Waste management has evolved from a linear model of “take–make–dispose” to a more sustainable framework predicated on reduction, reuse and recycling within a circular economy. Contemporary strategies ...
When the Meals on Wheels program in Syracuse stopped using Styrofoam trays, it donated hundreds of unused trays to Utica Creative Reuse. Second graders at Bradley Elementary School in New Hartford ...
Big F&B companies are taking steps to advance waste solutions, even as current product packaging continues to accumulate. No one can question that we have a global problem with food and beverage waste ...
Rocket launches waste valuable materials and release greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting chemicals. Experts explore applying reduce, reuse, recycle to spacecraft design, repair, and repurposing. “As ...
Indonesia is promoting “reuse” as a key solution to its plastic waste crisis, with civil society and the Ministry of Environment launching a “reuse road map” to mainstream practices like refilling and ...
Why do reuse systems such as refill stations and reusable packaging continue to be treated as a “sideshow” by circular economy investors, who prefer to park their capital in recycling? This question ...
Solar PV modules are built to last decades which does not lend itself to investing in building recycling lines and scaling up. From a waste industry perspective, the long lifetimes of solar PV modules ...