What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Oct 23, 2020
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Chicago Sun-Times
City’s ‘sacred cows’ of staffing levels for garbage trucks, fire department are in mayor’s sights
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Private Capital Journal
OPTrust acquires stake in Environmental 360 Solutions
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Plastics News
Plastic bag ban in question after new legal challenge
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Omaha World-Herald
Editorial: Omaha leaders must negotiate a practical solution on recycling
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Grist
Elizabeth Warren blasts the EPA for neglecting environmental justice
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QSR magazine
Burger King Tests Zero-Waste Packaging
Oct 22, 2020
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BioCycle
Revisiting Our 2020 Top Ten Composting Trends
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WTVF
State, local leaders fight landfill expansion in Bordeaux
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Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Regional approach to recycling doable, report says
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press
St. Paul residential trash collection to cost about $7 more next year
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San Luis Obispo Tribune
Outspoken: How can SLO County CA residents recycle more?
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HR Dive
The right leader can ease COVID-19-induced stress, researchers say
Oct 21, 2020
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Missoula Current
Missoula County backs Republic Services' proposed gas-to-power project at landfill
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NBC Los Angeles
Maggots, Rodents, and Fleas: LA’s Garbage Problem Is Getting Worse During the Pandemic
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WKNO
Recycling Windmills to Save Room in Landfills
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Bloomberg
Maybe Apple Isn’t as Green as It Claims
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Banking Dive
House panel blasts banks over gap in PPP loan processing times
Oct 20, 2020
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The Palm Beach Post
EPA effort announced to reduce trash in waterways and oceans
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The San Francisco Examiner
Permits proposed for haulers of construction debris to achieve zero-waste
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Vermont Public Radio
Vermonters Are Complying With Composting Law, Which Means ... A Lot Of Food Scraps
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MLive
Half a ton of marijuana seized from trash hauler at U.S.-Canada border in Michigan
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Reuters
Art imitates life at Plastic Bag Store pop-up in New York
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Bloomberg
China's Big Fashion Problem Is Recycling 26 Million Tons of Used Clothes
Oct 19, 2020
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
10 garbage trucks burned overnight in Pompano Beach; arson eyed
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Omaha World-Herald
Some question former Husker's ability to process Omaha recycling, but city is confident
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The Virginian-Pilot
After Virginia Beach workers demanded new garbage trucks, the city wants to buy them
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The Wall Street Journal
The Garbage Man Became Our Superhero
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Bankrupt Mallinckrodt may still be expected to help shoulder nuclear cleanup costs
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Transport Dive
Volvo orders increase 61% as fleets resume replacement
Oct 16, 2020
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WEAR
Concerns raised over major delays at Perdido Landfill from Hurricane Sally debris
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The Wall Street Journal
Recycled-Plastic Maker Loop Denies Short Seller’s Accusations
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Newton County Enterprise
Republic Services seeking to inject liquid waste from Newton County Landfill into the ground
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St. Louis Business Journal
New Planet Energy, seeking to build a $91 million trash plant in city of St. Louis, complains about process
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Portland Press Herald
Another View: Closing Maine waste ‘loophole’ would have unintended results
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NJ 101.5
As recycling declines in New Jersey, trash continues to pile up
Oct 15, 2020
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WHYY
Philly Streets Commissioner: City can’t afford hazard pay for sanitation workers
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
DEP issues new fines for Westmoreland County landfill that accepts drilling waste
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Plastics Recycling Update
In My Opinion: Industry's tech development must continue
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Plastics News
Partnership: PP 'at risk' of losing recycling acceptance
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The Wall Street Journal
Firms Like Dow Bet Billions on Plastics. Now There’s a Glut.
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Food Dive
How Ferrero uses data to streamline its supply chain and reduce food waste
