What We're Reading: Page 167
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jun 28, 2021
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OPB
Oregon hopes to revamp its recycling system by charging packaging companies
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Courier Times
Trash companies try to woo drivers in Bucks, Montco as labor shortage impacting pickups
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Midland Daily News
Several Midland County townships left frustrated with no recycle pickup, communication from Republic
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San Luis Obispo Tribune
SLO County waste management director resigns after supervisors move to break up agency
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The Durango Herald
Colorado Supreme Court orders La Plata County to clean up toxic landfill
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Chemical & Engineering News
Former OSHA head David Michaels calls for transformation of US worker safety
Jun 25, 2021
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Triangle Business Journal
Cooper taps Elizabeth Biser to lead NCDEQ. Here's what's on her agenda
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WBZ NewsRadio 1030
Revere Pushes For Some Control Over Saugus Waste Facility
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Hartford Courant
Covanta seeks to burn medical waste at Bristol incinerator; some residents have concerns
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MLive
Flint council closer to digging into botched garbage contract bids
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HuffPost
Can We Trust Corporations To Deal With Their Own Waste?
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Bloomberg Law
EPA’s Environmental Justice Boss Touts Early Actions for Biden
Jun 24, 2021
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The Wall Street Journal
Recycle Track Systems Raises $35 Million in Series C Round
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Plastics Recycling Update
Packaging stewardship passes in Oregon Senate
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WSHU
N.Y. Supreme Court Allows Brookhaven Landfill Lawsuits To Proceed
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Philadelphia Magazine
Philadelphia Trash Pickup: An Ex-Staffer on Why the City Is Falling Behind
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TC Palm
Bad weather making Waste Pro struggles in St. Lucie even worse; will it lose two contracts?
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Chicago Inno
Chicago startup Rheaply raises $2.2M from Microsoft climate fund, MIT
Jun 23, 2021
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Trash pickup delays spread throughout Philly region, leaving one South Jersey town scrambling to collect its own
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NorthJersey.com
West Milford claims organic recycling business contaminated public soil, asks NJ to intervene
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Canon City Daily Record
Fremont County Commissioners OK expansion of Phantom Canyon Landfill
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GreenBiz
How this immigrant worker center entered the business of organic waste management
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Fast Company
Lego just figured out how to build its specialized bricks out of recycled plastic
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Retail Dive
Target commits to new sustainability, equity goals
Jun 22, 2021
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NJ Spotlight News
Chemical recycling bill sets stage for industry’s battle with environmentalists
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CBS Philly
6 Day Workweeks And Poked By Needles: YaFavTrashman Fighting For Philadelphia Sanitation Workers’ Safety
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SFGate
Trash and triumph: Life as an Oakland 'Garbage Blitz Crew' member
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Ottawa Citizen
Garbage pickup deals proposed to go over 10 years without competition
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The Wall Street Journal
Growth Firms See Plastic Waste as an Investment Opportunity
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Smart Cities Dive
New bill would tax polluters, redirect funds to impacted communities
Jun 21, 2021
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Nola.com
Landfill barons who raked in Katrina cash settle racketeering case on trial's eve
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly trash delays require an explanation, not more weak excuses
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Shakopee News
City of Shakopee cans garbage and recycling contract with Republic Services, moves forward with DSI
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News-Register
Riverbend landfill stops accepting garbage
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The Press of Atlantic City
Atlantic County Utilities Authority extends life of Egg Harbor Township landfill
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Virginia Mercury
A quarter of Virginia's waste continues to come from out of state
Jun 18, 2021
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Reuters
Methane menace: Aerial survey spots 'super-emitter' landfills
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WDRB
Kentucky Supreme Court: Jefferson County small cities can’t create own waste rules
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WAMC
Rensselaer Approves Resolution Condemning Dunn Landfill
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Ohio Capital Journal
Senate budget blocks cities from taxing plastic bags
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hazardous waste violations cost UPS and former subsidiary $3.8 million
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Vice
National Right-to-Repair Bill Filed in Congress
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Plastics News
G7 endorses UN global plastics treaty talks