Recycling and Waste Management Environmental Responsibility meets Fiscal Responsibility Recycling is more than a buzzword for the environmental movement. Recycling – of glass, metals, paper, plastics, water and more – now represents significant cost savings to individuals, organizations and governments. Don’t Throw It All Away Without a comprehensive strategy for recycling and solid waste management, […]
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 […]
On July 5, the New York Times Op Ed Page had a very well written piece by Yoram Bauman and Shi-Ling Hsu in which they outlined the benefits of the new British Columbia Carbon Tax (BCCT). A carbon tax is just that. A tax on the carbon contained in fossil fuels. As they noted, the […]