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California – Healthy Soils Program
In 2017, the California Healthy Soils Program (HSP) was launched with the goal of sequestering carbon, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and improving soil health in the state. The program includes incentives to adopt soil health practices, on-farm soil health demonstration projects, and a block grant program.… Read More
Momentum Building, Dual Stream Recycling Communities
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
The End of the Hartford Trash-to-Energy Plant Nears
Closing the Hartford incinerator has been a long term goal of recyclers and environmental activists in the region. … Read More
Missed Opportunity: Plastic Rebate Failed to Pass in Texas Legislature
A proposal to a free market plastic buyback program in Texas failed to advance during the Spring 2021 Legislative Session.… Read More
Californians Will Vote on Packaging Tax to Reduce Waste
The California Plastic Waste Reduction Regulations Initiative has the potential to send ripples through the world’s fifth largest economy as the state aims to lead on waste reduction. … Read More
Mattresses, Textiles, and Organics Banned from Landfills in Massachusetts
Waste Dive reports on bans that will help preserve the state’s landfill capacity.… Read More
Repair, Reuse, and Economic Growth in America
Where there is civilization, there is salvage! US history is a case in point. These remarks were prepared by Neil Seldman for a Warren County webinar on reuse and economic growth. … Read More
Advanced ‘Chemical’ Recycling for Production of Fuel and Plastic Products
Chemical, or advanced, recycling is another name for incineration. It’s the most expensive and most polluting way to manage plastic and other discards.… Read More
From Recycling Today: A Growing Right-to-Repair Movement
Information technology asset disposition professionals discuss the growing right-to-repair movement and its implications for the electronics refurbishing and recycling market… Read More
Ohio – Waste Disposal Surcharges
Ohio has a few surcharge fees on waste disposal that fund state level regulatory programs. The original surcharges were established in 1988 by Ohio House Bill 592 (now coded in Section 3734.57, Paragraph A of the Ohio Code). The fees have been amended several times since 1988. Now, Ohio has four state surcharge fees on the disposal and transfer of municipal solid waste.… Read More
A Zero Waste Critique of Planning Efforts in Baltimore County, Maryland
Diane Wittner’s Comments Sent to Michael Beichler, Solid Waste Management Bureau Chief, Baltimore County, MD, December 21, 2021. … Read More
Iowa – Waste Disposal Surcharge
Iowa collects a base tonnage fee of $4.25 per ton on waste disposed of at municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, which went into effect in 1987 via the Groundwater Protection Act of 1987 (presently Iowa State Code section 455B.310). Tonnage fee reports for Jan-Dec 2020 indicate $8 million in revenue.… Read More
North Carolina – Waste Disposal Surcharge
The state of North Carolina implemented a Solid Waste Disposal Tax of $2 per ton on July 1, 2008, which generated $23 million in FY 2020-21. Revenue from the Disposal Tax currently supports city and county solid waste management programs and hazardous site cleanup, and previously supported a Solid Waste Management Trust Fund.… Read More
ILSR Statement on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging
This document explains why ILSR and many allied organizations are skeptical about adopting EPR for packaging and traditionally recycled materials and suggests a better way forward.… 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