets to WM for an undisclosed price; the second was the mid-Atlantic region, where the sale of its Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware assets to Casella Waste Systems for $525 million is pending. A purchase price or asset list has not been disclosed for the Colorado-based package ...
GFL Environmental expands Midwest footprint with PDC acquisition
Oct 1, 2021 · Permission granted by PDC. GFL Environmental further solidified its Illinois presence with the acquisition of Peoria Disposal Company (PDC) in a deal that closed today. The 93-year-old family company was one of the state’s largest remaining private waste and recycling companies and a well-respected name throughout the national waste industry.