What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jul 23, 2019
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Sun This Week
Height of landfill expansion remains concern
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WOSU Public Media
Kroger Calls On EPA Head To Regulate Industry Food Waste
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NBC 7 San Diego
City Pays $2.9 Million to Driver Hit By Trash Truck
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Times Union
Colonie landfill operator buys nearby property
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WKNO
Memphis Officials Still Want Ban on Plastic Grocery Bags
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Utility Dive
Federal, North Carolina, Virginia governments sue Duke over 2014 coal ash spill
Jul 22, 2019
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The Intercept
The Plastic Industry’s Fight to Keep Polluting the World
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Delaware First Media
DRPI landfill opposition continues after bill dies, comment period closes
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The Daily Item
Wheelabrator Saugus could face up to $600,000 in fines for alleged noise regulation violations
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KPNX
Teen girl killed, 4 others seriously injured after car crashes into garbage truck in Phoenix
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Cleveland.com
EPA announces new program designed to clean up Great Lakes
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Reuters
Panama becomes first Central American nation to ban plastic bags
Jul 19, 2019
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HR Dive
House passes $15 minimum wage bill
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Saugus Advertiser
Wheelabrator Saugus may face big fines for alleged noise violations
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FlaglerLive
Dissatisfied, Beverly Beach Quits Waste Pro and Returns to Flagler Beach's Garbage Haulers
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New York Post
Construction worker fatally crushed by machinery at Bronx site
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US Composting Council
Composting on the Front Lines of Standing Rock
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WAMU
In Rome, Uncollected Trash Festers In Scorching Heat
Jul 18, 2019
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KHOU
Mayor focuses on workers, not management, for botched recycling
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Hartford Courant
Hartford trash plant suffers another equipment failure, forcing trash shipments to New York and Pennsylvania
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas OKs 5 percent trash surcharge to counter problem
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The Guardian
'Not a dustbin': Cambodia to send plastic waste back to the US and Canada
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NPR
These Teens Started Podcasting As A Hobby, Then It Turned Into Serious Journalism
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Texas Standard
Experts Say The Current Plastic Industry Boom Will Be A Bust In Five Years
Jul 17, 2019
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KHOU
2.6M pounds of Houston recyclables tossed in landfill
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Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
Bans and Beyond: Designing and Implementing Organic Waste Bans and Mandatory Organics Recycling Laws
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The Austin Bulldog
TCAD loses landfill lawsuit at cost of nearly $1 million
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DailyRidge
Three Arrested For Defrauding Republic Services Of Over $150,000
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Hartford Courant
An 'emerging pollutant' in the Farmington River triggers claims about misinformation, worries about burning contaminated sludge
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The San Francisco Examiner
SF’s checkout bag fee to rise to 25 cents
Jul 16, 2019
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Pete’s Rubbish sells St. Paul trash routes to Waste Management
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KETV
Omaha neighborhood organizes pilot program to bring compost option to residents
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The Bulletin
Deschutes County residents want a new landfill, according to survey; Knott Landfill expected to fill up in next 10 years
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Pacific Standard
The EPA Blames Six Asian Nations That The U.S. Exports Plastic Waste to for Ocean Pollution
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The Virginian-Pilot
A landfill dating to World War II is leaking — again. Norfolk has a plan to fix it.
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CNBC
Warren reintroduces legislation requiring firms to disclose climate risk
Jul 15, 2019
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New Jersey Law Journal
Sanitation Worker Recovers $4.35 Million in Ocean County For Loss of Leg
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Staten Island Advance
City Sanitation worker settles suit for $8.5 million; severely injured in New Dorp Beach sidewalk trench collapse
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Omaha World-Herald
Late trash pickups in Omaha will cost Waste Management almost $90,000
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WJHL
Bristol, Va. dealing with increased amount of trash piling up, months after recycling program ends
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Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver aiming to divert more waste from landfills, sell waste
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GeekWire
Recycling startup Ridwell wants a piece of Prime Day with its plan to collect Amazon package waste
