Revolution in Recovery
The Delaware Recycling Center in New Castle presents a model for today’s recycling. DSWA has partnered with ReCommunity to run a single-stream materials recovery facility and Revolution Recovery to process mixed C&D.
Earth Day: The Times they have Changed…
Earth Day—April 22—was founded in 1970. Many people point to it as the “birth of the modern environmental movement.”
Corporate Responsibility for Waste Reduction Insufficient
As You Sow and the Natural Resources Defense Council report that the lack of strong government policies and insufficient practices by companies are factors in low recycling rates in the United States.
The EPR Debate
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) takes center stage today at NERC’s spring conference in Delaware. EPR is a topic sure to bring some heated discussion.
The “Evolving Ton”
With NERC’s Spring 2015 Conference: Own the Future - Creative Options to Sustainable Materials Management next week, it seems timely to look at a developing issue in the recycling world—the “evolving ton”.
Materials Management Travel Highlights—Sri Lanka and Dubai
More recycling tales from NERC staff travels...
Recycling in the Anthropocene
Today’s Guest Blog is by Bill Sheehan, Executive Director of Upstream. It was originally posted on their blog on March 10, 2015.
Sustainable Materials Management
What is Sustainable Materials Management?
Plan Now for Reuse…Part 2
Tips on planning a reuse event.
Plan Now for Reuse!
Spring is just around the corner! Time to organize a spring (or summer) reuse event.