13 Feb 2007

Resource Management in the State of Delaware

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ILSR’s 2007 Report to the Delaware State Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) presents an approach for changing solid waste management to resource management in this small Mid-Atlantic state. ILSR recommends a surcharge to finance infrastructure development for the public and private sectors. The $6 per ton surcharge would raise $20 million in 6 … Read More
1 Mar 2005

Universal Reuse as a Practical Alternative

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The author of Getting to Zero Waste is angry at the lack of progress in moving toward what he sees as a readily achievable industrial economy based on zero waste, since he first introduced its theory and practice over 30 years ago. Paul Palmer’s book provides a timely critique of the government and corporate barriers to achieving universal reuse. … Read More
17 Jun 2004

Zero Waste Planning: Recycling Movements in France and the U.K.

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By Neil Seldman Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)Washington, DC June 17, 2004 In May, Neil Seldman participated in the Zero Waste: Unachievable or Realistic Target Conference, in Paris, and the Community Recycling Network 15th Annual: Catch the Recycling Bug Conference, in London. The recycling movements in France and the U.K. are vastly different. Yet, due to … Read More
22 Apr 2004

Resources Up in Flames: The Economic Pitfalls of Waste Incineration versus a Zero Waste Approach in the Global South

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by Brenda Platt, Institute for Local Self-Reliance for GAIA (Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance/Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) Download the Press Release (PDF) Decision-makers in any community considering a waste incinerator will find Resources up in Flames essential reading. Pitfalls such as high capital costs, tonnage shortfalls, expensive pollution control equipment, and hampering least-cost options such as waste … Read More
14 Aug 2002

Defending Recycling – Moving Towards Zero Waste

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The articles and publications listed below discuss the benefits of recycling, refute criticisms aimed at recycling, identify new trends, and highlight the continuing perils of disposal techniques such as incineration, landfilling, and trash transfer stations. They are all available for either online viewing or for downloading as PDF files. Refuting Recycling Critics Recycling Means Big Money … Read More
11 Apr 2002

Letter to the Editor of MSW Management Supporting the Zero Waste Movement

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April 11, 2002 MSW Management Forester Communications, Inc P.O. Box 3100 Santa Barbara, CA 93130 Telephone: (805) 681-1300 Via Fax: (805) 681-1312 Via E-mail: editor@forester.net Street Address 5638 Hollister, #301 Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Dear Editor, MSW Management’s March/April 2002 editorial criticizes the zero waste movement for not “defining exactly what they mean, proposing how they … Read More
1 Apr 2002

Zero Waste: Replacing Waste Management with Discards Management in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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This report, completed for Greenpeace China, critiques plans to build a waste incinerator in Hong Kong and presents a more rationale non-burn discard management strategy. It provides a blueprint for moving toward zero waste policies and programs in Hong Kong. The report presents zero waste as a philosophy and a design principle for the 21st Century … Read More

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