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Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Nov 03, 2022
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Reuters
California’s attorney general is probing plastic bag manufacturers on recyclability claims.
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Bloomberg
Ellen MacArthur Foundation report shows that the world’s top plastics users are likely to miss 2025 sustainability goals.
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CFO Dive
The Federal Reserve again raised interest rates Wednesday, intensifying its fight against decades-high inflation.
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BizWest
AMP Robotics announced it raised $91M in Series C funding.
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CNN
How ‘compostable plastics’ fall short of claims.
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Waste Today
Rubicon will continue its multiyear landfill diversion agreement with Walmart.
Nov 02, 2022
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WFTX
WM will operate the Gulf Coast Landfill, which closed in 2007, as Lee County, Florida, seeks another site to dispose of Hurricane Ian debris.
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WWL-TV
Curbside recycling will return to parts of New Orleans next week after more than a year following new sanitation contracts.
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East Idaho News
Construction of a new landfill has been approved in East Idaho.
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VC Star
A California appeals court found the city of Thousand Oaks erred in how it awarded Athens Services a 15-year contract.
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Bloomberg
What fast fashion doesn’t want you to know about ‘recycled’ clothing.
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Resource Recycling
Connecticut moves forward with municipal and regional organics collection pilot projects.
Nov 01, 2022
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Tennessee Lookout
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, files new allegations against Republic landfill.
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North Bay Business Journal
Recology Sonoma Marin, Teamsters union still negotiating after expired contract extension in California.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Clean Harbors CEO, a former Northeastern student who dropped out, gives $25M for new professorships.
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Hawaii News Now
Hawaii is about to launch one of the nation’s most ambitious tech waste recycling programs.
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Staten Island Advance
Newly painted DSNY truck is a tribute to the city’s essential workers.
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The New York Times
How cheap ‘fast furniture’ could soon clog landfills.
Oct 31, 2022
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AP News
Trick or trash: Candy makers grapple with plastic waste.
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WHYY
Philly sanitation crews prep for mountains of trash from celebrating Phillies fans.
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Foster’s Daily Democrat
WM recycling building catches fire in Rochester, New Hampshire.
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AZ Family
Phoenix announces pay increase for workers to help with bulk trash pickup problem.
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Bloomberg
NextEra makes $1B bet on natural gas from landfills.
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Construction Dive
NYC law targets construction sites as part of new rat abatement program.
Oct 28, 2022
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Bloomberg
The warehouses of plastic behind TerraCycle’s recycling dream.
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4WWL
New Orleans mayor signs two new trash contracts with Waste Pro and IV Waste amid clashes with Metro Service Group.
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News-Herald
Opposition to Riverview landfill expansion expected to resurface in Michigan with new proposal.
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Axios
Ascend Elements raises $200M to recycle EV batteries.
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BioCycle
Compost use conserves water.
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Business Insider
Nikola lays off 15% of Romeo Power workers in acquisition.
Oct 27, 2022
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Boston.com
Uncovered trash has made for easy feasting for rodents. Now, Boston officials are looking to end the ‘rat buffet.’
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Waste360
Michael Hoffman: A recession is coming in 2023, here’s what it means for waste.
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Pensacola News Journal
Adams Sanitation fights off injunction, will serve south Santa Rosa County, Florida.
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Mainebiz
South Portland, Maine, transforms capped landfill into solar farm that is expected to save the city $20M.
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Maui Now
Hawaiʻi firm receives $1.6M from US Department of Energy to make hydrogen fuel from C&D waste.
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Recycling Product News
Highlights from the 2022 MRF Operations Forum and PPRC.
Oct 26, 2022
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AP News
Judge sides with fired NYC sanitation workers in vaccine dispute.
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Connecticut Public Radio
Connecticut DEEP distributes $5M in grants to help local governments scale up organics recycling.
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KOAA
Pueblo, Colorado, using $1M in federal pandemic funds for new trash clean-up program.
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Biomass Magazine
Minnesota landfill gas-to-RNG project begins operations at Republic site.
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KCTV
Raymore, Missouri, says it’s ‘100 percent opposed’ to idea of new landfill near city limits.
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