What We're Reading: Page 37
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 03, 2024
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Wall Street Journal
WM boosts profit margins by rerouting and replacing trash trucks.
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ABC 10
Official says San Joaquin County, California, hasn’t put out an RFP in 42 years for collections, looking into service rate disparity.
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KMBC
Missouri DOT leader wants changes after seeing WM trucks spill trash on highway.
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Bay to Bay News
Delaware’s first electric trash truck unveiled by Evergreen Waste Services.
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Recycling Today
Pellitteri Waste Systems expands in Wisconsin with new contracts.
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Waste Today
Qnergy expands methane abatement project at closed Utah landfill.
May 02, 2024
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Houston Chronicle
Houston City Council looking to improve Solid Waste Department with consulting contract.
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WMUR
New Hampshire Senate votes on bill to suspend landfill permits
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Maui Now
Maui County, Hawai’i, files eminent domain complaint against Komar Maui Properties for landfill expansion.
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Resource Recycling
Report: Canadian diversion rates stay steady in 2022.
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Bellingham Herald
ABC Recycling nixes plan for Bellingham, Washington, metal shredder.
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CBS Miami
Doral, Medley, Miramar mayors weigh in as Miami-Dade, Florida, decides where to build a new incinerator.
May 01, 2024
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WBRC
St. Clair County, Alabama, landfill still burning 17 months later.
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The Toronto Star
Explosion at GFL liquid waste facility in Pickering, Ontario, injures four people.
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The Paducah Sun
Kentucky hauler American Trash Service issued municipal solid waste license after violations, missed pickups.
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Resource Recycling
Atlantic Coast Recycling MRF reopens in Passaic, New Jersey, following $47M upgrade.
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Hungry Horse News
EPA says it would be tough to remove all of the waste at Superfund site with landfill in Flathead County, Montana.
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KGW
Portland, Oregon, disposal company eyeing ideas to repurpose food waste.
Apr 30, 2024
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Reuters
Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs.
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Kentucky Lantern
Bourbon County, Kentucky, recycling center is ‘righting a wrong’ for a predominantly Black neighborhood.
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CTV News
Canada must track progress toward zero plastic waste goal: audit.
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WFAA
Texas ranchers say ‘forever chemicals’ in waste-based fertilizers ruined their land.
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TribLIVE
EPA to Yukon, Pennsylvania, landfill operator: fix violations or face $73K-a-day fine.
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Morning Sentinel
Complaints of odors from Hartland Landfill in Maine linger as town works toward closure.
Apr 29, 2024
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Civil Eats
USDA expected to decide whether to allow biodegradable food packaging for organic compost this week.
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas commission allows use of expanded area of WM’s Eco-Vista Landfill in Tontitown to go forward.
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Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver moves to create district heat system with its Burnaby incinerator.
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pitches third pay-as-you-throw proposal with hauler Casella.
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Houston Public Media
Derichebourg Recycle plant in Houston under investigation following fire.
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The Hill
Democrats push Biden to take stronger stance on plastics waste in pivotal negotiations.
Apr 26, 2024
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NBC 6 South Florida
Miami-Dade trash incinerator battle heating up after consultant report.
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KSHB
Developer behind nixed Kansas City, Missouri, landfill proposal discusses settlement and future plans.
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Financial Times
Push for plastic waste credits at UN treaty talks.
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Energy News Network
New EPA rules close a ‘huge loophole’ on coal ash, forcing wide-scale cleanup, advocates say.
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Sacramento News & Review
State Sen. Ben Allen discusses new efforts to handle household hazardous waste, plastic and other issues in California.
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Red Lake Nation News
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency invests more than $1M to increase reuse, recycling and composting.
Apr 25, 2024
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WTOV9
Interstate Waste Services invests $5M in Ohio rail track upgrade.
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The Business Journal
Caglia Environmental accused of overbilling Fresno, Calif., garbage ratepayers by $3.35M.
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ABC7 New York
DSNY workers made up 21% of leptospirosis cases in NYC last year due to rat urine exposure, union calls for action.
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Innovation in Textiles
Eastman announces textile collaboration with WM-backed Debrand.
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Houston Public Media
EPA allows companies responsible for San Jacinto River’s waste pits to do clean-up work, residents frustrated with delays.
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Packaging Dive
Unilever reality-checked its 2025 plastic packaging targets. Will more companies do the same?
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