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Commentary Traces History of Modern U.S. Recycling and the Potential for Zero Waste
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 infrastructure. They also need guidelines for proper investment strategies… Read More
Webinar Focused on “Best Bottle Bill Possible”
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 link to the full webinar is now available. … Read More
Local Initiatives Pave the Way to Zero Waste
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 municipal waste programs, re-localize control of recycling, and end the stagnation caused by Big Waste and Big Soda… Read More
Zero Waste Efforts Bring Benefits, Build Community in Gainesville — Episode 131 of Building Local Power
Host Jess Del Fiacco and Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth initiative, interview three zero waste advocates from Gainesville, Fla. … Read More
In Waste Dive, ILSR Argues That the U.S. Can’t Directly Follow the European Model of EPR
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 and wasting landscapes” and that the European model may not be applicable to the US. … Read More
ILSR Op/Ed in Baltimore Brew: Baltimore’s Recycling Program Needs New Thinking, Not Shiny New Carts
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 a better approach to its existing recycling system, rather than investing in new carts while retaining its current “outmoded and inefficient” system.… Read More
Recent Recycling Legislation in Several States Includes Aggressive New Approaches that Protect Local Decision Making
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.
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Mother Jones Article: “New FTC Report Is Manna for the Right-to-Repair Movement”
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 conclusion was stark: There’s “scant evidence” to support manufacturers’ justifications for restricting repair, while the solutions repair advocates have proposed are “well supported” by their testimonials.… Read More
New Video Shatters Myths of “Chemical Recycling”
An important and informative new 2 minute animated video focuses on the many flaws of the process the plastics industry calls “chemical recycling.” The video was produced by the Global Anti Incineration Alliance (GAIA), Zero Waste Europe, and Changing Markets Foundation.… Read More
ILSR Advises Hawaii to Avoid Solid Waste Combustion as a Waste Management Strategy
When widespread rollbacks in recycling programs throughout Hawaii led to renewed calls for waste-to-energy, Recycle Hawaii commissioned ILSR to analyze the status of technologies promoted as environmentally friendly. This memorandum highlights the findings of that analysis, which drew on the expertise of specialists familiar with pyrolysis and gasification technologies and also reviewed relevant trends as a means to create a context for Hawaii-based policy makers. ILSR found that both gasification and pyrolysis have failed to live up to the promise of a cost effective and nonpolluting technology.… Read More
May 18 Hearing is Last Chance for Wisconsin Citizens to Weigh in on Controversial Landfill Proposal
On May 18, citizens in Waukesha County, WI will have one final opportunity to comment on a highly controversial effort to move a hazardous waste landfill at a hearing to be held by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.… Read More
Update on Building Deconstruction Initiatives in Several U.S. Cities
Several U.S. cities have new building deconstruction initiatives. These programs have several benefits, including reducing the amount of demolition waste that ends up in landfills and, whenever possible, reusing materials from buildings that need to be torn down.… Read More
Anti Incineration Update From ILSR’s Waste to Wealth Initiative For March and April, 2021
Anti Incineration Updates from Montgomery County, MD + Carroll County, MD + Hartford, CT + Springfield, MA + Cork Harbour, Ireland + Jeffrey Morris on the Cost of Incineration + Paul Connett on Video… 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.
Letter to Biden-Harris Administration: Recycling is Infrastructure Too
The Institute for Local Self- Reliance and Zero Waste USA have just sent a letter to ask President Biden and Vice President Harris to establish policies and programs for waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting that will stem climate disruption, address racial justice, and create thousands of jobs throughout the country. … Read More