It’s time to take a hard look at the value MSW systems are delivering
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2y ago
It’s time to look harder at landfills if we’re serious about addressing climate change name landfill gas as a renewable energy source including America’s (LIFT America) Act, GREEN Act, Clean Energy for America Act and the CLEAN Future Act. But somehow these gentlemen from the As for the European model, good on you if you want to incinerate waste for road projects. The U.S. prefers to sequester Solid Waste in highly designed, strictly regulated, anaerobically managed systems to extract the biogas from carbon-based [solid] waste to protect the environment, reduce GHG and recover clean renewable ..read more
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Plastics need to work in managed waste systems
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3y ago
There’s an elephant in the room when it comes to the sustainable management of plastics and eliminating pollution. For nearly a half-century our Solid Waste systems (landfills) have taken a PR beating. Back in the early 80’s it was justifiable concerns over waste management practices, environmental protection and community health. From these concerns, heavy regulations, fees and fines where enacted to fix the problem. Over the past few decades, a remarkable thing has happened, are now considered ‘base load’ renewable energy resources. These highly engineered and strictly managed facilities are ..read more
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The New Plastics Economy’s “Global Commitment” defies commonsense
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3y ago
Energy recovery must be included in strategy and design, it is the alpha and omega. From where it comes, it must return. Negating this principle in the management of plastics is blasphemous to the fundamental principles of “Circularity” and only serves to continue down a linear path that solves nothing. ” pledge which states, “The Foundation believes the use of anaerobic digestion is currently limited for plastic packaging as at the date of publication,” to justify the focus on Compostability as the only acceptable end-of-life solution, but only for “specific” and “targeted” applications. Othe ..read more
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Communities change direction to save recycling
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3y ago
And, communicate honestly to consumers – stop asking them to put unrecyclables into their recycle bin . Companies that label their unrecyclable packaging with the term “recyclable” are a major cause of the collapse of recycling. They prey on consumers desire to help the environment, while causing the opposite ..read more
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Think Waste as a Renewable Resource
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3y ago
Article by Jim Fish – CEO of Waste Management Inc . In fact, for decades we’ve applied science with creative thinking and problem-solving to derive value from waste ..read more
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Coca Cola Chair Pleads For Biodegradable Bottles
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3y ago
2018 Beverage Digest Future Smarts Conference ..read more
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Waste Expo 2019 – The Good, The Bad & The Auction
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3y ago
Overall, the event was a great educational experience and one that left me confident that the waste industry is focused on sustainable practices through the use of data, LCA and collaboration.  Provided we can keep our eye on the prize, the future does indeed look bright… (WARNING: I am starting with the “bad” part first) anniversary. The event was complete with a sand sculpture, vacation raffles and auctioning everything from Yetti’s, to rare bourbon and heavy equipment to golf outings. One thing you could not deny is that the waste industry is very generous in supporting EREF’s activiti ..read more
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Exposing the Plastic Recycling Lie
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3y ago
In the end, your company’s sustainability solutions should be all about the environment; shouldn’t it?  ..read more
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Sustainability: Fact or Fiction?
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3y ago
In the end, your company’s sustainability solutions should be all about the environment; shouldn’t it?  ..read more
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Plastic Recycling: Fact or Fiction?
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3y ago
Read the full article posted on NPR here: Laura Sullivan; “ How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled ” we get taken down the historical rabbit hole on plastic recycling. If you consider yourself a “recycler,” like I did, you will find her article very informative and eye opening. The only question after you read the article will be “how do you respond the next time you have to make a decision on whether to place something in the recycle bin or trash bin ..read more
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