What We’re Reading: Page 72
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 24, 2023
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The Guardian
Maine plans removal of PFAS from sewage sludge used as fertilizer.
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Resource Recycling
New Greenpeace report claims recycling complicates plastics toxicity.
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Vail Daily
SynTec BioEnergy makes pitch to Eagle County, Colorado, to use landfill for sustainable aviation fuel.
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CBS San Francisco
Legal questions could cause residents to pay more for garbage service despite producing less waste in Berkeley, California.
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Miami Today
Miami-Dade eyes rail to carry away solid waste problem.
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Waste Today
Rumpke opens $14.3M resource recovery facility in Monroe County, Indiana.
May 23, 2023
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ABC7 Chicago
Plastic bag recycling: Stores like Target and Walmart promise to help, but are your bags actually ending up in the landfill?
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Resource Recycling
US scrap paper and plastic exports fall during Q1.
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KMBC
Developer, residents, county leaders speak about proposed landfill in Pettis County, Missouri.
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FOX 59
Motorcyclist dies after striking garbage truck in Greentown, Indiana.
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CBS News
Meet the convert on a mission to make compost cool again.
May 22, 2023
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The Herald Star
IWS could clean up old landfill as part of broader Apex expansion efforts in Ohio.
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Berkshire Eagle
Sen Elizabeth Warren pledges to ‘prioritize’ the health of Lee, Mass., residents in struggle over PCB landfill.
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Concord Monitor
Landfill Landscape: How lobbying influences New Hampshire’s solid waste management
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WSHU
Looking beyond Brookhaven, New York, for zero waste alternatives.
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Yakima Herald-Republic
Transition away from alley garbage pickup going well in Yakima, Washington, officials say.
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USA Today
Yes, Disney parks produce a lot of waste. But here’s a peek at how they manage it.
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.
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