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Zero Waste Activist Paul Connett on the Hudson Falls, NY, Garbage Incinerator
Paul Connett delivered a tour de force on waste incineration, recycling and sustainability to the people of Warren and Washington Counties, NY, the site of an egregiously polluting garbage incinerator. … Read More
Albatross Coalition Letter to Pepsi Cola, Coca Cola and Nestlé Water, NA: Save the Albatross
The Save the Albatross Coalition and allied grass roots organizations urged leading beverage companies to commit to redesign their single use bottles in order to preserve the iconic Laysan Albatross sea bird and other sea life.… Read More
Zero Waste Experts, Farmers and Native Hawaiians to Guide Hawaii’s Economic Recovery from Covid-19
The City and County of Honolulu wants grassroots stakeholders to guide planning for Hawaii’s economic recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic.… Read More
Dual Stream Materials Reduce Costs of Recycling
Neil Seldman discusses costs per ton for processing recyclables. … Read More
Gamechanging Service Fee for Recycling Approved by Berkeley’s City Council and Zero Waste Division
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 recovery enterprise and long-time salvage service contractor.… Read More
May Anti-Incineration Update from Denmark, Australia, and Connecticut
Incineration of plastic waste poses a major problem in Denmark and the government is taking steps to reduce it.… Read More
A Response to GreenBiz’s “Rebuilding Recycling to Go Circular”
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 shared his comments here. … Read More
Neil Seldman Writes About Solutions for Recycling Plastic Packaging
Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth initiative, wrote a letter to the editor explaining how to avoid issues with plastic packaging without putting the decision-making power in the hands of corporations.… Read More
Neil Seldman on the Hidden Costs of Landfills in Waste360
Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth initiative, wrote about the true costs of landfills in a commentary piece for Waste360. … Read More
Baltimore Neighbors Band Together to Battle Incinerator
ILSR’s Neil Seldman wrote an article in the Nonprofit Quarterly about the long battle against waste incineration in Baltimore.… Read More
Composting in Seattle: Economic and Environmental Savings
ILSR working partner Jeff Morris, PhD, Sound Resource Management, documents the impact of Seattle, Washington’s multi-level composting system, including both single-family and multifamily residences.… Read More
Neil Seldman Reviews “The Waste Between Our Ears” for BioCycle
Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth initiative, reviewed The Waste Between Our Ears by Gerry Gillespie for BioCycle Magazine. … Read More
Baltimore Garbage Incineration and Clean Air Act Update
On March 27, a federal court ruled in a 24-page decision to strike down the Baltimore Clean Air Act, which would have imposed air pollution limits on incinerators located in the city. The Baltimore Clean Air Act was unanimously passed by the Baltimore City Council in February 2019, with support from 36 other community, public health, labor, civil rights, and environmental groups in the Clean Air Baltimore Coalition.… Read More
Zero Waste and Anti Incineration Dialogue from Australia
Gerry Gillespie and Geoff Pryor are long time Zero Waste campaigners in Australia, where the concept and practice of Zero Waste originated.… Read More
State and Local Government – Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Programs and Policies
Thanks to the National Association of State Procurement Officials for posting the following links to green policies and programs currently utilized by states and local jurisdictions.… Read More