What We're Reading: Page 22
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Apr 30, 2024
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Reuters
Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs.
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Kentucky Lantern
Bourbon County, Kentucky, recycling center is ‘righting a wrong’ for a predominantly Black neighborhood.
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CTV News
Canada must track progress toward zero plastic waste goal: audit.
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WFAA
Texas ranchers say ‘forever chemicals’ in waste-based fertilizers ruined their land.
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TribLIVE
EPA to Yukon, Pennsylvania, landfill operator: fix violations or face $73K-a-day fine.
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Morning Sentinel
Complaints of odors from Hartland Landfill in Maine linger as town works toward closure.
Apr 29, 2024
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Civil Eats
USDA expected to decide whether to allow biodegradable food packaging for organic compost this week.
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arkansas commission allows use of expanded area of WM’s Eco-Vista Landfill in Tontitown to go forward.
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Vancouver Sun
Metro Vancouver moves to create district heat system with its Burnaby incinerator.
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, pitches third pay-as-you-throw proposal with hauler Casella.
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Houston Public Media
Derichebourg Recycle plant in Houston under investigation following fire.
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The Hill
Democrats push Biden to take stronger stance on plastics waste in pivotal negotiations.
Apr 26, 2024
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NBC 6 South Florida
Miami-Dade trash incinerator battle heating up after consultant report.
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KSHB
Developer behind nixed Kansas City, Missouri, landfill proposal discusses settlement and future plans.
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Financial Times
Push for plastic waste credits at UN treaty talks.
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Energy News Network
New EPA rules close a ‘huge loophole’ on coal ash, forcing wide-scale cleanup, advocates say.
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Sacramento News & Review
State Sen. Ben Allen discusses new efforts to handle household hazardous waste, plastic and other issues in California.
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Red Lake Nation News
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency invests more than $1M to increase reuse, recycling and composting.
Apr 25, 2024
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WTOV9
Interstate Waste Services invests $5M in Ohio rail track upgrade.
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The Business Journal
Caglia Environmental accused of overbilling Fresno, Calif., garbage ratepayers by $3.35M.
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ABC7 New York
DSNY workers made up 21% of leptospirosis cases in NYC last year due to rat urine exposure, union calls for action.
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Innovation in Textiles
Eastman announces textile collaboration with WM-backed Debrand.
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Houston Public Media
EPA allows companies responsible for San Jacinto River’s waste pits to do clean-up work, residents frustrated with delays.
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Packaging Dive
Unilever reality-checked its 2025 plastic packaging targets. Will more companies do the same?
Apr 24, 2024
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ABC News
Plastic bags from Walmart US recycling bins tracked to controversial plastic facilities in Southeast Asia.
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WGME
Maine Gov. Mills vetoes bill to hold Casella to PFAS drinking water standard for landfill leachate.
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Tallahassee Democrat
Waste Pro garbage truck hit, killed trash collection worker in Tallahassee, Florida, police say.
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NPR
UN talks for a global treaty to reduce plastic waste are floundering.
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HR Dive
FTC to ban noncompetes as soon as August.
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Chicago Tribune
In cost-saving move, Elmwood Park, Illinois, switching garbage collection companies from LRS to Flood Brothers.
Apr 23, 2024
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Reuters
Global plastic treaty talks are happening. What do stakeholders want?
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Plastic recycling company Brightmark plans $1B investment in Georgia.
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KHOU
Former Texas Pride Disposal garbage truck driver in Houston found guilty of manslaughter.
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News12
New York City sanitation workers to collect trash earlier to speed up cleaning streets.
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Cleveland.com
Beachwood, Ohio, starts residential food scrap composting program.
Apr 22, 2024
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Plastics News
Encina’s $1.1B Pennsylvania chemical recycling plant plans canceled.
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MPR News
Bill seeks to increase electronics recycling in Minnesota, and make it free.
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Grist
California communities are fighting the last battery recycling plant in the West — and its toxic legacy.
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The Roanoke Times
Roanoke Valley Resource Authority landfill in Virginia readying for RNG production through Archaea partnership.
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WCBU
An abandoned mine disappears, but a decade-old agreement may stall GFL landfill plans in Peoria, Illinois.
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CBS4
Task force formed to prevent recurring fires in Far East El Paso, Texas, recycling plants.