As one of the founding members of the Zero Waste International Alliance, ILSR strongly supports ZWIA’s definition of Zero Waste. As ZWIA states, “One of the primary goals of organizing the Zero Waste International Alliance in 2002 was to establish standards to guide the development of Zero Waste in the world. The Planning Group of the … Read More
A new report from the Global Anti Incineration Alliance (GAIA), finds that zero waste creates 200 times more jobs than landfills and incinerators, far more than the number of jobs created by landfills and incinerators.… Read More
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has entered into a Consent Judgment with Detroit Renewable Power to legally resolve violations of air quality and waste management rules and regulations. Detroit Renewable Power has a long history of violations with EGLE. The requirements of the Consent Judgment will remove the ability to burn trash at the site.… Read More
Comprised of over forty businesses, nongovernmental organizations and government agencies, the newly formed Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) will address plastic waste and pollution.… Read More
Advocates for corporate control over the US recycling sector through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) point to British Columbia as their model for the United States. Yet analysis of this system raises fundamental questions of fairness, transparency and cost effectiveness. Professor Cal Lakhan, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, contributed additional research on the British Columbia EPR system. Dan Knapp, Urban Ore, Berkeley, CA summarizes and comments on Lakhan’s findings.… Read More
According to a recent article in a Canadian publication called Prince Georges Matters, the Return-It Recycling Centre in British Columbia is being forced to end its pilot program for beer containers. Saying ‘It’s not a level playing field,’ the Prince Georges Return-It Centre has asked the Minister of the Environment to intervene and stop unfair business practices that threaten container return enterprises.… Read More
In July of 2022 a 30-year old garbage incinerator in Hartford, Connecticut will close. An estimated 700,000 tons of waste will be transferred to landfills out of state, with some trash hauled as far away as Ohio… Read More
The mission of iFixit is an ambitious one: To teach the world how to fix every single thing. In a new report, iFixit shows that the organization was able to make some real progress on their goals in 2020.… Read More
Zero Waste Europe hosted the extraordinary webinar with experts and activists from leading Zero Waste cities in Europe. Tune in to learn how cities from Vienna to Amsterdam are working toward a Zero Waste future. … Read More
