What We're Reading: Page 50
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jan 17, 2024
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Waste Today
NWRA, Resource Recycling Systems report assesses lithium batteries’ threat to waste and recycling infrastructure.
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Forbes
Surviving sabotage, women-owned SBC Waste Solutions grew to $40M in 5 years.
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Kansas City Star
Missouri lawmakers renew push to stop proposed Kansas City landfill.
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KPCW
Park City Community Foundation finalizes plan to eliminate food waste from Utah landfill by 2030.
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The Signal
California officials criticize Waste Connections’ response to violations at Chiquita Canyon landfill.
Jan 16, 2024
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Seven Days Vermont
Court upholds Vermont Gas’ purchase of methane from Waste Connections’ Seneca Meadows landfill.
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Reuters
US House votes to repeal joint employer rule on contract, franchise workers.
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The Daily Tar Heel
Orange County, North Carolina, cancels proposed waste facility after community concerns.
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The Baltimore Banner
As EPA seeks to reduce pollution from trash incinerators, Maryland advocates wonder if it’s enough.
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WLBT
Jackson, Mississippi, still in talks over fines related to trash crisis, sources say.
Jan 12, 2024
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404 Media
Google formally endorses right to repair, will lobby to pass repair laws.
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CBS New York
Mayor Adams announces funding restored for New York City Department of Sanitation litter basket service.
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The Star Tribune
Bloomington, Minnesota, wants to delay closing Hennepin County garbage incinerator.
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Waste Today
EPA requires Toxics Release Inventory reporting for 7 additional PFAS.
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Reuters
BlackRock strikes $12.5B deal for Global Infrastructure Partners, owner of Suez.
Jan 11, 2024
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The Washington Post
Fight over toxic Maui wildfire waste brews in Lahaina.
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KTBS
Shreveport, Louisiana, bans private waste haulers from taking trash out of state.
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The Republican Herald
Pottsville, Pennsylvana, awards 3-year, $4.7M trash contract to Anthracite Waste Services.
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Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Missouri, urban farm takes fight to City Hall to keep composting after neighbor complaints.
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WFFT
At least one hurt in crash involving GFL garbage truck near Northside Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Finger Lakes 1
Seneca Falls, New York, postpones decision on Seneca Meadows landfill permit.
Jan 10, 2024
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The Times-Picayune
Kenner, Louisiana, is eyeing a new garbage hauler. But Sidney Torres’ IV Waste isn’t leaving quietly.
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Northwest Labor Press
Republic Services trash haulers in Bend, Oregon, seek vote to join Teamsters on Jan. 11.
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CBC News
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to apply for federal funding to help develop city-owned composting facility.
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WPBN
Man sentenced for hit-and-run crash that injured sanitation worker in Elk Rapids, Michigan.
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Lehigh Valley Live
Residents argue Waste Connections’ Bethlehem Landfill expansion in Pennsylvania should not have been approved in new court appeal.
Jan 09, 2024
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WNEP
Keystone Sanitary Landfill in Pennsylvania receives another state violation for failing to control odor.
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Delaware First Media
Delaware’s first community composting site opens.
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The Salem News
Peabody, Massachusetts, officials push Republic on lacking waste collection service since it acquired JRM Hauling.
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Resource Recycling
California’s composting mandate is driving market growth.
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Waste Today
Superior USA Waste announces MSW transfer station in Oklahoma.
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The Star Tribune
Recycling plant near Albert Lea, Minnesota, goes up in flames.
Jan 08, 2024
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Michigan Farm News
‘No choice’: Generate Capital digester in Michigan to stop accepting food waste at the end of the month.
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The Daily Herald
Legislators want to boost Washington’s recycling rate, but they disagree on how.
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InDepthNH
New Hampshire House votes to change landfill siting process on first day of session.
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Boise Dev
Federal judge dismisses Idaho landfill company’s lawsuit over closure for environmental violations.
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WCJB 20
Southeast Gainesville, Florida, residents urge county to shut down Florence Recycling landfill ahead of permit renewal.
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CT Insider
West Hartford, Connecticut, exploring ‘pay as you throw’ system for trash collection.
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