More Communities Switch to Dual Stream
A number of municipal recycling programs in the U.S. and Canada have reinstated dual-stream in the past few months or are planning to do so. … Read More
Working Partner Update: Alachua County Resource Recovery Park
Alachua County’s 37-acre industrial park for recycling companies, or Resource Recovery Park (RRP), is about to open after five years of research, planning, and design.… Read More
Biggest Challenge to U.S. Recycling Isn’t China
Proponents of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Paper, Products, and Packaging (PPP) are jumping on the “China Crisis” bandwagon by attempting to revive efforts to shift control over recycling from local government and existing recycling companies to statewide non-profit agencies under the control of Big Soda companies and their allies.… Read More
Big Soda Challenges Recycling in California
Recycling in California is getting tougher. The state’s recycling rate, once the highest in the nation, has fallen below 50%. Problems within the bottle return system and Chinese import restrictions have to be addressed if the state is to reach its 75% recycling goal.… Read More
Proposed Incinerator Regulations in Baltimore Are Far from What’s Needed
Recently, environmental regulators in Maryland have proposed regulations that would require Wheelabrator’s Baltimore trash incinerator (also known as BRESCO) cut its emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by approximately one-fifth, but the proposed regulations are far from what is needed.… Read More
Single Stream Recycling: Explaining the Waste Knot
Neil Seldman and Bob Gedert explain how the consolidation of large waste disposal services led to single stream recycling, and how China’s changing rules will affect the future of that system.… Read More
Metering Residential Garbage Can Pave the Way to Zero Waste
Pay As You Throw (PAYT) a proven global waste metering system is the vital first step to reaching Zero Waste. For all those municipal leaders that have made a commitment to reducing waste, but have not yet implemented PAYT, it’s time to move from stagnant to progressive recycling based on how residents pay for trash.… Read More
California Down to Two Garbage Incinerators
In the 1980s there were over thirty proposed garbage incinerators in California. By the middle of the decade all but four of them had been stopped thanks to the advocacy of organized citizens.
Working Partner Update: Reuse Conex Conference
Reuse International is holding their biennial conference, ReuseConex 2018, on October 18-20, 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio. … Read More