What We're Reading: Page 16
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 29, 2025
- 
                                    
WBALTV
AFSCME Maryland offers heat safety education for workers before summer.
 - 
                                    
BioCycle
Report: Under California’s edible food recovery law, logistics and spoilage are new hurdles.
 - 
                                    
Resource Recycling
Omaha, Nebraska, will accept paper cups in curbside recycling bins.
 - 
                                    
Recycling Product News
ReMA 2025 conference spotlights policy, technology, and collaboration.
 - 
                                    
Amarillo Globe News
Meet the assistant superintendent in charge of trash in Amarillo, Texas.
 
May 28, 2025
- 
                                    
Canary Media
Li-Cycle’s quest to recycle lithium-ion batteries ends in bankruptcy.
 - 
                                    
Trucking Dive
FMCSA reveals English proficiency enforcement standards.
 - 
                                    
Grist
This Portland collective keeps the city clean — and helps unhoused people find stability.
 - 
                                    
Turlock Journal
Stanislaus County, California, to consider garbage rate change following incinerator closure.
 - 
                                    
KATV
Denali to shut down waste lagoon site in Crawford County, Arkansas, after local complaints.
 - 
                                    
AP News
This runner was bothered by blizzard of disposable cups at races. She invented something better.
 
May 27, 2025
- 
                                    
KLCC
Lane County, Oregon, asks lawmakers to step in after recycling, food waste project faces zoning trouble.
 - 
                                    
KHOL
Teton County, Wyoming, commercial compost program to halve costs for a year.
 - 
                                    
Tri-County Sentry
Debris from Los Angeles wildfires continues to go to Simi Valley landfill until mid-summer.
 - 
                                    
KIMT
Minnesota Pollution Control offers $1M in waste, compost and recycling grants.
 - 
                                    
ABC 13
Houston moves to five-day collection week to improve service.
 
May 22, 2025
- 
                                    
CBS News
Some NYC carters say sanitation overhaul threatens their livelihood.
 - 
                                    
Columbus Dispatch
GFL subsidiary identified as source of kerosene spill in Columbus, Ohio.
 - 
                                    
The Tennessean
Nashville working to establish new Department of Waste Services.
 - 
                                    
4WWL
Businesses in New Orleans petition for IV Waste to continue contract amid early termination.
 - 
                                    
NBC Montana
Missoula, Montana, approves $8.5M for composting improvements.
 
May 21, 2025
- 
                                    
CBS 8
San Diego homeowners sue city over proposed trash fee.
 - 
                                    
21 Alive News
Lithium batteries causing fires in Fort Wayne, Indiana, garbage trucks and facilities.
 - 
                                    
NBC Montana
Missoula, Montana, approves Garden City Compost improvements, financed in part by federal funds.
 - 
                                    
The Advocate
Republic Services garbage truck crashes on New Orleans highway.
 - 
                                    
Waste Today
Denali stocks Walmart stores with ReCirculate compost.
 
May 20, 2025
May 19, 2025
- 
                                    
SFist
Recology worker dies at Brisbane, California, facility; OSHA launching investigation.
 - 
                                    
The Oaklandside
California Waste Solutions CEO may be seeking pardon from Trump.
 - 
                                    
Semafor
‘Leaders want responsibility’: Republic CEO Vander Ark on staying ‘out of the decisions and into the details.’
 - 
                                    
Suncoast News
Hernando County, Florida, votes to switch from Republic to Coastal for hauling.
 - 
                                    
Planet Detroit
Rotting food, rising heat: How Michigan’s landfills help drive methane pollution.
 - 
                                    
Inside Climate News
Republicans attack rules designed to keep workers safe from heat.