What We're Reading: Page 269
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
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
Jul 25, 2018
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The New Orleans Advocate
Update on obnoxious Jefferson Parish odor: landfill operator's contract breached, Yenni says
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Resource Recycling
Strategic closes facility due to shuttered bottle factory
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Plastics News
Food service giant Aramark reducing single-use plastics
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The Kansas City Star
After 5,000-plus complaints in 2 months, KC may look at dumping trash contractor
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The Guardian
UK theme parks to offer half-price entry in exchange for used plastic bottles
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KMIZ
Temp worker agency paid $200,000 for hurt trash collectors
Jul 24, 2018
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The New York Times
Wave After Wave of Garbage Hits the Dominican Republic
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Bloomberg
More Incentives for Faster Superfund Cleanups in EPA Game Plan
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Virginia Mercury
Cumberland landfill, fiercely opposed by locals, would be state's first new mega dump in two decades
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We're Drowning In Plastic Trash. Jenna Jambeck Wants To Save Us
Plastic Pollution Crowds Out Life, Says Engineer Who Traces Ocean Trash To Its Source
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90.5 WESA
More Than 1,400 Tons Of Trash Are Illegally Dumped In Allegheny County, Survey Finds
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Siouxland Proud
San Francisco to consider outlawing plastic straws, stirrers