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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. 1, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Why 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. 1, 2018 -
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. 1, 2018 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Elizabeth Regan/Waste Dive
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 -
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 -
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 -
Q&A
Meet 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 -
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 -
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 -
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. 6, 2018 -
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. 5, 2018 -
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. 4, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Republic's sustainability talking points, Austin tries to salvage bag ban
Plus trash piling up in Acapulco, the latest solar landfill project gets approval and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 31, 2018 -
Daily Digest: WM forfeits $5.5M over undocumented workers, California passes bottle bill fix
Plus Japan's multi-million dollar recycling investment, the latest city bag fee news and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 30, 2018 -
The WASTECON sessions: fire, safety and contamination
Three sessions at last week's WASTECON highlight what's on the minds of industry leaders right now.
By Jordan Schultz • Aug. 29, 2018 -
Daily Digest: NY DEC joins recycling dialogue, Philly getting $120M digester
Plus news on another Chinese paper mill investment in the U.S., needlestick risks for MRF workers and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 29, 2018 -
New York hauler sues city over suspension, claiming lack of due process
Sanitation Salvage equated the city's move to "a death sentence" and accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of defamation. So far, he shows no sign of changing his tone.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Aug. 28, 2018 -
Daily Digest: China's effects on RecycLA, Phoenix's creative driver apprenticeships
Plus news on a worker fatality in Louisiana, next-level plastic bag policy in the U.K. and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 27, 2018 -
Employers and workers at odds over retirement preparation
Most employers (72%) in a U.S. study believe workers don't think about retirement until it draws near, yet only 40% of workers say this is true.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 23, 2018
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