Tag: waste reduction

October 4, 2018

Organic Valley, a cooperative of organic farmers, just announced the details of the community solar partnership it launched last year. The project enables Organic Valley to share the benefits of solar energy with its rural neighbors and become the largest […]

September 27, 2018

At the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, countries committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3, calling for the world to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. Now, three years in, a group of sustainable food […]

September 24, 2018

Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on current levels by 2050, according to World Bank Group’s new report, “What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050.” Driven by rapid urbanization and […]

September 24, 2018

The Container Recycling Institute (CRI) recently created its second annual one-day beverage container sand art installation at Hermosa Beach Pier in Southern California. The international recycling authority’s project comes at a time of declining U.S. recycling rates and amid a […]

September 20, 2018

Bethesda Elementary School, located in Waukehsa, Wis., won a recycled playground made from oral care waste through this year’s Recycled Playground Challenge, courtesy of Colgate-Palmolive, Meijer and TerraCycle. The school earned a total of 28,959 playground credits, by recycling waste […]

September 18, 2018

Product development engineers at Honda’s Research and Development facility in Raymond, Ohio, have a long history of using recycled post-industrial scrap material as insulation and sound-deadening materials in Honda and Acura products. More than a decade ago, engineers introduced basalt […]

September 10, 2018

In an effort to help people understand the impact of their waste, Google has launched “Your Plan, Your Planet,” an interactive web app that aims to reduce waste. For the app, Google partnered with the California Academy of Sciences to […]

September 6, 2018

Online grocer venues are gaining traction. Even e-commerce giant Amazon is among those that have added food sales to their portfolio, and it has publicly stated its plans to expand operations in this market. Meanwhile, this evolving shopping trend adds […]

August 27, 2018

China has historically purchased more than 30 percent of U.S. recyclables. However, in January, it enacted the National Sword Policy, banning the purchase of the majority of U.S. recyclables due to the high levels of garbage, or contamination, mixed in […]

August 27, 2018

As the amount of plastic in the ocean continues to grow, National Geographic asks kids and families to join them in tackling the pressing plastic problem as they head back to school. Launched in May, National Geographic’s “Planet or Plastic?” […]

August 22, 2018

Beaches in Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., reopened earlier this week after 60 items of medical waste were found washed up over the weekend. Hempstead Town beaches and Nassau’s Nickerson Beach are now open, as police probe source of medical […]

August 16, 2018

In an effort to stop amassing garbage in Thailand, the government announced it plans to ban imports of plastic and electronic waste. The initiative comes after massive amounts of e-waste from the U.S., European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan […]

August 15, 2018

A Philadelphia-based food preservation and waste reduction company has launched a new data-backed, insights-driven solution for monitoring produce quality through the supply chain. This new platform was made possible through a recent acquisition by the company. AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a […]

August 14, 2018

The city of Boulder, Colo., passed its Universal Zero Waste Ordinance that requires businesses to recycle and compost in 2016 and began enforcing the ordinance in 2017. Since then, the city has seen an uptick in commercial waste reduction. In […]

August 10, 2018

Disruptions in the global markets—particularly China’s import ban and now the recent tariffs China is enacting on North America—have created some headwinds for U.S. solid waste and recycling companies. And those disruptions will end up trickling down to residents’ pocketbooks. […]

August 9, 2018

In an effort to keep reusable materials out of landfills, retailers like Ikea, The North Face and Patagonia—to name a few—are buying back their products for resale. And more recently, major retailers have also begun accepting goods for recycling. For […]

August 9, 2018

When BlueCart launched in 2014 its primary purpose was to provide restaurants with a user-friendly, online procurement tool, but cofounder Konstantin Zvereff soon realized an unintended benefit. His clients were dramatically cutting their food waste because they could order what […]

August 7, 2018

We’ve been making plastic for 65 years, but we still haven’t figured out what to do with it once we’re done using it. And since plastic is not biodegradable, about 70 percent of our discarded plastic ends up in open […]

August 3, 2018

As the city of Philadelphia tackles its decades-old litter problem, in June, citizen groups collected more than 8,500 illegal signs from around the city in an action called the Bandit Signs Brigade. The posting of illegal signs has been one […]

July 19, 2018

Circulate Capital, a new investment management company, has recently launched in partnership with Closed Loop Partners and Ocean Conservancy. Led by Rob Kaplan, co-founder of Closed Loop Partners, Circulate Capital will invest in companies, innovation and projects that prevent plastic […]