What We're Reading: Page 205
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jul 18, 2019
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KHOU
Mayor focuses on workers, not management, for botched recycling
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Hartford Courant
Hartford trash plant suffers another equipment failure, forcing trash shipments to New York and Pennsylvania
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas OKs 5 percent trash surcharge to counter problem
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The Guardian
'Not a dustbin': Cambodia to send plastic waste back to the US and Canada
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NPR
These Teens Started Podcasting As A Hobby, Then It Turned Into Serious Journalism
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Texas Standard
Experts Say The Current Plastic Industry Boom Will Be A Bust In Five Years
Jul 17, 2019
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KHOU
2.6M pounds of Houston recyclables tossed in landfill
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Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
Bans and Beyond: Designing and Implementing Organic Waste Bans and Mandatory Organics Recycling Laws
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The Austin Bulldog
TCAD loses landfill lawsuit at cost of nearly $1 million
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DailyRidge
Three Arrested For Defrauding Republic Services Of Over $150,000
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Hartford Courant
An 'emerging pollutant' in the Farmington River triggers claims about misinformation, worries about burning contaminated sludge
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The San Francisco Examiner
SF’s checkout bag fee to rise to 25 cents
Jul 16, 2019
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Pete’s Rubbish sells St. Paul trash routes to Waste Management
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KETV
Omaha neighborhood organizes pilot program to bring compost option to residents
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The Bulletin
Deschutes County residents want a new landfill, according to survey; Knott Landfill expected to fill up in next 10 years
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Pacific Standard
The EPA Blames Six Asian Nations That The U.S. Exports Plastic Waste to for Ocean Pollution
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The Virginian-Pilot
A landfill dating to World War II is leaking — again. Norfolk has a plan to fix it.
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CNBC
Warren reintroduces legislation requiring firms to disclose climate risk
Jul 15, 2019
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New Jersey Law Journal
Sanitation Worker Recovers $4.35 Million in Ocean County For Loss of Leg
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Staten Island Advance
City Sanitation worker settles suit for $8.5 million; severely injured in New Dorp Beach sidewalk trench collapse
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Omaha World-Herald
Late trash pickups in Omaha will cost Waste Management almost $90,000
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WJHL
Bristol, Va. dealing with increased amount of trash piling up, months after recycling program ends
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Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver aiming to divert more waste from landfills, sell waste
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GeekWire
Recycling startup Ridwell wants a piece of Prime Day with its plan to collect Amazon package waste
Jul 12, 2019
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KJZZ
Republic Services Renegotiates Trash And Recycling Fees Nationwide
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Deseret News
Utah's new paper mill could change the future of local recycling
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Bangor Daily News
Hampden waste plant’s opening is delayed, again
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The Washington Post
They finally built a better ketchup bottle. And soon it’s going to be everywhere.
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BioCycle
The Organics Recycling Messaging Dilemma
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Materials Recycling World
Exploited workers were placed at Suez and Printwaste facilities
Jul 11, 2019
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MLive
Man who hit garbage truck, killed worker sentenced to probation
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New York Daily News
SEE IT: Private carting truck blows red light, slams into Sanitation Department street sweeper
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NJ.com
Throwing food away — or just burning it — counts as recycling in bill awaiting Murphy’s approval
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Hartford Courant
Initial agreement on redeveloping Hartford trash plant reached after years of deadlock
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Portland Press Herald
Market shifts prompt bill to shore up Maine recycling programs
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The San Francisco Examiner
SF fails to secure $3M in state funds for mobile recycling pilot
Jul 10, 2019
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Austin American-Statesman
Austin to expand curbside composting to 53,000 more homes
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The Citizens' Voice
DEP: Keystone landfill benefits outweigh harms
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VTDigger
Canadian conservation group asks for landfill expansion review
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Plastics News
As lawmakers debate plastic waste, ACC floats California takeout container fee
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AM New York
Women's World Cup parade cleanup requires 350 sanitation workers, 19 trucks and more
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HR Dive
The ins and outs of I-9 compliance
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