Asleep at the Wheel: Tales from a Career in Recycling
This coming June I will begin my 30th year working with the City of Keene, New Hampshire. I started fresh out of graduate school, full ...
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The Pandemic’s Wasted Year
PPE Waste & Finding Hope Just in Time for Earth Day 2021 There’s a wonderful American Elm tree that lives right outside the 2nd story ...
The Plastic Pollution Problem & Environmental Injustice
As the world tries to claw its way out from under what seems like an insurmountable amount of plastic waste, it is vital to address ...
The Trash We Make & the Air We Breathe: Air Pollution & the Social Inequality of Waste Incineration
Air pollution is not just a public health concern, nor is it simply a climate problem. It is also an environmental justice issue, and in ...
If You’re Doing Zero Waste Without Thinking About Environmental Racism, You’re Doing It Wrong
If you talk to an environmental activist (particularly a young, American one) you will likely pick up on their very different and sometimes odd lifestyle ...
Third-Party Certification: An Effective Approach to Market Transformation Part 3: Benefits of Third Party Certification
Although third-party certifications have fees involved and require time and effort to make operational changes, their benefits, both explicit and implicit, are important incentives for ...
Third-Party Certification: An Effective Approach to Market Transformation Part 2: Characteristics of Effective Independent Certifications
In Part 2 of this 3-part series on environmental third-party certifications, we discuss the characteristics of effective certification programs and why third-party certification is the ...
Third-Party Certification: An Effective Approach to Market Transformation Part 1: Origins and Trends
When it comes to working towards an environmental mission, how can an organization prove to its stakeholders that it is, in fact, walking the walk? ...
Cities Take Creative Recycling Approaches
Cities Take Creative Recycling Approaches by Harry Grigorian, Dartmouth College Cities across the nation are taking innovative approaches to improve the environmental performance of waste ...
Recycling During a Pandemic
Jordan Fengel is a member of the SWEEP Local Government Committee and is the Executive Director of the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR). ...
SWEEP Category Overview: Sustainable Management Materials Policy (SMMP)
By Izzy Hamlen, Rising Senior at Deerfield Academy, SWEEP Intern & Rob Watson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Eco-Hub LLC. Founder & Co-chair SWEEP Standard. The United States ...
SWEEP: A Common Framework for Sustainable Materials Management
Universally Accepted Benchmarks Could Help Local Governments Improve Their Waste Management Programs By Izzy Hamlen, Rising Senior at Deerfield Academy, SWEEP Intern & Rob Watson, ...