Presented to the National Park Service, National Capital Region Sustainability Advisory Group in Washington, DC
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...
ILSR worked with the Deputy Mayor and U.S. EPA Region 1 to introduce successful social entrepreneurs in the recycling sector to city agencies, community organizations...
These articles highlight deconstruction efforts across the US.… Read More
The deconstructing of a house is under way in North Texas, and all for the purpose of going “green.”… Read More
April 2010 An editor of The New York Times asked Neil Seldman to respond to the Times article by Elizabeth Rosenthal, (Europe Finds Clean Energy...
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...
After 10 years of research, advocacy, implementation, and technical assistance to promote the development of building deconstruction across the US, ILSR is declaring victory. The...
Updated June 2010 After 10 years of research, advocacy, implementation, and technical assistance to promote the development of building deconstruction across the US, ILSR is...
Composting is an important strategy for recycling organic materials that might otherwise be disposed in landfills or incinerators. This April 2010 report, Summary of Select...
The Benefits of Compost Are Many Composting reduces greenhouse gases by preventing methane generation in landfills, storing carbon in the compost product, reducing energy use...
Garbage In Garbage Out: Solving Problems with Long Distance Trash Transport by Vivian E. Thompson Book Review Read the book review (PDF – from BioCycle, Jan 2010)
The impact of 50 years of unbridled plastics production, use, and disposal is now becoming well known and documented. Plastics made from non-renewable petroleum and...
Presented at the Alison Ferguson Foundation’s Trash Summit in Washington, DC