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Book Review: Beyond Individual Action – Total Garbage by Edward Humes
Summary of Neil’s review: In Edward Humes’ Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal the World, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author provides an excellent introduction to the plastic crisis, combining revealing facts with profiles of entrepreneurs, researchers, and activists working on waste solutions. Humes’ clear prose describes the ubiquity of microplastics and their…
Early History of the Recycling Movement and the NRC
Presentation by Rick Anthony and Neil Seldman, November 19, 2024 The U.S. recycling movement emerged organically in the 1970s from grassroots activism across the country, catalyzed by events like the 1969 Survival Walk from San Diego to Sacramento and the first Earth Day in 1970. What began as drop-off centers evolved into curbside collection programs,…
Rural Recycling Through Community Cooperation
…new recycling infrastructure would represent a fresh start for recycling in Warren County
…These developments in rural recycling are noteworthy as an example of how grassroots organizations can impact local decision-making to help reduce costs and increase local revenueNeil’s newest feature articles in Resource Recycling Magazine
Feature articles on the progress Zero Waste in the US by Neil Seldman in Resource Recycling Magazine, April and June 2024
Surveying The Corporate Controlled EPR Landscape in 2022
Amid new producer responsibility action in states such as Colorado, New York and Hawaii, Neil Seldman weighs in on the best way to approach this policy going forward…
Reflections on Neil Seldman Upon His Retirement From ILSR
David and Neil Seldman were co-directors of ILSR from 1973 until 2013. He is a prolific author whose work includes We Must Make Haste Slowly: The Process of Revolution in Chile, 1973, Neighborhood Power: The New Localism, 1976, and Self-Reliant Cities, 1982, among numerous technical reports, articles and essays on localism and democracy.