There was a time when the general store had large bins that we used to fill refillable containers…and yes, that was way before my time!!!!!! But the idea does have merit. As is usually the case, Europe leads on this front…and while the attached touts a deposit scheme…and I love the word scheme, I must […]
Wow, who would have thought that NYC would beat New Jersey to the gate for residential composting. The City is moving to gather organic material, food and yard clippings and make it mandatory to recycle these materials in all five boroughs. I suspect that a good deal of the residential composting material will go to […]
For the first time, wind power output has beaten coal as a percentage of power generation in the United States. In March and April of this year wind generation produced more energy than coal. While a short term win, it is a start. I am still amazed at the number of people that think fossil […]
As reported in the Times, about 30% of all food that we have in the United States is thrown away or wasted food…Think about that…30%…It is the single largest volume of material sent to landfills and resource recovery plants in the country!!!!!!!! When it decomposes in landfills, it releases as much green house gas as […]
As reported in the NY Times, a NASA funded study that tracked pollutants from space has shown that the newly built massive warehouses cause pollution, and the corresponding truck traffic that goes with them does indeed increase air pollution to the surrounding neighborhoods. Worse, the NOx that is emitted is known to increase asthma and […]