What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Mar 16, 2026
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Inside Climate News
Pennsylvania publishes long-awaited study on radioactivity in landfill leachate.
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Oelwein Daily Register
Waste museum’s Ricchio provides yard waste service in Oelwein, Iowa.
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FourStatesHomepage.com
EPA finds no hazardous gases in latest Galena, Kansas, landfill test.
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WSHU
Connecticut lawmakers consider bill to make food waste, packaging changes.
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WATE
Tennessee bill aims to prevent proposed Trans-Rail Waste Services landfill near Big South Fork River.
Mar 13, 2026
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Verite News
In New Orleans, waste haulers’ opposition to curbside changes could signal end to program.
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Resource Recycling
ERI sues ITAD company Revivn, alleging raid on staff and trade secrets.
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Baltimore Banner
Problem with Baltimore sludge content costing city $5.3M a month since Synagro stopped processing the material.
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CalMatters
Opinion: Some recycled plastic food packaging is better for the environment than alternatives.
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Ames Tribune
Recycling center in Ames, Iowa, could cost nearly $3M more than expected.
Mar 12, 2026
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BioCycle
PFAS liability questions remain as Massachusetts court rules biosolids a ‘useful product.’
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WCAX
Chittenden Solid Waste District in Vermont loses $3M in phishing scam.
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NBC 6 South Florida
‘Old Smokey’ Miami incinerator case returns to court as attorneys seek class-action status.
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Waste 360
Republic Services’ Chris Seney on scaling and innovating organics processing.
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Waste Today
Nopetro partners with Lynx to build CNG fueling station in Florida.
Mar 11, 2026
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Gothamist
NYC wrestles with delays in delivering official trash bins.
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Waste 360
Beyond compliance: Securing landfills against legal action.
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WMUR
Maine communities looking for ways to save space on biosolid waste.
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Quartz
The recycling industry is betting big on AI and robots.
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Waste Today
ACUA landfill expansion project unanimously approved in New Jersey.
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The Detroit News
Michigan House mulls per-mile tax for EV semis, garbage trucks.
Mar 10, 2026
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Waste 360
The rise of recycling digital twins to boost efficiency.
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WCAX
Casella’s Vermont landfill tests new system to remove PFAS from leachate.
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Salem Statesman Journal
Republic Services’ Coffin Butte Landfill won’t expand landfill gas collection system.
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Inside Climate News
EPA hits 40-year staffing lows after Trump targets its public health experts.
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Plastics News
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s primary defeat is a loss for chemical recycling.
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Financial Times
‘It’s good business:’ How London became a waste-to-energy capital.
Mar 09, 2026
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Foster’s Daily Democrat
Proposed $180M biosolids facility plan in Sanford, Maine, draws both support and protest.
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The Bristol Edition
Connecticut’s Reworld waste incinerator focus of state legislature hearing.
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New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire lawmakers seek elusive consensus on landfill regulation bills.
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KUT
On-demand bulk trash collection saved Austin, Texas, $180K city says.
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LAist
Scientists explore maggots’ role in improving composting.
Mar 06, 2026
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Newsday
Brookhaven, New York, seeks to extend landfill permit to 2031 amid closure plan.
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ABC13 Houston
City of Houston delays launch of new heavy trash pickup system.
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FOX54
Athens, Georgia, temporarily suspends recycling due to Decatur equipment issue.
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KWWL
Cedar Valley waste woes: Black Hawk Waste Disposal’s service questioned in Iowa.
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NJ.com
Newark, New Jersey, expedites collection truck purchases following blizzard collection issues.
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Resource Recycling
Northeast recycled commodity values hit 5-year lows.
