Cole Rosengren

CEO Andy Silvernail provided numerous updates on a company rethink that has involved site closures, a large corporate restructuring and operational changes. He also previewed the potential for new box plant investments.

Stericycle reported “revenue challenges” with some customers, as well as hurricane effects, in its latest results. The company also disclosed the price of its pending asset sale to Urbaser in Spain and Portugal.

Stericycle’s medical and document destruction assets now reside under WM's Healthcare Solutions division. While WM tried to grow in this market under prior leadership it often ran into stiff competition from Stericycle.

CEO Howard Coker said the pending purchase of Eviosys and two more possible divestitures would create a company primarily focused on metal and fiber products. It also disclosed notable hurricane effects in Florida.

Berry spun off its health and hygiene business to merge with Glatfelter, allowing it to focus on consumer packaging. The newly formed Magnera is now “the largest nonwovens company in the world.”

PACs affiliated with the National Waste & Recycling Association, WM, Republic Services, Reworld and others have been active this cycle. Meanwhile, one former industry executive has donated millions to a Trump-affiliated PAC.

Plus, WM, Republic Services and Rumpke Waste & Recycling continued landfill expansion efforts in multiple states. Multiple publicly-owned landfills also reported closure and expansion news.

The city is seeking ideas related to collection and disposal, waste prevention and recycling, data and analytics, and policy and behavior change. It recently reupped many existing contracts to buy more time to craft future RFPs.

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