What We're Reading: Page 32
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jun 27, 2024
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Miami Herald
A Miami-Dade trash incinerator is looking for a home. Miramar is spending six figures to keep it away.
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Bridge Michigan
Michigan’s $83B budget deal boosts housing, scraps Whitmer’s tip fee hike.
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Sacramento News & Review
CalRecycle’s leader, Zoe Heller, on battling plastic pollution and working for a cleaner climate.
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The Pulse
Curbside glass recycling returning to Chattanooga, Tennessee, thanks to Overlooked Materials.
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The Maine Monitor
Officials worry draft EPR for packaging rules will penalize rural Maine communities.
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ESG Dive
ISSB aims to further streamline climate disclosures.
Jun 26, 2024
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Hell Gate NYC
New York City prepares to evict community composting site despite support.
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Macomb Daily
Michigan township grudgingly approves contract transfer from GFL to Priority Waste despite pickup complaints.
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Waste Today
SWANA offers analysis of Seattle zero waste effort.
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Miami Today
Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida, poses dilemma: raise garbage fees 21% or borrow $39M.
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KOAM
Pittsburg, Kansas, approves garbage trucks, carts, dumpsters purchase for public trash service.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Central Virginia ponders new ways to handle its garbage.
Jun 25, 2024
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Baltimore Brew
Ruppert’s Sanitation allegedly committed $224K in fraud, Baltimore County, Maryland, inspector general reports.
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Voice of OC
Irvine, California, asks future homeowners to sign away right to sue nearby public landfill.
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Bloomberg Law
Clean Harbors settles lawsuit over employee retirement plan for $395K.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, proposal would up garbage fees ahead of organics collection program rollout.
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WMUR
Every major candidate for New Hampshire governor says they oppose Casella’s proposed Dalton landfill.
Jun 24, 2024
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News on 6
Large fire at privately owned North Tulsa Landfill in Oklahoma burns overnight; investigation underway.
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Resource Recycling
EPR of the past, present and future in British Columbia.
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Portland Press Herald
The price of purple trash bags is going up in Portland, Maine. Residents aren’t happy.
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The Local
GFL says it’s ‘Green For Life’—its neighbours disagree.
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Salem Statesman Journal
Reworld incinerator in Brooks, Oregon, submits plan to reduce mercury releases into Willamette River.
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Manistee News Advocate
Northern Michigan counties team up to develop waste plan with more composting and recycling.
Jun 21, 2024
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The Providence Journal
Publicly-run collection service in Coventry, Rhode Island, is hamstrung by broken trucks.
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Columbus Dispatch
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio cancels solar-on-landfill project after lack of action from developer.
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VTDigger
Flood debris causes air quality problems at Casella’s Coventry landfill in Vermont.
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The Daily Leader
Brookhaven, Mississippi, accepts WM bid to operate garbage services, transfer station, ousting Arrow Disposal.
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Pioneer Press
Ramsey County, Minnesota, board chair stepping down to lead recycling and energy partnership in position she helped create.
Jun 20, 2024
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Waste Today
Cards responds to complaints after Missouri attorney general announces investigation.
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WRTV
Second person killed in a workplace accident at WM facility in Whitestown, Indiana, in 6 months.
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San José Spotlight
California-based Premier Recycle faces federal labor complaint review.
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The San Joaquin Valley Sun
Facing $50M shortfall over next 5 years, Fresno, California, lawmakers consider raising waste collection rates.
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Biomass Magazine
IRS issues guidance on registration for 45Z Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit.
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CTV News
Ottawa Solid Waste Master Plan instructs city to consider clear garbage bags to cut waste to landfill.
Jun 18, 2024
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WMTW
Portland unveils Maine’s first electric garbage truck, supplied by Mack.
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Fort Bend Herald
MRF fire leads to curbside recycling pause in Tyler and Whitehouse, Texas.
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Santa Maria Times
Marborg Industries taking over collection service from WM in unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County, California.
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Lehigh Valley Live
Bethlehem Landfill says it’s still trying to address odor problem cited by Pennsylvania DEP.
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Waste Advantage Magazine
Mary Ann Remolador to retire from NERC after nearly 30 years in the recycling industry.
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