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Report: It’s Smarter to Separate
TCE Fund and the Zero Waste Houston coalition document the history of failed dirty MRFs or mixed waste processing facilities as well as “waste-to-energy” schemes, while showing successes of Zero Waste programs.
Report: Growing Local Fertility
Read this Institute for Local Self-Reliance guide to starting a community composting program where you live.
Report: State of Composting in the US
The Institute for Local Self Reliance, BioCycle, Craig Coker and Sally Brown report on the latest developments in organics recycling nationwide.
Report: Transforming Trash
Partnership for Working Families produced this report on how to turn trash into a resource for job sustainability and environmental justice.
Report: From Waste to Resource
Read this report from Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) for the latest on job growth and potential in the recycling industry.
Ways Houston can increase its recycling rate
Houston Chronicle Guest Column: We believe the right services and education programs will yield successful results just like they have in other cities.
Consortium targets Capri Sun in new push to emphasize recycling
Plastic News: A coalition of organizations devoted to waste and recycling, plastic pollution and resource conservation today launched the Make It, Take It Campaign, a collaborative effort to pressure consumer goods companies to take responsibility for packaging waste.
Leaking landfills fuel contamination concerns across state
Fox News 34 Lubbock: A report by the Texas Campaign for the Environment says 40 percent of the nearly 200 active landfills in Texas are leaking toxins, and one of Lubbock’s two landfills is on the list. The 2013 report uses Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) data from 2012.
Environmental groups press Rayovac for battery recycling
Waste and Recycling News: The non-profit group Texas Campaign for the Environment is leading the charge to press the Wisconsin-based company to adopt an extended producer responsibility policy.
Electronics Retailers Receive Fs on Recycling Report Card
Environmental Leader: Staples, Best Buy and Office Depot are the only three major electronics retailers making a serious effort to help consumers recycle their old electronic products, says a report card released yesterday by the Electronics TakeBack Coalition.
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