LEED-Certified Green Building Managing the complexities of green building design, construction and operations to meet U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification process. Sustainable Business Practices Adopting the Triple Bottom Line framework to balance social, environmental, and financial impacts on business, people, and the planet. Recycling & Solid Waste Management Balancing the demands and expense of […]
Making a Case for Solid Waste and Recycling Practices Laws and regulations are open to interpretation, and everyone makes mistakes. These two ideas expose many organizations and communities to financial and punitive risk for solid waste disposal and recycling practices of the past or the present: Are your materials being recycled as you believe? Was […]
Recently, the Township of Branchburg, New Jersey has taken a local homeowner to court over the planting of indigenous species including native grasses in a wet part of his property that adjoins a local stream that is a tributary of the North Branch of the Raritan River. Why? Because a neighbor complained about the unsightly […]
Earlier this year I had the privilege of working on the 2012 Sustainability Report for the Local Search Association (LSA). LSA is the support organization for those who produce what we commonly call the Yellow Pages. I disclose this because although retained to produce a report on the facts, most readers will look at the […]
Recently, there have been a number of questions raised within the membership of the Association of New Jersey Recyclers with regard to food waste and food waste composting. The general debate revolves around the issue of landfilling versus composting of this material. Those that are in favor of landfilling are of the opinion that food […]