SWEEP Newsletter #4: The Waste Industry Is “Living in Interesting Times”
Global trends and a shifting landscape are forcing old dogs to consider new tricks. Organics processing capacity is scaling up fast through private investment and ...
Rob Watson
SWEEP Newsletter #3: Recycling as a Security Issue
Many of the key ingredients to modern life are increasingly hard to find, of lower quality, and more expensive. From rare earth metals for electronics ...
When Risk Becomes the Business Case: How the Hormuz Crisis Turned Recycled Content Into a Hedge – A SWEEP Report
By Mikey Pasciuto, Scrapp Inc. — April 2026 I am sure we have all been inundated with the news surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. This ...
SWEEP Newsletter #2: Regulation Driving Innovation
Market transformation happens through a combination of regulatory push and market innovation pull. This week we focus on how regulation is actively driving innovation in ...
SWEEP Newsletter #1: Growing Wave of Stewardship
Materials stewardship is spreading fast — three states enacted battery EPR laws in just the first two weeks of April alone. Meanwhile, SWANA and PSI ...
Announcing the Release of the SWEEP+ Pilot Standard 2.0
The SWEEP (Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Performance) Standard is the world’s only comprehensive, measurable framework covering the full waste system — from collection and source ...
Best Practices in Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Policies
2023 has kicked off with a surge of commitment to sustainability as legislators nationwide implement and propose policies that encourage sustainable materials management (SMM). Here, ...
International Compost Awareness Week 2023: For Healthier Soil, Healthier Food…Compost!
Join SWEEP in recognizing International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) 2023, taking place from May 7th to 13th, to raise public awareness about the importance of ...
The Circular Economy: The Sustainable Solution for Waste Management
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has included a circular economy approach in its National Recycling Strategy. According to EPA, “A circular economy reduces material ...
SWEEP: A Common Framework for Sustainable Materials Management
Universally Accepted Benchmarks Could Help Local Governments Improve Their Waste Management Programs By Izzy Hamlen, Rising Senior at Deerfield Academy, SWEEP Intern & Rob Watson, ...
SWEEP Municipal Standard National Public Meeting
This meeting will be held at the GW University at the Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, DC on February 12th, 2019. The ...
Waste Dive Article: SWEEP standard…releases ambitious proposal
The Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (SWEEP) Municipal Standard has been published in draft form. Following the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) model, ...