What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 13, 2024
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The San Francisco Standard
San Francisco’s interim mayor wants more oversight of hauler Recology.
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Daily Hampshire Gazette
Amherst, Massachusetts, takes first steps toward pay-as-you-throw collection system.
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The San Fernando Valley Sun
Sylmar, California, residents file lawsuit against Republic Services’ Sunshine Canyon Landfill due to toxic fumes.
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Seven Days Vermont
Vermont still allows farmers to spread contaminated biosolids on fields.
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Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Delays in collecting Little Rock, Arkansas, yard waste prompt overtime order for public works staff.
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Agriculture Dive
Can a farm bill pass in 2024?
Sep 12, 2024
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Waste Today
PureCycle says it’s processing 100 tons per day in Ohio.
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Sahan Journal
Hennepin County says Minneapolis needs its own trash plan before the HERC can close.
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Whitefish Pilot
Montana’s Dirt Rich Compost expects to collect 1 million pounds of food waste in 2024.
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The Blade
Seneca County, Ohio, installs its own air monitors near WIN Waste landfill.
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Urban Milwaukee
Milwaukee aims to cut food waste by 130 tons in 2 years with help from federal grant.
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The Santa Barbara Independent
Santa Barbara County, California, approves $766K to improve compost, AD operations at Tajiguas Landfill.
Sep 11, 2024
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Miami Herald
‘Nobody wants it’: Community speaks out in hearing ahead of Miami-Dade County, Florida, incinerator vote.
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NBC Bay Area
Global methane pollution soars, driven by landfills and other human sources, new study finds.
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PE Hub
Hazardous waste specialist Triumvirate Environmental vets private equity interest, sources say.
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Mid Hudson News
AAA Carting, Oak Ridge Waste and Recycling win collection contracts in Putnam County, New York.
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Axios Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, stops early trash pickup after noise complaints.
Sep 10, 2024
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Seeking Alpha
GFL expected to start sale of environmental services unit this week - CTFN report.
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Voice of San Diego
Crown Poly’s ‘HippoSak’ compostable bag did not receive certification it claims, TÜV Austria says.
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WFMZ
Lawmakers seek federal funds to revive park on former landfill where garbage is seeping to surface in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
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Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho, police investigate fatal motorcycle-garbage truck crash.
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Waste Advantage Magazine
In memorium of SWANA’s first president, Lanny M. Hickman.
Sep 09, 2024
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The Baltimore Sun
WM accuses Baltimore County, Maryland, of ‘arbitrarily and capriciously’ awarding $1.2B contract to Republic Services.
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Waste Today
Pennsylvania Waste Industries Associations, local SWANA chapter push for battery safety bill.
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The Detroit News
Clinton Township, Michigan, plans to fine Priority Waste for collection delays.
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Alachua Chronicle
O-Town Compost launches food waste collection service in Gainesville, Florida.
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Honolulu Civil Beat
‘It smells like earth’: Honolulu shows off its alternatives to landfills.
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E&E News
What’s next for EPA’s Michael Regan?
Sep 06, 2024
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Miami Herald
Doral floats idea to pay Miami-Dade County, Florida, at least $20M in taxes to relocate trash incinerator.
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Detroit Free Press
Wayne County, Michigan, officials urge end to radioactive waste shipments to Republic Services site.
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First Alert 4
Ripple Glass recycling expanding into St. Louis region.
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Fox 40
Sacramento, California, residents urged to practice mindful waste disposal after multiple trash fires.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba eyes GPS tracking of garbage trucks in wake of slayings.
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E&E News
Trash-industrial complex fights EU plans to cut waste.
Sep 05, 2024
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Recycling Today
LRS appoints Dan Goldstein as CFO.
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Planet Detroit
Hazardous waste settlement could change Michigan permitting.
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Inside Climate News
DOE funding for Pennsylvania company to make plastic-based fuel for steelmaking comes under fire.
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AP News
The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year.
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E&E News
Gina McCarthy joins board of waste reuse company UBQ Materials.
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Newsday
Tons of car shredder residue dumped at Brookhaven landfill in New York raises environmental concerns.
