What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jul 30, 2021
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Resource Recycling
Pratt plans $400 million recycled paper mill in Kentucky
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New York Post
Corey Johnson pulls waste bill he fast-tracked for Queens ally after questions
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
'Ya Fav Trashman' and protesters bring bags of garbage to MSB to denounce Philly's trash 'epidemic'
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WOWT
New Omaha plant to elevate recycling, turning trash into plastic lumber
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The Journal
Durango plans citywide composting service
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TechCrunch
Algramo aims to cut plastic waste with a reusable container ecosystem and $8.5M A round
Jul 29, 2021
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CBS San Francisco
Former Recology Exec Agrees To Plead Guilty, Cooperate In SF City Hall Corruption Probe
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Reuters
The recycling myth: A plastic waste solution littered with failure
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TechCrunch
Redwood Materials raises $700M to expand its battery recycling operation
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Bangor Daily News
Old Town wants to completely dig up its landfill and move the garbage down the road
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Bloomberg
Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Charged on Misleading Investors
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CFO Dive
SEC may require climate risk disclosures in expanded 10-Ks: Gensler
Jul 28, 2021
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The Globe and Mail
Ontario grocery chains, restaurants form alliance to challenge GFL on privatized blue-box recycling regime
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WBFF
Trash cans full, jobs empty | Nearly 25% of jobs at DPW in Baltimore are vacant
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
DEP to require landfills to test for radioactivity from fracking waste
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Spectrum News
Concern in Rensselaer County that floodwater carried toxins from a dump
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Portland Tribune
Metro report: Racist threats common at waste transfer stations
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San Francisco Chronicle
After pushback, cost to drop for S.F.'s pricey trash can pilot program to test new designs
Jul 27, 2021
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MarketWatch
Casella Waste Systems Acquires Willimantic Waste Paper Co.
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Maine Public
Environmental Group Seeks Stronger Water Protections For Norridgewock Landfill Expansion
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Commercial Appeal
'There is always more we can do': TVA pauses plans to bury Allen coal ash in Memphis. For now.
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WHYY
After a pandemic delay, Philly is finally opening 12 community composting sites
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Jacksonville Daily Record
City permits CNG fuel facility for Waste Management
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THE CITY
Plastic Bag Ban Violators Getting Away with Breaking Law as Enforcers Check Out
Jul 26, 2021
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The Palm Beach Post
Race, politics and big money at forefront of coveted Riviera Beach garbage contract
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Newsday
Sanitation worker dies from injuries suffered in collision in Cedarhurst
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SW News Media
Burnsville landfill expansion draws opposition from Bloomington officials
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Ya Fav Trashman: Philadelphians deserve real leadership, not garbage everywhere | Opinion
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Reuters
After the flood, Germany battles to clear mountains of trash
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CFO Dive
Corporate 'greenwashing' poses growing threat to ESG goals: report
Jul 23, 2021
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Construction Dive
Labor secretary calls for additional funding for OSHA
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Vermont Business Magazine
Largest anaerobic digester in the Northeast begins production of renewable energy
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NBC2 News
Waste Pro back on track after hiring 21 new drivers
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New Hampshire Public Radio
State Says Casella Fell Short On Preventing Major Landfill Leachate Spill In Bethlehem, N.H.
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KLTV
Long-range plans developed for Deep East Texas landfills
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E&E News
A Rust Belt city debates a growing plastic future
Jul 22, 2021
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The Hill
House passes bill requiring EPA to regulate 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
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Vice
FTC Formally Adopts Right to Repair Platform
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CNBC
The garbage industry has outperformed the market since 2015. Here’s why
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Thousand Oaks Acorn
Waste Management sues Athens, claims proposed rates are artificially low
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly streets are filthy, smelly, and City Hall’s solutions aren’t enough
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San Francisco Chronicle
$20,000 trash cans. No kidding. S.F. looks to roll out prototypes on street corners
