Dive summary:

• The current fine of $1,000 to anyone who leaves radioactive material at the Williston landfill in North Dakota is not deterring people from trying to sneak it in anyway, so owners say they must hike up the fine to $10,000.
• The landfill works with oil companies, the landfill can handle the materials used but as soon as something comes out of the ground it contains radium, uranium and thorium, which must be taken to another facility that is equipped to handle it.
• This morning landfill officials met with every oil company in the area to explain the new fees and remind them of safe dumping alternatives.

From the article:

The Department of Justice said Thursday that Star Atlantic Waste Holdings L.P. and Veolia ES Solid Waste Inc. must shed their commercial waste collection or disposal assets in several states in order to complete their pending deal.

The waste companies revealed plans in July for Star Atlantic to buy Veolia. The combined business, which will operate as Advanced Disposal Services, would become the largest privately owned environmental services business in the United States. ...