What We're Reading: Page 81
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
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.
Nov 08, 2023
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WACH
Waste management worker fatally struck in Lexington County, South Carolina, vehicle collision.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
Regulators propose $700K settlement for alleged violations at public Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, landfill.
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Foster’s Daily Democrat
Rochester, New Hampshire, OKs expansion plans at WM’s Turnkey Landfill, declines to involve more towns.
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Fox 13 Memphis
Memphis City Council committee balks at fee hike for improved bulk solid waste collection.
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Packaging Dive
Researchers find PFAS in non-plastic straws, complicating sustainability efforts.
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WBOC
Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, neighbors share concerns with planned landfill.
Nov 07, 2023
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Hoodline
Illinois sanitation worker’s fatal accident spurs safety reforms.
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WTTW
Measure aimed at curbing illegal early morning Chicago trash pickup advances.
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Bangor Daily News
Trash pile at Orrington, Maine, incinerator spontaneously combusts.
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The Sacramento Bee
Is Sacramento, California, food waste program working? Officials say it’s nearly impossible to measure.
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Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, transfer station plans backed by county officials as Republic Services landfill closure looms.
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Fort Worth Report
WM sued for alleged negligence after crash involving trash truck in Fort Worth, Texas.
Nov 06, 2023
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The Daily Messenger
As trash piles up at landfills, why can’t New York get people to recycle?
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MLive
Still no vote on Flint, Michigan, garbage contract as mayor calls delays ‘governmental malpractice.’
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NBC Connecticut
Middletown, Connecticut, permanently adopts food scrap save-as-you-throw program.
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NPR
Why not all cities are welcoming community composters.
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Manufactured compostable waste to be accepted in green recycling bins in Oahu, Hawai’i.
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