The passage of the Environmental Justice Law was long overdue. Of course, its intention is sound…no one community should incur the greatest amount of industry when that industry benefits us all. However, while a good intention, it in fact results in companies looking in other locations to site facilities, the result is that there will […]
We know that landfills are the least desirable solid waste disposal solution. Even the best landfills leak methane. More importantly, after my last blog on the circular economy, we know that landfills are so far from that concept that they are in no way the preferred solution. The new focus on how to calculate emissions […]
In this recently reported study, EREF reports that there are multiple definitions to recycling around the country. In some states composting counts towards recycling, in others it does not. In some states recyclable materials are included in the definition of solid waste, in others they are not. Thankfully, in New Jersey, recyclable materials are not […]
Of late, there has been very little to cheer the hearts of recyclers in New Jersey. The announcement that a new glass processing plant is under construction in the state is a bit of good news. It is not that glass going to a landfill is environmentally harmful per se, but it really doesn’t make […]
Chaz Miller recently announced his retirement from the National Waste and Recycling Association…I had the pleasure of working with Chaz over the years and his retirement article is a good summary of his efforts. Chaz knows both the solid waste and the recycling industries. His comments on recycling’s problems have always been on point. Whether […]