What We're Reading: Page 100
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 16, 2022
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CBS San Francisco
Mayor of St. Helena, California, alleges ‘significant and unnecessary fire and wildfire risk’ at Clover Flat Landfill.
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Times of San Diego
San Diego County supervisors approve amendments to organics zoning ordinance to expand options for composters.
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The Connecticut Examiner
Darien, Connecticut, raises transfer station tip fees as capacity tightens in region following MIRA incinerator closure.
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Daily Camera
Boulder, Colorado, changes composting rules for businesses in effort to address contamination.
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MLive
Ypsilanti, Michigan, city residents to receive full-sized recycling carts for the first time.
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Transport Dive
Fleet equipment outlook: Analysts differ on whether the industry will see relief in 2023.
Sep 15, 2022
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Supply Chain Dive
Rail strike averted as employers, unions reach tentative deal.
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Reuters
Louisiana judge cancels air permits for Formosa plastics plant.
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Bloomberg Law
7-Eleven beats some claims in federal suit over ‘recyclable’ plasticware.
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ABC News
Why plastic is building up at recycling centers and catching fire.
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Denverite
One year later, Denver residents still adapting to automated collection on streets instead of alley pickup.
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Journal-News
West Chester Township, Ohio, to end recycling drop-off program due to illegal dumping issues.
Sep 14, 2022
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Nola.com
River Birch would merge operations of two landfills under proposed new contract with Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
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K5
Snohomish County, Washington, solid waste facilities may have to close temporarily due to transportation issues.
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WOKV
Jacksonville, Florida’s annual landfill volumes could be 117K tons above projection, partly due to recycling suspension.
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Colorado Public Radio
Colorado’s A1 Organics sees decline in loads after new enforcement of contamination standards, raising quality concerns as volumes grow.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Cobb County, Georgia, tables waste collection zone proposal following pushback from residents and haulers.
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Monterey County Now
California’s Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority closes transfer station as part of neighborhood revitalization effort.
Sep 13, 2022
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WLBT
Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, says he wants to take city’s trash contract dispute to ballot referendum.
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KPLC
WM seeks permit modification at Louisiana hazardous waste landfill to change groundwater sampling plan.
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The Gazette
Linn County, Iowa, will not see a new landfill after current site closes in 2024 because no adequate land is available.
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Marketplace
New York City’s hangry rat problem has big stakes.
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Plastics News
Biden launches biotech initiative that would include plastics research.
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Supply Chain Dive
Railroads cut service in preparation for potential strike.
Sep 12, 2022
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AL.com
Alabama landfill owner withdraws massive expansion request after local outcry.
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Yakim Herald-Republic
Proposed expansion to DTG Recycle landfill in Washington draws ire of neighbors, prompts environmental probes.
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Bangor Daily News
Maine lawmakers question engineering firm’s selection to lead landfill PFAS study.
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Hudson Reporter
Bayonne, New Jersey, switches to nighttime recycling pick-ups in October to beat traffic.
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Plastics News
Novolex cites increased demand in $10M film recycling expansion.
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Crunchbase
Startups such as Apeel Sciences and Misfit Markets raise record sums to cut food waste.
Sep 09, 2022
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FOX 4
Faced with 30% contamination rate, Fort Worth, Texas, launches WAIT recycling education initiative.
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WBUR News
Report: Waste that is banned in Massachusetts is still filling landfills, incinerators.
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Erie News Now
After Raccoon Refuse went out of business, Noble Environmental cleaned up the company’s transfer station.
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WTVR
Former head of controversial Petersburg, Virginia, landfill behind bars for fraud.
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Fast Company
Can we finally kill off cheap, disposable conference swag?
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AP News
Swiss retailer Migros rolls out ‘coffee balls’ to replace capsules.
Sep 08, 2022
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CBS San Francisco
Blaze ignites in Recology’s Sonoma Marin Landfill amid record-setting California heat wave.
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Dickson Post
WM donates old collection truck to Tennessee College of Applied Technology’s diesel maintenance training program.
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WMBB
Teardown of incinerator in Bay County, Florida, is advancing and salvage company will pay county $125K for the material.
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Resource Recycling
US recovered fiber and plastic exports drop in first half of the year.
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Raleigh News & Observer
Sunlight Batteries plans $40M investment in new North Carolina facility.
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Auburnpub.com
EPA adds closed Brillo Landfill in Cayuga County, New York, to Superfund list.
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