What We're Reading: Page 62
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Nov 17, 2023
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Gothamist
Budget cuts delay NYC’s rollout of compost service in Bronx and on Staten Island.
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The Guardian
EU agrees to ban exports of waste plastic to poor countries.
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Mississippi Clarion-Ledger
Jackson, Mississippi, issues RFP for trash collection.
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WGLT
Battle heats up over proposed LRS solid waste transfer station south of Bloomington, Illinois.
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Fox 5 San Diego
San Diego achieved 71% diversion rate in 2022, its highest ever.
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KNWA
Fayetteville, Arkansas, removes deadline from waste diversion goal as region grows.
Nov 16, 2023
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Packaging Dive
New York AG’s ‘first of its kind’ lawsuit against PepsiCo seeks plastic pollution accountability.
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WIBW
Georgia man pronounced dead after 3 fall out of trash truck in Jefferson County, Kansas.
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E-Scrap News
EPA to label PV panels, lithium-ion batteries as universal waste
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KPLC
Leesville, Louisiana, residents hope Waste Connections transfer station will leave neighborhood.
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11 Alive
Landfill fire in Barrow County, Georgia, is contained, but will burn for ‘several days.’
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Grist
Waste pickers are fighting for recognition in the global plastics treaty.
Nov 15, 2023
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The San Francisco Standard
Recology hacked, causing delays in some systems.
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The Tampa Bay Times
Tampa, Florida, WTE facility closed indefinitely after power outage.
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Plastics News
AgroRenew to build Indiana site to convert waste crops to bioplastics.
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WAPT
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has approved a landfill expansion in Hinds County.
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WNEM
Flint, Michigan, City Council approves waste contract extension with Priority Waste.
Nov 14, 2023
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KHOU
Driver crushed to death by garbage truck after leaving it in neutral in Houston.
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USA Today
New Mitre, Gallup study reveals household-level wasted food data.
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TribLIVE
Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver, Pennsylvania, operated by Noble Environmental fined more than $62K.
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Inside Climate News
Environmental justice is a key theme throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment.
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MyHorryNews
Horry County, South Carolina, landfill trialing food scrap dropoff program for residents.
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WYFF
South Carolina waste management worker hit, killed by driver while servicing route.
Nov 13, 2023
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Gothamist
Codigestion project to convert NYC compost to biogas goes offline weeks after launching.
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NPR
Fossil fuel producers work to shape U.N. treaty to cut plastics.
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Waste 360
VLS executives on acquisitions and finding synergies.
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Farm Progress
Congressional ag leaders agree to one-year farm bill extension.
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Missouri Independent
Suburbs braced to use the legislature to block a south Kansas City, Missouri, landfill.
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WAMC
St. Johnsville, New York, weighs trash fee amid rising costs from contract with Waste Connections subsidiary.
Nov 10, 2023
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FreightWaves
Striking UAW will vote again on rejected Mack Trucks offer.
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Loudoun Now
Loudoun County, Virginia, begins one-year food waste composting collection pilot at landfill.
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Northwest Indiana Times
Firefighters battle blaze at Republic Services transfer station in Crown Point, Indiana.
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Corvallis Gazette-Times
Corvallis, Oregon, elects not to pay Republic Services extra to electrify truck fleet.
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Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Bozeman, Gallatin County partner on Montana waste transfer station.
Nov 09, 2023
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NBC New York
10 members of Gambino crime family arrested over allegedly muscling into C&D waste hauling in New York.
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Waste 360
SCS Engineers names Doug Doerr as CEO.
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New Hampshire Public Radio
Casella submits new permit applications in a renewed push for a landfill in Dalton, New Hampshire.
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KPBS Public Media
San Diego gets closer to zero waste goal, but is still behind schedule.
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Waste Today
Veolia announces solar project at hazardous waste treatment facility in Arkansas.
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WRAL
EPA pauses approval for Chemours to import foreign GenX waste to North Carolina.
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