Data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows that waste generation per person has nearly doubled since 1960.
The Isla Vista Compost Collective officially began in the fall of 2017. It is now a growing, municipally run project.
Prices for curbside recyclables are either up or flat this month, with some key materials seeing surging values. For example, OCC rose 14% during the past month.
The authors discuss strategies for eliminating “free riders” in this final installment of a four-part series on best practices for EPR systems. | Roman Zaiets/Shutterstock
Pyrolysis equipment inside the Agilyx facility in Oregon. | Jared Paben/Resource Recycling, Inc.
As the year comes to a close, MRFs are largely seeing good news across the board, fetching higher prices for OCC, mixed paper, aluminum, natural HDPE and other materials.
The authors lay out different approaches to goal setting and measurement for EPR programs. | Skylines/Shutterstock
The author argues that a focus on recycling creates a culture of guilt-free consumption, allowing people to feel they can consume more and more as long as they think what they’re consuming can be recycled. | Mary at T-Comms/Shutterstock
