What We're Reading: Page 14
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jan 02, 2025
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The New York Times
EPA promotes fertilizer carrying PFAS, long after 3M shared risks.
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CBC News
How Quebec’s recycling system is changing in 2025: A lot more can go in the bin.
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WTOV 9
Ohio AG Yost vows to hold waste operators accountable in ongoing state legal battles.
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Times Union
New York regulators renew permit for Dunn landfill operated by Waste Connections, with plan to reduce truck traffic.
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BirminghamWatch
Birmingham, Alabama, streamlines waste pickup schedules, sets twice-a-month bulk trash collection.
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Waste Today
Enviri names new president of Harsco Environmental business.
Dec 20, 2024
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Packaging Dive
US Plastics Pact charts incremental progress, signals new opportunities.
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ESG Dive
White House targets 61-66% GHG reductions by 2035, including focus on methane.
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Springfield News-Sun
Angry Clark County, Ohio, residents oppose Rumpke facility; meeting ends amid shouts.
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New Hampshire Bulletin
NH lawmakers on rules panel approve controversial landfill regulations, block public testimony.
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Waste Today
Republic Services opens Colorado hauling facility with EV charging infrastructure.
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AP News
Group says New Jersey toxic waste dumping caused $1B in harm, calls settlement inadequate.
Dec 19, 2024
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KATV
Arkansas judge sued over deal to switch waste contract from WM to LRS as $600K debt looms.
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Packaging Dive
EPA to formally review vinyl chloride risks, may evaluate styrene.
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TechCrunch
Fleet software platform Hauler Hero raises $10 million to continue expansion.
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WZTV
Nashville, Tennessee’s first waste director identifies routing, equipment issues to city council.
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Resource Recycling
PureCycle opens secondary sorting plant targeting PP in Pennsylvana.
Dec 18, 2024
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Arkadelphian
Tennessee engineering company claims Veolia owes $14.9M for work at Gum Springs hazardous waste incinerator.
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Vogue Business
The US finally acknowledges textile waste in new report.
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The City
New York City mayor taps buildings commissioner Jimmy Oddo to lead DSNY.
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CT Insider
West Hartford, Connecticut, to offer residents free food waste drop-off locations.
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Packaging Europe
Tomra acquires German digital waste management company c-trace.
Dec 17, 2024
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New York Daily News
Bronx, New York, sanitation worker struck by SUV driver, critically hurt in crash.
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Trucking Dive
Trump’s FMCSA chief will have significant sway over trucking.
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The Blade
Seneca County health board trying to again deny WIN Waste permit for Fostoria, Ohio, landfill.
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NEWS CHANNEL NEBRASKA
Beatrice Area Solid Waste Agency in Nebraska selects Pruss Excavating to build new landfill.
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Vancouver Is Awesome
British Columbia compost operator fined $120K over contaminated effluent.
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FOX 66
Erie, Pennsylvania, residents frustrated by continuous lack of garbage pickups from WM.
Dec 16, 2024
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WDSU
Louisiana sanitation worker killed in rear-ending crash, police say.
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WWL TV
Garbage hauler IV Waste wins $5.9M New Orleans sanitation contract in French Quarter.
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Michigan Advance
Michigan to deploy electric recycling trucks thanks to EPA grant, replacing diesel vehicles.
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KJZZ
Phoenix considers zero waste plan to reduce plastics, biosolids in landfills.
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KATV
WM claims Jefferson County, Arkansas, owes $594K as new service provider takes over.
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The Williams Lake Tribune
New in-vessel food waste composter approved for Williams Lake, British Columbia, transfer station.
Dec 13, 2024
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WSJ
WM CEO shares latest outlook on RNG investments.
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Inside Climate News
In Houston, a city council member questions ‘advanced’ recycling of plastic and a city collaboration with ExxonMobil.
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Modesto Bee
Stanislaus County, California, incinerator ceases operations after 36 years, prepares for demolition.
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Williston Observer
Vermont’s Chittenden Solid Waste District abandons plans for MRF project due to newly formed wetlands.
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Packaging Dive
Bottle collection, PCR rate reach highs in down year for PET sales: NAPCOR report.
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Resource Recycling
Amazon shares progress in e-scrap diversion.