What We're Reading: Page 115
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Mar 25, 2022
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FOX 13
‘I just enjoy doing what I do’: Tampa’s only female solid waste truck driver inspires the next generation.
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NY1
Fired NYC sanitation worker questions mayor's latest vaccine exemption for performers and athletes.
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NBC2 News
Waste Pro sues Cape Coral, Florida, for alleged breach of contract over fines amassed from missed trash pickups.
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WMAR
Dumping woes: Trash haulers face long waits, lines in Northwest Baltimore.
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KTVZ
Oregon to become fourth state with mattress EPR program after governor signs law this week.
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Recycling Today
Carton Council announces new VP of sustainability and school recycling.
Mar 24, 2022
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WWSB
Waste Pro employee dies after truck crashes and rolls over in Florida.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia driver acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in 2020 death of TFC Recycling employee.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
US EPA updates local officials and activists on cleanup delays, newly found radioactivity at West Lake Superfund site.
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WANE 15
GFL Environmental on track to take over Fort Wayne, Indiana's collection contract by summer.
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Waste Today
Making his mark: CARDS Recycling President Dan Christensen.
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Food Dive
Keurig Dr Pepper makes sustainability push with paper bottle prototype.
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Natchitoches Times
Clean Harbors reaches $605K settlement with Louisiana DEQ over local hazardous waste operations.
Mar 23, 2022
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Waste360
Stericycle's leading women — Cindy Miller and Janet Zelenka — talk investor confidence, operations and diversity.
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Streetsblog New York City
Trash Town: Why is New York, the world's richest city, so filthy? And what can be done about it?
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Virginia Mercury
Waste industry backs bill to raise annual landfill fees in Virginia, urges governor to sign.
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Connecticut Public Radio
At least nine towns expected to leave MIRA collaborative, as end date for agency's Hartford incinerator still uncertain.
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Transport Topics
James Hoffa steps down as Teamsters president, Sean O'Brien takes over.
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Law360
EPA asks DC Circuit to toss challenges over hazardous waste standards for corrosive material.
Mar 22, 2022
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego leaders divided over ballot measure that could eliminate free trash pickup.
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CBS Denver
Denver initiative to require commercial and multifamily recycling headed to the ballot this fall.
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TC Palm
Port St. Lucie, Florida, begins planning to have new waste contractor in place by fall, as Waste Pro looks to exit its contract early.
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Maine Public
Maine's Juniper Ridge Landfill is meant for in-state waste. Here's how Massachusetts and New Hampshire are filling it up.
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Daily Times
Protesters stage "die-in" as Pennsylvania's Delaware County Solid Waste Authority considers new Covanta contract.
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MLive
Students win sustainability contest with plan to deconstruct, reuse Detroit’s abandoned houses.
Mar 21, 2022
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KDSK
US EPA now says radioactive material may be more widespread than realized at Missouri landfill, leading to further delays in $205M Superfund cleanup project.
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Fingerlakes1.com
Newly obtained data shows high levels of PFAS near MSW landfills throughout New York.
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Portsmouth Herald
Elevated levels of PFAS found in residential well water systems near inactive Maine landfill.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis alderman pushing to see refuse fees reduced until city resumes full curbside recycling program.
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The Dispatch
Commercial composting program to expand in Ocean City, Maryland, after initial success with resorts.
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The Guardian
Recycled plastic bottles leach more chemicals into drinks, review finds.
Mar 18, 2022
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NationalWorld
Global Recycling Day 2022 focuses on frontline workers, the 'recycling fraternity.'
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The Chronicle
Federal court sides with Teamsters in dispute about Republic's handling of a switch to automated collection in Ohio that cost workers 'hundreds of thousands of dollars.'
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ArkansasBusiness.com
Epic Glass Recycling exploring joint venture with AeroAggregates for $20M processing facility in Arkansas.
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Waste360
Trinational cooperative CEC aims to help cut food waste.
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Climate Home News
United Nations plastics treaty resolution tees up battle over oil industry's plan B.
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GreenBiz
The missing 45%: The role of circularity within climate disclosure.
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HR Dive
Talent wars push employers to focus on faster, more frequent financial rewards.
Mar 17, 2022
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Clarion Ledger
WM intervenes in lawsuit over Jackson, Mississippi's collection contract, says mayor should be required to follow RFP process.
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KPBS
San Diego City Council takes step toward drafting ballot measure that would end free pickup for single-family homes, reversing century-old ordinance.
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Waste Today
Capstone Partners: Healthy economy should lead to strong recycling, M&A surged 65% in 2021.
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Tulsa World
Recycling habits in Tulsa, Oklahoma, need improvement after curbside hiatus, according to city report on high contamination rates.
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MyRye.com
Rye, New York, ends curbside food scrap recycling pilot that had been running since 2019.
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Grist
The census undercounted people of color. Here’s what that means for environmental justice.
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