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Book Review of "Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting out the Recycling System"

Neil Seldman

June 21, 2019

Neil Seldman reviews "Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting out the Recycling System" by Beth Porter. READ MORE

Anti Garbage Incineration Updates – May 2019

Neil Seldman

May 30, 2019

Updates on incineration happenings around the country, including New York and New England. READ MORE

Statement on Passage of Maryland’s Clean Energy Jobs Act

Marie Donahue

April 22, 2019

ILSR cautions that the Maryland's Clean Energy Jobs Act signed into law in April 2019 to promote renewable energy does the state’s local, clean energy future a grave disservice by continuing to classify garbage burning as a “renewable” form of energ READ MORE

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Book Review of "Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting out the Recycling System"

Neil Seldman

June 21, 2019

Neil Seldman reviews "Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting out the Recycling System" by Beth Porter. READ MORE

Recycling Activist Louise Mann Calls for Transparency and Accountability Ordinance

Neil Seldman

June 12, 2019

Longtime recycling activist Louise Mann writes article calling for transparency and accountability ordinance. READ MORE

Anti Garbage Incineration Updates – May 2019

Neil Seldman

May 30, 2019

Updates on incineration happenings around the country, including New York and New England. READ MORE

In Op-Ed for Waste Advantage, Neil Seldman Argues Recycling is Not Dying

Hibba Meraay

May 8, 2019

If you read accounts of recycling in the mass media, you may be convinced that recycling is on its deathbed after a 45-year run. Reality is more complex and more encouraging. Recycling is not dying. The recycling movement born in the late 1960s and joined by the anti-garbage incineration movement READ MORE

In Waste 360, ILSR Explains How Single Stream Recycling Can Work

Hibba Meraay

May 8, 2019

For recycling to break through the 35 percent recycling level, where we have stagnated for a decade, private and municipal investments need to focus on infrastructure that has a proven track record. These include investment in dual stream and properly scaled single stream processing, distributed composting, unit pricing and repair READ MORE