What We're Reading: Page 103
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Apr 10, 2023
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WXXI News
Environmental advocates push to shut down Waste Connections’ Seneca Meadows landfill in New York.
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Delaware Public Media
Delaware Senate votes to move forward with polystyrene container, plastic straw restrictions.
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Fox 13 News
Recycling center at the Hernando County, Florida, landfill deemed total loss following fire.
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The Guardian
Exxon’s new chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, raises environmental concerns.
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The Charlotte Weekly
Matthews, North Carolina, leaders to consider switching from Republic Services to Waste Pro.
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Packaging Dive
PepsiCo prioritizes faster compostable packaging trials at new R&D center.
Apr 07, 2023
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Anchorage Daily News
Solid Waste Services director in Anchorage, Alaska, abruptly resigns.
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Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, begins publicly-run recycling collection following end of WM contract.
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The Times-Tribune
Scranton, Pennsylvania, agrees to $10M lawsuit settlement over delinquent garbage fees.
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The Repository
Ohio EPA clears American Landfill to build wastewater injection well.
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News Channel 5
Bill passes Tennessee legislature to protect Duck River from proposed landfill.
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WLBT
Hearing slated for April 17 in case that could determine trash pickup in Jackson, Mississippi.
Apr 06, 2023
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AgFunder News
Investors focused on organics recycling as food waste mitigation funding drops, report says.
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Portland Press Herald
Municipal Review Committee announces new partner to restart former Fiberight plant in Hampden, Maine.
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Retail Dive
Best Buy launches mail-in tech recycling program.
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Recycling Today
Miami Department of Solid Waste adopts Rubicon’s SmartCity software.
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KMA LAND
Red Oak, Iowa, council ponders municipal curbside trash, recycling services.
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The Tennessean
Teamsters make Martin Luther King Jr. an honorary member 55 years after his assassination.
Apr 05, 2023
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Packaging Dive
As PFAS restrictions advance, paper industry struggles to phase out use.
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InDepthNH
New Hampshire landfill siting bill requiring five-year setback opposed by industry in Senate hearing.
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Mississippi Free Press
Jackson, Mississippi, without garbage pickup amid city infighting.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Streets Department halts trash collection partnership over union grievance.
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WilmingtonBiz
New Hanover County, North Carolina, approves RNG contract with Archaea Energy.
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Virginia Mercury
Virginia, city of Bristol reach settlement in landfill odor case.
Apr 04, 2023
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The Repository
Louisville leaders reject single trash-pickup proposal from Kimble.
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Reuters
Groups petition EPA to force reporting of waste incinerator emissions.
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Voice of OC
Backups from California rain storms leave Orange County, trash collectors at odds.
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The Herald News
Swansea, Massachusetts, looks to move on from WM contract.
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ecoRI News
Rhode Island bill would create environmental justice zones, calls out landfills and incineration.
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GMA News Online
Paris garbage workers to strike again.
Apr 03, 2023
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Mid Hudson News
New York AG sues 29 companies for illegal dumping in Ulster County.
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Kansas Reflector
Kansas landfill sparks dispute between rural neighbors and owner.
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The Standard-Journal
Concerns mount over proposed Encina plastics recycling plant in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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The Facts
Brazoria, Texas, ends recycling contract with Waste Connections.
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WBUR
Chemical fire at Clean Harbors facility in Braintree, Massachusetts, reignites calls for improvements.
Mar 31, 2023
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GovTech
It could be years before California garbage trucks go electric.
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Packaging Dive
Bio-based packaging gets renewed buzz amid goals to replace traditional plastics.
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Midland Daily News
Midland, Michigan, to switch recycling collection from Republic Services to GFL Environmental, citing rising costs.
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Action News 5
Employee killed at Republic landfill in Shelby County, Tennessee.
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Petoskey News-Review
Garbage truck attendant killed in Thursday crash in Bear Creek Township, Michigan.
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The Denver Post
To prevent contamination, Colorado’s compost contractor rolls out new rules April 1.
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