What We're Reading: Page 8
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 17, 2024
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The Colorado Sun
WM’s $100M project aims to boost Colorado recycling.
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Baltimore Sun
60 agencies working to contain medical waste affecting Maryland beaches as FEMA assesses disaster potential.
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The Post and Courier
Columbia Public Works employee dies after 2 garbage trucks collide in South Carolina.
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The Boston Globe
‘PFAS . . . everywhere’: A Massachusetts class action lawsuit may set a new standard for damages.
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Financial Times
COP29 host skips over fossil fuels to prioritize waste methane and energy storage.
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CBS Los Angeles
CNG garbage truck fire forces nearby residents to evacuate in Los Angeles.
Sep 16, 2024
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ProPublica
A gas utility loudly embraced renewable natural gas, but failed to deliver on its promised investment.
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Crain’s Detroit Business
Amid Priority Waste furor, Michigan town OKs trash, leaf collection pact with Rizzo-linked company.
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The Guardian
US lawmakers push to exclude lucrative chemicals from official PFAS definition.
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The Hamilton Spectator
Norfolk, Ontario, OKs unpopular green bin program to preserve landfill space.
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The Post-Tribune
Northwest Indiana residents oppose permit renewal for Tradebe hazardous waste facility.
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Press Telegram
Long Beach, California, to roll out green organic waste bins starting in October.
Sep 13, 2024
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The San Francisco Standard
San Francisco’s former interim mayor wants more oversight of hauler Recology.
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Daily Hampshire Gazette
Amherst, Massachusetts, takes first steps toward pay-as-you-throw collection system.
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The San Fernando Valley Sun
Sylmar, California, residents file lawsuit against Republic Services’ Sunshine Canyon Landfill due to toxic fumes.
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Seven Days Vermont
Vermont still allows farmers to spread contaminated biosolids on fields.
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Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Delays in collecting Little Rock, Arkansas, yard waste prompt overtime order for public works staff.
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Agriculture Dive
Can a farm bill pass in 2024?
Sep 12, 2024
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Waste Today
PureCycle says it’s processing 100 tons per day in Ohio.
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Sahan Journal
Hennepin County says Minneapolis needs its own trash plan before the HERC can close.
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Whitefish Pilot
Montana’s Dirt Rich Compost expects to collect 1 million pounds of food waste in 2024.
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The Blade
Seneca County, Ohio, installs its own air monitors near WIN Waste landfill.
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Urban Milwaukee
Milwaukee aims to cut food waste by 130 tons in 2 years with help from federal grant.
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The Santa Barbara Independent
Santa Barbara County, California, approves $766K to improve compost, AD operations at Tajiguas Landfill.
Sep 11, 2024
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Miami Herald
‘Nobody wants it’: Community speaks out in hearing ahead of Miami-Dade County, Florida, incinerator vote.
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NBC Bay Area
Global methane pollution soars, driven by landfills and other human sources, new study finds.
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PE Hub
Hazardous waste specialist Triumvirate Environmental vets private equity interest, sources say.
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Mid Hudson News
AAA Carting, Oak Ridge Waste and Recycling win collection contracts in Putnam County, New York.
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Axios Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, stops early trash pickup after noise complaints.
Sep 10, 2024
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Seeking Alpha
GFL expected to start sale of environmental services unit this week - CTFN report.
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Voice of San Diego
Crown Poly’s ‘HippoSak’ compostable bag did not receive certification it claims, TÜV Austria says.
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WFMZ
Lawmakers seek federal funds to revive park on former landfill where garbage is seeping to surface in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
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Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho, police investigate fatal motorcycle-garbage truck crash.
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Waste Advantage Magazine
In memorium of SWANA’s first president, Lanny M. Hickman.
Sep 09, 2024
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The Baltimore Sun
WM accuses Baltimore County, Maryland, of ‘arbitrarily and capriciously’ awarding $1.2B contract to Republic Services.
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Waste Today
Pennsylvania Waste Industries Associations, local SWANA chapter push for battery safety bill.
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The Detroit News
Clinton Township, Michigan, plans to fine Priority Waste for collection delays.
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Alachua Chronicle
O-Town Compost launches food waste collection service in Gainesville, Florida.
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Honolulu Civil Beat
‘It smells like earth’: Honolulu shows off its alternatives to landfills.
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E&E News
What’s next for EPA’s Michael Regan?
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