What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Aug 26, 2026
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Waste Today
SWANA announces 2026 award recipients.
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CBC
Montrealers way behind recycling and compost target, city’s auditor general finds.
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Park Record
Summit County, Colorado, touts new recycling locations, efforts to divert landfill waste in mid-year work plan update.
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Regional officials break ground on $259M wastewater solids incinerator in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Resource Recycling
Bob’s Red Mill meets 92% waste diversion rate.
Aug 25, 2026
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Mission Local
Tetra Tech to pay $57M for falsifying soil samples at Hunters Point Shipyard in California.
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Alabama Political Reporter
Alabama Department of Environmental Management awards nearly $2.5M in recycling grants.
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KIMT
Olmsted County, Minnesota’s new MRF on track for 2027 opening.
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KCRG
Dubuque County, Iowa, landfill could handle data center waste, official says.
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Waste 360
What it takes to make an RNG project work.
Aug 24, 2026
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Vernon Morning Star
Regional district seeking operator for Greater Vernon, Lumby landfills in British Columbia.
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The Littleton Independent
Littleton, Colorado, proposes hauler licensing system, new recycling rules.
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Syracuse.com
Man injured after being run over by bulldozer at Oneida landfill in New York.
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KTIV
Northwest Iowa Landfill launches lithium-ion battery recycling program.
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The Washington Post
Leaked memo shows how U.S. aims to weaken global limits on plastic pollution.
Aug 21, 2026
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Packaging Dive
California EPR lawsuit escalates as forthcoming Oregon ruling looms.
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The Denver Post
Denver apartment buildings and restaurants may not be ready for new universal waste ordinance.
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KOCO
WM facility in Oklahoma City evacuated after fire.
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10 News
Roanoke, Virginia, says ongoing CDL shortage affecting bulk waste pickup services.
Aug 20, 2026
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Bloomberg
US landfills are overheating, and experts are sounding the alarm.
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Packaging Dive
Maine EPR timeline in flux after no PROs emerge to manage program.
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Queens Chronicle
New York City advocates say state not enforcing rail waste law.
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The JOLT
Olympia, Washington, favors keeping city-run waste collection amid maintenance costs.
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WOODTV
Grand Rapids, Michigan, launches new food scrap compost program.
Aug 19, 2026
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Turlock Journal
Stanislaus County, California, adjusts landfill operations after waste-to-energy closure.
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Waste 360
Are GLP-1 pens becoming the next household sharps problem?
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Mid Valley Times
Fresno County, California, to throw out existing waste hauler contract.
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Tri-City Herald
U.S. Department of Energy awards $4B in contracts for more Eastern WA nuclear waste disposal.
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Gothamist
New York City opens $230M sanitation hub at former Fresh Kills Landfill.
Aug 18, 2026
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Fox Carolina
Cherokee County, South Carolina, sanitation worker dies after falling off truck, coroner says.
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Streetsblog New York City
DSNY eyes top-loading garbage trucks for better curbside waste collection.
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Waste Today
Nashville Waste Services embraces digital route technology.
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Sacramento Bee
West Sacramento, California, to seek more input on collection contract after staff recommended switch to GreenWaste.
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WTSP
University of South Florida and St. Petersburg city leaders team up to tackle food waste.