What We're Reading: Page 24
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Apr 10, 2024
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NBC 6 South Florida
Leaders in Miramar and other Florida cities fight proposal for nearby trash incinerator.
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ItemLive
WIN Waste’s Saugus WTE plant to shift ash disposal from on-site monofills to Shrewsbury landfill.
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York Daily Record
CRDC in York, Pennsylvania, now charging to accept residential plastic for recycling.
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The New York Times
A rising number of A.I. companies are tackling food waste.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia doubles recycling fund after voters close tire fee loophole.
Apr 09, 2024
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Concord Monitor
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services weighs in against landfill moratorium bill.
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TAPintoHoboken
Cali Carting secures two-year collection contract in Hoboken, New Jersey, for $7.5M.
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Los Angeles Times
Neighbors balk at renewed permit for Phibro-Tech hazardous waste facility in Santa Fe Springs, California.
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Waste 360
Stakeholders discuss opportunities, challenges with EPR for tires in North America.
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Recycling Product News
EREF research project seeks to improve safety for the waste and recycling industry.
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The Guardian
Gina McCarthy: Methane from landfills is detectable from space – and driving the climate crisis.
Apr 08, 2024
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The Narwhal
Ontario could run out of landfill space in nine years. Then what?
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Chemical & Engineering News
Can chemists turn California’s almond trash into sustainable treasure?
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The New Yorker
Jessica Tisch, the ex-N.Y.P.D. official trying to tame New York’s trash.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Foothills Landfill in Las Cruces, New Mexico, closed indefinitely.
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WDTN
New community compost station coming to Dayton, Ohio.
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Maui Now
Maui County, Hawai’i, greenlights eminent domain for Central Maui Landfill expansion for wildfire waste.
Apr 05, 2024
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Kansas City Star
Kansas City landfill dispute grinds Missouri Senate to a halt.
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WAMU
New contractor selected for food waste drop-offs at D.C. farmers markets raising questions.
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CBS San Francisco
Air district fines Berkeley, California, $130K for emissions violations at landfill.
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WBAL
1 killed after trash truck falls from bridge in Baltimore crash.
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The New York Times
There’s an explosion of plastic waste. Big companies say ‘We’ve Got This.’
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ABC 3340
‘This is toxic,’ property owners ask for ban on land application of biosolids on farmland in Blount County, Alabama.
Apr 04, 2024
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KRON4
Wrongful death lawsuit filed against GreenWaste after San Jose, Calif., pedestrian dies from injuries.
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Star Tribune
AI-powered curbside organics program expands in Washington County, Minnesota.
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Waste Today
SCS Engineers reconfigures executive staff, including new president, COO and CFO.
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News West 9
Odessa, Texas, partners with Basin Hauling facility for recycling drop-off program.
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Smart Cities Dive
Traffic deaths declined in 2023, but distracted driving remains a danger.
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ESG Dive
Southwest Airlines acquires SAFFiRE Renewables, expanding focus on waste-derived aviation fuel.
Apr 03, 2024
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Baltimore Brew
Baltimore County, Maryland, approves $1.2B commercial waste contract with Republic Services.
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Inside Climate News
Alabama residents aim to test blood or urine for PFAS amid underground Moody Landfill fire.
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Tampa Bay Times
Hillsborough County, Florida, leaders expected to vote on carbon capture proposal for WTE facility.
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South Coast Today
Massachusetts has delayed noise permit review 5 times for New Bedford Business Park solid waste facility.
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The Times
Maya Energy ‘moving forward’ with MRF plans despite Gary, Indiana, leadership’s pledge to block building permits.
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WPRI
Attleboro, Massachusetts, is now collecting food waste through partnership with Black Earth Compost.
Apr 02, 2024
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AP News
Court approves 3M settlement over ‘forever chemicals’ in public drinking water systems.
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Canary Media
Burying plant waste removes CO2 from the air. But can it scale?
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Standard-Examiner
Municipalities and Weber County, Utah, forge agreement on use of transfer station for waste disposal.
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SFGate
United Carting Company fined by OSHA after driver struck and killed his son.
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Al.com
Hoover, Alabama, residents continue dealing with garbage pickup delays as schedule changes with Amwaste begin.
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WNEP
Pennsylvania orders two towns to pay $575K civil penalty for Keystone Sanitary Landfill odor.