Food processors, farms and municipalities all have felt pressures to send less organic material to landfills. They could eventually get help from a startup in California that is turning organics into biodegradable plastic.
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Food processors, farms and municipalities all have felt pressures to send less organic material to landfills. They could eventually get help from a startup in California that is turning organics into biodegradable plastic.
Legislative reform on waste diversion in Ontario has been a long time coming. Continue Reading
Take a look at what’s happening on North American college campuses. It’s eye-opening.
To boost Toronto’s sustainability efforts, city government needs to spend more money educating residents and businesses about recycling, according to an advocacy group.
Leaders in Canada’s largest city have approved a goal of diverting 70 percent of residential materials from landfill by 2026.
How do you generate ridiculous amounts of enthusiasm about waste diversion? Here’s one overlooked answer: photography.
This week crowds of people in the municipal recycling and solid waste industry are in Indianapolis for Wastecon, a conference produced by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA).
The 2016 Resource Recycling Conference took a direct look at some of the toughest issues facing recycling, but sector leaders also made it clear that by working together, materials diversion can remain vibrant.
In Phoenix, a local issue required a local solution.
The City of Los Angeles has approved commercial franchise hauling zones after more than two years of planning. Proponents say the change puts the nation’s second largest city on the path to achieving a 90 percent diversion rate by 2025.