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Resource Management in the State of Delaware

Date: 1 Aug 2007 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR’s 2007 Report to the Delaware State Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) presents an approach for changing solid waste management to resource management in this small Mid-Atlantic state. ILSR recommends a surcharge to finance infrastructure development for the public and private sectors. The $6 per ton surcharge would raise $20 million in 6 … Read More

Deconstruction Assessment in Cleveland, Ohio

Date: 19 Apr 2007 | posted in: waste - deconstruction, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Spring 2007 The George Gund Foundation of Cleveland funded ILSR to research, conduct site visits, and prepare a report about the current status of deconstruction in Cleveland with recommendations for supporting the industry’s growth. ILSR staff, Neil Seldman and Linda Knapp, met with key public and private stakeholders in Cleveland from May 24-26, 2007. Research findings … Read More

Waste to Wealth – 2007 Annual Report

For 33 years ILSR’s “Waste to Wealth” program has helped to convert wastes from environmental and economic liabilities into valuable resources that contribute to community development. In 2007, our work has focused on the following: encouraging sustainable biomaterials to replace fossil-fuel-based plastics developing green industrial parks salvaging building materials through deconstruction deterring waste incineration projects and … Read More

Resource Management in the State of Delaware

ILSR’s 2007 Report to the Delaware State Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) presents an approach for changing solid waste management to resource management in this small Mid-Atlantic state. ILSR recommends a surcharge to finance infrastructure development for the public and private sectors. The $6 per ton surcharge would raise $20 million in 6 … Read More

Waste to Wealth – 2006 Report on Activities

Date: 1 Dec 2006 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Our program continued its tradition of solving problems in ways that reinforce economic and environmental security. Our work continues to help community development organizations, small businesses and government agencies increase productive employment, recover increasing amounts of valuable recycled materials and products, save environmental resources, and lower operating costs. Read Waste to Wealth 2006 Report (PDF)

Susquehanna Deconstruction Pilot Project Summary

Date: 13 Jun 2006 | posted in: waste - deconstruction, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Spring 2006 ILSR in cooperation with Penn State’s Hamer Center for Community Design conducted a second deconstruction pilot project to determine cost-effective methods to remove lumber and other materials from an NTI abandoned house. The US Environmental Protection Agency funded the project and the City of Philadelphia provided the house for deconstruction. Kevin Brooks Salvage (KBS), … Read More

Regulatory and Policy Issues for Reuse and Remanufacture of Wood Materials Coated With Lead-Based Paint

Date: 1 Dec 2005 | posted in: waste - deconstruction, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

This paper describes the current regulations and standards relative to lead-based paint (LBP) in buildings (in particular LBP on lumber and timber products), LBP mitigation, and disposal of LBP-containing waste, and the applicability of these regulations and standards to recovering and reusing building materials.… Read More

Resources Up in Flames: The Economic Pitfalls of Waste Incineration versus a Zero Waste Approach in the Global South

Date: 22 Apr 2004 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

by Brenda Platt, Institute for Local Self-Reliance for GAIA (Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance/Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) Download the Press Release (PDF) Decision-makers in any community considering a waste incinerator will find Resources up in Flames essential reading. Pitfalls such as high capital costs, tonnage shortfalls, expensive pollution control equipment, and hampering least-cost options such as waste … Read More

Philadelphia Rowhouse Deconstruction Pilot Project

Date: 19 Jul 2003 | posted in: waste - deconstruction, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Summer 2003 ILSR conducted a Phase One deconstruction pilot project in cooperation with the City of Philadelphia Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) during the summer 2003. NTI is a multi-year strategy for eliminating blight ad revitalizing communities in Philadelphia. ILSR’s Jim Primdahl supervised the two City-chosen demolition contractors in the pilot project that resulted in the deconstruction … Read More

Alameda County Waste Management Authority Heralded as One of the Nation’s Best

Date: 1 Oct 2002 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR’s 20-page booklet, Innovation, Leadership, Stewardship, features Alameda County’s (California) record-setting recycling programs. The county diverts almost 60% of its municipal solid waste. The Alameda County Waste Management Authority and the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board deserve much credit. This glossy booklet — chock full of case studies and photographs — features the Board’s source … Read More

Defending Recycling – Moving Towards Zero Waste

The articles and publications listed below discuss the benefits of recycling, refute criticisms aimed at recycling, identify new trends, and highlight the continuing perils of disposal techniques such as incineration, landfilling, and trash transfer stations. They are all available for either online viewing or for downloading as PDF files. Refuting Recycling Critics Recycling Means Big Money … Read More

Defending Recycling/Eliminating Disposal Articles and Publications

Date: 13 Aug 2002 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

These articles and publications discuss the benefits of recycling, refute criticisms aimed at recycling, identify new trends, and highlight the continuing perils of disposal techniques such as incineration, landfilling, and trash transfer stations. They are all available for either online viewing or for downloading as PDF files.… Read More

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