What We're Reading: Page 71
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 19, 2023
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Packaging Dive
LanzaTech, Plastipak partner on ‘world’s first’ PET made from carbon emissions.
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Lehigh Valley Live
Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, won’t appeal judge’s rejection of rezoning for Waste Connections-owned landfill.
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Cleveland.com
Plans to bury ash from Ross Incineration Services plant run into opposition in rural Lorain County, Ohio.
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Resource Recycling
ISRI develops ESG guide for recycling companies.
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Billings Gazette
Billings, Montana, weighs switch to curbside recycling, pay-as-you-throw trash collection.
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WMBB
Callaway, Florida, commission votes not to privatize trash collection.
May 18, 2023
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Yahoo! Finance
Sam Zell, real estate mogul and chairman of Covanta board, is dead at 81.
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The New York Times
New York City to require restaurants to put trash in containers as part of rat strategy.
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World Highways
Green Infrastructure Partners, spinoff of GFL, acquires Canadian firm Aecon Transportation East.
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WCNC
Vote to prevent construction landfills near homes could come too late for neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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KSUT
Boulder, Colorado, demonstrates reuse through deconstruction in effort to divert waste from landfills.
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Bloomberg Law
Nuclear waste volumes present a growing disposal challenge, the International Atomic Energy Agency says.
May 17, 2023
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Waco Tribune-Herald
Settlements hit more than $1M as Waco, Texas, clears way for landfill permit.
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Gothamist
New York regulators say Waste Connections landfill would remove emissions, not add them, thanks to RNG collection.
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ARLnow
Food scrap collection improved the recycling rate in Arlington County, Virginia, but leaders want further progress.
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WSHU
First municipal food scrap recycling site opens on New York’s Long Island as towns seek to confront waste.
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Waste Today
Platts launches daily price assessments of North American RNG.
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Miami Today
Mayor considering incinerator alternatives to manage waste following fire at Covanta-run facility in Doral, Florida.
May 16, 2023
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SI Live
DSNY worker taken to hospital after crash in Staten Island.
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Arizona Daily Star
Firm that turns plastic trash into building blocks to set up operations in Tucson, Arizona.
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WBRC
Birmingham, Alabama, MRF re-opens after fire, but city can’t resume curbside pick-up yet.
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WINK News
Family claims discrimination over yard waste collection in Marco Island, Florida.
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CNBC
Recycling end-of-life solar panels, wind turbines is a growing waste business.
May 15, 2023
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WKOW
Multiple crews respond to a fire at MRF in Portage, Wisconsin, building likely a ‘total loss.’
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The Bakersfield Californian
Residents sue Kern County, California, over fee hike funding organic recycling.
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The Durango Herald
Colorado governor to sign bill dedicating new funds for environmental remediation at closed landfills.
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Tennessee Lookout
Landfill developer sues Marshall/Maury County over denial of project on Monsanto site in Tennessee.
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Axios Chicago
Chicago struggling with staffing as it looks to improve its yard waste composting.
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NewsRadio 1110 KFAB
Omaha, Nebraska, to consider agreement to take yard waste from nearby Bellevue.
May 12, 2023
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San Juan Islander
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs comprehensive battery recycling bill that addresses all chemistries.
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Missouri Independent
EPA: Radioactive contamination at Republic Services’ West Lake landfill in Missouri is more widespread.
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Fox 35
Flagler Beach, Florida, MRF revamps to begin accepting plastic film through NexTrex partnership.
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Packaging Dive
Why Atlantic Packaging doesn’t shy away from EPR conversations.
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The East Hampton Star
East Hampton Town, New York, considers joining food-scrap compost program.
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WSHU
Connecticut issues food waste diversion grants to four towns.
May 11, 2023
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Yahoo! Finance
Rising demand doesn’t signify ‘any slowdowns in the industrial economy just yet’: Clean Harbors co-CEO.
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KTVU
City garbage truck spread hazardous mercury spill across larger area than initially believed in Martinez, California.
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CBS 42
Residents waiting for nearly two weeks for trash pickup amid service changeover in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Patch
Princeton, New Jersey, to explore food waste program with 2 collection sites.
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The Buffalo News
Two Erie County, New York, towns considering creating garbage districts.
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Fox 8
IV Waste owner files suit against media outlet over ‘Talking Trash’ investigation.
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