What We're Reading: Page 123
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 29, 2022
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Waste360
Chaz Miller: How much can we recycle?
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The Meadville Tribune
Pennsylvania DEP: Raccoon Refuse’s abandoned garbage transfer station still not cleared.
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WILX
East Lansing, Michigan, launches robotics pilot program in effort to better recycling habits.
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The Ellsworth American
Hedge fund would be the majority owner of Maine trash plant under new agreement.
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KCRA
How leaders in Yolo County, California, are transforming their landfill gas process.
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Resource Recycling
Reclaimer PreZero to close Southeast plastics recycling plant.
Sep 28, 2022
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FOX 5 San Diego
Transfer trailer catches fire on its way to San Diego’s Miramar Landfill.
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KSAT
Trash volumes remain elevated above pre-pandemic levels in San Antonio, Texas.
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Los Alamos Daily Post
Los Alamos County, New Mexico, approves plans for new composting program to service residents and businesses.
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Monroe Journal
Mississippi’s Monroe County prepares to take over collection services for two areas towns, switching to automated collection.
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KGW
Program that pays people experiencing homelessness to pick up trash in Portland, Oregon, proves successful.
Sep 27, 2022
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Streetsblog New York City
New York City Housing Authority to pilot ‘Clean Curbs for All’ — with hopes of full containerization of trash.
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Syracuse.com
Lawmakers question why Syracuse, New York, needs $600K pilot program with WM to modernize trash collection.
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KFI AM 640
US EPA settles with Clean Harbors for $99K penalty over alleged violations at California facility.
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The Eagle-Tribune
Yard waste piling up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, as Republic integrates JRM acquisition.
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WLRN
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, approves deal turning former incinerator site into $164M movie studio.
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Reuters
UK waste firm Biffa agrees to Energy Capital Partners’ $1.41B buyout deal.
Sep 26, 2022
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6 News Richmond
Chesterfield County, Virginia, will end curbside recycling in 2023, citing rising costs and less demand
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Voice of San Diego
San Diego is mulling a ballot measure that could charge single-family homes for waste pickup.
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The Current
Residents in Brantley County, Georgia, are calling for a last-minute landfill permit denial.
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The Press of Atlantic City
A New Jersey utilities authority is exploring waste conversion options as its landfill closure looms.
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6 News Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, gets a $90,000 grant to boost community composting.
Sep 23, 2022
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Pensacola News Journal
Santa Rosa County, Florida, allows Adams Sanitation to service an area where Waste Pro is the exclusive hauler.
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FOX 2
Some St. Louis aldermen pushing for outside contractors to help solve ongoing trash collection issues.
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MSW Management
The 2022 waste and recycling salary survey.
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CNBC
Costco, Albertsons and Republic Services are working with Smarter Sorting to make waste systems more efficient.
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Detroit News
GM forms partnership with battery recycler Lithion.
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Recycling Today
TenCate Grass launches synthetic turf recycling program.
Sep 22, 2022
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Reuters
Bloomberg to spend $85M against U.S. plastic, petrochemical buildout.
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Plastics News
A ‘robust’ plastics treaty push by governments, business at UN meeting.
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NWI.com
Local Indiana group says Fulcrum BioEnergy waste-to-jet-fuel plant ‘a bad deal for Gary,’ calls for more due diligence.
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Staten Island Advance
DSNY worker suffers severe leg injuries in truck incident.
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Delaware Public Media
Goodwill & Trex announce regional partnership to recycle and repurpose plastic film.
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CFO Dive
Fed redoubles inflation fight, raising main rate 75 basis points.
Sep 21, 2022
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FOX 8
New Orleans curbside collection contracts finalized with IV Waste and Waste Pro.
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NBC Miami
Universal Waste Services awarded $3M in trial after official in Florida city allegedly asked for bribe to renew contract.
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Bangor Daily News
More time needed to reopen Hampden, Maine, trash plant after operator pulls out.
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MLive
Proposed plant would produce RNG at GFL landfill in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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WTIP
North Shore Waste aims to use electric vehicles, composting to improve waste management in Cook County, Minnesota.
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Reuters
IKEA’s restaurants have more than halved food waste since 2017.
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