Tag: U.S.

January 20, 2023

After more than seven successful years of working in over 20 select cities on food waste reduction, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is expanding its Food Matters program across the United States. This next phase of the program will bring […]

November 8, 2022

A wave of retirements for U.S. coal-fired power plants continues, with the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reporting almost a quarter of the nation’s remaining facilities could be shuttered by the end of 2029. The EIA in its preliminary monthly electric […]

June 3, 2022

After a landfill reaches its capacity and is grassed over, the land that is created holds very few possible functionalities. Looking beyond golf courses, several governments across the United States are looking into and investing in another solution; brightfields. A […]

April 6, 2022

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Voice of the Recycling Industry, announces support of the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act introduced by U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va; Tom Carper, D-Del.; and John Boozman, R-Ark. Capito is the […]

March 17, 2022

The Federal Communications Commission has revoked the ability of another telecom company, Pacific Networks and its subsidiary ComNet, to operate in the U.S., after determining that the Chinese-owned companies pose a national security risk. The company primarily offers retail calling […]

August 3, 2021

The pandemic has made the planet more aware of how precious clean water and sanitation are for health, safety, and a better quality of life. Unfortunately, the United States is lagging behind other civilized nations in a very basic area […]

June 22, 2021

Last week, be Waste Wise hosted a “U.S. Recycling Policy Status Report,” webinar with panelists Yinka Bode-George, Environmental Health Manager at the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) and Sarah Edwards, Director at Eunomia Research and Consulting. The discussion focused […]

June 19, 2020

In both the U.S. and Europe “incinerators are becoming the most viable option for many municipalities to deal with much of their garbage.” This is partly due to the challenges associated with recycling coupled with the fact that many landfills […]

April 4, 2019

Despite all the negativity around various recycling programs across the U.S., recycling efforts in Columbus, Ohio, remain strong amid China’s ban on imported waste. According to The Columbus Dispatch, materials recycled in Columbus travel only about 250 miles to various […]

June 4, 2018

A new study funded by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) and completed by Harokopio University of Athens includes data on the global generation of used and end-of-life electronics. The study, “Statistics on the national arisings of e-scrap and the […]

May 23, 2018

Contested regulatory proceedings are the foundation of the utility business in the U.S. Utilities, power providers and advocates all engage regulators with public comments and testimony, hoping to persuade them on a pending rate case, generation investment or grid upgrade. […]

October 2, 2017

The company will recycle used mattresses, including any brand of old mattresses that are picked up when new IKEA mattresses are delivered and all mattresses that are returned to IKEA stores. IKEA U.S. has announced the launch of a new […]