Peak Packaging: the Milestone Nobody Knew to Celebrate
By Adam Gendell, Associate Director Sustainable Packaging Coalition, GreenBlue & SWEEP Steering Committee Member The U.S. generates a lot of packaging waste each year. The EPA’s ...
Waste Generation and Prevention (WGP)
Waste generation refers to the volume or tonnage of solid waste generated prior to any recovery or disposal. Preventing and minimizing waste generation is considered ...
Sustainability Needs Worker Safety
By Mike Williams, Vice President, Strategic Development BlueGreen Alliance, Former SWEEP Steering Committee Member Sustainability protocols often focus exclusively environmental impacts. So, when we ...
Industry Waste Collection
Waste collection refers to the process of gathering, consolidating, and transporting solid waste, encompassing considerations related to waste receptacles and hauling practices. Waste collection tends ...
SWEEP to Drive Sustainable Market Transformation
By Rob Watson, Chief Science Officer, EcoHub LLC; Founder & Co-Chair, SWEEP Steering Committee All markets can be transformed through the artful application of market ...
Landfill Waste Costs Continued to Rise in 2016
By James Thompson, Principal, Waste Business Journal; Member, SWEEP Steering Committee The average price to landfill a ton of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the ...
Overcoming Obstacles to Municipal Recycling
By Duncan Watson, Assistant Public Works Director, City of Keene, NH Most industry estimates indicate that the US generates over 400 million tons of municipal ...
Defining Sustainable Materials Management for Local Communities
By Susan Robinson, Senior Public Affairs Director, Waste Management; Member, SWEEP Steering Committee Twenty to thirty years ago when we were first thinking about city-wide ...
Sustainable Materials Management Policies (SMMP)
Sustainable materials management policies refer to a broad array of regulatory and policy measures aimed at minimizing solid waste generation, improving the performance of solid ...
Post-Collection Processing and Disposal (PCPD)
Post-collection processing refers to practices aimed at avoiding landfilling of solid waste by preserving and utilizing its residual material value. There are several methods of ...