Latest Waste Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Waste Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wisconsin Waste Management Company Faces $367K Fine for Endangering Workers
Jul 22 2024 // Had John’s Disposal Service Inc. and John’s Recycling Inc. in Franksville, Wisconsin followed federal safety standards, a temporary maintenance worker might not have suffered severe injuries when their jacket...
Communities Can’t Recycle or Trash E-Cigarettes. So What Happens to Them?
Oct 20 2023 // With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous...
New Battery Recycling Plant Deepens Kentucky’s Ties to Electric Vehicles
Sep 28 2023 // A recycling facility will be built in Kentucky to shred electric vehicle batteries in a $65 million venture between American and South Korean companies that will supply material for a separate battery-related operation in...
Ohio Train Derailment Illuminates Waste Disposal Predicament
Apr 12 2023 // When word surfaced that soils and liquids laced with chemicals from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment were being sent to southeastern Michigan for storage, local residents and politicians were livid. “People...
Maryland AG Files Environmental Complaint Against Recycling Firm for Open Dumps
Jan 27 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed a civil complaint, on behalf of the Maryland Department of the Environment, against World Recycling Co. and three related entities (WRC). The complaint, filed in the...
EPA Will Help Extinguish Alabama Landfill Fire
Jan 20 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey...
Alabama Landfill Still Burning, Triggering Health Concerns, Class Action vs. Owners
Jan 18 2023 // An underground fire at an Alabama landfill has continued to pollute the air in eastern parts of the Birmingham region more than 50 days after a fire began underground, according to air quality monitors. The monitors...
Alabama Landfill Still Burning After a Month, Shrouding City in Smoke
Dec 27 2022 // An underground fire has been raging at an environmental landfill near Birmingham for almost a month, covering Alabama’s largest metro area with smoke. Now, state officials, local fire departments and county...
Employees Sickened by Substance at California Plastics Recycler
Sep 28 2022 // Authorities say nine people were taken to the hospital this week after being exposed to a caustic substance at a California plastics recycling company. Seven workers had breathing problems or other symptoms while two...
Nebraska Recycling Company Fined $338,000 for OSHA Violations
Aug 10 2022 // A 20-year-old worker’s attempt at clearing a jam in an industrial cardboard baler at a Grand Island, Nebraska waste disposal company turned tragic when the worker fell into the baler, became caught and suffered...
Landfills Soon Could Be Inundated With Thousands of Wind Turbine Blades: Study
Aug 3 2022 // A new study led by the University of South Australia indicates tens of thousands of wind turbine blades will end up in landfills by the end of the decade unless end-of-life programs are established soon. The study, led by...
Amwins Program Underwriters Brings New Talent to Waste Haulers Underwriting Team
Jul 20 2022 // Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), an operating company within the Amwins Underwriting division, has been busy over the last 18 months bringing in new underwriting perspectives to the long-standing Waste Haulers...
Father Seeks Death Declaration for Son Believed to Have Fallen into Recycling Shredder
Jul 18 2022 // The father of a man who disappeared and is now believed to have died in a shredding machine at a South Carolina recycling business is moving to have his son legally declared dead. The State newspaper reports that Mike...
Missouri Recycling Facility Faces Fine of $260K Over OSHA Violations
Apr 29 2022 // A workplace safety investigation following a worker’s fatal crushing injuries at a St. Louis, Missouri recycling facility on Oct. 26, 2021, alleges the company failed to erect guards or barriers to prevent workers...
$75 Million For Louisiana Residents Whose Homes Were Built on Landfill
Mar 18 2022 // A group of New Orleans residents whose homes were built on a toxic landfill decades ago have won a $75 million court judgement against the city and others, the Housing Authority of New Orleans and the local school...
State of Michigan, Landfill Reaches Settlement Over Compliance Issues
Mar 14 2022 // The state of Michigan has reached a settlement with a suburban Detroit landfill operator over compliance issues. Arbor Hills Landfill in Salem Township is required to pay fines and the cost of emissions monitoring and...
Environment Groups, Waste Management Firm Settle Lawsuit Over New Hampshire Landfill
Jan 18 2022 // Two environmental groups have settled a federal lawsuit with a waste management company over allegations the company’s landfill in New Hampshire leaked toxic chemicals into a nearby river. Under the settlement...
Texas Auto Recycler Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $90K
Aug 11 2021 // A Texas-based auto recycler will pay $90,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit, officials said. In addition, K&L Auto Crushers in Tyler will furnish other relief to settle a disability...
Global Aviation Safety Campaign Targets ‘Bunch of Garbage’ to Ease Pilot Overload
Apr 29 2021 // When it came time to land at San Francisco on July 7, 2017, the pilots of an Air Canada jet could not recall a critical piece of information buried on page eight of a 27-page briefing package: the closure of one of the...
‘Forever Chemicals’ in 60 Closed Minnesota Landfills Contaminating Groundwater
Mar 22 2021 // Pollution regulators said that contamination from toxic man-made “forever chemicals” has been detected in groundwater at nearly 60 closed landfills in Minnesota, with amounts exceeding levels for safe drinking...
