Proposals for large-scale garbage incineration are proliferating throughout the US, just as they did 30 years ago. They claim to be new and improved with...
Impressions of Recycling Reconsidered By Samantha MacBride Reviewed for GreenYes Listserve Ms. MacBride makes zero waste one of her central concerns. She provides the best...
The 1960s was a time of dramatic change. Rarely recognized is the growth of the US recycling movement. ILSR and Urban Ore are working to...
Deconstruction is an environmentally-friendly method of demolition, focusing on the disassembly of buildings in order to recover and re-use construction materials. Deconstruction work provides job...
This training manual is intended for use by deconstruction crews. Funded by a grant to Episcopal Community Services of Maryland from the US Department of...
New York State is focusing on Extended Producer responsibility to get materials out of the waste stream. But the state is ignoring the most obvious...
Prepared for the City of Atlanta, this report on anaerobic digesters (AD) around North examines several existing AD projects that have a history of operational...
Zero Waste is becoming the new conventional wisdom when it comes to handling municipal solid wastes. Public and private sector investors are staking claims to...
Communities devise creative strategies to protect local businesses from the worst of the recession.… Read More
The cost of incineration is escalating as the cost of recycling, composting and reuse decline. With the penetration of recycling and composting infrastructure through out...
The County of Hawai’i (a.k.a. Big Island), having signed a Zero Waste resolution in December 2007, has taken extraordinary steps toward sustainable resource management. This...
Like any other vampire, “waste to energy” technology, e.g., burning garbage for electricity, needs a good, swift stake to the heart.… Read More
Neil Seldman speaking on Waste to Wealth topics before the Alachua County Energy Conservation Strategies Commission on February 20, 2008. Format is a Windows Media...
The future of garbage is not what it used to be! The era of cheap energy and disposal is over. Garbage generation and management are...
Published originally in BioCycle American Alchemy: The History of Solid Waste Management in the United States Forester Press, Santa Barbara, 2003 By Neil Seldman, Institute...