What We're Reading: Page 2
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Apr 17, 2024
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Portland Press Herald
Maine’s former landfills are leaking forever chemicals.
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Agriculture Dive
Chevron, Brightmark grow dairy digester network with Southwest renewable plant.
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WCSC
Firefighters fighting ‘massive’ fire at Carolina Waste landfill in Dorchester County, South Carolina.
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Belleville News-Democrat
Residents want information before EPA renews permit for Veolia hazardous waste incineration facility in Sauget, Illinois.
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Waste Today
Sustainable Green Team secures Florida biomass processing contract with landfill.
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The Herald-Mail
Hagerstown, Maryland, proposes 33% higher trash fee following new WM deal.
Apr 16, 2024
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Missouri Independent
Raymore, Missouri, officials approve $3.7M agreement meant to kill Kansas City landfill.
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Newsday
Fire erupts at Winters Bros. MRF in West Babylon, New York.
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Axios Raleigh
Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, launches large trash and recycling bin pilot.
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Click on Detroit
Experiment at St. Clair County, Michigan, landfill to apply septic waste drawing increased complaints from residents.
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KTVZ
‘It’s the principle:’ Bend, Oregon, residents share concerns about missed glass recycling pickup by Republic Services.
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Tech.EU
Senoptica’s food-waste-busting sensor technology gets FDA approval.
Apr 15, 2024
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Environmental Health News
Bioplastics create a composting conundrum.
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The Hollister Free Lance
Abandoned appeal ends Waste Connections’ landfill expansion push in San Benito County, California.
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Gothamist
Law reforming NYC’s unsafe private trash industry has been ‘undermined,’ Brooklyn borough president says.
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The Economic Times
How a plan to fix fashion’s waste crisis unraveled in just 12 months.
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WOUB Public Media
Athens, Ohio, willing to join council of governments focused on garbage services.
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WISH TV
Indianapolis’ longest-tenured solid waste driver picks up trash and friends along the way.
Apr 12, 2024
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Packaging Dive
Eviction threat looms as film recycler Myplas accrues $1.3M in unpaid bills.
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Los Angeles Times
Explosive levels of methane detected at Berkeley, California, landfill turned park.
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Waste Today
Bruin Waste Management expands leadership team.
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Missouri Independent
After Missouri Senate filibuster, Kansas City landfill critics hope to cut a deal with KC Recycle & Waste Solutions.
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KTUL
Covanta reps address concerns about handling medical waste at Tulsa, Oklahoma, facility.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Foothills Landfill in Las Cruces, New Mexico, resumes commercial service after closing last week.
Apr 11, 2024
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Agriculture Dive
House ag chair targets May for action on farm bill.
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AgFunder News
A study from ReFED and the Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment finds ‘real food waste reductions at scale.’
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The San Fernando Valley Sun
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approves audit of Republic Services’ Sunshine Canyon Landfill.
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Second Wave Media
Two Michigan towns are ‘pioneers’ in local efforts to eliminate food waste as organic collection programs debut.
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BioCycle
UN’s 2024 food waste index attributes 60% of food waste to households.
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Biomass Magazine
Kompogas facility in San Luis Obispo County, California, reaches 5 years of operation.
Apr 10, 2024
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NBC 6 South Florida
Leaders in Miramar and other Florida cities fight proposal for nearby trash incinerator.
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ItemLive
WIN Waste’s Saugus WTE plant to shift ash disposal from on-site monofills to Shrewsbury landfill.
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York Daily Record
CRDC in York, Pennsylvania, now charging to accept residential plastic for recycling.
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The New York Times
A rising number of A.I. companies are tackling food waste.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia doubles recycling fund after voters close tire fee loophole.
Apr 09, 2024
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Concord Monitor
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services weighs in against landfill moratorium bill.
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TAPintoHoboken
Cali Carting secures two-year collection contract in Hoboken, New Jersey, for $7.5M.
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Los Angeles Times
Neighbors balk at renewed permit for Phibro-Tech hazardous waste facility in Santa Fe Springs, California.
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Waste 360
Stakeholders discuss opportunities, challenges with EPR for tires in North America.
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Recycling Product News
EREF research project seeks to improve safety for the waste and recycling industry.
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The Guardian
Gina McCarthy: Methane from landfills is detectable from space – and driving the climate crisis.