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 […]
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 […]
Resource Recycling reported that the respected How2Recycle label is downgrading Kerurig’s pods based on the fact that they are basically not being recycled in most instances. Now I applaud Keurig for trying new ideas, and I certainly understand that they cannot just stop production…well, they could, but that would really hurt economically….but they are simply […]