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The Healthcare Plastics Tsunami and Charting a More Sustainable Path
2025-12-10 13:30:00| Waste Age
The healthcare sector relies on single-use plastics more than almost any other industry, with disposables like gloves, gowns, and syringes seen as convenient and a way to help prevent infection. But the end result is spiraling volumes of discards a waste stream that remains unchecked as the industry is largely exempt from regulations applied to other businesses.
Category:Energy and Environment
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A Missing Authorization Invalidated a Waste Contract in North Carolina
2025-12-10 13:00:00| Waste Age
The dispute between BFI Waste Services and the Town of Liberty highlights how Dillons Rule and municipal charter requirements shape local contracting authority. After two conflicting waste services agreements surfaced, a federal judge dismissed BFIs claims, finding no valid contract and no duty of care owed by the town manager. The case underscores the importance of authorization, procedure, and due diligence when doing business with municipal governments.
Category: Energy and Environment
Mobile County, AL Commissioners Reject Landfill Expansion Plan
2025-12-10 12:30:00| Waste Age
This week, a plan to expand the Chastang Landfill in Mobile County, Ala., was rejected by county commissioners.
Category: Energy and Environment