What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Feb 27, 2020
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Bangor Daily News
Proposal would shift rising recycling costs from Maine communities to companies, manufacturers
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The Austin Chronicle
Council Tries to Keep City's Trash Out of Hated Landfill: Waste not, what now?
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Broward may create taxing district for garbage and recycling
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San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area group sues Coke, Pepsi, other giants over plastic pollution ‘poisoning everything’
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ABC7 News
Councilman Johnny Khamis proposes bringing plastic waste recycling plant to San Jose
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NorthJersey.com
Mahwah NJ wants to do its trash collection, cut pickups to once a week
Feb 26, 2020
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Bloomberg
GFL Bets Third Time’s a Charm for One of Biggest Canada IPOs
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Billings Gazette
Public Works reviewing accidental garbage truck death; police investigation continues
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KSHB
Waste Management threatens to dump Unified Government over contract dispute
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Resource Recycling
Packaging EPR legislation lands in New York
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Chicago Tribune
Will County moves toward converting methane gas from landfill into an alternative fuel option
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Recycling Product News
Environmental 360 Solutions expecting a second big year of growth
Feb 25, 2020
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Anchorage Daily News
How Republican Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan teamed with a climate-crusading Democrat to pass an ocean cleanup bill
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The Reporter
Felony proceedings advance for two former Recology employees charged with conspiracy, grand theft
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Georgia Recorder
Lawmakers take steps to slow Georgia’s coal ash imports to landfills
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Oil City News
Bills aim to require recycling of wind turbine blades, disposal in abandoned Wyoming coal mines
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WHYY
Delaware caps height of construction landfill at 140 feet
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CNBC
Just Eat hopes seaweed-lined boxes can help tackle plastic problem
Feb 24, 2020
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KVUE
City of Austin may not have place to take trash after council votes down Waste Management contract extension
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore launches plan to get to ‘zero waste,’ starting with closure of city trash incinerator
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WFMZ
Controversial landfill in Northampton County looking to expand
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Victor Valley News
San Bernardino County Extends Landfill Contract with Athens Services to 2031
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Pensacola News Journal
Santa Rosa County to discuss re-bidding trash services for the entire county
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Michigan Radio
Michiganders send most trash to landfills since before recession
Feb 21, 2020
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WBIR
Lawsuit filed after fatal crash involving motorcycle & Waste Connections garbage truck
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New Jersey 101.5
Food-waste recycling plan lurches ahead but more changes likely
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Tucson.com
Tucson to continue every-other week recycling program
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The Oregonian
Portland-area residential customers are being overcharged for garbage service, lawsuit says
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WAFF
‘Alternative cover’ landfill bill moves forward; ADEM says coal ash no longer permitted material
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MRW
Wheelabrator cancels Hampshire EfW
Feb 20, 2020
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Lehigh Valley Live
Waste Management seeks rezoning for $42M expansion of Slate Belt landfill
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Global News
City of Winnipeg, union working to move garbage collection pilot project forward
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The Austin Chronicle
A Banana Peel, a Diaper, and a Plastic Bag Walk Into Austin's Composting Program
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Patch
Cambridge Reduces Trash By 30 Percent: City
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BioCycle
Potential Game-Changer For RINs “Waivers”
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E&E News
ENERGY TRANSITIONS: The next low-carbon energy source? It might be trash
Feb 19, 2020
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NJ.com
Motorcyclist, 52, killed in crash with garbage truck on Route 17
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CNBC
Waste Management CEO talks earnings beat, global demand and more
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New York Post
Woman sanitation worker fired for reporting sexual harassment: suit
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Rostraver landfill, DEP reach agreement on liquids from oil, gas waste
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Globe Newswire
SCS Engineers Becomes 100% ESOP Owned
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Utility Dive
Jeff Bezos commits $10B to climate. How should he spend it?
