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Neil’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
The Youth-Led NPCs of Washington, DC
Putting Low-Income Youth in Charge At the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in the early 1970s, our projects started in our own community of Adams Morgan in Washington, DC. Our first foray was involvement with the Neighborhood Planning Councils (NPCs), elected youth organizations that represented a unique local institution formed immediately after the 1968 riots in…
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…
Zero Waste Tribute to Jerry Goldstein and Mary Appelhof
Mary Appelhof and Jerry Goldstein had a considerable impact on our recycling, composting, reuse and Zero Waste movement.
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 revenueZero Waste USA Announces The Recycling Cornucopia
Ruth Abbe, President of Zero Waste USA has just announced “Civic and environmental organizations, small businesses, local agencies and local officials will be able to obtain free technical assistance on waste prevention, reuse, recycling, and composting policies and programs from the Recycling Cornucopia Program of Zero Waste USA”.