What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Nov 21, 2025
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Ames Tribune
Ames, Iowa, to emphasize recycling over WTE with $16.7M recycling campus.
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Berkshire Eagle
North Adams, Massachusetts, launches nip bottle redemption pilot.
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Waste Today
JunkStart announces expansion plans, franchise opportunities.
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KOTA
Residents in Rapid City, South Dakota, push back on proposed 26% waste rate hike.
Nov 20, 2025
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Fox 2
Missouri dispensary launches vape waste program to fight battery fires.
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Athens Independent
Athens County, Ohio, merges recycling center with waste district due to financial strain.
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Maryland Matters
Inside Montgomery County, Maryland’s push to close its incinerator.
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KCTV
Family sues GFL after mother dies in collision involving dumpster.
Nov 19, 2025
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Waste Today
NWRA, SWANA review solid waste collection fatalities.
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Waste 360
Divert reaches agreement to manage food scraps from United States Cold Storage.
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The Chronicle Telegram
Elyria, Ohio, votes overwhelmingly to reject privatization, keep sanitation department.
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WFAA
American Airlines partners with The Organic Recycler in Texas to turn airplane food into compost.
Nov 18, 2025
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Waste 360
Waste leaders share approaches to safety at RCon.
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Miami Herald
Three companies got $100K from Miami-Dade County, Florida, to help reduce and recycle trash.
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WAND
Urbana, Illinois, approves new solar farm on closed landfill site.
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E&E News by POLITICO
Trump admin advances plan to overhaul civil service.
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Bristol Herald Courier
Virginia DEQ finds no deficits in Bristol, Virginia, landfill.
Nov 17, 2025
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Los Angeles Times
Some Los Angeles residents overwhelmed by green bin rollout for food waste diversion.
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Wall Street Journal
Inside New Orleans’ battle over two competing trash collectors.
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The Independent Florida Alligator
Florida’s Florence Landfill is set to close in 9 months. Activists want it gone sooner.
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Iowa Capital Dispatch
State study in Iowa calls for better food waste diversion programs to fight hunger.
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Waste 360
Industry navigates bioplastics wave as more packaging made from biopolymers.
Nov 14, 2025
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Spectrum News
New York City Council passes bill to expand curbside trash containerization plan citywide.
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Indianapolis Star
Residents in Indianapolis adjusting to new rules as LRS contract set to start Jan. 1.
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Wall Street Journal
California producers set to report plastic packaging data as part of new EPR law.
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WCAX
Vermont solid waste district breaks ground on $38M MRF.
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1011 Now
Lincoln, Nebraska, opens free reuse store for residents to trade in hazardous materials.
Nov 13, 2025
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Waste 360
SWANA launches inaugural RCon event.
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WHYY
Chester, Pennsylvania, to Philadelphia: ‘Find somewhere else’ to send your trash.
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Florida Politics
Miami-Dade may ask Florida to look at easing restrictions on incinerator ash in asphalt, cement.
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Food Ingredients First
COP30: Only 30 countries commit to food waste mitigation as climate pressure mounts.
