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Daily Digest: NYC commissioner calls for end to fatigued driving
Plus, San Diego agrees to recycling contract amendment, HP and IKEA join an ocean plastics consortium and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 22, 2018
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Daily Digest: Houston mayor talks 2019 recycling contract, return of glass
Plus, Maryland county approves labor peace ordinance, Los Angeles moves ahead on straw ban and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 17, 2018
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Overtime rule delayed until March 2019
DOL also has announced its intent to tackle joint employment via regulation, with a proposal slated for December.
By Kate Tornone • Oct. 17, 2018
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Daily Digest: Waste Management cart-tagging questioned in Chicago
Plus, a Missouri city drops all fiber collection, Kentucky workers fight for fair pay and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 15, 2018
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Daily Digest: DSNY driver kills pedestrian amid chaotic week of US crashes
Plus, Trump seizes on ocean plastic as the latest example of international unfairness and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • UPDATED: Oct. 12, 2018 at 4:17 p.m.
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Daily Digest: 2 New York tuck-ins for Casella; Adidas ditching virgin plastic by 2024
Plus, a Casella landfill lawsuit is dismissed in Massachusetts, the U.K. pledges big money to fight food waste and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 04, 2018
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Daily Digest: Potential $100M community agreement for Waste Connections landfill
Plus, Rumpke wants to expand the largest landfill in Ohio, another paper mill is set to reopen and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 02, 2018
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Daily Digest: Northeast recycling reality check; Minnesota WTE in jeopardy
Plus, Republic Services now has more women on its board than top competitors, and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 01, 2018
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Deep DiveWhy aren't wages rising? An analysis
The economy has held steady for years and the market continues to tighten, yet massive market responses have not materialized. So what’s going on?
By Kathryn Moody • Oct. 01, 2018
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Daily Digest: Controversial NYC hauler back; Waste Management fatalities in Nebraska
Plus, a Republic competitor goes bankrupt in Nevada, Meridian makes an acquisition in Florida and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 01, 2018
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Daily Digest: Republic disagrees with EPA plan for radioactive West Lake Landfill
Plus, BP licenses new tech to Fulcrum BioEnergy for turning MSW into jet fuel, SWANA is bringing its landfill expertise to Colombia and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 27, 2018
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Daily Digest: Murky progress on 2030 UN food waste goal; new energy on cup recycling
Plus, news on a $130 million landfill project in California, Australia's proactive approach to post-China markets and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 26, 2018
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Daily Digest: Republic landfill health effects studied; pill ring busted at Wheelabrator
Plus, how New York City aims to cut 54 million plastic bottles from its waste stream, new hope for Idaho composting and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 24, 2018
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Daily Digest: Jacksonville, Florida fines Republic, Waste Pro, Advanced
Plus, more plastics news from the G7 meeting in Canada, and multiple other legal or regulatory updates from around the country in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 21, 2018
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Daily Digest: More big plastic promises at G7; New York City safety back in limelight
Plus, Waste Management has reached a new agreement about odor issues at High Acres, why a spoiled milk fragrance is being sold in Sweden and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 19, 2018
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How Republic is taking on distracted driving at a global level
VP Jim Olson discusses the company's leadership role in the Together for Safer Roads coalition and how it's viewed as a unique approach to this pressing industry problem.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 19, 2018
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Daily Digest: BioHiTech's landfill alternative moving forward in New York
Plus details on a dangerous morning for collection workers in two states, potential plans for a new composting investment in Tennessee and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 19, 2018
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NLRB to propose joint-employer rule that would undo Browning-Ferris
The rule would shift enforcement away from the Obama-era standard, making it more difficult for employers to be held jointly liable for NLRA violations.
By Kathryn Moody , Ryan Golden , Kate Tornone • UPDATED: Sept. 13, 2018 at 12:05 p.m.
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Daily Digest: Pacific Coast sets 2030 food waste goal, scientists posit new ocean plastic patches
Plus Waste Management's CFO on women in the industry, California's latest container fraud crackdown, today's webinar schedule and more.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 12, 2018
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Q&AMeet NWRA's new safety VP: Kirk Sander
The industry's newest national safety executive discusses how his experience at OSHA and other high-profile jobs will influence his role.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 11, 2018
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Daily Digest: Ocean Cleanup's plastic boom sets sail, Pruitt Superfund group scrutinized
Plus Hawaii announces big composting plans, U.K. shoppers turn against plastic and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 10, 2018
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Industry petitions OSHA to establish heat standard
More than 130 organizations asked the agency to establish protection rules for workers exposed to heat, the leading weather-related killer in the U.S.
By Kim Slowey • Sept. 10, 2018
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Daily Digest: New research on the plastic problem, Nine Dragons buying another US mill
Plus news on the latest AI advances in MRF technology, the newly named "Trash Pandas" baseball team and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 06, 2018
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Acosta announces new DOL 'compliance assistance' arm
The announcement included the launch of two new websites — Worker.gov and Employer.gov — that will address compliance questions.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 05, 2018
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Daily Digest: Sanitation Salvage suspension upheld in NYC, Wheelabrator closing Florida WTE
Plus Republic reverses course on Illinois recycling cancellation, a $6 million fire in North Carolina and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 04, 2018