What We're Reading: Page 19
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Oct 31, 2024
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Local 10
Incinerator impacts polarize Miami-Dade mayor, environmentalists ahead of commission vote.
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Fingerlakes1.com
New air monitors track pollution near Waste Connections’ Seneca Meadows Landfill in New York amid health concerns.
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6ABC
Leaders, community members in Atlantic County, New Jersey, push for answers over ‘horrendous’ landfill odors.
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Automotive Dive
Mercedes-Benz opens its own battery recycling factory.
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CBC News
Controversial C&D waste facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia, could move ahead after court rules councillors biased.
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Politico
Trump wears safety vest, sits in garbage truck in Wisconsin.
Oct 30, 2024
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Seeking Alpha
GFL Environmental gains on CTFN report of bids for environmental unit above expectations.
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Mission Local
San Francisco residents to get refund after $24M Recology overcharge.
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Bloomberg Law
State power over PFAS waste cleanups unclear as US weighs hazardous waste rules.
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10 News
San Diego’s organic waste recycling program shows progress after first full year.
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Maine Morning Star
From trash to climate solution, advocates say Maine shouldn’t toss food waste ban efforts.
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Packaging Dive
Is the fiber packaging M&A surge done? Probably not.
Oct 29, 2024
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Gothamist
With safety violations still widespread, advocates want NYC to speed up commercial waste zone implementation.
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Louisiana Illuminator
California calls plastics recycling tech a ‘stunt.’ To Louisiana, it’s economic development.
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MIT Technology Review
AI will add to the e-waste problem. Here’s what we can do about it.
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Waste Today
Eco Waste Solutions opens manufacturing facility in New York.
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Fox 4 KC
KC Can Compost debuts smart cans for organics in Kansas City, Missouri.
Oct 28, 2024
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Rigzone
Technip Energies, Enerkem partner to scale up waste-to-fuel solutions.
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NBC Connecticut
Reworld Bristol says it has reduced sound bothering residents, but Connecticut health district disagrees.
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Fox 45 Baltimore
Craig Jeter no longer the Baltimore DPW Solid Waste Bureau head, interim bureau head steps in.
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Dayton Daily News
Less than 9% of waste is being diverted from landfill in Dayton, Ohio.
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ESG Dive
COP29 climate-focused pledges and declarations include focus on methane from food waste.
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Hoodline
Maple Grove, Minnesota, launches curbside organics recycling program with Republic Services.
Oct 25, 2024
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The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore DPW had inadequate training, no heat illness procedures before sanitation worker’s death, report finds.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Rumpke investigating after possible cyberattack, says services will not be impacted.
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Waste Today
Tomra acquires German digital waste management solutions company.
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Agriculture Dive
USDA developing road map to tackle PFAS on farmland amid potential biosolids contamination.
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Corvallis Gazette-Times
Republic Services’ Coffin Butte Landfill to stop sending leachate to Corvallis, Oregon, wastewater treatment plant.
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KBTX
College Station, Texas, releases preliminary investigation findings in pedestrian-garbage truck death.
Oct 24, 2024
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Bloomberg Law
Rise in PFAS incineration puts spotlight on air pollution risk.
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Houston Public Media
Houston City Council approves labor agreement with city employees, includes pay bumps, rest breaks.
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BioCycle
Study analyzes the outputs of dehydrated and composted food scraps.
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Nonstop local
Helena, Montana, increases lithium battery recycling efforts to prevent fires.
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WYMT
Letcher County, Kentucky, receives grant to build digester at transfer station.
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JDSupra
Virginia court rules against immunity for public garbage truck driver because accident happened during ‘normal driving.’
Oct 23, 2024
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The Signal
Waste Connections subsidiary threatens to sue Los Angeles County over landfill closure talk.
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NBC 7 San Diego
Walmart to pay $7.5M for dumping hazardous waste in San Diego, 11 other California counties.
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ABC13 Houston
Houston Housing Authority under investigation after toxic ash from former trash incineration plant found buried.
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Financial Post
Nearly half of all Canada’s food is wasted, report finds.
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Waste Today
Athens Services celebrates opening of new operations center in Thousand Oaks, California, including CNG stations.
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HR Dive
FTC appeals Texas noncompete ban decision to 5th Circuit.