Conversations around lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and fires in the waste and recycling industry are ramping up as more data becomes […]
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Fires Continue On Historical Trend; Dive Into Landfill Fires
The waste and recycling industry continues to experience fire incidents that are in line with historical trends. Recognizing this problem, […]
Is Sanitization Nation Responsible for the Post-Pandemic Surge in Facility Fires?
The good news is we didn’t have the worst month for fires ever, but the bad news is this June […]
May 2021 Fire Report: Is the Pandemic Recovery Driving Record-high Fire Incidents?
The past three months have been the worst on record since I began reporting waste and recycling facility fire incidents […]
April 2021 Fire Report: Worst Month for Fires Since 2016!
The past two months have been the worst on record since I began reporting waste and recycling facility fire incidents […]
March 2021 Fires Up: A Conversation with the New Face of Scrap Metal, Brett “Dr. Hustle” Ekart
January, February and March are in the rear-view mirror, and although the first two months of the year were par […]
4th Annual Reported Waste & Recycling Facility Fires in the US/Canada Released
I am sure you are sick of hearing that 2020 was a year like we have never experienced in human […]
Li-ion Battery Fires Unfairly Cost Waste, Recycling and Scrap Operators Over $1.2 Billion Annually
When I started consolidating the reported waste and recycling facility fires in 2016, I was realistic that the first few […]
December 2020 Fire Report: A Year of Change
We can all agree that 2020 was not a typical year. The term “change” arguably had more power in 2020 […]
The Rural MRF of the Future
This month, I would like to share more positive industry news. We have heard about the innovative materials recovery facilities […]
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