Move over, CO2. Minimizing emissions isn’t enough anymore: the climate crisis needs something meatier to make real improvements. Transitioning to a circular economy is an important—and ...
By Cheryl Ma If you talk to an environmental activist (particularly a young, American one) you will likely pick up on their very different and ...
By Duncan Watson, Assistant Public Works Director, City of Keene, NH & Member SWEEP Steering Committee A running joke circulated during my graduate school days ...
By Michael Mignano, Senior Research Analyst, International Brotherhood of Teamsters The June 2015 report, “Sustainable and Safe Recycling: Protecting Workers Who Protect the Planet,” revealed ...
The Solid Waste Management Environmental Excellent Protocol (SWEEP) is pleased to announce that Susan Robinson, Senior Public Affairs Director for Waste Management, and Rob Watson, ...
By Rob Watson, Principal, Upland Road LLC. Founder & President SWEEP Standard In Part 1 of this article, we discussed how landfill diversion rates are ...
Mike Durfor & Duncan Watson, who are, respectively, Executive Director of the Northeast Resource Recovery Association and Assistant Public Works Director, City of Keene, NH ...
By Rob Watson, Principal, Upland Road LLC. Founder & President SWEEP Standard When materials are separate and relatively clean, they are called feedstocks. When they ...
By Susan Robinson, Waste Management’s Senior Public Affairs Director and Co-Chair of SWEEP’s Steering Committee In early February, a group of over 100 stakeholders from ...
By Bob Gedert, SWEEP Steering Committee Member, President National Recycling Coalition Using “leading practices” in recycling collection can possibly achieve diversion of 90 percent ...
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 ...
By Mike Williams, Vice President, Strategic Development BlueGreen Alliance, Former SWEEP Steering Committee Member Sustainability protocols often focus exclusively environmental impacts. So, when we ...
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