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Where there is civilization, there is salvage! US history is a case in point. These remarks were prepared by Neil Seldman for a Warren County webinar on reuse and economic growth. … Read More
Chemical, or advanced, recycling is another name for incineration. It’s the most expensive and most polluting way to manage plastic and other discards.… Read More
Information technology asset disposition professionals discuss the growing right-to-repair movement and its implications for the electronics refurbishing and recycling market… Read More
ILSR’s Composting for Community team has worked closely with Delegate Regina T. Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use bill (HB 1070) for Maryland’s 2022 legislative session.… Read More
Surcharges on waste disposed at landfills and incinerators can raise significant revenue to support financial assistance programs for building local recycling programs and infrastructure. Learn more on ILSR’s February 15th webinar. … Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it recognizes the Institute for Local Self-Reliance as an awardee in the regional grant category for building resilient and healthy communities, advancing local composting, and enhancing soils for local food production. … Read More
Diane Wittner’s Comments Sent to Michael Beichler, Solid Waste Management Bureau Chief, Baltimore County, MD, December 21, 2021. … Read More
This document explains why ILSR and many allied organizations are skeptical about adopting EPR for packaging and traditionally recycled materials and suggests a better way forward.… Read More
After two decades of a headlong rush to single stream recycling collection programs across the US, are they still the best positioned to take us into the new recycling future we’re in the process of designing? Or do other approaches such as dual stream collection offer some important advantages?… Read More
