What We're Reading: Page 115
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 19, 2022
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TC Palm
Port St. Lucie, Florida, approves new 10-year contract with FCC Environmental Services.
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WTOV
IWS finds support in Harrison County, Ohio, to improve rail access for Apex landfill.
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Star Press
Crash with WM truck claims lives of three members of family in Portland, Indiana.
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Construction & Demolition Recycling
A list of the industry's largest mixed C&D recyclers.
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Greenville News
Pickens County, South Carolina, settles contentious lawsuit over coal ash disposal and fate of incomplete landfill.
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Plastics News
Half of Phillips 66 shareholders urge study on risk of investing in virgin plastic.
May 18, 2022
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Las Vegas Sun Newspaper
Las Vegas trash collectors could strike if deal not reached with Republic Services by end of month.
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WDSU
New Orleans plans to announce new contracts for trash collection, and return of recycling service, soon.
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco is close to launching new street-cleaning department. Will the city turn the corner on dirty sidewalks?
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PIX11
New York sanitation crews honored for 9/11 work.
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WINK
Cape Coral, Florida, buys its own garbage truck amid dispute with Waste Pro.
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CBS Miami
90,000 pounds of leftovers from F1 Miami Grand Prix recovered for donation in Florida.
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CFO Dive
Fed's Powell welcomes 'significant' tightening in financial markets.
May 17, 2022
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News4Jax
WM driver dies in truck crash on Florida highway, cause still under investigation.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Recology made $23.4M more in profits than allowed in San Francisco agreement, according to controller report.
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ROI-NJ
Covanta appoints Tequila Smith as new chief sustainability officer, following retirement of Paul Gilman.
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VTDigger
Vermont legislature adjourns without passing bottle bill expansion.
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3TV
Mesa, Arizona, garbage trucks catching on fire due to hazardous materials in trash.
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Grocery Dive
How much food waste do consumers produce? Kroger is helping to find out.
May 16, 2022
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Dayton Daily News
3 injured after vehicles crash into Rumpke garbage truck in German Township, Ohio.
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CNBC
How Amazon, American Airlines and Subaru burn waste to make energy.
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Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical recycling of plastic gets a boost in 18 US states — but environmentalists question whether it really is recycling.
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Garden City Life
The implications of the Covanta Hempstead ash management case in New York that expand beyond county lines.
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The New York Times
The unlikely ascent of Domingo Morales, New York’s compost champion.
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Waste360
Leone Young: Takeaways from Q1 earnings reports.
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Bloomberg
China’s COVID-zero policy is producing a deluge of waste.
May 13, 2022
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Ventura County Star
New setback for former Thousand Oaks, California, trash hauler WM in war with rival Athens Services.
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VTDigger
Expansion of Vermont’s bottle bill faces an uncertain fate in the final moments of legislative session.
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Grist
Ohio residents fight to get radioactive oil and gas waste off their roads.
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AgFunder
ReFED: Food waste tech companies raised $1.9B in 2021, marking substantial growth.
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E-Scrap News
Environmental nonprofit lands e-scrap contract with Pittsburgh.
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Irish Examiner
AMCS to acquire German company Quentic.
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Fast Company
Millions of plastic COVID-19 tests end up in landfills. This biodegradable test is being touted as a game-changer.
May 12, 2022
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8 News Now
Teamsters Local 631 strike authorization could disrupt collections for Republic Services in Las Vegas.
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Plastics Recycling Update
AMP Robotics now operating its own secondary sorting facilities in multiple states.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Novelis plans new $2.5B aluminum recycling and production plant in Alabama.
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K5
Nearly 5,400 tons of backed up waste cleared from transfer stations in Snohomish County, Washington.
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SFCN
Miramar, Florida, signs new seven-year collection contract with Waste Pro.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
Carlsbad, California expands plastics ban to include balloons, single-use bottles and bags.
May 11, 2022
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CBS New York
1 person dead after massive fire at WM transfer station in New Jersey.
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Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly
Fort Wayne, Indiana, awards new collection contract to GFL Environmental after ongoing Red River issues.
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Politico
Recology's bribery scandal is weaponized in fight over California plastics tax ballot initiative.
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WMUR
New Hampshire lawmakers, activists mobilize as Gov. Sununu questions landfill siting bill targeted at Casella.
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NY1
New York City Council continues push for more sanitation funding during hearing with new commissioner.
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Honolulu Civil Beat
The Kauai landfill 'conundrum' could quickly become a 'public health hazard' in Hawaii.
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