What We're Reading: Page 31
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Jan 31, 2024
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Packaging Dive
Compostable packaging must be included in EPR needs assessments, industry partners say.
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Waste Today
TotalEnergies reports Texas chemical recycling plant has begun to produce polymers.
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Miami Today
Miami-Dade County, Florida, mayor to submit closure plan for former Doral WTE plant by March 15.
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Manufacturing Dive
3M on track to sunset PFAS manufacturing by 2026.
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Cumberland Times-News
Noble Environmental seeks 50-acre expansion of Mountainview Landfill in Frostburg, Maryland.
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The Oklahoman
Medical Waste Services’ request for transfer station in northeast Oklahoma City denied.
Jan 30, 2024
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CBS Minnesota
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to reveal 20-year Twin Cities waste management plan Tuesday.
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Valley News
New Hampshire attorney general sues Hammond Grinding & Recycling for violating permitted capacity.
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WGLT
LRS waste transfer center proposal in McLean County, Illinois, advances.
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The Leader
Houston launches 6-week food waste drop-off program in four locations.
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Bloomberg
NYC’s community composting cuts are putting its curbside plan at risk.
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WBRC
Alabaster, Alabama, leaders say city-owned garbage collection system has improved service.
Jan 29, 2024
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Inside Climate News
Residents left in the dark as publicly-owned landfill in Alabama caught fire and smoldered for 50 days.
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Warwick Beacon
J.R. Vinagro paid Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp. $37.3M during ex-landfill boss’s tenure, then hired him as CEO.
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Spectrum News 1
Free composting pilot program in Buffalo, New York, gains steam
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WMDT
Delaware Solid Waste Authority collection facility fire causes $1M in damages
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WSHU
Residents tells New York DEC to close Brookhaven Landfill as they await response to landfill leachate plume study.
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WLKY
WM worker charged after dumpster crash on I-265 in Kentucky.
Jan 26, 2024
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PE Hub
JF Lehman scouts for landfill, wastewater facilities for Heritage-Crystal Clean.
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NBC Los Angeles
Grieving mom seeks answers a year after LA Sanitation truck killed son.
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Star Tribune
Big money and policy changes needed before Hennepin County, Minnesota, incinerator can close.
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KING 5
Washington state inspecting King County landfill amid labor and safety concerns.
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The Dallas Morning News
Dallas tries to improve trash collection, again.
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Tennessee Lookout
Dismantling of TVA’s Bull Run coal plant raises concerns over hazardous waste.
Jan 25, 2024
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
‘We do not need another landfill’: Environmental groups, elected officials oppose project in California.
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Recycling Product News
Republic Services opens new MRF in Arizona years after fire damaged former site.
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CTV News
Varme Energy to build waste-to-energy facility near Edmonton, Canada, in 2027.
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Itemlive
Environmental groups call for closure of WIN Waste ash landfill in Massachusetts; company disagrees.
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The New York Times
Fire blanketed Lahaina, Hawai’i, in toxic debris. Where can they put it?
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FOX4
Debate continues over need for new landfill in Kansas City, Missouri, region.
Jan 24, 2024
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New Jersey 101.5
Residents frustrated by odors from WM-operated Monmouth County Landfill in New Jersey.
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CNY Central
Activists rally against expansion of Waste Connections’ Seneca Meadows, New York’s largest landfill.
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Miami New Times
Judge allows lawsuit to proceed against Covanta over alleged exposure issues from Doral, Florida, facility fire.
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Axios
CheckSammy raises $45M to expand sustainable bulk waste collection, with assist from I Squared Capital.
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The Oaklandside
California Waste Solutions will pay $6M to Oakland landlords to settle fee lawsuit.
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The Hamilton Spectator
Brooks Road Environmental seeks expansion at Ontario landfill.
Jan 23, 2024
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News Center Maine
Casella seeks extension to management term of Juniper Ridge Landfill in Maine.
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Newsday
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to stop proposed Winters Bros. Long Island waste transfer station.
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Florida Bulldog
Broward County, Florida, commissioners to vote Tuesday on ‘emotional issue’ of WM landfill expansion.
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Hoover Sun
AmWaste taking steps to address garbage pickup problems in several Alabama cities.
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Houston Chronicle
Houston working to address recycling complaints after some homes go without service for weeks.
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The Santa Barbara Independent
Opinion: Santa Barbara, California, should examine troubled $155M resource recovery center.
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