What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 17, 2021
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Hartford Courant
Problems pile up on state trash agency, from environmental roadblock to paying severance packages for its contractor’s employees
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WANE 15
Steuben County fire crews battle fire at plastic renewal company for multiple hours
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WJRT
Flint city crews collecting yard waste in absence of Republic Services
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald
More money for lawyers: Council to vote on $200K more for landfill contract renegotiations
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WUFT
Untold Florida: Would The State Ever Return To A System Of Paying You Cash For Returning Bottles And Cans?
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MLive
Oil Chem owner sentenced to 1 year after illegally dumping millions of gallons of landfill liquid in Flint
May 14, 2021
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The Ledger
13 private waste haulers fear Polk County is trying to push them out
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WBMA
Six cities consider joining new solid Waste Authority to control garbage collection costs
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Daily News Journal
Middle Point Landfill owner pledges additional $2.8M to reduce odor
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Bangor Daily News
Bondholders with final say on Hampden trash plant deal are out-of-state investment firms
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The Columbus Dispatch
Franklin County Landfill report: Seems like everyone cleaned out their basements last year
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E-Scrap News
Solar panels are 'the new CRT' but sector is preparing
May 13, 2021
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Fox News
Waste Management offering no-cost college program for employees
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Recycling Today
Paper recycling rate at about 66 percent in 2020
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Star Tribune
Ramsey, Washington counties prepare for curbside organics recycling
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Observer Today
Lawsuit filed in 2020 landfill death
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Plastics News
Canada moves toward nationwide single-use plastics bans
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Reuters
China aims to re-use 60% of its trash by 2025
May 12, 2021
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SFist
SF Supervisors Vote On Recology Settlement That Comes With $190 Refunds for Trash Customers
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Waste Today
How LRS is making waves in the Midwest
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WFAA
DFW Airport contributed more than 32,000 tons of waste to landfills every year. Now it's turning passengers’ food into fertilizer to help bring change
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Wisconsin DNR wants to expand a landfill in Menomonee Falls. Some residents are not happy about it.
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VTDigger
House unanimously approves ban on toxic PFAS chemicals in consumer products
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WTSP
Hillsborough sanitation worker to receive award for saving 7-year-old boy's life
May 11, 2021
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The New York Times
Opinion | Kathryn Garcia for N.Y.C. Mayor: The Times Endorsement
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InDepthNH.org
Local Fight Over Landfill Lands Before Senate Committee
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Boise State Public Radio
Boise's Compost Program Is Booming And Poised To Expand
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Billy Penn
Ya Fav Trashman is the 2021 Most Valuable Philadelphian
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NPR
Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Broken Toaster
May 10, 2021
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Houston Chronicle
'Inordinate' amount of April waste leads to pileup of heavy trash across Houston
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NorthJersey.com
Meadowlands landfill once sickened residents. Will it now cost taxpayers $24M in losses?
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Times Union
Rensselaer's Dunn landfill may have to re-apply for permit next year
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Waste360
Bill Caesar’s Second Life: Finding Value in Waste
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KGUN
City of Tucson could be the first to use zero waste construction
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The Hill
Getting the most out of methane reduction
May 07, 2021
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Tennessee Lookout
Waste Management sues Davidson County over landfill expansion rejection
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BNN
GFL Environmental poised to make about 20 new acquisitions by the end of the year: CEO
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Bangor Daily News
Municipal group defends ‘due diligence’ in vetting buyer of Hampden waste plant
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NBC Los Angeles
City of Angels Becomes City of Trash. LA Breaks Promise to Crack Down Hard on Illegal Dumping
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego County moves to organic waste recycling, adds other environmental measures
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Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus’ recycling is going automated. Could inmate garbage labor be on the way out?
