June 17th is World Day to Combat Desertification. In 1994, the United Nations declared June 17th the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought to...
The idea of reaching for zero waste is contagious and improves with each new effort to reach 90% or more diversion from landfill and incinerators....
A few years ago it looked like Maryland would start to resemble states like Connecticut and Massachusetts that invested heavily in garbage incineration. Baltimore has...
On March 17 the permit for the 4,000 ton per day garbage incinerator planned for the Curtis Bay-Brooklyn Park-Hawkins Point area of south Baltimore, MD,...
Composting and compost use have numerous benefits in addition to green job creation and reducing the amount of waste destined for landfills and incinerators. At...
International Zero Waste Activist Paul Connett hand delivers a copy of his book, “The Zero Waste Solution: One Community at a Time” (Chelsea Publishing, White...
Residents and environmentalists said Wednesday they plan to sue a power plant company that is developing a facility in the Fairfield area of Baltimore. The...
Origins In the last 20 years, No Waste, a simple term expressing the aspirations of recycling activists, became Zero Waste and a social movement bearing...
We pass along media coverage of the dramatic community protests at the Maryland Department of the Environment in Baltimore, MD, on December 15, 2015. Citizens...
Zero Waste (90% or more diversion from incineration and landfill) is a concept and a practical approach to managing the valuable materials in waste streams...
Schedule Workshops are scheduled for the following dates, times and locations: Tuesday, December 8th, 6-9pm at Baltimore County UMD Extension (1114 Shawan Rd, Cockeysville, MD 21030)...
Paul Connett is a zero waste super star. A trained chemist, Paul threw himself into the anti garbage incineration movement while teaching as a chemistry...
Stetser Elementary and Main Street Elementary Green Team students took the lead in starting a successful recycling collection pilot project at their respective schools during...
The Waste to Wealth = Green Jobs event (free to attend) is being held to present the potential for developing small minority-owned companies in the...