This debate is now raging in the U.S. and Europe. We see that in New Jersey there is an entire argument that we are “rewarding polluters” by awarding renewable energy status to Resource Recovery plants. The debate is now raging in the EU. The attached articles give a good outline of the issue…and here are […]
This sentence says it all on microplastics. “The staggering amount of microplastics we found likely means that no river, lake or stream is safe from this increasingly common contaminant.” Franz Savitz, PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center. Let me scare you some more. Rutgers is now studying the impact on marine species that we consume….including, blue […]
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Here is an interesting concept….Recycling is outdated and not a part of the circular economy.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 […]