A copy of a vintage ET Atari videogame extracted from a New Mexico landfill where hundreds of the cartridges were dumped after the game flopped in the 1980s has made its way to the Smithsonian. Maryland Gov. OMalleys zero waste plan is drawing mixed reaction as environmentalists criticize the blueprint's embrace of burning debris to generate energy. After a Putnam County landowner's illegal landfill polluted a New York City drinking water reservoir, he will now, under a new settlement, be required to clean up the site and pay $245,000 in penalties. These are among the 10 things you need to know today from around the waste and recycling industry.
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