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Useful Flyers In Georgia Legislation
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/useful-flyers-in-georgia-legislation/
Stop Trashing the Climate
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/stop-trashing-the-climate-2/Released to coincide with the UN’s World Environment Day on June 5, 2008, this report documents the link between climate change and unsustainable patterns of consumption and wasting. The study dispels myths about the climate benefits of landfill gas recovery and waste incineration, outlines policies needed to effect change, and offers a roadmap to significantly… Continue reading
Waste to Wealth Overview
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/overview-waste-to-wealt/During the last three decades, the waste hauling and disposal industry has undergone considerable consolidation. Large consolidators have bought out not only many smaller independent firms but also each other in mega-mergers. The result is an industry with a smaller number of large, vertically-integrated companies that are less responsive to the needs of communities… Continue reading
Working Partners
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/working-partners/ILSR’s Waste to Wealth program works with a range of organizations across the US. Continue reading
Shifting the market toward sustainable biomaterials
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/initiatives/biomaterials/Overview
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/overview-biomaterials/One hundred years ago, most of our society’s fuels, construction materials, textiles, inks, and paints were derived from plant matter. By the 1980s, petroleum had flooded the market, and today over 95 percent of our industrial products and fuels are petroleum-based. Petroleum-based products come from non-renewable resources that require highly polluting extraction processes. These products… Continue reading
Recycling and Deconstruction Resource Links
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/recycling-and-deconstruction-resource-links/These links are useful to anyone interested in advancing composting, recycling or deconstruction. Continue reading
Speakers Available
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/speakers-available-2/Thirty-eight years of expertise, program development, research, publishing, and technical assistance have made ILSR’s Waste to Wealth division the leading source of information on recycling and recycling-based community economic development. We are available for presentations, workshops, lectures in a variety of settings. Continue reading
Technical Assistance
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/technical-assistance-2/ILSR’s Waste to Wealth program helps communities across the country create policies and practices that simultaneously address citizens’ environmental concerns and economic needs. Our early work illustrated the environmental and economic benefits of recycling. In cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, we helped citizens fight the incinerators and landfills that polluted their air and… Continue reading