What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 27, 2026
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S&P Global
Europe’s private equity waste deals send global transaction value to 5-year high.
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Ag Funder News
Waste methane to fertilizer startup Windfall Bio auctions off assets.
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Waste Today
ReFed announces $2M in methane reduction grants.
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CBS Sacramento
Stanislaus County, California, considers garbage rate hike after incinerator closure reshapes waste system.
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Dayton Daily News
From food waste to ‘black gold’: inside the Dayton, Ohio, composting movement.
May 26, 2026
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ABC 7 Amarillo
Amarillo, Texas, landfill superintendent fired after wildfire sparked at facility destroys 52 homes.
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Miami Herald
Miami-Dade County, Florida, mayor: no incinerator without higher trash rates.
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Fraser Valley Today
E360S looks to hire more drivers in Chilliwack, British Columbia, as Emterra brought in for missed pickups.
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WJBF
Augusta, Georgia, commission waives $70K in performance penalties for Coastal Waste and Recycling.
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The City
NYC’s volunteer recyclers try to solve vape waste.
May 22, 2026
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Recycling Today
Indiana to offer recycling, household hazardous waste collection grants.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel
Clock is ticking for Broward County, Florida, to get city approval for ambitious solid waste plan.
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The Guardian
Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable,’ Beyond Plastics says.
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Harper’s
A trash collector in Quebec shares his day-to-day life in a new memoir.
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Westword
Colorado man was nearly crushed to death after sleeping in a Waste Connections dumpster, lawsuit says.
May 21, 2026
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BioCycle
Why California’s next compostable packaging bill could stall SB 1383.
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WPLG Local 10
Amid Miami-Dade’s waste crisis, one startup is keeping glass out of landfills.
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WTAE
Washington, Pennsylvania, leaders call out Big’s Sanitation garbage pick-up delays.
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Solar Power World
5-MW solar project on closed Minnesota landfill now complete.
May 20, 2026
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Waste Today
Clean Harbors founder Alan McKim to retire.
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WPDE
Horry County, South Carolina, shifts landfill expansion funds toward waste alternatives.
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Your Central Valley
Tulare, California, invests in electric trucks to meet clean fleets regulation.
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The Chilliwack Progress
Chilliwack, British Columbia, fines Environmental 360 Solutions over missed pickups.
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TribLive
End of group garbage contract with WM could spark broader discussion on collection for Pennsylvania towns.
May 19, 2026
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Capital & Main
California hazardous waste rules criticized as years late and ‘polluter-friendly.’
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Waste 360
Waste360 reveals its 2026 40 under 40 award winners.
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Plastics News
Europe’s circular plastics transition experiencing ‘dramatic slowdown.’
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Kentucky Today
Kentucky awards $6 million to reduce flow of solid waste.
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FFXnow
Fairfax, Virginia, seeks to reduce waste, increase recycling with updated trash management plan.
May 18, 2026
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Tap Into Flemington/Raritan
Sale of New Jersey transfer station to WM nearly complete after years of delays.
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Bloomberg
GFL/Secure deal gets proxy firms’ backing, despite activist investor opposition.
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Press Democrat
Officials in Sonoma County, California, resurrect decade-long effort for local composting facility.
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SF Gate
Recology worker rescued in San Francisco after equipment falls into recycling pit.
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