What We're Reading: Page
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 19, 2026
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Capital & Main
California hazardous waste rules criticized as years late and ‘polluter-friendly.’
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Waste 360
Waste360 reveals its 2026 40 under 40 award winners.
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Plastics News
Europe’s circular plastics transition experiencing ‘dramatic slowdown.’
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Kentucky Today
Kentucky awards $6 million to reduce flow of solid waste.
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FFXnow
Fairfax, Virginia, seeks to reduce waste, increase recycling with updated trash management plan.
May 18, 2026
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Tap Into Flemington/Raritan
Sale of New Jersey transfer station to WM nearly complete after years of delays.
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Bloomberg
GFL/Secure deal gets proxy firms’ backing, despite activist investor opposition.
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Press Democrat
Officials in Sonoma County, California, resurrect decade-long effort for local composting facility.
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SF Gate
Recology worker rescued in San Francisco after equipment falls into recycling pit.
May 15, 2026
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Los Angeles Business Journal
Exclusive: Niagara Bottling reviving rPlanet Earth facility in California.
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ESG Dive
NY’s 2027 budget includes climate, emissions reduction rollbacks: Gov. Hochul.
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SFGate
Bay Area customers may face fees, warnings due to new trash cameras from Recology.
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Packaging Dive
Plastic packaging converters raise red flags over Iran war impact.
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SI Live
NYC wants to expand capacity at Staten Island Compost Facility at former landfill.
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Los Angeles Times
L.A.’s ultra-urban rivers wash tons of trash out to sea. There’s a plan to change that before the Olympics.
May 14, 2026
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Inside Climate News
Debate over New York EPR bill advances amid chemical recycling discussions.
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New Bedford Light
Massachusetts waste transfer station remains closed a year after fire, rat infestation.
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Resource Recycling
American Battery confirms second recycling facility in Southeast.
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Axios
Water treatment plant being considered at largest landfill in Des Moines, Iowa.
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The News Tribute
Worker hurt at Tacoma, Washington, waste dropoff claims city ignored equipment defects.
May 13, 2026
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Politico
Environmental groups challenge EPA incinerator rule.
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Resource Recycling
Industry descends on DC to fight for PET.
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Signal Akron
Akron, Ohio, community groups want more money from WM in transfer station agreement.
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Plastics News
US Plastics Pact pushes for compostables in EPR laws, food-waste mandates.
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Finger Lakes Times
Two areas of Ontario County Landfill in New York to be capped this year.
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29 News
Dominion Energy converts closed landfill into solar farm in Albemarle County, Virginia.
May 12, 2026
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Scranton Times-Tribune
Ongoing labor lawsuit against Lackawanna Recycling Center in Pennsylvania now a class action.
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WHYY
Penn State diverting food scraps for compost and building material research.
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Planet Detroit
Detroit farmers call for composting policy changes after pilot programs.
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Resource Recycling
Orange County landfill fees to spike 53%.
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Wisconsin Public Radio
Author delves into PFAS waste cleanups in Maine and future lessons for other states.
May 11, 2026
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Grist
New Orleans wants to fix its Mardi Gras mess. So why is the trash pile still growing?
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Waste Today
Heil and Autocar supply Recology with electric collection truck.
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Bloomberg Law
EPA drops Biden-era plan to allow PFAS cleanups under waste law.
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CW 34
Tracking the $24M trash settlement between Waste Pro and Port St. Lucie, Florida.
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TAPinto Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek, Florida, to consider curbside recycling program.
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