Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an annual report on the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC), which is a multi-agency initiative that finds ways to conserve natural resources and energy. The report, "The...

Madison, Wis. – The GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) recently has adopted Zero Waste Business Principles, allowing the organization to better work with businesses to identify, evaluate and collaborate ways to reduce production and operating...

Toronto -- Waste reduction and diversion efforts for 2003 have resulted in a 32 percent decline in trash, which means less trash is crossing the border into Michigan, city officials report...

AMERICANS HAVE BEEN gorging themselves for years, but it appears that like Subway's famous Jared Fogle, we may have finally decided to get rid of the fat. In its latest tally of the nation's total garbage production, the U.S. Environmental...

AMERICANS ARE TRULY DOING MORE with less. Ending a steady growth pattern in municipal solid waste (MSW) generation throughout the 1990s, Americans generated less trash in 2001 than they did in 2000, according to the latest annual MSW report issued...

WHEN CALIFORNIA PASSED the Electronic Waste and Recycling Act of 2003, it became the first state to legislate the handling and disposal of e-waste. The act establishes a point-of-purchase fee ranging from $6 to $10 that consumers will pay to...

Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention (ODNR/DRLP) is requesting proposals for a statewide litter study aimed at producing litter data that reflects the overall annual amount by...

Dalton, Ga. — The Washington, D.C.-based National Recycling Coalition (NRC) has given Mac Bridger, CEO of C&Floorcoverings, the Recycling Works Recognition Award for promoting environmental initiatives and the principles of sustainability both...

Washington, D.C. -- The WasteExpo and Environmental Industry Associations staff has issued a call for presentations, speakers and moderators for WasteExpo 2003, to be held June 2-5, 2003, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans...

Although Colorado has the reputation of being an environmental state, it doesn't officially support recycling...