What We're Reading: Page 20
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Oct 22, 2024
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NorthJersey.com
OSHA investigating fatal crash in Tenafly, New Jersey, involving Regional Industries collection worker.
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The Press Democrat
Waste Connections confirms it will submit closure plan for Clover Flat Landfill in California next year.
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Akron Beacon Journal
Akron City Council votes 10-3 to approve WM transfer station plan in Ohio.
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Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu, Hawai’i, considers plan to export waste off island for 10 years until new landfill is built.
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Maryland Matters
Maryland’s Senate president backs ongoing effort to remove incinerators from renewable energy subsidy program.
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WTTW
Chicago giving away backyard compost bins
Oct 21, 2024
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The Baltimore Banner
Runaway WB Waste truck rolls downhill, kills its driver in Baltimore.
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CBS Colorado
Many Fort Collins, Colorado, residents are paying for Republic Services trash service they have never used.
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Lehigh Valley Live
2 people who created Plainfield Township, Pennsylvania, solid waste district oppose rezoning for WM landfill.
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Denverite
Denver, Colorado, compost collection expanding to additional neighborhoods.
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Streetsblog New York City
Mayor’s plan to use sidewalk bins for New York City garbage could undermine containerization, report says.
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WCJB
Trucks destroyed in fire at Waste Pro, Alachua County, Florida, firefighters respond.
Oct 18, 2024
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Waste 360
Waste Pro assists municipalities in recovering from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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WBEZ Chicago
What’s it like to be a Chicago garbage collector?
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Civil Eats
The US government campaigns to reduce food waste at home.
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Riverhead News-Review
Long Island officials urge New York Gov. Hochul to enact plan that supports WTE plants.
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New Haven Register
Police: New Haven, Connecticut, bicyclist dies after being struck by garbage truck.
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WCJB
Gainesville, Florida, commissioners vote to raise commercial waste hauling rates.
Oct 17, 2024
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The Detroit News
Republic moves Wayne County, Michigan, radioactive waste case to federal court, citing commerce clause.
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WJBF
Augusta, Georgia, temporarily suspends recycling in aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
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Denverite
Denver’s volume-based waste fee pricing system has been slow to reduce tonnage so far.
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The Star Tribune
There’s a huge pile of tree debris in Minnesota. It’s growing. And there are no good solutions.
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Inside Climate News
EPA settles some Alabama coal ash violations, but larger questions linger.
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Akron.com
Akron planning to expand yard waste recycling in the city thanks to SWIFR grant.
Oct 16, 2024
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Planet Detroit
Radioactive waste dispute at Republic Services landfill weighs on race that could decide control of the Michigan House.
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River Valley Democrat-Gazette
Fort Smith, Missouri, residents complain about odor from Denali Water Solutions’ biosolids lagoon.
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The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, officials give initial OK on recycling processing contract with GFL.
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Click 2 Houston
Professor dies after being hit by city garbage truck in College Station, Texas.
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KATV
Little Rock introduces 7 new waste collection trucks from Battle Motors to tackle trash issues.
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The Herald-Gazette
Lamar County, Georgia, commission blasts solid waste authority, removes board head.
Oct 15, 2024
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Waste Today
Heritage Environmental Services appoints chief operating officer.
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The Blade
Seneca County health officials ask Ohio board to overturn WIN Waste permit for landfill expansion.
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Summit Daily
Study finds about 1/3 of all C&D waste entering Summit County, Colorado, landfill could instead be recycled.
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Aspen Daily News
Aspen, Colorado, increases organic waste diversion by 70% after ordinance.
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Maine Morning Star
Annual food waste in Maine emits as much greenhouse gas as nearly 400,000 cars, study finds.
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Frontiersman
Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska starts work on wood debris composting project after receiving EPA grant.
Oct 14, 2024
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Packaging Dive
How2Recycle doesn’t want to abandon the chasing arrows.
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The San Francisco Standard
San Francisco mayoral candidates share plans for tackling waste, working with Recology.
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Gothamist
NYC ballot measure would expand trash pickup — and street vendor crackdowns.
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WLOS
Asheville, North Carolina, resumes regular trash service, begins storm debris removal.
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The Ely Echo
Minnesota county’s geothermal landfill cell described as the first of its kind.
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STLPR
Missouri House committee to investigate St. Louis nuclear waste disposal.
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