By Ella Rosenkranz, SWEEP Intern and Washington University in St. Louis Alumna Although third-party certifications have fees involved and require time and effort to make operational changes, their benefits, both […]
By Ella Rosenkranz, SWEEP Intern and Washington University in St. Louis Alumna In Part 2 of this 3-part series on environmental third-party certifications, we discuss the characteristics of effective certification […]
By Ella Rosenkranz, SWEEP Intern and Washington University in St. Louis Alumna When it comes to working towards an environmental mission, how can an organization prove to its stakeholders that […]
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 management systems, using education, infrastructure, […]
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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) predicts that between 2000 […]
Universally Accepted Benchmarks Could Help Local Governments Improve Their Waste Management Programs By Izzy Hamlen, Rising Senior at Deerfield Academy, SWEEP Intern & Rob Watson, Chief Sustainability Officer, Eco-Hub LLC. Founder […]
SWEEP Creates Framework for Sustainable Material Recovery Programs By Duncan Watson and Rob Watson The Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (SWEEP) is an expert crowdsourced effort to create a voluntary performance […]
By Susan Robinson, Co-Chair of SWEEP and Sr. Director of Sustainability at Waste Management SWEEP, the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol, is a standard whose time has come! The solid waste […]
A world free of waste, where materials are continually utilized for their full benefit without causing human health problems, environmental degradation or requiring excessive economic investment.