Your Antimonopoly Reading List
In a recent presentation to ILSR staff, Christopher Mitchell shared key takeaways from six recent books on monopoly power in the United States. … Read More
Neil Seldman Reviews “The Repair Revolution”
Neil Seldman reviews The Repair Revolution: How Fixers are Transforming our Throw Away Culture by John Wackman and Elizabeth Knight. … Read More
Neil Seldman Reviews “The Waste Between Our Ears” for BioCycle
Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR’s Waste to Wealth initiative, reviewed The Waste Between Our Ears by Gerry Gillespie for BioCycle Magazine. … Read More
Book Review of “Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting out the Recycling System”
Neil Seldman reviews “Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting out the Recycling System” by Beth Porter.… Read More
Review: The Zero Waste Solution: Untrashing the Planet One Community At a Time
A Review of The Zero Waste Solution: Untrashing the Planet One Community At a Time (By Paul Connett, published by Chelsea Green Publishing) Review by Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington, DC Neil Seldman is President and co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). He is a specialist in recycling and the history of … Read More
Review: 40 Years of Curbside Recycling
ILSR president, Neil Seldman, reviews “40 Years of Curbside Recycling: A Celebration of Our Culture’s Greatest Environmental Movement” published by Waste & Recycling News in August. Seldman finds some some curious lapses in their recounting of history but finds that the essays and tables presented will significantly add to the growing literature of recycling.… Read More
Book Review: Garbology – Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash
ILSR president, Neil Seldman, reviews a recent book by Pulitzer Prize-wining writer, Edward Humes, titled “Garbology.” Humes wisely observes, recycling is America’s last line of defense against waste, when it should be the last. His book contains an excellent concise history of how the US became addicted to garbage and the socioeconomic and environmental dilemmas of today. It also introduces us to extraordinary individual activists and entrepreneurs attempting to solve problems, and provides useful summary charts and tables to further inform readers.… Read More