Feature Stories: Owning Your Own Economy, Masters of Our Destiny, Bits Bytes and Community, and Rooting for the Home Team Place Rules: Good rules make...
by Brenda Platt and Joanne Goodwin 1998, fact sheet packet – View Online Download PDF File (1.26 MB) EPA-530-F-98-023 A growing number of food-related businesses...
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s (ILSR’s) 1998 pilot project in Hartford, Connecticut -conducted in conjunction with the Hartford Housing Authority, Manafort Brothers Construction Company, and...
Compost yard trimmings Only those programs with comprehensive composting of segregated organics have achieved very high levels of materials recovery. Target a wide range of...
This report examines major solid waste issues facing the nation’s capital and offers recommendations for making ecologically sound and cost-effective improvements that build community and...
Too Bitter a Pill To Swallow by Pam Neary Institute for Local Self-Reliance November 13, 1997 Too many of our elected officials are old enough...
This report profiles six model reuse operations and seven programs that collect reusable goods from households. Each profile documents materials handled, marketing information, process and...
Because computers become obsolete so swiftly, they are often discarded with many or all working components. This report provides contact information on 150 computer recovery...
While pallet repair businesses are becoming more common, many pallets are still discarded without repair or salvage. This report lists 31 pallet reuse businesses interested...
by Neil N. Seldman– Institute for Local Self-Reliance December 1996 One would think that recycling, like motherhood and apple pie, would be an activity beyond...
This report, for the Mercer Citizens for Public Accountability, helped defeat the Mercer County (NJ) waste incinerator. It includes a discussion of other incinerators that...
Plenary Session Debate with Brenda Platt, Jerry Powell, and J. Winston Porter National Recycling Congress Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1996 Remarks by Brenda Platt Director...
Institute for Local Self-Reliance 2001 S Street NW Suite 570 Washington, DC 20009 Tel: 202-898-1610 MYTH #1: We can recycle only 25 to 30% of...
This document profiles four reuse operations and the community development corpora-tions (CDCs) with which they work. New neighborhood jobs, low- and no-cost materials for CDC...
Company/Organization Sector Waste Reduction Level Bank of Nova Scotia, Ontario Office >80% Bell Canada, Ontario Office >80% Cafe Flora, WA Restaurant >60% Del Mar Fairgrounds,...