What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Oct 05, 2022
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HR Dive
Exit Interview: WM’s former HR chief on her move to USAA and the profession’s evolution.
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WTTW
While Chicago recycling rate remains stubbornly low, advocates and officials eye improvement.
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WFMZ
Pennsylvania courts rejects PA Waste’s appeal to build Boggs Township landfill.
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WPTA
Fort Wayne, Indiana, expects to use $10M in ARPA funding to delay GFL rate increases until next year.
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Waste Today
Sourgum Waste announces Southeast expansion.
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TribLIVE
Legislation could allow Pittsburgh to fine residents, businesses for excess trash.
Oct 04, 2022
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Streetsblog New York City
New York’s Department of Sanitation hires McKinsey for waste containerization study.
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Resource Recycling
Editor’s analysis: Are bale prices foreshadowing recession?
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GreenBiz
Google launches startup accelerator for the circular economy.
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Newark, NJ Patch
New Jersey advocates push for law to remove WTE from list of renewable energy sources.
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Axios
Trash Warrior, an on-demand waste removal startup for Amazon warehouses, raises $8M
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Recycling Today
Recology King County wins 10-year contract with small Washington city.
Oct 03, 2022
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WESH
Central Florida counties cleaning up debris after Hurricane Ian.
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KSBW
Santa Cruz, California, announces deal with SEIU to avert strike that would have affected waste collection.
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Gothamist
New York City rolls out universal organics collection for Queens residents.
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KFI AM 640
LA City Council seeks to revive illegal dumping reward program.
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ABC 15
Phoenix bulk trash pickup seeing ‘significant’ delays due to staffing.
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New Haven Register
What’s next for closed Hartford, Connecticut, trash plant? Officials say future still uncertain.
Sep 30, 2022
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Inside Climate News
The plastics industry searches for a ‘circular’ way to cut plastic waste and make more plastics.
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Record Eagle
Crash involving GFL Environmental truck in Traverse City, Michigan, sends 3 to the hospital.
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Times Argus
Casella Waste Systems is buying part of a Vermont college campus for new training facility and employee housing.
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WKRN
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, residents awaiting refunds from trash company that abruptly closed.
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CT Insider
New Milford Town Council approves waste initiative using new Connecticut deposit funds from nip liquor bottles.
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.
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