Waste Diversion Program Articles & Analysis
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Food waste in the United States is a growing problem as Feeding America estimates 70 million pounds of food is wasted each year. Currently, more food reaches landfills and incinerators than any other material in municipal solid waste. States like California are trying to fight this issue by mandating food waste ...
Waste diversion leader Emterra Environmental and its partners are set to invest nearly $50 million in cleaner air, more jobs and a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet as well as a fueling and maintenance facility in the heart of the Region of Peel. ...
The Waste Manager module informs sourcing and optimization strategy, and supports zero waste initiatives with comprehensive cost, service detail, and contract insights. ...
” UL Environment’s landfill waste diversion claim validation recognizes entities that have achieved certain waste diversion milestones. ...
The GLAD Products Company is stepping up with support for Minneapolis area event organizers to help reduce waste. With this effort, Glad® hopes to help increase diversion numbers at local events over the next year by 70 to 90 percent, with the ultimate goal of these events diverting all but one bag of waste from landfill, with the rest going ...
All plant waste streams were audited and evaluated for potential opportunities, using reduction, reuse and recycling to determine the best solution for landfill diversion, including changing landfill pick-up to an on-call basis. ...
SUPERVALU, Inc. received the 2011 National Waste Wise Award Honorable Mention for the company’s exceptional commitment to food recovery. SUPERVALU, a grocery retail and pharmacy company that includes stores like Albertsons, Shoppers, Jewel-Osco, and Shaw’s, made waste reduction and recycling a priority in 2010. The store added a new full-time position ...
Some activities are in place virtually across the board, such as the creation of green teams to manage program implementation, energy efficient lighting upgrades, and pharmaceutical waste management. ...
Global Green USA: $100,000 Green Jobs Pilot Program grant providing job training for local youth and job placement with local, small construction contractors. ...
” The new Layon landfill will open and begin accepting waste on September 1. The construction of the Layon landfill and the closure of the Ordot Dump are requirements of a 2004 federal Consent Decree between the United States and the Government of Guam. ...
Federal agencies in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska walked their talk in 2010 and significantly reduced their carbon footprint. Through energy efficiency, waste diversion, lighting retrofitting, and water saving projects, federal agencies reduced their combined footprint by 380 million pounds of CO2e. ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has awarded the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling the Notable Achievement Award for a state program. ...
CalRecycle estimates that food waste accounts for nearly 16 percent of the overall waste stream in California, over 6 million tons per year. ...
We are proud to support our clients by providing solid waste management consulting services and assisting them to achieve waste reductions.About AET Group AET Group Inc. is an employee-owned Canadian environmental consulting firm which provides sustainable environmental solutions in waste, ecology, building sciences, energy and environmental ...
Johns Arizona to conduct a recycling and waste reduction feasibility study on recycling within the County of Apache with special focus on the establishment of a permanent residential curbside and commercial recycling and waste diversion program. ...
Waste Savings, Inc. (WSI), is a national consulting firm dedicated to helping Municipalities, Commercial Businesses, Family Housing Organizations, Construction Companies and Industrial Businesses achieve their sustainability goals through recycling program development, waste diversion and a thorough evaluation of ...
The overall objective of our efforts will be to present alternatives that can achieve a 50-75% increased diversion level for recycling and composting, and to understand reasonable alternatives for converting the remainder as a feedstock for refuse-derived fuel and/or energy recovery approaches.”The JPA consists of nine members, jointly sharing their authority to plan and ...
Waste Savings, Inc. (WSI), is a national consulting firm dedicated to helping Municipalities, Commercial Businesses, Family Housing Organizations, Construction Companies and Industrial Businesses achieve their sustainability goals through recycling program development, waste diversion and a thorough evaluation of ...
Waste Savings, Inc. (WSI), is a national consulting firm dedicated to helping Municipalities, Commercial Businesses, Family Housing Organizations, Construction Companies and Industrial Businesses achieve their sustainability goals through recycling program development, waste diversion and a thorough evaluation of ...