What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jan 26, 2022
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WLBT
‘If you guys just don’t want me here, then I don’t want to be here,' said Richard's Disposal founder amid 'belittling' questions from Jackson, Mississippi councilors over long-debated contract.
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New York Daily News
New York City Sanitation truck strikes and kills e-bike rider in Brooklyn.
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TAPinto Newark
New Jersey environmental justice group joins lawsuit against U.S. EPA, calling for revised air quality standards at incinerators.
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KNOE
Louisiana's lieutenant governor says the state has 'more trash than ever' and feels it's time to 'embarrass' litterers.
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Waste360
Lessons learned from PFAS solid waste research in 2021.
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Transport Dive
Battery-electric vs. hydrogen trucks: The debate heads into 2022.
Jan 25, 2022
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Maine Public
Penobscot Nation and environmental advocates want tighter regulations on PFAS treatment in leachate. Maine DEP suggests waiting for US EPA standards first.
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Daily Freeman
Waste officials in Ulster County, New York, call for single-stream recycling ban due to low material quality.
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WJZ
Baltimore contracts with WIN Waste Innovations to run recycling drop-off centers, after moving to biweekly collection amid labor limitations.
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ABC 12
Priority Waste — new hauler for Flint, Michigan — touts success hiring local residents.
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Voice of San Diego
San Diego County has enough permitted landfill capacity for at least 37 more years, but hopes new organics recycling law will extend that.
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Letsrecycle.com
Covanta begins Rookery South operations in UK, latest of multiple new facilities under construction.
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USA Today
'Great Resignation' resolution? Create better jobs, Labor Secretary Walsh says.
Jan 24, 2022
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Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles, Washington, will take over collection service and purchase transfer station from Waste Connections.
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KOIN
Ridwell sues Washington County, Oregon, after being forced to stop specialty recycling collection service.
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Daily Times
Covanta extends host community agreement by three years with Chester, Pennsylvania, ahead of contract expiration with Delaware County Solid Waste Authority.
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WBNS
How Ohio's Local Waste Services is seeing strong recruitment and retention rates for drivers and mechanics.
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Transport Dive
Trucking firms try employee benefits as driver recruitment, retention tool.
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Axios
Senators from Georgia and Arizona craft bill to ban corporate PACs.
Jan 21, 2022
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St. Louis Public Radio
Multi-month suspension of curbside recycling continues in St. Louis, due in part to limited mechanics for fleet maintenance.
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KXAN
Balcones Resources attributes recent Texas MRF fires to lithium-ion batteries.
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The Herald Sun
South Carolina lawmakers pass bill that would ease requirements for plastics recycling facilities.
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Beverage Daily
‘100% recycled’ bottle claims — excluding caps and labels — gets drinks brands into trouble with UK advertising regulator.
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Voice of San Diego
How Republic Services broke the San Diego County Teamsters strike.
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Bloomberg Law
U.S. labor’s watershed year failed to boost union memberships in 2021, according to new BLS data.
Jan 20, 2022
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Fast Company
PepsiCo investing $35M in Closed Loop Local Recycling Fund to develop Revolution Systems modular MRFs in areas with infrastructure gaps.
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Inside Indiana Business
Fort Wayne, Indiana, intends to find new hauler amid Red River collection and bankruptcy issues, but it could take four to six months.
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Denverite
Denver gathering public input on pay-as-you-throw system, after years of consideration, and councilors could vote on it by this summer.
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Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, could see recycling costs nearly double under new Waste Management contract, but negotiating for city crews to take over collection.
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Bioenergy Insight Magazine
Macquarie launches Aerogy RNG platform, completes financing of first dairy AD project in Wisconsin.
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CFO Dive
DOJ and FTC officials will update M&A rules for technology, other sectors.
Jan 19, 2022
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Resource Recycling
California reports 42% recycling/composting rate, and declining export volumes, though still far off from 75% goal.
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Rochester First
Upstate New York town reaches new host community agreement with Waste Management over contentious High Acres Landfill.
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WLBT
City Council in Jackson, Mississippi, once again votes against mayor's recommendation for new collection contract to replace Waste Management.
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FOX 5 San Diego
California councilors seek customer credits from Republic for missed collections during Teamsters strike.
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AL.com
Alabama residents say conditions have worsened as Arrowhead Landfill greatly ramps up out-of-state waste volumes.
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Tacoma News Tribune
Former CEO of Total Reclaim, Northwest electronics recycler, sentenced to six months in prison for tax fraud.
Jan 18, 2022
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego-area Teamsters agree to new contract terms with Republic Services, ending collection strike after a month.
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The Seattle Times
Teamsters strike also had notable effects in Washington last week, as hundreds of Republic workers extended picket line to multiple areas.
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Gold Country Media
Western Placer Waste Management Authority reaffirms selection of FCC over GreenWaste for new operating contracts in California.
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Murfreesboro Post
Local Tennessee governments opt out of proposed settlement over 'noxious' conditions at Republic's Middle Point Landfill.
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Courier Journal
Louisville Metro Government, hit hard by virus-related staff absences, avoiding vaccine mandates in favor of bonuses. Roughly half of its solid waste employees are vaccinated.
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The Post and Courier
Charleston, South Carolina, launches six-month pilot to drop-off residential food scraps for composting.
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Reuters
Major consumer brands and retailers back calls for global plastic pact, including cuts in production.
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GreenBiz
Joel Makower: What would MLK have to say about sustainable business?
