What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Aug 05, 2022
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Inside INdiana Business
LRS continues expansion with two new portable restroom acquisitions in Indiana and Minnesota.
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Curbed
Curbed kicks off ‘Hot Garbage Month’ in New York City.
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WYPR
Baltimore earmarks $14.7M from federal COVID-19 relief funds for community trash removal.
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GreenBiz
Is advanced recycling the answer to plastic waste?
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Worcester Business Journal
Polar Beverages joins Vanguard’s Farm Powered Strategic Alliance, along with Chobani, Kikkoman and others.
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Retail Dive
Walmart launches product refurbishment program.
Aug 04, 2022
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KFOR
City employee from Altus, Oklahoma, dies following landfill incident.
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Omaha World-Herald
Extreme heat may cause delays in Omaha, Nebraska, garbage collection as FCC cites staffing limitations.
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Bangor Daily News
Company helping restart Hampden, Maine, trash plant has roots in failed Katahdin-area investor.
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Aspen Public Radio
Delta County, Colorado, landfill site seeks to grow its compost operations.
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Resource Recycling
Two cities nab awards for recycling program excellence.
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Recycling Today
NAPCOR names new executive director.
Aug 03, 2022
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WTAE
Big’s Sanitation truck driver dies after crashing into two homes in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.
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Charlotte Observer
WM working Saturdays to catch up on recycling in Charlotte, North Carolina, due to coronavirus-related absences.
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CNBC
Nikola to acquire EV battery pack supplier Romeo Power in $144M deal.
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Habitat Magazine
Orange is the new brown: NYC organics recycling has a new twist with drop-off system.
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American Recycler News
Increased fuel costs impact waste and recycling businesses.
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Colorado Public Radio
A proposal in Colorado Springs may pay people transitioning out of homelessness to clean trash from city rights of way.
Aug 02, 2022
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KSAT
Texas-based Warrior Disposal tells customers it’s filing for bankruptcy; trash pickup to stop immediately.
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Goshen News
Staffing limitations put Indiana county landfill at risk, operating hours to be reduced.
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Magnolia Reporter
Arkansas county, dissatisfied with service after GFL took over contract with WCA acquisition, considers collection options.
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Resource Recycling
Why a California waste district took ‘waste’ out of its name.
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New York Daily News
Former DSNY commissioners: This New York sanitation reform bill is just rubbish.
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CFO Dive
CFOs look for consistency, transparency in emerging sustainability requirements.
Aug 01, 2022
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Washington Post
The quest to expand composting in New York City.
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WGBH
Boston kicks off curbside organics pilot with 10K households and a waitlist with thousands more.
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KPBS
San Diego is still a long way from composting residential food scraps, due in part to truck shipment delays.
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WBRZ
Driver ticketed after pinning collection worker against garbage truck in Louisiana.
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News 5 Cleveland
42K households have signed up for Cleveland’s restarted recycling program, city will extended registration deadline.
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Pensacola News Journal
Judge denies motion by Adams Sanitation challenging Santa Rosa County, Florida, franchising requirement.
Jul 29, 2022
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Food Dive
Coca-Cola is switching Sprite bottles from green to clear PET plastic in North America to boost recyclability.
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CBS New York
NYC sanitation department is considering changing trash set-out hours, in part to curb rat problem.
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Grocery Dive
Giant Food will bring reusable packaging program Loop to Washington, D.C. area stores this fall.
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NPR
Expiration dates, which vary widely by state, continue to lead to a lot of food waste.
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News Channel 5 Nashville
Tennessee tire recycling business gets $750K state grant to increase landfill diversion.
Jul 28, 2022
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New York Daily News
Mayor Adams announces crackdown on unlicensed NYC waste haulers with mob ties doing work at airport.
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WSB-TV
GFL’s collection issues around Atlanta are the result of poor management, employees say.
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Plastics Recycling Update
How2Recycle returns PP to ‘widely recycled’ level.
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NBC Boston
Boston’s composting program for residential food waste starts next week.
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San Francisco Chronicle
California could soon add a new fee to wine and liquor bottles.
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The Mercury News
Bay Area ship removes 96 tons of trash from Pacific Ocean.
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Utility Dive
With Manchin’s support, Democrats unveil bill with $369B in energy, climate spending.
