A trip to the New York City recycling facility should be a simple cruise between one borough and another. That is not the case when people put rechargeable or Lithium batteries in their recycling. A recent fire on one of the barges transporting batteries to the City’s recycling plant in Brooklyn just reinforces the problem […]
Now don’t get me wrong…I am all for supporting the Girl Scouts. I also have a fondness for Girl Scout Cookies!!! So, what is wrong with these pictures? No, not that I ate them all…that was a given…No, not that I did not share them with you…Not going to happen. Look at the packaging. Note […]
Plastic waste must be reduced…DUH…We keep saying this and it is important that get going on either one of two options: Reduce its production…or find a real use to make it circular…But that is not the entire answer…stay tuned. Read The Full Article Here: US must cut plastic production to save oceans, report says
Construction waste is a real issue and a real problem. In a perfect world, it should be reclaimed and reused as much as possible. Organizations like USGBC keep trying to ratchet down to make sure that there is less construction waste from a job site. As I have noted before, I think that USGBC has […]
Recently, Resource Recycling reported on the failure of Pace Glass. A company that promised to build a $90 million glass facility to sort and clean up post-consumer glass. While a great idea, the venture failed. The result is stockpiles of more than 300,000 cubic yards of material that now needs to be cleaned up. This […]