What We're Reading: Page 132
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Aug 30, 2022
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Resource Recycling
A last-minute twist in effort to expand California bottle bill.
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WDSU
New Orleans expects to resume curbside recycling for all residents when new contracts start in November.
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WAPT
Jackson, Mississippi, mayor files appeal to state Supreme Court in effort to resolve ongoing waste contract dispute.
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Boston Business Journal
WIN Waste Innovations becomes new waste and recycling service provider for Patriots’ Gillette Stadium.
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Axios Austin
Startups in Austin, Texas, to pitch circular business ideas as part of broader zero waste push.
Aug 29, 2022
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WUWM
Residents concerned over WM’s plan to expand Wisconsin’s largest landfill by digging up Superfund site.
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AL.com
Alabama landfill proposes significant expansion, which could quadruple daily volumes.
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TribLIVE
Noble Environmental cited for short-term leachate leak that affected Pennsylvania stream.
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FOX 43
Potential crisis looms in York County, Pennsylvania, as landfill nears capacity and local officials oppose expansion.
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Boulder Daily Camera
Boulder, Colorado, raises plastic bag fee and explores other steps following reversal of state preemption law.
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Times Union
Plans for $45M biochar facility move ahead in New York, despite PFAS concerns.
Aug 26, 2022
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CNN
EPA announces plans to designate certain PFAS chemicals as hazardous.
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WPXI
WM driver dies after colliding with another garbage truck, crashing into building in Pennsylvania.
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Politico
New York’s push to limit hours for setting out garbage peeves powerful property service workers’ union.
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The Daily Item
WIN Waste Innovations offering $18.8M host community agreement to keep Massachusetts ash monofill open.
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PhillyVoice
Gold Medal driver who fatally struck Philadelphia cyclist in 2017 gets charges dropped.
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Reuters
Environmental groups sue EPA over coal ash rules, saying they miss half a billion tons of toxic waste.
Aug 25, 2022
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LevittownNow.com
WM seeking local approval for $90M RNG project at Pennsylvania landfill.
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KSNV
Tensions rise during town hall meeting on Republic’s plans to standardize collection service in Clark County, Nevada.
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The South Reporter
Waste Connections seeks to expand Mississippi landfill that was part of Team Waste acquisition.
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Monthly bills would be $23 to $29 if San Diego voters end free trash pickup, new analysis says.
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Plastics Recycling Update
Niagara Bottling victorious in lawsuit over recyclability claims on PET bottles.
Aug 24, 2022
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WMAR
Collection worker killed following rollover incident in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
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Nola.com
Louisiana’s IV Waste pays $106K to employees after denying certain bonuses and overtime in violation of labor laws.
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Road to new Waco, Texas, landfill taking shape as opponents prepare for state permit hearing next month.
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AL.com
Birmingham, Alabama, buys 100K Toter carts with trackable anti-theft chips, free for residents.
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FOX 4
Roeland Park, Kansas, to launch curbside glass recycling program with Ripple Glass.
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Sacramento News & Review
California’s organic waste law doesn’t just change how we dispose of food waste — it also gets food to hungry people.
Aug 23, 2022
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WOIO
5 people hurt, 1 critically, following chemical release at US Ecology facility in Ohio.
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The Telegraph
Illinois EPA suspends HHW collections due to fire at Heritage Environmental Services incinerator in Ohio.
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Streetsblog NYC
New York RFP seeks vendors to help test waste containerization on ‘a massive scale.’
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WLBT
Mayor unsure how long Richard’s Disposal can continue collecting trash without payment in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Shaw Local
La Salle, Illinois, selects LRS for collection contract to replace Republic Services.
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Waste Today
Comerica’s Joe Ursuy to take on new EVP role.
Aug 22, 2022
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The San Francisco Standard
‘Quintessential grifter’: Former San Francisco DPW Director Mohammed Nuru asks for leniency ahead of sentencing.
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WWLTV
IV Waste and Waste Pro preparing for new residential collection contracts in New Orleans.
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VTDigger
Casella to install a treatment system for PFAS following discovery in groundwater near Vermont landfill.
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Ideastream
Cleveland selects Rust Belt Riders for contract to manage organics at large food market.
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Hudson Reporter
The town of West New York, New Jersey, eyes restrictions for garbage and recycling collection.
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The Washington Post
Tennessee Valley Authority is dumping coal ash on Black south Memphis.
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