Working Partners
ILSR’s Waste to Wealth program works with a range of organizations across the US.… Read More
Overview
One hundred years ago, most of our society’s fuels, construction materials, textiles, inks, and paints were derived from plant matter. By the 1980s, petroleum had flooded the market, and today over 95 percent of our industrial products and fuels are petroleum-based. Petroleum-based products come from non-renewable resources that require highly polluting extraction processes. These products can … Read More
Recycling and Deconstruction Resource Links
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10 Jan 2012 |
posted in: Composting, waste - deconstruction, waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth
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These links are useful to anyone interested in advancing composting, recycling or deconstruction.… Read More
Speakers Available
Thirty-eight years of expertise, program development, research, publishing, and technical assistance have made ILSR’s Waste to Wealth division the leading source of information on recycling and recycling-based community economic development. We are available for presentations, workshops, lectures in a variety of settings.… Read More
Technical Assistance
ILSR’s Waste to Wealth program helps communities across the country create policies and practices that simultaneously address citizens’ environmental concerns and economic needs. Our early work illustrated the environmental and economic benefits of recycling. In cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, we helped citizens fight the incinerators and landfills that polluted their air and water, … Read More
Zero Waste Planning Services
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1 Jan 2012 |
posted in: waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth
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ILSR provides the following assistance to cities, counties and community organizations seeking to implement zero waste and economic development policies, plans and enterprises: Audit and assessment of current solid waste management systems Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) comparing current waste management system with a resource management system Specific recommendations for transitioning to a zero waste/resource management system; … Read More
US Recycling Archives Established, Accepting Donations
The 1960s was a time of dramatic change. Rarely recognized is the growth of the US recycling movement. ILSR and Urban Ore are working to change this and to preserve the history of the movement. In 2011 ILSR and Urban Ore worked with the University of Illinois – Springfield to establish the US Recycling Archives. The … Read More
Austin Approves New Zero Waste Plan
At its meeting on Dec. 15th, 2011, the Austin City Council unanimously approved the Austin Resource Recovery Master Plan, a long-term plan that empowers the Austin community to achieve a drastic reduction in the amount of trash landfilled and aim for zero waste. In 2009, City Council passed Texas’ first Zero Waste Plan and set a … Read More
Deconstruction: Career Ladder, Curriculum and Job Descriptions
Deconstruction is an environmentally-friendly method of demolition, focusing on the disassembly of buildings in order to recover and re-use construction materials. Deconstruction work provides job opportunities to relatively low-skilled participants, helping them build a work history and work habits while learning basic construction-site skills. The information in this packet from the Employment and Training Administration, is … Read More