What We're Reading: Page 82
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Mar 15, 2023
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WBUR News
Bonnie Heiple, an attorney, named MassDEP commissioner.
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KETV
Contaminated soil from Keystone Pipeline spill heading to WM landfill in Nebraska.
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WJHL
Bristol, Virginia, to pay for part of contentious landfill closure.
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Retail Dive
H&M taps ThredUp for resale program as part of sustainability efforts.
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CFO Dive
Core inflation rises, challenging Fed amid banking instability.
Mar 14, 2023
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Clarion Ledger
Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, says state Supreme Court ruling ‘changes nothing’ in ongoing collection contract fight.
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KSTP
St. Paul, Minnesota, officials question string of missed recycling pickups by longtime vendor Eureka Recycling.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly rec centers are turning discarded hamburgers, chicken salad, lettuce into tons of compost.
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9 News
Landlords complain Denver’s new trash fee applies even when they don’t use the service.
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Springfield News-Leader
As locals dump more and more trash, a landfill in Springfield, Missouri, may fill up years sooner than expected.
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AP News
Garbage tarnishes Paris luster as pension strike continues.
Mar 13, 2023
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Bloomberg Law
3M, green groups push back on New York governor’s EPR proposal.
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Journal Gazette
Eight months after taking on collection in Fort Wayne, Indiana, GFL provides improved service over past hauler.
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NBC 7 San Diego
Truck hits, kills pedestrian at San Marcos, California, recycling center.
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The Frontier
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt blocks shipment of toxic waste from Ohio train derailment.
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Williston Observer
As Casella aims to treat PFAS in leachate, what happens next with Vermont’s forever chemicals?
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Liberty Vindicator
A fight for life and community by Frontier Waste Solutions employee.
Mar 10, 2023
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Mississippi Free Press
Mississippi Supreme Court rules Jackson mayor can’t override council on garbage contracts, prompting need for new hauling plan.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago still lacks tools to police recycling scofflaws: watchdog report.
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KTAR
Glendale, Arizona, adds glass to curbside recycling program in partnership with WM.
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Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama landfill fire is still burning after three months.
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Monterey County Now
Daniel Washington has been driving a garbage truck for decades in Monterey, California, and says it’s a great job.
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Marketing Dive
Miller Lite recycles sexist beer ads into fertilizer for growing hops with help from Ilana Glazer.
Mar 09, 2023
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WHNT
Cherokee Industrial Landfill operator files for bankruptcy after cease and desist order from Alabama DEM.
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Spectrum News
Maine dodges ‘environmental catastrophe’ but other sludge disposal concerns remain.
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KTLA
California container recycling fraud investigation nets 2 more arrests.
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New Hampshire Bulletin
Should New Hampshire put responsibility on manufacturers for waste impacts? State may explore it.
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Tennessee Lookout
Louisiana landfill company pushes back on proposed legislation to protect Tennessee river.
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WRTV
Indiana Gov. Holcomb says East Palestine waste doesn’t contain harmful dioxin levels.
Mar 08, 2023
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Indy Star
EPA pauses hazardous train waste coming to Indiana for more testing.
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The San Francisco Standard
Former leader of San Francisco environmental agency agrees to $4K fine in Recology-related ethics case.
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The Natchez Democrat
Adams County, Mississippi, chooses successor to bankrupt Metro Services for garbage collection contract.
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NHPR
Where should landfills in New Hampshire be located? Lawmakers are still trying to decide on the rules.
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TAPinto Wayne
New Jersey-based MBL Technology touts new approach to handling the state’s waste.
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NBC4 Washington
‘Litter can become a projectile’: Maryland road crews step up efforts to clear highway trash.
Mar 07, 2023
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Waste Today
SWANA reports increase in 2022 worker fatalities.
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Bangor Daily News
Maine DEP criticizes Casella for rejecting solution to sludge disposal crisis.
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The Blade
WIN Waste’s Sunny Farms landfill cited by Ohio regulators again, but gets new permits.
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WFMZ
Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, officially joins fight against Waste Connections landfill expansion.
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VTDigger
House panel moves to expand Vermont’s ‘bottle bill’ to cover most beverages.
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CBS Miami
Doral, Florida, residents to protest plans to build new waste facility in city.