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WM recently released a sustainability report related to its sponsorship of the 2022 WM Phoenix Open, the best-attended event on the PGA Tour. WM has announced GHG emissions reduction targets for the tournament going forward. The report notes that this includes all scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from tournament operations except fan travel but that, "We plan to continue to report on and reduce our fan travel footprint as a top priority.". [Extracted from the article]

The article presents an interview with Liz Bothwell, marketing director of the Waste Industry Group, who talks about the WasteExpo 2014, to be held during April 29-May 1. She talks about the features of the tradeshow which is one of the largest solid waste and recycling trade show and conference in North America. She focuses on the Waste360's renewed partnership with the National Waste & Recycling Association. She also talks about the success of the WasteExpo Investor Summit.

Earlier this month, Burt's Bees and rePurpose Global announced a multi-year partnership to finance critical recycling infrastructure that prevents plastic waste from flowing into the ocean. Similarly, in Accra, rePurpose is conducting awareness-building workshops and community-driven activities to expand knowledge-building and skill development among local community members on waste management and recovery. B I rePurpose Global: i b In both Kerala and Accra, rePurpose impact projects are mobilizing finance for the development of efficient and holistic waste management systems. [Extracted from the article]

WasteExpo offers an interactive conference program that dives deep into vital waste, recycling, organics, and sustainability topics over four days. B NEW YORK, March 22, 2022 - b WasteExpo, North America's largest solid waste, recycling and organics industry event, today announces the 2022 conference program. [Extracted from the article]

Waste Management (WM) recently released its 2021 Sustainability Report, wherein the company notes progress against its 2025 and 2038 sustainability goals around "people, customers, environment and community, including key investments made through early 2021 to further the company's sustainability agenda." Tara Hemmer, WM's chief sustainability officer was recently on the Waste360 NothingWasted!. [Extracted from the article]

This one-day event is all about the waste and recycling industry's role in building a sustainable future. When most people think "sustainability", they are often surprised to learn about how the waste and recycling industry is increasingly playing a bigger role as well. [Extracted from the article]

Clean Earth, a division of Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC), recently announced the launch of Fullcircle, a new program that "strategically analyzes waste at each source of generation, then offers solutions for recycling and beneficial reuse alternatives." Across multiple customers, including a large home improvement retailer, our Fullcircle program supplied a safe, sustainable solution for the disposal and recycling of hand sanitizer amid the pandemic. b We have strong, close relationships with our existing Fullcircle customer accounts, and even through the COVID-19 crisis, we have been able to maintain progress on their sustainability objectives and maintain success of the program. [Extracted from the article]

Waste Management (WM) hosted the second virtual conversation in its two-part "Driving Sustainability" series. The chat focused on "The Next Four Years" and featured Nat Bullard, chief content officer of BloombergNEF, and Alex Wagner, journalist & author - in conversation with Tara Hemmer, SVP, field operations, WM. [Extracted from the article]

Waste Management (WM) recently released its 2020 Sustainability Report, "Building Value Together." Much of the report is dedicated to showcasing how WM "builds value together" and "solves waste together" - through stories and case studies about collaborative partnerships with customers. Additionally, WM has created a new ESG Resource Hub to complement the report. [Extracted from the article]

Waste Management Q2 - Strong Results with Robust Volumes and Earnings - Despite $400 Million COVID Hit Waste Management, Inc. (WM) announced solid financial results for Q2 2020 - despite a negative revenue impact of $400 million due to COVID-19-related business interruptions. SP sp On an adjusted basis, total Company operating EBITDA was $1.03 billion, or 28.8% as a percentage of revenue for the second quarter of 2020 versus adjusted operating EBITDA of $1.13 billion and 28.7% as a percentage of revenue in 2019. [Extracted from the article]

"When we're talking about sustainability from a coronavirus point of view, I agree with what Susan just said about supply chains. " Graph: https://www.waste360.com/sites/cet.com/files/Sustainable%20World%20Webinar3.jpg Graph: https://www.waste360.com/sites/cet.com/files/Sustainable%20World%20Webinar4.jpg Bridget Croke outlined how Closed Loop Partners is an investment and innovation firm that's focused on the circular economy. Harrison said that the bright spot for her is all around the supply chain from producers and recyclers to policy makers. [Extracted from the article]

We got to speak with Elizabeth about the textile-waste problem; innovations that are helping make fashion more sustainable; shifting attitudes of consumers, and more! Textile recycling has always produced a lower quality product, and this is creating a higher quality product than the original, which is mind-blowing. [Extracted from the article]

Rachel Revoy, communications manager at Colorado-based 5280 Waste Solutions, wrote in to Waste360 to say how the company's lead driver supervisor, Tommy Atencio, has been ultra proactive and focused during this time to keep his team and his community safe. Tommy hands each of the 26 drivers a bag with disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer, rubber gloves and a spray bottle with bleach. Thank you for looking out for our team members as we continue to keep your streets clean and green. pic.twitter.com/MTlfwh2YYU - Rumpke Waste & Recycling (@RumpkeNews) March 28, 2020 Graph Graph Graph Thank you to ALL of the #EverydayHeroes out there - those who've been publicly acknowledged and the many more who deserve to be. [Extracted from the article]

We spoke with him about all things landfills, including Subtitle D, the environmental track record of today's landfills, innovation in the space and more. Sighting a greenfield landfill or an expansion to an existing landfill is difficult. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the appreciation for waste workers on the newly started National Garbage Man Day founded by John Arwood. It discusses the expectation of increase in statewide proclamations and signed by U.S. president Donald Trump, his efforts for obtaining the U.S. Postal stamp for waste industry.

A podcast is presented which features Anne Bahr Thompson, author of "Do Good: Embracing Brand Citizenship to Fuel Both Purpose and Profit" who discusses being good corporate citizen in a sustainable world. Topics discussed include customer value proposition; need for appropriate behavior with employees; and determination of packaging as a challenge in waste management.

An interview with author Adam Minter in the U.S. is presented. He shares his insight about the future of electronic-waste. Minter discusses the huge packaging challenge in the waste stream particularly in China which is at loss of how to handle the growing problem. He also offers view about his new book "Secondhand: Travel in the New Global Garage Sale."

Tweets are presented from the WasteExpo 2019 on topics including composting, recycling and waste management.

An interview with Kevin Atkinson is presented who is owner of Texas Pride Disposal, which provides garbage and recycling collection services to residential and commercial customers around the greater Houston area. We got to speak with him about waste trends, growing an entrepreneurial business and more. When asked about the industry becoming more data driven he refers to maintaining the balance of data and common sense.

The article presents an interview with Jason Gates, from Compology. Topics discussed include information on use of the Internet of Things (IoT) in waste management industry; information regarding cost of implementing IoT technologies has continued to come down, and the reliability of the technologies continues to improve; and use of IoT in dealing with contamination.

An interview with John Shegerian, executive chairman of Electronic Recyclers International, is presented. Topics of the interview include the takeaways that the attendees can expect from the session "Organic Growth" at the May 8, 2019 Business Growth Forum, the top challenges for small to midsized business owners in waste management industry, and the aspects to consider when building one's own businesses.

The article offers tips for waste management exhibitors in using social media to enable their promotional success at WasteExpo. It suggets exhibitors to post a WasteExpo digital badge on their websites, email signatures and client communication, where they must be linked to WasteExpo.com. It says that exhibitors must also join WasteExpo on LinnkedIn, where they will get special savings discount of 25 percent on their Premium Pass or free entrance to the Exhibit Hall.