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Press Releases and Media Mentions
March 21, 2023
GreenWaste Unveils New Look and Feel with Refreshed Brand Identity
For almost four decades, our family of resource recovery and recycling companies have shared a commitment for doing what’s right...
March 16, 2023
Q&A: GreenWaste CEO envisions ‘stronger presence’ for company in California following private equity investment
Over a year after selling to a Macquarie fund, CEO Tracy Adams reports a “great partnership.” He discusses the company’s acquisition strategy,...February 2, 2023
GreenWaste Acquires Hayward Transfer Station
SAN JOSE, CA, February 2, 2023 –GreenWaste, a full-service resource recovery and recycling company, announced it has acquired the assets...December 16, 2022
GreenWaste of Palo Alto and the City of Palo Alto Shift to Domestic Markets for Recyclables
Mixed Paper and Mixed Rigid Plastic generated by Palo Alto residents and businesses will now be sent to domestic markets...Fact Sheets
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Past Media Mentions
2023
09 – Drywall Recycling: Reducing Environmental Impact?
08 – Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA’s help
08 – TRP awards 2023 Aluminum Can Capture Grants to boost aluminum recycling
08 – AMP, Crown Holdings fund two more MRF can capture equipment grants
08 – Supporting a more circular economy in Northern California’s waste market
07 – Mattress Recycling Council to Boost its Mattress Recycling Rate by Composting Cotton and Coconut Fibers
06 – GreenWaste releases sustainability report with first emission goals
06 – GreenWaste releases 2022 Sustainability Report
2022
2021
12 – City of Palo Alto: New Garbage Processing & Disposal Services for Palo Alto
10 – WasteDive: Macquarie acquiring large stakes in GreenWaste and Zanker in its first California waste deal
02 – Recycling International: Novoloop CEO Miranda Wang: ‘We want to help double the size of the circular economy’
2020
2019
12 – Waste360: 40 Under 40: Greenwaste’s Lopez takes resource recovery, recycling to new levels
08 – San Jose Mercury: Seabirds eating plastic. Recyclers struggling. This is what California’s waste crisis looks like
07 – MRC: MRW awards more than $120,000 in grants to California collection sites
04 – Californians Against Waste: China rejects most of our plastic. Now What?
01 – Resource Recycling: MRF of the Month
01 – RRCC: A New Era for Recycling: Q&A with CRRC leaders Tracy Adams and Art Pena
2018
10 – Waste360: Aquarium Builds Blue Whale Art Installation From Single-use Plastic
08 – Green Matters: San Jose Is Recycling Its Plastics With A Revolutionary New Method
08 – ABC7 News: Public-Private Partnership In Bay Area Seeks To Make Chemicals From Hard-To-Recycle Plastics
08 – Waste360: GreenWaste Recovery Opens 90-tph Mixed Waste MRF
08 – Recycling Product News: GreenWaste Recovery, In Partnership With BHS, Opens 90-tph Mixed Waste MRF
07 – Telemundo: La ruta de los desechos en el Área de la Bahía
2017
10 – The Carmel Pine Cone: City joins restaurants in recycling food waste
09 – Cedar Street Times: GreenWaste Recovery wins National Award for Recycling Excellence
07 – The Carmel Pine Cone: Restaurateurs get first look at straw rule, plastics ban
06 – Recycling Inside: GreenWaste selects BHS for Mixed Waste MRF
06 – Recycling Today: GreenWaste Recovery uses BHS equipment for system upgrade
06 – Recycling Product News: GreenWaste selects BHS for Mixed Waste MRF
06 – Waste360: GreenWaste selects BHS for Mixed Waste MRF in San Jose
06 – Waste Management World: Five BHS Max-AI Robotic Sorting Systems part of major upgrade at San Jose recycling plant
03 – Waste360: How San Jose tackled cleanup duties in flood ravaged neighborhoods
2015
09 – Recycling Product News: GreenWaste Recovery diverts 88 percent of incoming materials
07 – Recycling Today: GreenWaste Recovery opens single-stream plant in San Jose
07 – Waste Dive: GreenWaste Recovery opens MRF in San Jose
04 – Monterey County Weekly: New waste hauler in seven Peninsula cities will allow residents to recycle more
2014
2013
2011
08 – BioCycle Magazine: Creating infrastructure for commercial waste diversion
07 – Santa Cruz Sentinel: Capitola’s Pacific Coast Manor downsizes daily waste
06 – Resource Recycling Magazine: From multi-family to clean streams
05 – BioCycle Magazine: New frontier for commercial waste in San Jose
02 – Santa Cruz Sentinel: Capitola food waste program
2009
12 – MSW Management: Modern MRF
11 – BioCycle Magazine: MRF Organics Recovery
10 – CIWMB Newsletter: Multi-Family Recycling Program San Jose
08 – USA Today: Is biogas the way to San Jose’s energy independence?
08 – Mercury News: SJ turn waste into power
07 – Recycling Today: MRF Trash to Treasure
06 – Resource Recycling: MRF of the Month