Neil Seldman, ILSR Co-Founder and director of the group’s Waste to Wealth Initiative, wrote a recent opinion piece for Resource Recycling, Inc. In it, he traces Big Waste’s impact on recycling, and outlines strategies for reviving our nation’s approach to recycling.… 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
Reports on developments in Australia and Baltimore, Maryland, US, indicate the difficult work head in eliminating garbage incineration.… Read More
New fact sheet and article make clear that “chemical recycling” is not, actually, recycling, and is not the solution to our global plastic problem.… Read More
The Northern California Recycling Association’s draft comments to the California Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling focused on the merits of dual stream recycling.… Read More
Ontario unveiled new regulations that add materials to its well-regarded Blue Box recycling program, expands service to smaller communities, and sets higher diversion targets.… Read More
Waste360 Magazine breaks down the myths and realities of glass recycling in the U.S.… Read More
