What We're Reading: Page 36
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 17, 2024
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Reuters
WM could be exploring $3M sale of RNG assets, according to anonymous sources.
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New York Daily News
Liberty Ashes driver reversing down street fatally strikes man in NYC.
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San José Spotlight
San Jose, California, looks to raise garbage and recycling collection rates.
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Recycling Today
LRS adds EverestLabs robot on its last-chance line to target UBCs in Chicago MRF.
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Times Union
New York AG announces $8M judgment over illegal C&D dump site.
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Waste360
Econward’s counterplan for landfill-bound organics.
May 16, 2024
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FOX 13
Driver killed after garbage truck tips at landfill in Utah.
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AZ Family
Garbage truck driver dead after explosion at Phoenix TSMC plant.
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Reuters
US EPA must act to slash landfill methane emissions, Industrious Labs report says.
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The San Fernando Valley Sun
LA City Council approves study to address odor complaints at Republic landfill.
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New Hampshire Union Leader
Bills to block new landfills, other solid waste plans die in New Hampshire State Senate.
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Nola.com
Gretna, Louisiana, selects River Birch as new hauler for contract that will end curbside recycling.
May 15, 2024
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Fort Worth Report
Fort Worth, Texas, removes minority business requirement for $479M trash collection contract with WM.
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WCBU Peoria
Peoria city, county officials encouraged by initial talks with GFL execs on Landfill 3 construction in Illinois.
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Judge rules WM’s Tontitown landfill can use expansion, orders more testing.
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KARE11
Hennepin County, Minnesota, looks to improve organics recycling participation.
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ESG Dive
California Gov. Newsom says key climate bills are funded in his revised state budget.
May 14, 2024
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NonStop Local
Washington Dept. of Ecology releases new landfill emission regulations.
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Daily Democrat
CalRecycle awards $10M grant to expand composting in Yolo County.
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The Gainesville Sun
Gainesville, Florida, residents fight to close landfill that could expand.
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The Aspen Times
Half of what Aspen, Colorado, throws away at landfill is ‘locally recyclable,’ city official says.
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Pacific Daily News
Guam governor vetoes bill calling for mandatory islandwide waste collection, citing cost concerns.
May 13, 2024
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CBC News
Residents fear another ‘summer of stink’ after GFL landfill given 2 years to deal with smell: councillor.
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9News
Denver’s compost bin rollout will start this summer, take through 2025.
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WTHR
Indianapolis DPW launches trash collection survey ahead of 2026 contract change.
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Lehigh Valley Live
Former Warren County, New Jersey, trash incinerator demolished to make way for food processing facility.
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CT News Junkie
Connecticut’s New London County Farm Bureau asking state to look more closely at farm digesters.
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Tampa Bay Times
How a temp worker’s overnight stay at Pinellas County, Florida, waste facility ended in arrest.
May 10, 2024
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TAPinto
New solid waste authority leader starts in Broward County, Florida, as Monarch Hill Landfill fight rages.
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Michigan Advance
Waste ‘tipping’ fee increase not included in Michigan House budget approved Wednesday.
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Pensacola News Journal
Waste Pro and Adams Sanitation competing to provide curbside recycling in Pensacola, Florida.
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Daily Herald
Food scrap collection services growing in Illinois, but not in all suburbs.
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Racket
The Twin Cities has a trash problem. Can we compost our way out of it?
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Resource Recycling
Reworld bringing dozens of free e-scrap collection sites to Pennsylvania.
May 09, 2024
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CBC News
WM collection workers in Hamilton, Ontario, area strike, demanding end to forced overtime.
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Miami Herald
Consultant report rates sites where next Miami-Dade County, Florida, incinerator could go.
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Los Angeles Daily News
LA City Council OKs $4M incentive program for organic waste disposal at restaurants, multifamily buildings.
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BioCycle
Brady Trucking Company upgrades its mulch facility to accept food waste in Western Washington.
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The Herald Journal
Providence, Utah, buys garbage trucks and begins providing its own waste collection.
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TechCrunch
Industrial waste recycler Mycocycle raises $3.6M in funding led by Closed Loop Partners’ Venture Group.
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