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Greater Greenville Sanitation Pauses Recycling Program Due to Coronavirus
2020-05-18 09:00:00| Waste Age
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic residential waste has increased which is forcing some agencies, like the Greater Greenville Sanitation District in South Carolina, to halt recycling programs. In mid-March, when stay-at-home orders were mandat
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Still at Workers series features D.C. sanitation worker during COVID-19 pandemic
2020-05-12 09:00:00| Waste Age
WAMU American University Radio is highlighting still at workers in a new series showing what lives are like right now for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This week they caught up with Octavia French, a sanitation worker for the Wash
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New Orleans Sanitation Workers Protesting
2020-05-07 15:36:00| Waste Age
WDSU 6 News recently reported that several New Orleans sanitation workers are on strike. The workers, known as hoppers who work with the sanitation department through a group called PeopleReady, are demanding better pay and better protection wh
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Mass Layoffs Around the U.S. are Threatening the Sanitation Industry
2020-05-05 09:00:00| Waste Age
In Arlington, Texas, city leaders have asked local government agencies to plan for reductions in spending of 10 to 25%, which could lead to layoffs and furloughsand, in turn, significant impacts on the public sector and first responders. Such reduct
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Sanitation Supervisor Stresses Importance of Service in His Community
2020-04-21 09:00:00| Waste Age
The 2020 Waste360 40 Under 40 award recipient has made significant changes to increase safety and efficiency within the local sanitation division in the City of Idaho Falls.
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