What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jun 09, 2026
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OHS Canada Magazine
GFL fined $130K in Canada for 2024 worker injuries.
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Inside Climate News
Troubled by spreading landfill pollution, a Long Island, New York, community demands action.
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Click on Detroit
Westland, Michigan, withholds $100K from Priority Waste after weeks of missed yard trash pickups.
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KLCC
Horse therapy ranch feels effects of Republic’s nearby Coffin Butte Landfill in Oregon.
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Fast Company
Apeel: The startup that tried to fix food waste and got hit by a disinformation campaign.
Jun 08, 2026
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Public Source
In Pittsburgh, missed trash collection incidents are on the rise.
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The Sun
Inside the new $90M composting facility processing Californians’ organic waste in the Mojave Desert.
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News 12
EPA Administrator Zeldin visits New York composter to highlight food waste diversion.
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The Sentinel-Record
Tipping fees will increase in Garland County, Arkansas, after Republic bids on new contract.
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Houston Chronicle
Houston’s proposed trash fee may not include affluent areas.
Jun 05, 2026
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Bloomberg
EPA launches new plan to speed up Superfund site cleanups.
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AP News
Fuel shortages leave Havana streets piled with garbage.
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La Presse
Subcontractors raise questions about TerraCycle’s recycling practices in Canada.
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Fast Company
Meet the new ‘reuse’ symbol, a spiraling cousin to the ‘recycling’ icon.
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Plastics News
Chemically recycled plastics now used in Gatorade bottles.
Jun 04, 2026
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ABC 13
Houston considers budget amendment to offer financial assistance on trash fee.
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WTOP
Prince George’s County, Maryland, to crack down on illegal dumping.
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Johnson County Post
Prairie Village, Kansas, considers hauler switch from Republic to GFL.
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Item Live
Peabody, Massachusetts, approves $200 annual trash fee to address financial pressures.
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Associated Press
A garbage crisis engulfs Havana as fuel shortages stall trash pickup.
Jun 03, 2026
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Business Post
AMCS founder Jimmy Martin steps down.
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Click on Detroit
Scrutiny over Priority Waste continues as Metro Detroit residents voice collection frustrations.
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The Baynet
Residents push back on proposal to move waste drop-off site closer to Baltimore stream.
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10 News
Knoxville, Tennessee, to conduct solid waste study to gain insight into public works spending.
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BioCycle
Transparency and data are the missing pieces in the depackaging debate.
Jun 02, 2026
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Waste Today
Priority Waste names new CEO.
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STLPR
Task force on St. Louis recycling recommends moving from alley pickup to curbside carts.
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KCUR
A smelly landfill near this Kansas town is causing concerns about property values and safety.
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Fergus Now
Otter Tail County, Minnesota, to receive $8.5M in solid waste infrastructure funding.
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E&E News
EPA watchdog leans into data to expose fraud, waste.
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BBC
After vape disposal ban in UK, waste companies call for £5 deposit to cover handling costs.
Jun 01, 2026
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The Maine Monitor
Maine’s sewage sludge crisis is ‘still under a clock’ even if Casella landfill expands.
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Greenville Business Magazine
South Carolina to offer tax breaks for turning landfill methane into natural gas.
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Durango Herald
Phoenix Recycling receives permit to build composting facility in Colorado.
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Waste 360
SWANA publishes landfill gas collection guidance report.
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Reuters
Finland’s Hiab to buy Canadian truck maker Labrie for $1 billion.