Author: Grassroots Recycling Network Companies from A-Z highlighted in this document provided tremendous leadership in approaching Zero Waste. These companies have reported that they have diverted over 90% of its wastes from landfill and incineration. Click here to view the
For the circular economy to take off, industry players are calling for rules to mandate the recycling of solar panels. Read the article from Eco-Business.com: Source
Author: Producer Responsibility Meeting This primer provides definitions pertaining to products and producer responsibility. In this primer, the Product Stewardship Institute offers information on the following products: Carpet, Electronics, Fluorescent Lighting, Gas Cylinders, Medical sharps, Mercury products, Paint, Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Phone books, Radioactive devices, Thermostats, and Tires. Click here to view the document:
Author: Bette Fishbein Addresses materials use and its environmental impacts worldwide; EPR policies and programs in the United States; e-commerce and its potential environmental impacts and implications for EPR; and the corporation’s role in implementing EPR and related policies. Prepared
Author: Jack Macy 2015 webinar designed to help you understand the role of Compostable Plastics and provide you with some resources to assist planning or expanding your diversion program. Click here to view the document: Using Compostable Plastics to Enhance
Author: Center for competitive waste industry 110 page consultant report to the US EPA, Region 9. Examined data from 120 US and Canadian residential composting programs. Click here to view the document: Beyond Recycling: Composting
Author: IPCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. Click here to view the document: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Author: H.Keith Discusses how forests help significantly reduce carbon emissions, as trees take in carbon and in turn provide oxygen. “Using environmental-economic accounts helped identify policy and market instruments required to value ecosystem services of carbon storage and sequestration by
Author: Nicole Block Discusses how composting can mitigate climate change by capturing carbon and restoring it to soil. Explains how applying compost to grasslands can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and efficiently dispose of organic waste. Provides results from a study
Author: Post Opinion Staffs Last year’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded the alarm: The world has until 2030 to implement “rapid and far-reaching” changes to our energy, infrastructure and industrial systems to avoid 2 degrees Celsius
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