What We're Reading: Page 248
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Aug 03, 2018
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BBC News
Plastic pollution: How one woman found a new source of warming gases hidden in waste
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The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Recycling Companies Face Upheaval from China Scrap Ban
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Omaha World-Herald
Omaha council members want heftier fines for trash hauler's failure to separate yard waste
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Plastics News
Meet the kid behind the '500 million plastic straws' a day estimate
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New York Magazine
All Good Gadgets Go to Waste
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CNN
Two recession warning signs are here
Aug 02, 2018
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Fortune
'Uber for Trash' Startup Rubicon Global Acquires Waste Company
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KPAX
Missoula council endorses aggressive plan to cut solid waste
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New York Post
NYPD employee killed when bouncing tire crashes into windshield
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WPIX
Pedestrian struck by garbage truck in Brooklyn, driver in custody: police
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POLITICO
‘Eye-popping’ payouts for CEOs follow Trump’s tax cuts
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ABC 36 News
Lawsuit claims trash company overcharged some customers
Aug 01, 2018
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The Intercept
3M Knew About the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago, Internal Documents Show
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Bloomberg
Ketchup Packets to Get Makeover in Kraft Heinz Recycling Push
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The Atlantic
Are Stock Buybacks Starving the Economy?
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WXIA
Woman killed after getting hit by sanitation truck in Athens
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Quartz
Humans have depleted the Earth’s natural resources with five months still to go in 2018
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HartfordBusiness.com
Klee decries slow progress on $229M waste-system overhaul
Jul 31, 2018
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Chicago Tribune
Larry Beck, co-founder of Waste Management, Inc., dies at 90
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EUWID
Vietnam and Malaysia restrict waste imports
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Nikkei Asian Review
Plastic scrap piles up in Japan after China shuts door
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Business Insider
Rotterdam floating park made out of recycled plastic waste
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The Columbus Dispatch
Editorial: Trash is money: Recycling and repurposing old landfills
Jul 30, 2018
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Bloomberg
There’s Money in Trash. Chinese Companies Are Cashing In
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Detroit Free Press
Father of trash titan Chuck Rizzo sentenced for role in corruption case
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Indianapolis Star
This Indiana Subaru plant hasn’t taken out the trash in 14 years, saves more than $13M
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The New York Times
From Dow’s ‘Dioxin Lawyer’ to Trump’s Choice to Run Superfund
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The Tribune
SLO County DA investigating waste management agency for possible fraud
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SWEEP
China’s Impact on Recycling Worsens
Jul 27, 2018
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LocalDVM.com
County takes steps towards composting food waste as sole landfill nears capacity
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Orlando Weekly
Disney will ban plastic straws across all locations worldwide
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KOKH
Oklahoma City sees big increase in recycling with new program
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KMIZ
Columbia says reliance on temp agencies for trash collection "not a sustainable solution"
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Bangor Daily News
Fiberight to begin processing some waste in October
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Waste360
The Current State of Recovered Paper Markets
Jul 26, 2018
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HuffPost
The Dirty Truth Is Your Recycling May Actually Go To Landfills
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Greenpeace
Starbucks CEO invited to see where new strawless lid will actually end up
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
City sanitation worker involved in garbage truck accident charged with DUI
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Tampa Bay Times
Victim wore hearing aids but Tampa garbage truck may not have sounded alarm
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Architect Magazine
This Week in Tech: A Floating Park Made Entirely of Recycled Plastic Waste
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NorthJersey
Rutgers University nixes dining hall trays, turns food waste into feed