Category: SWEEP In The News
SWEEP Announces National Public Meeting to Review Draft Standard
Link To Comment Portal Download Municipal Standard HERE!!! SWEEP (the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol) is a comprehensive performance standard focused on sustainable materials management policies and activities of municipalities […]
Waste Dive Article: SWEEP standard…releases ambitious proposal
The Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (SWEEP) Municipal Standard has been published in draft form. Following the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) model, its goal is to evaluate “the […]
Pacific, West and Northeast are hit hardest by rising recycling costs and disappearing end markets
By Christina Weiler, Colgate University, Founder of UCan Nonprofit Organization China’s material import ban continues to wreak havoc the United States recycling industry. In previous posts, we explored the worsening effects […]
China’s Impact on Recycling Worsens
By Christina Weiler, Colgate University, Founder of UCan Nonprofit Organization; Christopher Galantino, Cornell University, President Cornell Sustainability Consultants; Rob Watson, Chief Science Officer, Eco-Hub LLC. Founder & Co-chair SWEEP Standard Earlier this month, […]
Recycling Disruptions Hit 75% of the US Market
By Christina Weiler, Colgate University, Founder of UCan Nonprofit Organization; Christopher Galantino, Cornell University, President Cornell Sustainability Consultants; Rob Watson, Chief Science Officer, Eco-Hub LLC. Founder & Co-chair SWEEP Standard […]
No End in Sight to US Landfill Cost Increases — Pacific Region to Experience Highest Growth.
By James Thompson, Waste Business Journal, SWEEP Steering Committee; Rob Watson, Chief Science Officer, Eco-Hub LLC. Founder & Co-chair SWEEP Standard; Christopher Galantino, Cornell University, President Cornell Sustainability Consultants; Christina Weiler, Colgate […]
Time is Running Out: The U.S. Landfill Capacity Crisis
By James Thompson, Waste Business Journal, SWEEP Steering Committee & Rob Watson, Chief Science Officer, Eco-Hub LLC. Founder & Co-chair SWEEP Standard. A pair of interrelated storm clouds looms over […]
What is the best use of recycled Glass? poll (1 min.)
A Crisis Years in the Making
By Duncan Watson, Assistant Public Works Director, City of Keene, NH, President, Board of Trustees, Northeast Resource Recovery Association & Member SWEEP Steering Committee Trade journals and even the mainstream […]