In the last 15 years, recycling has come of age. The number of curbside recycling programs has climbed to 9,349 and the national recycling rate...
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...
Neil Seldman Waste to Wealth Program Institute for Local Self-Reliance Washington, DC 20005 12 March 2005 Common sense is taking on a radical tone in...
The author of Getting to Zero Waste is angry at the lack of progress in moving toward what he sees as a readily achievable industrial...
NEWS RELEASE July 2, 2004 For Further Information: Institute for Local Self Reliance Neil Seldman President(202) 898-1610 ZERO WASTE DEFEATS INCINERATOR IN FRANCE Within...
By Neil Seldman Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)Washington, DC June 17, 2004 In May, Neil Seldman participated in the Zero Waste: Unachievable or Realistic Target...
Recycling, composting and waste reduction have been a basic precept of sustainability . It is essential for a sustainable industrial economy. … Read More
When we think of great popular movements of the last century, the labor movement, the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, and the women’s rights...
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...
We live in an era of waste imperialism. Unwanted or hazardous waste is dumped on unwilling or unsuspecting communities. States aren’t struggling to reduce waste,...
In a Portland, Oregon, suburb, the six-man crew of DeConstruction, Inc., enters a three-bedroom house and, with hammers and crowbars, starts tearing the place apart....
NEWS RELEASE October 3, 2002 For Further Information Alameda County Waste Management Authority Bruce Goddard Public Affairs Director(510) 614-1699 Institute for Local Self Reliance...
Sept/Oct, 2002 Waste Stream: The Deconstructionists In a Portland, Oregon, suburb, the six-man crew of DeConstruction, Inc., enters a three-bedroom house and, with hammers and...
E-Bits highlights ILSR’s Waste to Wealth Program work, from creating jobs and recycling-oriented enterprises, to recycling policies that close the loop locally, to model waste...
August 19, 2002 EditorNew York Times New York, NY Dear Editor, It is remarkable to read, in 2002, an article arguing that New York City...