What We're Reading: Page 3
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Apr 12, 2024
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Packaging Dive
Eviction threat looms as film recycler Myplas accrues $1.3M in unpaid bills.
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Los Angeles Times
Explosive levels of methane detected at Berkeley, California, landfill turned park.
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Waste Today
Bruin Waste Management expands leadership team.
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Missouri Independent
After Missouri Senate filibuster, Kansas City landfill critics hope to cut a deal with KC Recycle & Waste Solutions.
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KTUL
Covanta reps address concerns about handling medical waste at Tulsa, Oklahoma, facility.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Foothills Landfill in Las Cruces, New Mexico, resumes commercial service after closing last week.
Apr 11, 2024
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Agriculture Dive
House ag chair targets May for action on farm bill.
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AgFunder News
A study from ReFED and the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment finds ‘real food waste reductions at scale.’
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The San Fernando Valley Sun
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approves audit of Republic Services’ Sunshine Canyon Landfill.
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Second Wave Media
Two Michigan towns are ‘pioneers’ in local efforts to eliminate food waste as organic collection programs debut.
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BioCycle
UN’s 2024 food waste index attributes 60% of food waste to households.
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Biomass Magazine
Kompogas facility in San Luis Obispo County, California, reaches 5 years of operation.
Apr 10, 2024
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NBC 6 South Florida
Leaders in Miramar and other Florida cities fight proposal for nearby trash incinerator.
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ItemLive
WIN Waste’s Saugus WTE plant to shift ash disposal from on-site monofills to Shrewsbury landfill.
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York Daily Record
CRDC in York, Pennsylvania, now charging to accept residential plastic for recycling.
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The New York Times
A rising number of A.I. companies are tackling food waste.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia doubles recycling fund after voters close tire fee loophole.
Apr 09, 2024
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Concord Monitor
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services weighs in against landfill moratorium bill.
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TAPintoHoboken
Cali Carting secures two-year collection contract in Hoboken, New Jersey, for $7.5M.
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Los Angeles Times
Neighbors balk at renewed permit for Phibro-Tech hazardous waste facility in Santa Fe Springs, California.
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Waste 360
Stakeholders discuss opportunities, challenges with EPR for tires in North America.
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Recycling Product News
EREF research project seeks to improve safety for the waste and recycling industry.
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The Guardian
Gina McCarthy: Methane from landfills is detectable from space – and driving the climate crisis.
Apr 08, 2024
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The Narwhal
Ontario could run out of landfill space in nine years. Then what?
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Chemical & Engineering News
Can chemists turn California’s almond trash into sustainable treasure?
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The New Yorker
Jessica Tisch, the ex-N.Y.P.D. official trying to tame New York’s trash.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Foothills Landfill in Las Cruces, New Mexico, closed indefinitely.
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WDTN
New community compost station coming to Dayton, Ohio.
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Maui Now
Maui County, Hawai’i, greenlights eminent domain for Central Maui Landfill expansion for wildfire waste.
Apr 05, 2024
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Kansas City Star
Kansas City landfill dispute grinds Missouri Senate to a halt.
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WAMU
New contractor selected for food waste drop-offs at D.C. farmers markets raising questions.
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CBS San Francisco
Air district fines Berkeley, California, $130K for emissions violations at landfill.
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WBAL
1 killed after trash truck falls from bridge in Baltimore crash.
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The New York Times
There’s an explosion of plastic waste. Big companies say ‘We’ve Got This.’
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ABC 3340
‘This is toxic,’ property owners ask for ban on land application of biosolids on farmland in Blount County, Alabama.
Apr 04, 2024
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KRON4
Wrongful death lawsuit filed against GreenWaste after San Jose, Calif., pedestrian dies from injuries.
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Star Tribune
AI-powered curbside organics program expands in Washington County, Minnesota.
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Waste Today
SCS Engineers reconfigures executive staff, including new president, COO and CFO.
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News West 9
Odessa, Texas, partners with Basin Hauling facility for recycling drop-off program.
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Smart Cities Dive
Traffic deaths declined in 2023, but distracted driving remains a danger.
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ESG Dive
Southwest Airlines acquires SAFFiRE Renewables, expanding focus on waste-derived aviation fuel.