Why Recycling is Critical
Disruption strongly impacted multiple industries worldwide at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis. The abrupt shift in consumption patterns brought about by social distancing measures in communities and businesses catalyzed…
Disruption strongly impacted multiple industries worldwide at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis. The abrupt shift in consumption patterns brought about by social distancing measures in communities and businesses catalyzed…
Waste management is an increasingly complex industry of significant importance for it plays a fundamental role in overall community health. This topic becomes even more convoluted upon examining within a…
Rising standards of living and high population densities in cities around the world are putting an increasing strain on public services, including solid waste management. As global waste production is…
Houston’s waste collection is running behind schedule due to the pandemic. While residents forced to stay home continue to clean out their homes, the city’s Solid Waste Management Department is…
The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, measures the generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery and landfilling of plastic materials in all major Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States….
The Earth’s climate has been changing since the 19th century with NASA estimating a global temperature increase of 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit (1.14 degrees Celsius). This change is largely driven by…
Globally, one-third of all the food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted each year from initial agricultural production to final household consumption. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
The United Nations (UN) has found that the global generation of waste per person, is about 1.76 pounds per day and is rapidly increasing, especially in industrialized cities. Americans generate…
Globally, food production is mainly centered in rural communities. Much of this system is based in conventional agriculture practices such as intensive tillage, irrigation, application of pesticides, fungicides, and inorganic…
A recent study published by the World Aluminium Association has found that 57% of metal produced in North America originates from recycled materials, giving it the highest quality Recycling Input Rate globally.