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Conn. Passes First-in-Nation Mattress Recycling Law

Laura B. wrote 2 days ago: Read the full story at Environmental Leader. Connecticut has passed the nation’s first-ever extended … more →

Tags: recycling, regulation

Electronics Recycler Launches E-Waste Tracking Software

Laura B. wrote 2 weeks ago: Read the full story in Environmental Leader. Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) has launched a … more →

Tags: e-waste, recycling

Important Considerations for Product Stewardship Legislation

Laura B. wrote 2 weeks ago: Read the full story at Environmental Leader. Product stewardship legislation has been proposed and c … more →

What will it take to change packaging recycling in the U.S.?

Laura B. wrote 3 weeks ago: Read the full story in GreenBiz. The recycling rate in the U.S. has been stuck in a rut, slowly inch … more →

Tags: recycling

The Smoldering Trash Revolt

Laura B. wrote 1 month ago: Read the full story in Pacific Standard. Recycling is leveling off, trash is piling up and cities ar … more →

Maine Passes Landmark Product Stewardship Law

Laura B. wrote 1 month ago: Read the full story from Pacific Standard. With a green light from local business, Gov. John Baldacc … more →

Halton residents divert a lot of waste at Special Waste Drop-off Days

joycewychan wrote 1 month ago:   Residents drop off materials at Halton Region’s Special Waste Drop-off Days The final n … more →

Tags: e-waste, Household Hazardous Waste, 3Rs, e-waste, Environment, household hazardous waste, recycle, recycling, Special Waste Drop-off Days

National Drug Take-Back Day is April 27

Laura B. wrote 1 month ago: On April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local agencies and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will … more →

Tags: Green Lifestyle, recycling, Pharmaceuticals and personal care products

Safe and sustainable chemicals: The case for action

Laura B. wrote 1 month ago: Read the full story at GreenBiz. Note: This is the first part of a two-part series highlighting soci … more →

Tags: Green Business, Green Chemistry

Manufacturers’ Thermostat Recycling Programs Fall Short

Laura B. wrote 1 month ago: Read the full story at Environmental Leader. A manufacturer-run program for collecting mercury therm … more →

Tags: Mercury

The March Enhesa Flash is out and visible from all of your devices!

enhesa wrote 1 month ago: Articles in this Flash Include:  - The EHS Global Regulatory Forecast - US sequestration cuts: EPA … more →

Tags: Africa, Asia, Chemicals, EH&S, EHS Management, EHS Organization, EHS Policy, Environment, Health and Safety, Environmental Management System

Life Cycle Thinking Blog Moves

lcthinking wrote 2 months ago: Life Cycle Thinking blog is moving. I will continue to provide commentary about TSCA, REACH, product … more →

Tags: Environmental marketing claims, reach, sustainability, tsca, TSCA reform, EHS Strategies Inc., life-cycle thinking

Gina McCarthy: A Blast from the Past, An Administrator for the Future1 comment

Scott Cassel wrote 2 months ago: It was 1997. I was listening to Ron Driedger, an official from the British Columbia Ministry of the … more →

Tags: EPA, Extended Producer Responsibility, Government 2, product stewardship institute, Gina McCarthy, Government, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

States seeks input on draft guidance for assessing alternatives to toxic chemicals

Laura B. wrote 2 months ago: The Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2), an association of state, local, and tribal governments … more →

Tags: Green Chemistry

Don't make fun of "carpet stewardship"6 comments

seanolsen wrote 2 months ago: State Senator Julianne Ortman had an interesting Twitter entry this morning: Come on….what is … more →

Tags: State Legislature, Carver County, state, Julianne Ortman, Featured, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Carpet, Environment, recycling

Spread Of Ecolabels Vexes Cleaning Product Makers

Laura B. wrote 3 months ago: Read the full story in Chemical & Engineering News. Cleaning products companies aren’t fond of t … more →

Tags: Green Business, Chemical Industry, Ecolabels

Women in Waste: Laura Shippen - building a strong career path2 comments

Nicole Meek wrote 3 months ago: In the first segment of our Women In Waste series, we looked at an influential woman in an unconvent … more →

Tags: recycle, e-waste, Education, Businesses, e-waste, Product Stewardship, Environment, Education 2, Waste Management

Tom Gloria and the life-cycle of LCA

Laura B. wrote 4 months ago: Read the full post at GreenBiz. Life-cycled assessments may be coming full-circle. LCAs, as they’re … more →

Tags: Green Business, Life-cycle Assessment

Positive planned obsolescence

Simon Wild wrote 4 months ago: I first heard of design obsolescence in “Design and Technology” class at school in the l … more →

Tags: sustainability, technology, Systems thinking, Built environment, manufacturing, Planned obsolescence, designed obsolescence, Positive Change


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