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Article filed under Waste to Wealth | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Jun 10, 2010

ILSR Responds to The New York Times

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/commentary-ilsr-responds-to-the-new-york-times/

April 2010 An editor of The New York Times asked Neil Seldman to respond to the Times article by Elizabeth Rosenthal, (Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags) The comment was published in the Times discussion forum, Room for Debate. Environmental questions are not the primary concerns of many in the U.S. who oppose… Continue reading

Article filed under Waste to Wealth, Zero Waste & Economic Development | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Oct 15, 2009

Thoughts on the National Recycling Coalition

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Commentary by Neil Seldman October 15, 2009 I learned last week from Murray Fox that there is an effort to revive the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) by former NRC leaders. I wish them well, and would greatly appreciate an NRC that is not dominated by large corporations. Gary Liss feels it is an “important time… Continue reading

Article filed under Waste to Wealth | Written by admin | No Comments | Updated on Sep 1, 2009

Which Incineration Technologies Make Sense: None of the Above

The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/which-incineration-technologies-make-sense-none-of-the-above/

Commentary by Neil Seldman Technical distinctions among incineration technologies are not important. All these technology cost hundreds of millions of dollars (billions when amortized over 20 years). A 1500 tpd mass burn system costs $600 million. The other technologies (gasification, pyrolysis, plasma arc) cost more. (RDF has unique characteristics and requires a separate discussion.) In… Continue reading