What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 24, 2022
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The Sacramento Bee
Man on bicycle dead in crash with waste truck in Sacramento, California.
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The Gleaner
Major Pratt recycling mill gets key local permit valued at $125M, moving ahead with construction.
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Colorado Public Radio
Xcel Energy will pay $925K to settle EPA claims it improperly disposed coal waste in Colorado.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta begins to disburse $19M in trash fees as part of settlement with property owners.
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Bloomberg
Is it time to stop burning our garbage?
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The Washington Post
How COVID made the world’s trash problem much worse.
May 23, 2022
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Florida Bulldog
Florida judge rules for WM and against Ron Bergeron in long-running recycling dispute.
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WDTN
US EPA and DOJ announce proposed plan for $27.7M Superfund site cleanup in Ohio.
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AZ Central
4-alarm fire at a Phoenix recycling plant under control.
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Reuters
UK-based Exurban plans $340M e-waste recycling plant in Indiana.
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MLive
Garbage contract investigation has cost Flint, Michigan, taxpayers $25K so far and next steps unclear.
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Lincoln Journal Star
Clean Harbors previews sizable hazardous waste incinerator expansion in Nebraska.
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USA Today
Coca-Cola unveils brand new UK bottles with caps that stay attached.
May 20, 2022
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Smart Cities Dive
US traffic fatalities hit 16-year high in 2021, with pedestrian deaths up 13%.
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Herald-Star
Ohio attorney general tours Crossridge Landfill site, likening it to 'a science fiction horror movie.'
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KWTX
Killeen, Texas, approves emergency pay increase for solid waste workers in effort to fill positions.
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Recycling Today
Recovered paper export market anxiously awaits West Coast dockworker contract talks.
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Plastics News
New Hope building world's largest pyrolysis plant in Texas.
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BioCycle
California composter Agromin poised to process more organics.
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HR Dive
Survey: Half of companies didn't meet hiring goals last year.
May 19, 2022
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TC Palm
Port St. Lucie, Florida, approves new 10-year contract with FCC Environmental Services.
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WTOV
IWS finds support in Harrison County, Ohio, to improve rail access for Apex landfill.
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Star Press
Crash with WM truck claims lives of three members of family in Portland, Indiana.
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Construction & Demolition Recycling
A list of the industry's largest mixed C&D recyclers.
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Greenville News
Pickens County, South Carolina, settles contentious lawsuit over coal ash disposal and fate of incomplete landfill.
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Plastics News
Half of Phillips 66 shareholders urge study on risk of investing in virgin plastic.
May 18, 2022
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Las Vegas Sun Newspaper
Las Vegas trash collectors could strike if deal not reached with Republic Services by end of month.
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WDSU
New Orleans plans to announce new contracts for trash collection, and return of recycling service, soon.
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco is close to launching new street-cleaning department. Will the city turn the corner on dirty sidewalks?
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PIX11
New York sanitation crews honored for 9/11 work.
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WINK
Cape Coral, Florida, buys its own garbage truck amid dispute with Waste Pro.
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CBS Miami
90,000 pounds of leftovers from F1 Miami Grand Prix recovered for donation in Florida.
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CFO Dive
Fed's Powell welcomes 'significant' tightening in financial markets.
May 17, 2022
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News4Jax
WM driver dies in truck crash on Florida highway, cause still under investigation.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Recology made $23.4M more in profits than allowed in San Francisco agreement, according to controller report.
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ROI-NJ
Covanta appoints Tequila Smith as new chief sustainability officer, following retirement of Paul Gilman.
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VTDigger
Vermont legislature adjourns without passing bottle bill expansion.
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3TV
Mesa, Arizona, garbage trucks catching on fire due to hazardous materials in trash.
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Grocery Dive
How much food waste do consumers produce? Kroger is helping to find out.
May 16, 2022
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Dayton Daily News
3 injured after vehicles crash into Rumpke garbage truck in German Township, Ohio.
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CNBC
How Amazon, American Airlines and Subaru burn waste to make energy.
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Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical recycling of plastic gets a boost in 18 US states — but environmentalists question whether it really is recycling.
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Garden City Life
The implications of the Covanta Hempstead ash management case in New York that expand beyond county lines.
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The New York Times
The unlikely ascent of Domingo Morales, New York’s compost champion.
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Waste360
Leone Young: Takeaways from Q1 earnings reports.
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Bloomberg
China’s COVID-zero policy is producing a deluge of waste.
