Newsletter Headline — November 15, 2018Colgate-Palmolive Company Accepts ‘All In On Recycling’ ChallengeGlobal consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive Company is joining The Recycling Partnership and PepsiCo Foundation’s recycling challenge – All In On Recycling. Colgate’s support of The Recycling Partnership is part of the All In On Recycling challenge, which kicked off with a $10 million investment from the PepsiCo Foundation this summer. The goal of this largest […] Newsletter Headline — November 15, 2018
Compost/Organic Recycling — November 13, 2018Green Jobs Growing Across Central MassachussetsAccording to the United Nations Environment Program, a green job is defined as “work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development, administrative, and service activities that contribute(s) substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality.” Green jobs encompass anything from renewable energy jobs to green building jobs; jobs in the organic industry; and policy, planning and scientific jobs […] Compost/Organic Recycling — November 13, 2018
Newsletter Headline — November 9, 2018Kent County, MI’s Sustainable Business Park Master Plan Provides Opportunity for Partnerships and Innovative Approaches to Waste ManagementThe Kent County Board of Public Works approved the Sustainable Business Park Master Plan for 250 acres adjacent to the South Kent Land ll in Byron Center at their meeting on Oct. 4. The Sustainable Business Park Master Plan was created by local and national experts over the course of 12 months and includes details […] Newsletter Headline — November 9, 2018
Newsletter Headline — November 4, 20184 Ways That Cities Around the Globe Are Going CircularIn 2013, Oslo’s bus company made an announcement that puzzled city residents: “Now buses are fueled by your banana peels.” The explanation lay in a climate innovation: a year earlier, households in the city had been required to put their food waste into special green plastic bags for collection. The city wanted to use the […] Newsletter Headline — November 4, 2018
Recycling — November 1, 2018NERC Announces 2018 Environmental Sustainability Leadership Award WinnersThe Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) presented its 2018 Environmental Sustainability Leadership Awards at a celebration attended by more than 150 people. Three outstanding programs in the Northeast were recognized: The Connecticut What’s IN, What’s OUT Campaign PaintCare The Village of Scarsdale, New York “This is the second year of NERC’s Environmental Sustainability Leadership Awards and […] Recycling — November 1, 2018
Magazine Articles — October 30, 2018The Far-Reaching Impact of the Circular EconomyAchieving a circular economy where nothing goes to waste will demand unprecedented levels of collaboration, innovation and new business models. By Carrie Schuster The take, make, use, dispose system has long been the standard approach to production and consumption. In this linear model, companies take raw materials and transform them into products, which are then […] Magazine Articles — October 30, 2018
