What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 26, 2023
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Waste Today
USA Waste & Recycling leaders talk recycling infrastructure, company history.
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SWVA Today
Southwestern Virginia counties explore ‘waste-to-energy’ incinerator project following closure of Bristol landfill.
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KPEL News
Acadiana Waste Services to begin serving Lafayette, Louisiana, customers as Republic Services departs.
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10 WBNS
Concerns remain for Morrow County, Ohio, residents despite repair work from Renergy following liquid waste spill
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Waste Today
VLS Environmental Solutions opens WTE facility in Arizona.
Sep 25, 2023
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KCUR
Composting businesses are sprouting across the Midwest — but many cities are unprepared.
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25 News Now
Semi, trailer total loss after fire at WM transfer station in East Peoria, Illinois.
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KNSI
St. Cloud, Minnesota, testing machine to eliminate forever chemicals from solid waste.
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Waste 360
Former waste hauler makes a living off of industrial castoffs.
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Macomb Daily
Sterling Heights, Michigan, changes waste haulers from GFL to Priority Waste in a move to save $23M.
Sep 22, 2023
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Packaging Dive
Walmart takes compostable cutlery ‘mainstream.’
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MPR News
Hennepin County, Minnesota, wrestles with future of Minneapolis waste incinerator.
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Summit Daily
Summit County, Colorado, to budget more than $2.2M for recycling initiatives in 2024.
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TAPintoPrinceton
Princeton, New Jersey, launches a pilot food scraps program, its first since 2019.
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Agriculture Dive
US Senate targets December for farm bill passage.
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REMI News
Organic waste diversion pilot for industrial, commercial, and institutional sector expands from Ontario to Alberta.
Sep 21, 2023
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Dayton Daily News
Renergy ordered to close anaerobic digestion facility in Greene County, Ohio.
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ABC17NEWS
Columbia, Missouri, Solid Waste short 16 employees, curbside pickup for recycling continues to be suspended.
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The New York Times
Sports stadiums work to reduce waste and improve sustainable practices.
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press
St. Paul, Minnesota, approves 18-month contract extension with 5 private haulers for residential garbage collection.
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Mid Hudson News
Ulster County, New York, lawmakers defeat request to terminate future landfill studies.
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Waste Today
Mazza Recycling names new CFO.
Sep 20, 2023
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Bloomberg Law
Waste-to-Energy Association urges EPA to complete municipal solid waste combustor review.
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Lynnwood Times
Snohomish County, Washington, officials work to untangle waste-to-rail issues with Republic Services, BNSF.
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9News
Denver slow to roll out compost bins for residents as it battles contamination.
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The City
NYC residents are throwing away less, but recycling less, too, according to annual data.
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WPXI
Big’s Sanitation garbage truck crashes into business, injuring 4 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Waco, Texas, landfill looks to diversion as population, waste grow.
Sep 19, 2023
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The Durango Herald
Colorado transfer station contract affected following Republic’s acquisition of GFL assets.
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NorthJersey.com
Suburban Disposal sues over $25M garbage contract award to competitor in Paterson, New Jersey.
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WTVF
Nashville, Tennessee, to begin curbside composting pilot at 750 households next month.
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The Virginian-Pilot
Chesapeake, Virginia, considers revoking use permit for solid waste facility after citing violations for years.
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WKYT
Fire breaks out at Lexington, Kentucky, waste facility accepting storm debris.
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Waste360
National Safety Council fights workplace overdose deaths.
Sep 18, 2023
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The New York Times
Why a Waste Connections landfill as tall as the Statue of Liberty may rise even higher.
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Streetsblog New York City
DSNY starts containerized garbage collection in West Harlem pilot.
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BioCycle
BioCycle finds number of U.S. households with access to food waste collection grew 49% since 2021.
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Chicago Law Bulletin
Illinois jury awards $9.7M to woman hit by City of Chicago garbage truck.
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Eugene Weekly
Oregon jury awards $360K to family in wrongful death suit involving Waste Connections.
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Fingerlakes1.com
Officials at two New York companies plead guilty in e-waste disposal case.
