13 Nov 2012

Creating Jobs and Saving Money through Reuse – A Deconstruction Case Study

by | Date: 13 Nov 2012 | posted in: waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 2 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The joint venture between Westmoreland Community Action (WCA), Greensburg, PA, and The ReUse People (TRP), Oakland, CA, completes a circle begun over a decade ago when HHS engaged ILSR to explore the feasibility of building deconstruction as a community development tool. The ILSR technical assistance work that followed led to the start up and expansion of numerous deconstruction companies and projects. As advisor to TRP, ILSR suggested that WCA would be a suitable partner as TRP expanded from its base in CA to nine additional sites throughout the U.S.… Read More
11 Oct 2012

Exemptions/Exclusions Added to Atlanta Airport Info Packet

by | Date: 11 Oct 2012 | posted in: biomaterials, Composting, plastics, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Sustainable Food Court Initiative (SFCI) Airport Pilot, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, works closely with the SFCI Team to bring sustainable operating practices to their operations, especially regarding food waste. In early 2012 the Atlanta Airport made a bold statement in the new concessionaire contract, the largest foodservice contract executed in North America. … Read More
13 Sep 2012

ILSR Named Community Broadband Organization of the Year for 2012

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NATOA Press Release, September 8, 2012 In a September 8, 2102, Press Release, the National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors (NATOA) named the Institute for Local Self-Reliance one of the Community Broadband Organizations of the Year for 2012. The award will be officially presented at their 2012 annual conference in New Orleans on September 27-29. … Read More
3 Jul 2012

Twenty Jobs Created at Bridgeport Mattress Refurbishing Plant

by | Date: 3 Jul 2012 | posted in: waste - recycling, waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR, working under a recycling and economic development grant from US EPA Region 1 and the Office of Mayor Bill Flint of Bridgeport, CT, facilitated the development of a mattress refurbishing and recycling plant that opened for business on June 27.… Read More
27 Mar 2012

History is Repeating Itself: Trash Burner Proposals Proliferate

by | Date: 27 Mar 2012 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Proposals for large-scale garbage incineration are proliferating throughout the US, just as they did 30 years ago. They claim to be new and improved with some companies offering ‘state-of-the-art’ technologies such as plasma arc, gasification, and pyrolysis. Once again citizens, small businesses and elected officials are saying “No.”… Read More
12 Mar 2012

Overview and Progress – The Young Activist Club

by | Date: 12 Mar 2012 | posted in: plastics, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Young Activist Club started as an after-school PTA-sponsored club at Piney Branch Elementary School in Takoma Park, Maryland. In fall 2008, student members decided to focus on their school’s disposable styrofoam lunch trays and work toward implementing an alternative solution. The students researched problems with polystyrene and found that their lunch trays are burned in … Read More
1 Aug 2010

Repair and Reuse Enterprises in Bridgeport, Connecticut

by | Date: 1 Aug 2010 | posted in: waste - recycling, waste - recycling based economic development, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR worked with the Deputy Mayor and U.S. EPA Region 1 to introduce successful social entrepreneurs in the recycling sector to city agencies, community organizations and private businesspeople through a workshop in June titled “Recycling and Economic Development.” One result was the collaboration of two nonprofits, the Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, a green technology and job-training … Read More
8 May 2005

New Rules Project Receives the 2005 National Main Street Civic Leadership Award

by | Date: 8 May 2005 | posted in: Press Release, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has presented its 2005 Main Street Civic Leadership Award to the New Rules Project, a program of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the commercial district revitalization movement by an organization or individual working in the public policy arena.… Read More

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