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19 Jan 2016

DC Department of Public Works Gets Waste Diversion Staff

by Neil Seldman | Date: 19 Jan 2016 | posted in: waste - recycling, waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

ILSR is working closely with the newly appointed Waste Diversion staff of the DC Department of Public Works (DPW). The Waste Diversion staff was hired under provisions of the new solid waste law which ILSR and the DC environmental community … Read More

16 Dec 2015

This Japanese Town Shows How ‘Zero Waste’ Is Done

by Neil Seldman | Date: 16 Dec 2015 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

Zero Waste (90% or more diversion from incineration and landfill) is a concept and a practical approach to managing the valuable materials in waste streams across the globe. Kamikatsu, Japan, with 1,700 residents, declared for Zero Waste in 2003 as … Read More

5 Nov 2015

ILSR Sponsors the Third National Cultivating Community Composting Forum

by Brenda Platt | Date: 5 Nov 2015 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

In collaboration with the US Composting Council (USCC) and BioCycle, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance announces two events to be held in conjunction with the USCC’s International Conference and Trade Show in Jacksonville, Florida.… Read More

16 Sep 2015

Paul Connett’s Zero Waste and Anti Incineration Presentation

by Neil Seldman | Date: 16 Sep 2015 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

Paul Connett is a zero waste super star. A trained chemist, Paul threw himself into the anti garbage incineration movement while teaching as a chemistry professor at Lawrence University in Canton, NY. Now retired he travels constantly to garbage trouble … Read More

1 Sep 2015

Zero Waste School Project Handout: Chester Upland School District (CUSD)

by John Bailey | Date: 1 Sep 2015 | posted in: waste - recycling, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

Stetser Elementary and Main Street Elementary Green Team students took the lead in starting a successful recycling collection pilot project at their respective schools during Spring 2015. This is the first phase of the Chester Zero Waste School Project, a … Read More

21 Aug 2015

Orillia, Ontario, goes to every-other-week garbage pickup

by Neil Seldman | Date: 21 Aug 2015 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

Mary Lou Van Deventer, Urban Ore, Berkeley, CA reports: The city of Orillia, Ontario, is making financially sensible Zero Waste resource system choices, and it focuses its PR on telling citizens what they need to know, not what they want … Read More

2 Mar 2015

Reuse Based Enterprises

by Neil Seldman | Date: 2 Mar 2015 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

Every city, county, and state must think about waste. For most it is a headache, but for a growing number of forward-thinking locales it is a boon for economic development. If your community is interested in green jobs, the discard … Read More

18 Feb 2015

Zero Waste Community Enterprises in Atlanta

by Neil Seldman | Date: 18 Feb 2015 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

In 2009 Atlanta declared four neighborhoods within the city as zero waste zones. The effort’s goals include helping local businesses find ways to reduce trash, create jobs, save money and educate others about the advantages of zero waste. In addition … Read More

14 Feb 2015

Repair & re-sell: Do you have the right to fix your own gadgets?

by Sophia Bennett | Date: 14 Feb 2015 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0

The policy of discouraging or even prohibiting repair and reuse is definitely not a win for the environment, but it is also a serious consumer rights issue. … Read More

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