DC Department of Public Works Gets Waste Diversion Staff

ILSR is working closely with the newly appointed Waste Diversion staff of the DC Department of Public Works (DPW). The Waste Diversion staff was hired under provisions of the new solid waste law which ILSR and the DC environmental community sponsored in 2015. Annie White has been appointed by DPW as Manager of the Office of … Read More

Update on Houston One Bin System Plan

Melanie Scruggs of the Texas Campaign for the Environment provides this update on developments in Houston.   “The new Houston mayor will NOT pursue the dirty MRF program that may have included gasification or pyrolysis! The (national anti incineration) network has been indispensable in what we hope is a close victory.” Recent news on the issue: What … Read More

Protests and Arrests In Baltimore Over Garbage Incinerator

Date: 18 Dec 2015 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

We pass along media coverage of the dramatic community protests at the Maryland Department of the Environment in Baltimore, MD, on December 15, 2015. Citizens demanded that the Department rescind permits for a 4,000 ton per day garbage incinerator. United Workers Photo Gallery: 7 Arrested Demanding State Revoke Permit for New Baltimore Incinerator– Real News Seven … Read More

Cortland’s rejection of ash-for-trash deal will hurt Onondaga County

Date: 18 Dec 2015 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

For the past three years, residents of Syracuse and Onondaga County, NY, have sent only 315,000 tons of garbage to the County’s garbage incineration plant. There has been less trash generated in the county and recycling programs have become more effective. Unless the tonnage sent to the plant increases the county  will incur a penalty to … Read More

This Japanese Town Shows How ‘Zero Waste’ Is Done

Date: 16 Dec 2015 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Zero Waste (90% or more diversion from incineration and landfill) is a concept and a practical approach to managing the valuable materials in waste streams across the globe. Kamikatsu, Japan, with 1,700 residents, declared for Zero Waste in 2003 as an alternative to open burning of garbage. They are now at 80% diversion. Read the full … Read More

End Year Update on the Lifecycle Building Center

In its short four years of operation, the non-profit Lifecycle Building Center in Atlanta has diverted 500 tons of reusable building materials from area landfills. Thousands of dollars worth of flooring, plumbing fixtures, ceiling tiles, doors and more to an array of 60 non-profit organizations. Churches, schools, animal shelters and a non-profit land trust all benefited … Read More

Curtis Bay Fending off Proposed Garbage Incinerator

Date: 30 Nov 2015 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Citizens of Curtis Bay in south Baltimore are fending off  a 4,000 ton per day garbage incinerator proposed for their community of 15,000 residents already subjected to heavy industrial pollution.  The plant, which would burn garbage from outside the city will contribute 240 lbs of mercury and 1,000 lbs of lead to the air annually. If … Read More

Paul Connett’s Zero Waste and Anti Incineration Presentation

Paul Connett is a zero waste super star.  A trained chemist, Paul threw himself into the anti garbage incineration movement while teaching as a chemistry professor at Lawrence University in Canton, NY.  Now retired he travels constantly to garbage trouble spots, teaching, inspiring, singing and entertaining audiences around the globe. He is author of, “The Zero … Read More

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