Legal

Conery Manufacturing takes Ashland County Solid Waste Management District to court for doing business with a former employee convicted of scrap metal theft.

A city garbage man allegedly used license plates he picked up from a dumpster to rack up more than $17,000 in parking tickets, traffic violations and toll fees.

Many states have established rules and are aiming to reduce risk for developers, landfill owners and jurisdictions that take on these projects.

A lawsuit filed in December 2017 alleged town officials overcharged customers for waste services and used the funds for other government services.

The settlement includes a $1.71 million penalty to resolve alleged violations of past water pollution, solid waste and air pollution control laws.

Jay Schwartz, the latest to be indicted in the Macomb County, Mich., corruption probe, faces three counts of bribery and bribery conspiracy.

Opponents fear the incinerator will contribute to climate change and add to London’s pollution levels.

The judge ruled that the Saugus Board of Health and Conservation Law Foundation failed to demonstrate a previous MassDEP decision was unlawful.

The town received $180,000 toward the purchase of two new automated trash collection trucks.

DTSC found that Strategic Materials mismanaged batteries mixed in with the glass sorted from curbside recycling.