What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jul 28, 2022
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New York Daily News
Mayor Adams announces crackdown on unlicensed NYC waste haulers with mob ties doing work at airport.
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WSB-TV
GFL’s collection issues around Atlanta are the result of poor management, employees say.
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Plastics Recycling Update
How2Recycle returns PP to ‘widely recycled’ level.
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NBC Boston
Boston’s composting program for residential food waste starts next week.
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San Francisco Chronicle
California could soon add a new fee to wine and liquor bottles.
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The Mercury News
Bay Area ship removes 96 tons of trash from Pacific Ocean.
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Utility Dive
With Manchin’s support, Democrats unveil bill with $369B in energy, climate spending.
Jul 27, 2022
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Bloomberg Law
New York and its sanitation agency biased against minorities, lawsuit says.
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WMAR
Bi-weekly recycling to continue indefinitely in Baltimore.
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Forbes
How Bill Gates-backed Republic Services turns trash into big cash.
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Coloradoan
Larimer County commissioners approve new landfill site near Wellington, Colorado.
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Waste Today
Jennifer Rumsey promoted to president and CEO of Cummins.
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E&E News
They helped create ESG. Two decades later, some see a mess.
Jul 26, 2022
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CBS8
Ordinance to start charging for collection in San Diego advances, voters will see on November ballot.
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New Jersey 101.5
After shopping bag ban, New Jersey isn’t done yet with laws targeting plastics. EPR law now under consideration.
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Rockford Register Star
Rock River Disposal (a Waste Connections subsidiary) charging $250 yearly fee for yard waste removal in Illinois county, citing labor and other costs.
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WESH
Residents fed up as trash piles up in Orange County, Florida neighborhood.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Cruz, California, launches residential curbside food scrap collection program — material initially being used for animal feed.
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New Hampshire Bulletin
Would pending legislation make it 'virtually impossible' to site a landfill in New Hampshire?
Jul 25, 2022
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Crain's New York Business
Here’s how filthy New York City is looking to clean up its act.
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Hometown Source
Minnesota releases draft permit that would allow 10-year capacity expansion for WM landfill.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
Republic Services starts reimbursing Chula Vista, California, over costs related to collection strike.
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WANE 15
Numbers show GFL is performing as it should after taking on Fort Wayne, Indiana contract.
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The Blade
Stench is gone, but Sunny Farms Landfill controversy remains in Ohio.
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WBUR News
With 'Death by Plastic,' an artist eulogizes our planet to call attention to pollution in Massachusetts.
Jul 22, 2022
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Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Editorial: GFL fiasco offers a rich lesson in balance of power.
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Politico
McKinsey's take on plastics: not so bad.
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WFMZ
Looming 'waste crisis' threatens Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, WM officials says in landfill expansion pitch.
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Mission Local
Voters asked to nix San Francisco Sanitation and Streets Dept. — which they voted to create in 2020.
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Maine Public
This Maine farm converts truckloads of food waste to electricity. It still could be taking more.
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E-Scrap News
Logistics factors drive Green Wave Electronics expansion.
Jul 21, 2022
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Miami Herald
In a surprise vote, Miami-Dade commissioners pick Doral, Florida, for next incinerator site.
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Coloradoan
Fort Collins, Colorado, moves ahead on plan to seek bids for citywide residential trash contract.
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News 4 Jax
Clay County, Florida, residents could be waiting more than a year for curbside recycling to return.
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WVPB
‘The whole thing is junk:’ Expert rips Union Carbide landfill data in West Virginia court proceedings.
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HR Dive
Once neglected, DEI initiatives now present at all Fortune 100 companies.
Jul 20, 2022
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NEWS10
Permit expiring at Waste Connections' Dunn Landfill in New York, but it will continue operating pending state review.
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Kilgore News Herald
Republic receives 10-year contract extension to operate Matlock Bend Landfill in Tennessee, part of Santek acquisition.
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95.5 WSB
Hundreds of metro Atlanta homeowners say their trash hasn’t been picked up by GFL Environmental in weeks.
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Clarion Ledger
Jackson, Mississippi, trash pickup dispute brings more conflict between mayor and city council.
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The Cullman Times
Alabama city completing work on new recycling facility, the latest of multiple projects funded by $23M in state grants.
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