Investment is crucial to achieving climate mitigation and adaptation goals. We need substantially more investment in zero-carbon sectors, such as ...

The Recycling Partnership is a national nonprofit that works together with communities and companies to improve recycling practices. Their mission ...

Electronic throwaways contribute only 1 percent to the volume of waste in landfills, but the EPA blames e-waste for up ...

Over the course of the past year Tanimoto, a former environmental consultant and current master's student in Sustainability Management (SUMA), ...

When China banned 24 kinds of solid waste last September, countries such as the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, and ...

During the fall 2014 semester, members of the MPA in Environmental Science class of 2015 conducted campus-wide waste audits to ...

The AMARA team studied every step of a denim garment’s life cycle and identified areas for improvement. AMARA’s business model ...

In the final semester of Columbia University’s Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy (MSP-ESP) program, students are ...

Since the 1980s, I’ve been engaged in educating environmental professionals, and as the planet continues to degrade, the complexity and ...

In a way, resource conservation is like disaster-risk reduction; there’s no headline in an avoided kilowatt-hour just as it’s hard ...

Another Earth Day has passed as our politicos and media discover the planet Earth for a few days before they ...

Underrepresentation in environmental fields isn’t exclusive to Asian Americans. In 2021, Zippia, a career development platform, reported that only 6.9% ...

Every year on March 8, International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements and calls attention to the challenges they face. The ...

The Alumni Spotlight series includes interviews from Earth Institute alumni about their career paths, how they became interested in Earth ...

New York is the most wasteful megacity in the world according to a 2015 report on the percapita energy consumption ...

A list of items that can be composted [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Compostables-List-_-Garden-State-Composting.pdf" title="Compostables List _ Garden State Composting"] ...

As the issue of wasted food continues to gain traction across the country, the need for more infrastructure to handle ...

Municipalities and local leaders make decisions and set the tone for how wasted food is addressed in their community. This ...

Austin Resource Recovery Presentation explores the city's zero waste goal. [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/smartcities_austinresourcerecovery_4-4-aiden.pdf" title="smartcities_austinresourcerecovery_4-4----aiden"] ...

NRC's Policy Document #38 - Education Outreach Public Involvement in Promoting Recycling. [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/38-Education-Outreach-Public-Involvement-in-Promoting-Recycling-1.pdf" title="38 - Education Outreach Public Involvement ...

NRC's Policy Document #37 - National Database on Recycling Capacity. [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/37-National-Database-on-Recycling-Capacity.pdf" title="37 - National Database on Recycling Capacity"] ...

The NRC's Policy Document #27 - National Recycling Coalition Role in Recycling Education Outreach [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/27-Education-Outreach-National-Recycling-Coalition-Role-in-Recycling-Education-Outreach.pdf" title="27 - Education Outreach ...

The NRC's Policy Document #24 - Establishment of K-12 Recycling Curriculum. This policy emphasizes the importance of included environmental education ...

The NRC's Policy Document #25 - National Clearinghouse for Recycling Information. It emphasizes the needs to make important information more ...

The NRC's Policy Document #23 - Establishment of College University Curriculum. This document emphasizes the importance of having adequate environmental ...

The NRC's Policy Document #22 - Establishment of Annual Recycle Week. The policy states that it supports the enactment of ...

The NRC's Policy Document #20 - Basic Recycling Practices. The NRC proposes a series of feasible actions to promote waste ...

Author: Northern California Recycling Association, 2005. Gary Liss, Instructor NCRA offers this course to help train people who would like ...

Author: Kevin J. Coyle, J.D. National Environmental Education & Training Foundation Includes report of what ten years of NEETF/Roper research ...

Author: Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Certification program has been designed to meet the standards of the National Standards ...

Author: New Mexico Recycling Coalition To obtain NMED Solid Waste Facility Operator Certification, applicants must complete a course, score at ...

Author: Sustainable UMD Click here to view the document: Sustainable UMD Campus Document Description: Includes internship as well as student ...

Author: Oregon State University Click here to view the document: Oregon State Program Document Description: Recycling 101 is an online, ...

Author: Vance A. Merolla Click here to view the document: n/a Document Description:  In this course, students will work to ...

Author: Gary Liss Click here to view the document: Intro to Recycling Course Syllabus (n/a) Document Description: NCRA offers this ...

Author: Dorthy Noyes Click here to view document: Cultures of Waste and Recycling Syllabus Document Description: This course explores the ...

Author: Gregory Warren-Instructor Click here to view the document: Resource Management and Zero Waste for Communities Syllabus Document Description: This ...

Author: Judi Gregory Click here to view the document: n/a Document Description: This course will look at upstream practices that ...

Author: Carol Broccoli Includes information from the Rutgers website about how you can become a certified recycling professional (CRP). It ...

Author: National Standards Certification Board (NSCB) This application from the NRC’s National Standards Certification Board (NSCB), asks for general information ...

Author: National Recycling Coalition This is the National Recycling Coalition’s accreditation criteria and process for certified sustainable resource management professional ...

Author: SERA This paper challenges the apparent hierarchy for GHG sources and shines compelling light on the currently undervalued role ...

Author: ecoAmerica Guidelines on how to be an effective communicator on climate change, suitable any audience. Draw on research and ...

Author: Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change Education is thought to be the key to behavioral change, and ...

Author: International Journal of Integrated Waste Management, Science and Technology A study conducted at Arizona State University baseball games evaluating ...

Author: Community-Based Social Marketing Sustainability promotion requires an understanding of how to effectively encourage individuals and business to adopt resource ...

Author: Bevi The article introduces 12 zero waste initiatives you can bring to your college campus. Zero waste needs more ...