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Conversations around lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and fires in the waste and recycling industry are ramping up as more data becomes available and more reports are published. But what will it take [...]

The waste and recycling industry continues to experience fire incidents that are in line with historical trends. Recognizing this problem, Fire Rover has released a new early detection, [...]

The good news is we didn’t have the worst month for fires ever, but the bad news is this June ranked second to June 2018 with regard to fire incidents at our waste and recycling facilities. The [...]

The past three months have been the worst on record since I began reporting waste and recycling facility fire incidents in the beginning of 2016. In March, we incurred 31 reported fire incidents, [...]

The past two months have been the worst on record since I began reporting waste and recycling facility fire incidents in 2016. In March, we incurred 31 reported fire incidents, which is still [...]

January, February and March are in the rear-view mirror, and although the first two months of the year were par for the course, in March, we incurred 31 reported fire incidents, the [...]

I am sure you are sick of hearing that 2020 was a year like we have never experienced in human history. The global pandemic has forced “change” across the globe that has affected all aspects of [...]

When I started consolidating the reported waste and recycling facility fires in 2016, I was realistic that the first few years would drive the baseline data defining the scope of the problem, [...]

We can all agree that 2020 was not a typical year. The term “change” arguably had more power in 2020 than in any other time in our collective memory. From a waste and recycling perspective, we [...]

This month, I would like to share more positive industry news. We have heard about the innovative materials recovery facilities (MRFs) of the future being designed and developed by Waste [...]