What We're Reading: Page 16
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 24, 2025
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The Baltimore Banner
Officials face deadlines in their bid to close Reworld’s Montgomery County, Maryland, incinerator.
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WSBT
Three-day compost fire in LaPorte County, Indiana, under control but expected to smolder for days.
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WCJB
Marion County, Florida, leaders approve $128 increase in solid waste fee.
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Waste Today
Reworld celebrates construction milestone at Florida waste-to-energy facility.
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The Washington Post
Trump’s nuclear ‘renaissance’ rests on risky plan for radioactive waste.
Sep 22, 2025
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Packaging Dive
Oil packaging group’s individual program plan approved for Colorado EPR.
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Michigan Capitol Confidential
Portage, Michigan, chooses WM for exclusive contract after 30 years with Best Way.
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Press Democrat
Resynergi facility needs solid waste permit, say officials in Sonoma County, California.
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KTVB
Idaho waste company asks residents not to toss hazardous items after six fires this year.
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Axios
City of Austin, Texas, to build fleet facility for waste trucks.
Sep 19, 2025
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Community Impact
Universal City, Texas, hires contractor to find waste proposals as WM contract nears end.
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KBTX
New compost site approved in Lincoln, Texas, despite local pushback.
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Maui Now
Hawai’i group tackles illegal dumping on Maui.
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The New Lede
FOIA records reveal EPA leaders frequent meetings with industry lobbyists.
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Minot Daily News
Residents in Minot, North Dakota, can opt out of recycling services next year.
Sep 18, 2025
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Bloomberg
EQT weighs $1B US IPO for Reworld.
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Baltimore Brew
Insurgent sanitation workers won Baltimore Local 44 top offices. Now there will be a new election.
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Patch
Radioactive materials impacting Casella waste collection in Northampton, Pennsylvania.
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Hoodline
Wisconsin completes $4.6M cleanup of former 5R Processors e-waste recycling facility.
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KCRG
Solid waste officials prepping for Linn County, Iowa, landfill to run out of space.
Sep 17, 2025
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Yellowhammer News
‘Big Brother’ on garbage trucks? Huntsville, Alabama, drops AI camera deal after public backlash.
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Gothamist
New York City to install Empire Bins in hundreds of Brooklyn parking spaces.
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KPCW
Recycle Utah to begin accepting food waste, candy wrappers.
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Medina Gazette
Brunswick, Ohio, requests to waive flow control for city’s trash.
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The New Bedford Light
New Bedford, Massachusetts, denies controversial waste transfer station proposed by Parallel Products subsidiary.
Sep 16, 2025
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The Center Square
Spokane, Washington, could pay $210M to add carbon capture at WTE plant to comply with state law.
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Pittsburgh’s Public Source
Pittsburgh residents push to block Republic Services transfer station permit.
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Austin Monitor
Austin Resource Recovery in Texas not meeting zero waste goals, audit says.
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The Denver Post
Denver composting rules to go into effect four years after voters approved them.
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Chron
Gulf Coast communities enforcing serious yard waste laws.
Sep 15, 2025
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WMUR
New Hampshire Supreme Court nominee says he’ll recuse himself from Casella cases.
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NC Health News
North Carolina landfills struggling to manage PFAS in groundwater, report finds.
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Fox 19
Fire at Rumpke’s Colerain Township landfill in Ohio has been contained.
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Coloradoan
Republic Services to raise fees in Fort Collins, Colorado, citing service cost increases.
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Clarksville Now
Bi-County landfill in Tennessee invests in mattress shredder, recycling program to manage landfill space.