What We're Reading: Page 125
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jan 31, 2022
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Champion Newspapers
Waste Management wins contract worth potentially $100M to continue collection in Chino Hills, California, despite city staff recommending Athens Services.
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Bloomberg Law
Federal judge approves $200K privacy settlement between GFL Environmental and employees in Illinois.
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The Lens
New Orleans reports 3.1% residential recycling rate in recent years, with low participation and high contamination levels.
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KTUL
Tulsa, Oklahoma, asks residents to resume curbside recycling after nine-month suspension due to MRF fire.
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CBS 17
Wake County, North Carolina, outlines plans for $13M worth of updates to address landfill odors by 2033.
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FOX13 News Memphis
One of the last sanitation workers that stood with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 is dead.
Jan 28, 2022
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E&E News
PFAS in waste spurs alarm over 'poisoning,' regulatory gaps, according to new data. Incineration is cited as the most common disposal method.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Republic Services resumes recycling collection in eastern Gwinnett County, Georgia, after virus disruption.
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Courier Journal
Louisville, Kentucky, will restart yard waste collection in February after virus-related staffing pause.
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Colorado Sun
Denver's 'skip the stuff' ordinance to limit takeout waste could go statewide, plus a local bill targeting plastic bottles is also in the works.
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BioCycle
Nora Goldstein's 10 organics recycling truisms.
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Waste360
Rubicon executives discuss how CIVIX acquisition will expand their software capabilities and expand European presence.
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HR Dive
OSHA stay a 'sigh of relief,' but not the end of employers' vaccination concerns.
Jan 27, 2022
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Axios Austin
Austin Resource Recovery suspends bulk and brush collection indefinitely, due in part to virus-related absences and competitive labor market.
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WUFT News
Gainesville, Florida, sees collection delays due to pandemic-related labor issues. GFL Environmental is pulling other workers from the region to catch up.
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FOX 5 San Diego
California residents propose class action suit against Republic Services over billing charges during collection worker strike.
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CentralMaine.com
After latest failed effort to sell Fiberight waste facility in Maine, local governments may consider whether to take over ownership themselves.
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HR Dive
DOL fact sheet on pay for COVID-19 vaccination, testing published 'in error.'
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CFO Dive
CFOs need to change how they discuss inflation: Gartner.
Jan 26, 2022
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WLBT
‘If you guys just don’t want me here, then I don’t want to be here,' said Richard's Disposal founder amid 'belittling' questions from Jackson, Mississippi councilors over long-debated contract.
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New York Daily News
New York City Sanitation truck strikes and kills e-bike rider in Brooklyn.
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TAPinto Newark
New Jersey environmental justice group joins lawsuit against U.S. EPA, calling for revised air quality standards at incinerators.
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KNOE
Louisiana's lieutenant governor says the state has 'more trash than ever' and feels it's time to 'embarrass' litterers.
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Waste360
Lessons learned from PFAS solid waste research in 2021.
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Transport Dive
Battery-electric vs. hydrogen trucks: The debate heads into 2022.
Jan 25, 2022
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Maine Public
Penobscot Nation and environmental advocates want tighter regulations on PFAS treatment in leachate. Maine DEP suggests waiting for US EPA standards first.
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Daily Freeman
Waste officials in Ulster County, New York, call for single-stream recycling ban due to low material quality.
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WJZ
Baltimore contracts with WIN Waste Innovations to run recycling drop-off centers, after moving to biweekly collection amid labor limitations.
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ABC 12
Priority Waste — new hauler for Flint, Michigan — touts success hiring local residents.
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Voice of San Diego
San Diego County has enough permitted landfill capacity for at least 37 more years, but hopes new organics recycling law will extend that.
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Letsrecycle.com
Covanta begins Rookery South operations in UK, latest of multiple new facilities under construction.
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USA Today
'Great Resignation' resolution? Create better jobs, Labor Secretary Walsh says.
Jan 24, 2022
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Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles, Washington, will take over collection service and purchase transfer station from Waste Connections.
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KOIN
Ridwell sues Washington County, Oregon, after being forced to stop specialty recycling collection service.
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Daily Times
Covanta extends host community agreement by three years with Chester, Pennsylvania, ahead of contract expiration with Delaware County Solid Waste Authority.
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WBNS
How Ohio's Local Waste Services is seeing strong recruitment and retention rates for drivers and mechanics.
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Transport Dive
Trucking firms try employee benefits as driver recruitment, retention tool.
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Axios
Senators from Georgia and Arizona craft bill to ban corporate PACs.
Jan 21, 2022
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St. Louis Public Radio
Multi-month suspension of curbside recycling continues in St. Louis, due in part to limited mechanics for fleet maintenance.
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KXAN
Balcones Resources attributes recent Texas MRF fires to lithium-ion batteries.
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The Herald Sun
South Carolina lawmakers pass bill that would ease requirements for plastics recycling facilities.
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Beverage Daily
‘100% recycled’ bottle claims — excluding caps and labels — gets drinks brands into trouble with UK advertising regulator.
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Voice of San Diego
How Republic Services broke the San Diego County Teamsters strike.
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Bloomberg Law
U.S. labor’s watershed year failed to boost union memberships in 2021, according to new BLS data.
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