Dan Knapp responds to PBS Newshour commentator David Brooks’ recent criticism of California’s system of direct democracy: “We would not exist today if not for...
From domestic cities like Ocean City, Maryland to Salem, Oregon and international locations from Ontario, Canada and the United Kingdom, we provide updates on garbage...
Kristine Kubat from Recycle Hawaii is a front line Zero Waste activist in the state. In this article from Resource Recycling Magazine, she presents her...
The Indianapolis non-profit has employed and trained more than 2,000 individuals returning from incarceration in managing hazardous materials in electronic scrap, litter abatement, factory clean...
The RIIT coalition is hosting an ongoing series of webinars to ensure the plan is part of federal infrastructure discussions and rulemaking. These webinars are...
Zero Waste USA in partnership with the National Recycling Coalition is excited to announce the National Zero Waste Virtual Conference, December 8-9, 2021… Read More
In this recently published commentary, ILSR says cities and counties need sources of renewable capital for the generation of investment in recycling, composting and reuse...
The Recycling Is Infrastructure Too! (RIIT) Campaign continued its Webinar Series on August 24 with a webinar organized by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. A...
Website developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency provide an important series of resources that document the success of bottom-up recycling initiatives that can transform...
The Recycling Is Infrastructure Too Campaign released its first Recycling Infrastructure Plan today. There are a total of 50 initiatives and requests for funding of $3.3...
In a new opinion piece published in Waste Dive on July 8, ILSR’s Neil Seldman argues that Europe and the U.S. “live in different recycling...
In an op/ed published in Baltimore Brew on July 6, ILSR’s Neil Seldman urges Baltimore city officials to put a windfall of new funding towards...
The Clean Air Action Network and ILSR conducted a webinar focused on reuse enterprises and their potential for local and regional economic growth. Presentations featured...
The following is a round-up of recycling legislation in Maine, Colorado, Washington, and other states that have recently considered innovative new legislative approaches to recycling....
The FTC recently released a long-anticipated report to Congress examining the repair restrictions facing consumers, along with a summary of arguments for and against those restrictions. Its...