15 Aug 2012

Austin, Texas’ Road to Zero Waste

by | Date: 15 Aug 2012 | posted in: waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The release of the Austin Resource Recovery Master Plan marks a new achievement in the zero waste and economic development movement. The plan will save other cities that choose to start on a similar pathway hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees. The Resource Recovery Master Plan was completed in fall 2011. It was unanimously … Read More
8 Aug 2012

Waste to Wealth Summit September 13 & 14

by | Date: 8 Aug 2012 | posted in: waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Appalachia Ohio Zero Waste Initiative will bring together regional solid waste management stakeholders from Appalachian communities in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia for a two-day summit that will examine how to build and sustain rural wealth by increasing resource recovery and supporting the development of recycling-based businesses. Attendees will learn about exemplary rural recycling programs, innovative recycling-based businesses, the zero … Read More
17 Jul 2012

Recycling Stimulates Economic Development

by | Date: 17 Jul 2012 | posted in: waste - recycling, waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the U.S. recycling movement benefitted from the decentralized nature of our government. Today in the midst of the Great Recession, decentralized recycling is proving its worth to the country once again. The recycling industry has created well over 1 million jobs and is projected to add another million jobs as recycling levels continue to divert more and more material to industry and agriculture. The following stories introduce just a fraction of the new job creating and job sustaining endeavors from around the U.S.… Read More
3 Jul 2012

Twenty Jobs Created at Bridgeport Mattress Refurbishing Plant

by | Date: 3 Jul 2012 | posted in: waste - recycling, waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR, working under a recycling and economic development grant from US EPA Region 1 and the Office of Mayor Bill Flint of Bridgeport, CT, facilitated the development of a mattress refurbishing and recycling plant that opened for business on June 27.… Read More
18 Jun 2012

How Self-Reliant Cities Use Raw Materials

by | Date: 18 Jun 2012 | posted in: Composting, waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The recycling movement is yielding excellent results throughout the United States. In a range of innovative new ways, local governments are connecting the dots between resource conservation, sustainability, and local economic development. They are saving money, increasing local self-reliance, creating local jobs, and strengthening their local economies through recycling, reuse, composting and local food initiatives. Read on for success stories from communities across the country, and how you can follow their lead.… Read More
5 Jun 2012

Reading to Host New Small Scale Paper Mill

by | Date: 5 Jun 2012 | posted in: waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The City of Reading, PA, and Greys Paper Recycling Industries of Edmonton, Canada, have agreed that Reading will be the first city in the U.S. to host the company’s small scale, 40-ton-per-day paper mill. The facility will use 36 tons of high-grade paper per day, plus 4 tons of old cotton per day to make new … Read More
1 May 2012

Review of Recent Articles in Forbes Magazine

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Amy Westervelt has written two recent articles on why recycling is failing and how corporate America can save recycling.  (“Can Recycling Be Bad for the Environment?” and “How Corporate America Might Just Save Recycling”) The articles present anecdotes as facts and facts without proper analysis.  Much like the recent book Recycling Reconsidered by Samantha MacBride, Westervelt calls … Read More

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