Busting Trust: Can You Trust the Petroleum/Plastic Industry?
The contending approaches to Extended Producer Responsibility can be boiled down to one question: Can you trust the petroleum/plastic industry?… Read More
Momentum Building, Dual Stream Recycling Communities
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19 Apr 2022 |
posted in: environment, plastics, waste - recycling, waste - recycling based economic development, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth
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Recent momentum has seen a reversion to dual stream recycling in assorted communities across the United States. This update provides detailed information on three towns in Long Island that have recently reverted to dual stream recycling. Additional updates on dual stream efforts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida are also included. … Read More
Single Stream/Dual Stream: Contending Approaches to Recycling in the US
After two decades of a headlong rush to single stream recycling collection programs across the US, are they still the best positioned to take us into the new recycling future we’re in the process of designing? Or do other approaches such as dual stream collection offer some important advantages?… Read More
Municipal Broadband Advocates Win Major Victory in Ohio
Municipal broadband advocates in Ohio realized a major victory today when a bipartisan House and Senate conference committee released the final version of their state budget plan that added $250 million to expand broadband access in the Buckeye State and removed the anonymous budget amendment that would have effectively banned municipal broadband networks if passed into law.… Read More
Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act Is A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing
The Break Free from Plastic Bill seeks to address the problems of air, water and soil pollution from plastic waste. But to do this, it includes Extended Producer Responsibility provisions that would force communities to cede control over their local recycling industries to the same large corporations that are responsible for designing and promoting the waste-generating products and packages.
How The ReUse Corridor is Creating Wealth From Waste in Appalachia
The role of the ReUse Corridor has been to reverse the traditional linear investment in solid waste management that drains the potential resources of the Appalachian Region. Centered on the eight counties surrounding Athens (Hopkins County) in southern Ohio, including communities in Kentucky and West Virginia, the strength of the ReUse Corridor concept and practice is to restore access to and control over the resources that are now filling up local landfills and incinerators at great cost.
The Zero Waste program is based on sharing facilities, transportation and market information for recyclable and compostable materials and repaired products.… Read More
Guest Commentary: Carroll County, Maryland Should Consider Zero Waste Solutions
Bruce Holstein, longtime anti incineration and pro Zero Waste advocate from Carroll County, MD recently authored a guest commentary that appeared in the Carroll County Times. In it, he offered suggestions to county officials about the benefits of zero waste.… Read More
Prominent Lawyer Analyzes Extended Producer Responsibility Laws in California
John Moore, based in Oakland, CA., is a board certified litigator who has practiced law for forty years and has been very active in solid waste and recycling law. In this article, Moore discusses and critiques Extended Producer Responsibility laws in California.… Read More
Recycling Efforts in UK Being Cannibalized by Incineration
Advocacy group United Kingdom Without Incineration (UKWIN) has launched a campaign to impose ‘an immediate and full moratorium on new waste incineration capacity throughout the country, where recent reports show that many recyclables are being incinerated.… Read More