The SEC has recently fined the maker of Keurig $1.5 million for making false claims about the recyclability of those stupid (did I say stupid) plastic pods. For a $50 billion company, this is nothing…but the message is a good start…Don’t lie about the recyclability of your products. New Jersey is pursuing a Truth in […]
The latest report from the CRI…Container Recycling Institute…shows a decline in bottle bill redemption…Of course they state that this is due to the low deposit value on the container…not the reality that bottle bills are out of touch and people simply do not want to be inconvenienced with bottle bills that are inefficient, non-sustainable and […]
As reported in Climate News and provided to me by Enviropolitics, Reynolds and Walmart have agreed to pay a fine of $216,670 to give back the profits made from selling plastic bags for recycling. For years, we in New Jersey have been complaining to Reynolds, the makers of Hefty, that their product is falsely labeled […]
Mayor Adams announced that every resident in New York City will have their garbage collected from automatic locking carts. Why? As they stated clearly in their press release, it will help to control rats and will keep the City cleaner. The project was also supported and led by the NY City Council. This was an […]
I work with certain counties from time to time to coordinate their Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) events. These events require that residents bring their HHW to a central facility where it is collected from their vehicles and properly recycled or disposed of in an environmentally secure manner. I wanted to share a recent story that […]