What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 02, 2024
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Houston Chronicle
Houston City Council looking to improve Solid Waste Department with consulting contract.
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WMUR
New Hampshire Senate votes on bill to suspend landfill permits
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Maui Now
Maui County, Hawaiâi, files eminent domain complaint against Komar Maui Properties for landfill expansion.
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Resource Recycling
Report: Canadian diversion rates stay steady in 2022.
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Bellingham Herald
ABC Recycling nixes plan for Bellingham, Washington, metal shredder.
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CBS Miami
Doral, Medley, Miramar mayors weigh in as Miami-Dade, Florida, decides where to build a new incinerator.
May 01, 2024
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WBRC
St. Clair County, Alabama, landfill still burning 17 months later.
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The Toronto Star
Explosion at GFL liquid waste facility in Pickering, Ontario, injures four people.
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The Paducah Sun
Kentucky hauler American Trash Service issued municipal solid waste license after violations, missed pickups.
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Resource Recycling
Atlantic Coast Recycling MRF reopens in Passaic, New Jersey, following $47M upgrade.
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Hungry Horse News
EPA says it would be tough to remove all of the waste at Superfund site with landfill in Flathead County, Montana.
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KGW
Portland, Oregon, disposal company eyeing ideas to repurpose food waste.
Apr 30, 2024
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Reuters
Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs.
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Kentucky Lantern
Bourbon County, Kentucky, recycling center is ârighting a wrongâ for a predominantly Black neighborhood.
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CTV News
Canada must track progress toward zero plastic waste goal: audit.
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WFAA
Texas ranchers say âforever chemicalsâ in waste-based fertilizers ruined their land.
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TribLIVE
EPA to Yukon, Pennsylvania, landfill operator: fix violations or face $73K-a-day fine.
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Morning Sentinel
Complaints of odors from Hartland Landfill in Maine linger as town works toward closure.
Apr 29, 2024
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Civil Eats
USDA expected to decide whether to allow biodegradable food packaging for organic compost this week.
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas commission allows use of expanded area of WMâs Eco-Vista Landfill in Tontitown to go forward.
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Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver moves to create district heat system with its Burnaby incinerator.
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pitches third pay-as-you-throw proposal with hauler Casella.
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Houston Public Media
Derichebourg Recycle plant in Houston under investigation following fire.
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The Hill
Democrats push Biden to take stronger stance on plastics waste in pivotal negotiations.
Apr 26, 2024
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NBC 6 South Florida
Miami-Dade trash incinerator battle heating up after consultant report.
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KSHB
Developer behind nixed Kansas City, Missouri, landfill proposal discusses settlement and future plans.
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Financial Times
Push for plastic waste credits at UN treaty talks.
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Energy News Network
New EPA rules close a âhuge loopholeâ on coal ash, forcing wide-scale cleanup, advocates say.
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Sacramento News & Review
State Sen. Ben Allen discusses new efforts to handle household hazardous waste, plastic and other issues in California.
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Red Lake Nation News
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency invests more than $1M to increase reuse, recycling and composting.
Apr 25, 2024
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WTOV9
Interstate Waste Services invests $5M in Ohio rail track upgrade.
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The Business Journal
Caglia Environmental accused of overbilling Fresno, Calif., garbage ratepayers by $3.35M.
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ABC7 New York
DSNY workers made up 21% of leptospirosis cases in NYC last year due to rat urine exposure, union calls for action.
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Innovation in Textiles
Eastman announces textile collaboration with WM-backed Debrand.
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Houston Public Media
EPA allows companies responsible for San Jacinto Riverâs waste pits to do clean-up work, residents frustrated with delays.
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Packaging Dive
Unilever reality-checked its 2025 plastic packaging targets. Will more companies do the same?
Apr 24, 2024
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ABC News
Plastic bags from Walmart US recycling bins tracked to controversial plastic facilities in Southeast Asia.
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WGME
Maine Gov. Mills vetoes bill to hold Casella to PFAS drinking water standard for landfill leachate.
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Tallahassee Democrat
Waste Pro garbage truck hit, killed trash collection worker in Tallahassee, Florida, police say.
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NPR
UN talks for a global treaty to reduce plastic waste are floundering.
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HR Dive
FTC to ban noncompetes as soon as August.
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Chicago Tribune
In cost-saving move, Elmwood Park, Illinois, switching garbage collection companies from LRS to Flood Brothers.