11 Jan 2002

Recycling Sector Has 30-Year Record of Impressive Growth

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MEDIA ADVISORY January 11, 2002 For Immediate Release Contact: Dr. Neil Seldman, Ph. D. 202-898-1610 Recycling Sector Has 30-Year Record of Impressive Growth Washington, D.C. — Recent economic and employment news has been somewhat grim. The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent in December 2001 – the highest in six years. The economy may be … Read More
1 Jan 2002

Innovation, Leadership, Stewardship

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Alameda County, California (pop. 1.46 million), diverts almost 60% of its municipal solid waste, making it one of the nation’s record-setting recycling communities. The Alameda County Waste Management Authority and Recycling Board deserves much credit. This glossy booklet — chock full of case studies and photographs — features the Board’s source reduction, reuse, construction material recycling, … Read More
1 Jan 2002

Asian Countries Jump on the EPR Bandwagaon

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This Facts to Act On features policies introduced in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to make manufacturers take more responsibility for the products and packaging they produce. Korea, for instance, has instituted deposit-refund systems, non-refundable product fees, and design requirements for packaging. The country also has restrictions on the distribution of disposable goods. by Kelly Lease Download … Read More
1 Dec 2001

Hartford, CT

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2000-2001 In 1998, ILSR met with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to explain how programs like HUD’s Hope VI (which provides hundreds of millions of dollars annually to demolish buildings) could use deconstruction to renovate public housing in an environmentally-sound manner, while helping HUD meet its Section 3 (community investment) obligations. At HUD … Read More
5 Nov 2001

National Deconstruction Training Program Announced

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Media Advisory – November 5, 2001 For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Jackson @ (202) 898-1610 Jim Primdahl@ (503) 341-3050 National Deconstruction Training Program Announced Portland, Oregon -The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) announced the kick-off of its national deconstruction training program, which will provide worker and entrepreneur training throughout the country to community development organizations and small … Read More
20 Sep 2001

Letter to Editor: Response to Waste News Article, “Recyclers oppose tax breaks”

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September, 20 2001 Mr. Allan Gerlat, Editor Waste News, Akron, OH Dear Editor, Bob Eisenbud, Director of Legislative Affairs for Waste Management, Inc., said that the problem with recycling today is commodity prices, not relatively cheap landfills (“Recyclers oppose tax breaks,” Waste News, September 3, 2001). We disagree. Commodity prices do not drive recycling. The actual … Read More
19 Sep 2001

Letter to Editor: Response to Waste News Article, “A few truths about WTE”

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September 19, 2001 Mr. Allan Gerlat, Editor Waste News, Akron, OH Dear Editor, Touché Maria Zannes – those battling waste incinerators will feel a measure of success in the half-truths and lies in your article, “A few full-truths about WTE,” (September 3, 2001, Waste News). Half-Truth: waste incinerators convert trash into energy Reality: Incinerators burn discarded … Read More

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