NBC News has recently run a very revealing piece with regard to electronics waste that answers the question. First, put this in perspective…The manufacturers made their profit on CRT’s years ago…now they are being asked to pay for the proper disposal of these old units…and they don’t want to. So, in some states, like NY […]
As noted by the Times, a tariff fight is on over the flooding of the market with Aluminum by China. Why am I writing about this you ask? Simply put, when countries like China (and Russia before it) flood the market with virgin Aluminum, they lower the value of recycled aluminum in an artificial manner. […]
First, let me say that I am a bit of a coffee snob. I like coffee that is fresh and not made in plastic cups. Second, yes, I said that not all recycling is sustainable. Keurig’s newly designed K-Cup is designed to be more recyclable than before. But as David Gelles points out in his […]
When oil prices hit the skids, recycling markets suffer. This has been in the news for the past several weeks and I have had the pleasure of discussing this issue on CBS on two separate occasions. Now we see the New York Times commenting on the same issue. I have responded to this issue in […]
On January 19, the Governor pocket vetoed the e-waste recycling bill. Notwithstanding letters of support from many counties (even Republican Counties) and the Commissioner of the NJDEP, this important piece of legislation was allowed to die. While this may be a victory for manufacturers that wanted to avoid their ethical and environmental responsibility, it may […]