What We're Reading: Page 118
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Apr 18, 2022
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Los Angeles Times
Fight brews over California plastics tax ballot measure, legislature could work out its own solution by summer.
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NY1
Adams officially picks Jessica Tisch to lead NYC Department of Sanitation.
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Click2Houston
Houston Solid Waste Management has at least 50 vacancies, conducting market study to consider higher starting pay.
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Washington Business Journal
Compost Crew raises $5.5M, aims to expand organics recycling services around Greater Washington area.
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WHYY
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, approves new contract with Covanta amid ongoing local opposition.
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Laredo Morning Times
FEMA rejects changes to floodplain for Rancho Viejo Waste Management landfill project in Texas.
Apr 14, 2022
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The Record
GFL Environmental reaches agreement with Canada's Competition Bureau to divest assets worth $20M in revenue after Terrapure acquisition.
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We Are Iowa
Iowa House approves bottle bill changes, following March Senate vote, but differences remain as session winds down.
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Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii lawmakers advancing a state bill that could raise up to $50M in bond funding for pyrolysis project.
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Daily News Journal
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, considering $45M WastAway project as alternative to Middle Point Landfill.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh City Council unanimously approves single-use plastic bag ban, the sixth in Pennsylvania.
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Plastics News
Flexible packaging, some thermoforms on list of 'problematic' packaging in Canada Plastics Pact.
Apr 13, 2022
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Maine Public
Maine governor expected to sign bill limiting out-of-state waste at state-owned landfill operated by Casella.
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WTVG
Rumpke maintenance technician dies in Ohio incident.
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Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, North Carolina, enlists Waste Pro to assist with garbage collection, as city struggles to fill open positions.
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Tennessean
How a push to close Republic's Middle Point landfill could impact trash costs in Nashville, Tennessee.
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KPBS
Telling San Diegans about free trash bins boosts support for concept of enacting collection fees.
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Waste360
A year in review of industry and government action on PFAS.
Apr 12, 2022
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WOIO
Rumpke driver dies in Cleveland highway crash.
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Buffalo News
The company behind a proposed hazardous waste landfill in New York says it will bring $1B in economic development. Opponents expect the opposite.
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Long Island Business News
American Organic Energy set to break ground on new anaerobic digester in Yaphank, New York.
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Recycling Today
Closed Loop Partners to support Resource Recycling Systems’ NextCycle initiative with funding for projects in Colorado, Michigan and Washington.
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Bloomberg Law
Clean Harbors sued over fees in $813M retirement plan.
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Inc.com
What do beauty and baby food have in common? They produce a ton of waste.
Apr 11, 2022
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WLBT
Judge's final ruling on Jackson, Mississippi, contract process still doesn't fully resolve collection controversy.
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FOX 8
Cleveland's recycling program restart delayed again, though new contract is being negotiated.
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The Macon Newsroom
Macon-Bibb, Georgia, ends talks with Brightmark on proposed $680M plastics recycling plant.
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Berkshire Eagle
With no other bidders, sale of Community Eco Power incinerator to Casella appears imminent in Massachusetts.
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San Francisco Chronicle
SF Environment employees ‘repeatedly’ violated ethics rules, controller's report says.
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Finger Lakes Times
Two upstate New York landfills showed high PFAS levels in leachate during 2018 testing.
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AP News
NOAA: Potent heat-trapping methane increased at record pace in 2021.
Apr 08, 2022
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The San Francisco Standard
SF Environment head resigns after reports emerge of soliciting $25K Recology donation in 2015.
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THE CITY
Former city tech commissioner Tisch rumored to be the pick for next NYC sanitation commissioner.
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Resource Recycling
San Antonio selects Balcones Resources for $113M MRF contract, current Republic Services contract to expire in 2024.
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WMTW
Maine Senate unanimously approves bill to ban out-of-state trash, which Casella and industry oppose.
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WRIC
Virginia governor rescinds predecessor's executive order to limit single-use plastics at state facilities, emphasizes recycling instead.
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Broward County, Florida, could see big change as 30 cities back creating new system for recycling and waste control.
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Thousand Oaks Acorn
Battle between WM and Athens Services intensifies in Thousands Oaks, California, as efforts to build new truck yard are stalled.
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Lexington Herald Leader
Paper recycling returns to Lexington, Kentucky, after three-year pause and $4.2M facility upgrade.
Apr 07, 2022
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The San Francisco Standard
San Francisco's Department of the Environment under scrutiny for soliciting $25K Recology donation as it was finalizing landfill contract.
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Plastics Recycling Update
Study: National Sword increased amount of landfilled US plastic by 23% in 2018.
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Bangor Daily News
John Casella op-ed: False borders for waste won’t benefit Maine’s environment or economy.
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WXIX
Residents push back against new Rumpke landfill expansion proposal in Ohio.
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KLTV
Company withdraws request to build oil and gas waste disposal facility in San Augustine County, Texas.
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Ad Age
A 'recycled' Bill Nye helps promote Coke's recycling efforts.
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