What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Dec 06, 2022
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ABC7 Los Angeles
Los Angeles city sanitation truck strikes, kills pedestrian in San Pedro, California.
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Napa Valley Register
Upper Valley’s Clover Flat Landfill hit with $619,400 fine in California.
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WBFF
‘It’s ridiculous.’ Baltimore city trash collector joins push for the return to weekly recycling.
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News Channel 5
Reports show Republic’s Middle Point Landfill in Tennessee exceeded state, federal methane limits.
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Bloomberg
Would you compost your underwear?
Dec 05, 2022
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Centre Daily Times
Pennsylvania sanitation worker dies almost 3 months after being hit by street sign on the job.
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FFXnow
Abrupt closure of Haulin’ Trash sends residents scrambling for new collector in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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Axios Denver
Denver’s pay-as-you-throw program poised to debut — with delays.
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The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus, Ohio, plans to expand to weekly recycling collection next summer as part of climate strategy.
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KRNV
Carson City, Nevada, likely to raise rates on landfill customers for first time since 2011 to pay for expansion.
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Times Daily
Alabama waste authority nixes agreement to take over Cherokee Industrial Landfill.
Dec 02, 2022
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The New York Times
The rats are absolutely going to hate the new NYC sanitation commissioner.
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The Mercury News
California electronics recycling company fined after improper lithium battery disposals start multiple garbage-truck fires.
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WIFR
Odor from Waste Connections’ Winnebago Landfill draws 534 people to take legal action in Illinois.
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Politico
The ExxonMobil exec pushing plastic recycling.
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San Antonio Report
Talking trash: This San Antonio recycling coordinator is teaching kids how to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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Wisconsin Examiner
EPA, Wisconsin reach $1.6M settlement with Milwaukee-area company over waste violations.
Dec 01, 2022
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Supply Chain Dive
House passes bills to avert US rail shutdown, add paid sick leave.
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ALXnow
Alexandria, Virginia, first in region to start testing new electric trash trucks.
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WANE 15
GFL to take over trash and recycling service in Huntington, Indiana.
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Finger Lakes Times
Robot now sorting plastic at Casella MRF in Ontario County, New York.
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NorthEscambia.com
Former manager of Emerald Coast Utilities Authority MRF in Florida pleads guilty to racketeering scheme.
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Packaging Gateway
Mars to use paper-based chocolate wrappers in Australia and New Zealand.
Nov 30, 2022
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The Birmingham Times
Birmingham, Alabama, approves $1.1M contract with Routeware to modernize trash collection.
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Selma Sun
Arrowhead Landfill owner pays $30K fine over alleged violations, signs consent order with Alabama DEM.
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Aspen Public Radio
Contamination is disrupting composting streams in Colorado.
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The Patriot Ledger
Quincy, Massachusetts, considers curbside, drop-off composting to reduce food waste.
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Plastics Recycling Update
Amcor triples goal for use of recycled resin.
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Bloomberg
European Union targets plastic in rules to cut packaging waste.
Nov 29, 2022
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Death of collection worker in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, under investigation.
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Resource Recycling
How Phoenix contract fits into Balcones’ growth plans.
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Bay News 9
Polk County, Florida, commissioners declare trash emergency after long-running WM pickup issues.
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Voice of San Diego
When San Diego will start charging everyone for trash.
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Waco, Texas, settles with 4 of 10 parties challenging plans for a new landfill set to open by 2025.
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The Repository
WM proposes leachate injection well at American Landfill in Ohio.
Nov 28, 2022
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Waste Today
In memoriam: Southern Waste Systems’ Charles Gusmano.
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WSPA
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, employee dies at recycling collection center.
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The Washington Post
Hurricane Ian left mountains of debris. Clearing it will take months.
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WHYY
Pennsylvania strengthens air pollution standards for incinerators. How will this impact suburban air quality?
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Cape Cod Times
Plans for 12-acre expansion of Massachusetts’ Bourne Landfill on track to proceed.
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Manufacturing Dive
Shell opens new plastic polymer plant in Pennsylvania.
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