What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 17, 2025
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Yellowhammer News
‘Big Brother’ on garbage trucks? Huntsville, Alabama, drops AI camera deal after public backlash.
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Gothamist
New York City to install Empire Bins in hundreds of Brooklyn parking spaces.
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KPCW
Recycle Utah to begin accepting food waste, candy wrappers.
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Medina Gazette
Brunswick, Ohio, requests to waive flow control for city’s trash.
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The New Bedford Light
New Bedford, Massachusetts, denies controversial waste transfer station proposed by Parallel Products subsidiary.
Sep 16, 2025
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The Center Square
Spokane, Washington, could pay $210M to add carbon capture at WTE plant to comply with state law.
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Pittsburgh’s Public Source
Pittsburgh residents push to block Republic Services transfer station permit.
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Austin Monitor
Austin Resource Recovery in Texas not meeting zero waste goals, audit says.
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The Denver Post
Denver composting rules to go into effect four years after voters approved them.
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Chron
Gulf Coast communities enforcing serious yard waste laws.
Sep 15, 2025
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WMUR
New Hampshire Supreme Court nominee says he’ll recuse himself from Casella cases.
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NC Health News
North Carolina landfills struggling to manage PFAS in groundwater, report finds.
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Fox 19
Fire at Rumpke’s Colerain Township landfill in Ohio has been contained.
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Coloradoan
Republic Services to raise fees in Fort Collins, Colorado, citing service cost increases.
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Clarksville Now
Bi-County landfill in Tennessee invests in mattress shredder, recycling program to manage landfill space.
Sep 12, 2025
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KATV
Cards to take over hauling contract in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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Action News Now
WM to add curbside food waste collection in Shasta County, California.
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WZZM
Grand Rapids, Michigan, aims to overhaul trash plan with community input.
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CBC
Windsor, Ontario, will roll out weekly organics collection, but residents worry about trash impact.
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Civil Eats
Food waste costs are rising, EPA says.
Sep 11, 2025
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Lexington Herald Leader
Was Rubicon the success Senate candidate Nate Morris says?
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Reuters
How New York turns millions of pounds of food waste into ‘black gold.’
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The Oakland Press
Driver of WM truck killed in Orion Township, Michigan, crash that flipped truck to side.
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BioCycle
Coalition of composting professionals supporting compostable packaging.
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Vancouver Sun
Rancher wants better oversight of Emterra compost facility in British Columbia.
Sep 10, 2025
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Waste 360
Omaha, Nebraska, wins lawsuit over FCC Waste collection contract.
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WTOL
EPA begins hazardous waste cleanup at former Omni Polymers facility in Toledo, Ohio.
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828 News NOW
Civil rights suit filed against Haywood County, North Carolina, landfill operators.
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Waste Today
Recycling executive Miller steps aside from Minnesota politics.
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Hoodline
Wake County, North Carolina, launches grant program to support local waste reduction.
Sep 09, 2025
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Packaging Dive
Can recycling advancements get black rigid plastics off packaging’s blacklist?
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Raleigh News & Observer
Wake County, North Carolina’s landfill is running out of space and time. Here are the options.
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Waste Today
374Water announces collaboration agreement with Crystal Clean aimed at eradicating PFAS.
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Denver Gazette
Denver rolls out its first all-electric garbage truck, a Mack LR Electric.
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WCAX
Man dies following incident at Vermont recycling, waste center.
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Barron’s
EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion.
