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Painting Product Stewardship Success

Paint stewardship legislation has now been passed in seven additional states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia.

Revisiting aluminum recycling

While overall aluminum recycling in the US is relatively high at 66.7 percent, aluminum beverage and food containers still end up in the trash in numbers far too great. An estimated $812 million worth of aluminum cans in just one year!

Roadside Litter Piling Up: Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute

Someone ends up picking up those bottles filled with urine and tons of other needless street trash, and it costs taxpayers plenty.

Brown vs. Damon

Today’s Guest Blog is by Dr. Sally Brown, Research Associate Professor (Soil Amendments, In situ Remediation, and Carbon Sequestration) at the School of Forest Resources, University of Washington. It was first published in the December 2015-January 2016 Northwest Biosolids eBulletin .

Green Purchasing = Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

Buying “green” products continues to be a growing practice in the U.S. and in other developed countries. Whether we’re at work or home, we have a choice to buy products that have less impact on our health and the environment. Since the New Year brings a time of reflection, I thought it would be interesting to look at the origins of green purchasing by government and how purchasers incorporate green purchasing into their procurement programs.

7 useful gifts to help your friends cut food waste

Although a little late for the holidays, today's Guest Blog has some useful tips to keep in mind when gift giving.

Food Recovery—Connections for Households and Schools

As discussed in NERC’s recent Blog, Food Recovery—Bridging the Gaps, in most communities opportunities are available for larger commercial food generators, including grocers, to reduce wasted food through food donation or food recovery. However, reducing food discards from household, restaurant, and smaller institutions (including schools) needs to be accomplished as well.

10 Reasons Why Zero Waste Is a Priority Climate Solution

Today’s Guest Blog article is written by Kate Bailey, Program Manager for Eco-Cycle Solutions.

Food Recovery—Bridging the Gaps

Take the first step by engaging with the food bank organization serving your region. Learn what types of food can be donated, how it needs to be collected and stored, and the areas where the food bank has routes for collection.

To Ban or Not to Ban…

Plastic bags—we love them and we hate them.