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Five days of fixing recycling rates: day 1
In my “Paved with good intentions” post, I touched on some of my concerns with recycling rates. So how do we resolve those issues and create a better working system? Here are some elements that I think any system needs to have • Sub-Categories • A companion per-capita metric • The ability to reconcile waste ...
How do you measure up?
“What’s your recycling rate?” That term has been so misused and misunderstood over the years that my long-time colleague Jerry Powell of Resource Recycling Magazine called for the death of recycling rates in a recent editorial. I feel bad for recycling rates. They have been abused for so long, and now a prominent voice of ...
Surviving the dreaded waste audit (part 2)
I think anyone should experience a full-blown waste sort at least once. As a learning experience, it is a real eye opener. However, I don’t think it is often necessary to determine whether or not you should target something for recycling or waste reduction efforts. There are really 4 things you can do that ...
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