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...
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...
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...
Waste360 Magazine breaks down the myths and realities of glass recycling in the U.S.… Read More
A service fee, equivalent to the fee paid to Waste Management, Inc for managing landfill waste, will be provided to Urban Ore, the iconic materials...
Dan Knapp has written a response to an article on published in GreenBiz, which presented, “a three-step plan to ensure recycling supports the circular economy.” We’ve...
On Thursday, November 14th, ILSR, Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation, the PA Horticultural Society and Penn State Extension launch the City’s new Community Compost...
Recycling in California is getting tougher. The state’s recycling rate, once the highest in the nation, has fallen below 50%. Problems within the bottle return...
Neil Seldman and Bob Gedert explain how the consolidation of large waste disposal services led to single stream recycling, and how China’s changing rules will...
Clean stream recycling is the name of the game in this era of Chinese restrictions on imported recyclable materials from the US. The town of...
Neil Seldman, a co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and a researcher for the Waste to Wealth initiative, joined Beth Porter of Green America for...
The following is shared with us by our friend and ally Dan Knapp of Urban Ore in Berkeley, California. For more from Dan Knapp and his...
Who should be responsible for the life cycle of a product, especially its take-back, recycling and final disposition? How can that process produce the most...
The Mining Journal reports that Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has proposed an increase in landfill tipping fees as a way to spur more recycling in...
A pilot project in inner city Baltimore demonstrated that, “above all else low-income residents will recycle when provided the means, education and incentive to do...