Linda Doherty and JoAnn Gemenden have written an excellent article on the success of the plastic bag ban in New Jersey. When first implemented, we heard the typical lament that the world is ending and how could people get their groceries home without plastic bags. Well, we are all managing. While there are certainly issues […]
There are so many articles written about recycling, how it works, does it work, etc….that I often find myself tuning them out as they are usually far to slip to be accurate. However, the attached article is a really well written and well researched document…It provides a good overview of recycling and the complexities of […]
When you read a headline like this, you probably think that we are talking about a country outside of the United States. Sadly, this is not the case. As reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, working in the recycling collection and processing industry has the fourth highest rate of injury and fatality of all […]
As noted in Resource Recycling, not all glass is created equal when it comes to recycling. Not only does glass color matter, but the opacity, ie, the ability of light to pass through glass matters as well. What is encouraging is that the cosmetics industry, the industry that often has glass with the lowest opacity, […]
Alexander Clapp’s guest essay in the NYT’s about what really happens to recycling raises several damning and important questions and conclusions. His historical summary says a great deal about how much we in the United States really only care about our material going “away;” not where it goes. This is a thought provoking piece. It […]