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A Sustainability Talks Video Series featuring waste, recycling, and sustainability experts who have stories to tell around building more sustainable business systems and world.
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April 2021 Fire Report: Worst Month for Fires Since 2016!
May 10, 2021
The past two months have been the worst on record since I began reporting waste and recycling facility fire incidents in 2016. In March, we incurred 31 reported fire incidents, which is still below the lithium-ion battery wave we faced in 2018...
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Part 2: Curtain Call for Early PFAS Compound
May 07, 2021
PFAS continued to be widely used in the 1990s and early 2000s. But in the 2006, the US EPA invited the major leading companies producing PFAS to join a global stewardship program to achieve a 95% reduction of PFOA by 2010, and then a complete...
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Part 1: The Beginning of PFAS
May 06, 2021
PFAS were first introduced into manufacturing in the 1930s and have been produced since the mid-20th century. They’re in many products we use every day, including food packaging, outdoor gear, popcorn bags, food wrappers, facial moisturizers...
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Leaking Landfill in Bangladesh Contributes to Methane Hotspot
May 06, 2021
Bangladesh’s Matuail Sanitary Landfill is leaking greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere. It’s estimated that the emissions rate is at about 4,000 kilograms an hour, which is the equivalent of running 190,000 cars. The landfill spreads over...
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