Westfield Green Careers Fair – May 2021 The Town of Westfield’s Green Team, in conjunction with the Westfield Board of Education and assistance from the NJ School Boards Association, held a high school level Green Career Fair in May to introduce students to future careers in the Green Economy. The Career Fair ran virtually over […]
The NJ Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway are slated for road widening over a 34 mile stretch. Have we learned nothing? Every time a road is widened, more traffic is created. More traffic = development = the need for more roads = more widening. I find it incredulous that Governor Murphy, who has been […]
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 […]
Here is an interesting concept….Recycling is outdated and not a part of the circular economy. The article in The Hill focuses on plastics within the recycling stream. A primary contention is that we do not capture enough plastic in our recycling programs and most of it goes into the environment (TRUE). The second contention is […]
The recent interview with Steve Changaris, VP for the Northeast Region of the NWRA summed up the basic problems with bottle bills very nicely. As many of you know, I have never been in favor of a bottle bill. While some think of them as EPR, they are in fact a waste of time, revenue […]