Waste
Current Status
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Solid Waste
C+ | Comprehensive Report Card
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Hazardous Waste
D+ | Comprehensive Report Card
Source: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) report card
The ASCE report card provides the most cited infrastructure ratings.
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Data
Industry
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Government
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EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS): Facility Interests Dataset Download (Data.gov)
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Publicly Reported State Municipal Solid Waste Data (Data.gov)
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Excel file: "Municipal Solid Waste Data from 1960-2018" (U.S. EPA)
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Excel file: "Waste Management by Material from 1960-2018 (U.S. EPA)
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Map of Landfill Gas Energy Projects and Landfill in LMOP Database for LMOP Website (U.S. EPA)
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National Overview: Facts and Figures on Materials, Wastes, and Recycling
Source: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.gov)
Reports, Analyses, & Insights
Industry
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US waste and recycling industry worth $91B in 2022, landfill capacity consolidation continues (Waste Dive)
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​Landfills & Recycling: Inside US Waste Management 2023 (Citi Research
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Solid Waste Market DataPack Q2 2023 (Environmental Business International)
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Hazardous Waste Market DataPack Q2 2023 (Environmental Business International)
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Remediation Market DataPack Q3 2023 (Environmental Business International)
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Solid Waste Management, Resource Recovery & Waste Management Equipment (Environmental Business International)
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​2023 Waste Market Update (Capstone Partners)
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​Waste Market Overview & Outlook 2019 (Waste Business Journal)
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Waste management in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts​ (Statista)
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Government
Federal Governance
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Laws, Rules, Regulations, and Policy
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Legislative Bodies
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Financing & Investment
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Capital Markets
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Themes of the year: Managers turn to waste for cash (Infrastructure Investor)
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The future of investing in plastic waste solutions (Morgan Stanley)
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Why should investors care about waste management? (Schroders)
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The garbage industry has outperformed the market since 2015. Here's why (CNBC)
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Banking for the waste and environmental services industry (Truist)
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Waste collection and recycling business financing (Celtic Bank)
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Government Funding
Innovation
Startups​
Venture Capital
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Insights
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AI revolution shaping the waste industry in 2024 and beyond (Waste 360)
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Innovative ideas for the waste management industry (Waste Management World Magazine)
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The top innovations to watch in the resource and waste sector (Circular)
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Academia
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Municipal Solid Waste Factsheet (University of Michigan)​​
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Study suggests U.S. households waste nearly a third of the food they acquire (Penn State University)
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U.S. is a larger source of platics pollution than previously thought, report find (Yale University)
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Waste Management Institute (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University)​
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