One Year Left for Vermont Composting Goal Vermont has always been a national leader of environmentally friendly policy and public tendencies, but the state is planning to take another big step one year from now; this time to reduce household waste. In Vermont’s quest to reach the status of aRead More →
The United States creates significantly more waste and recycles much less of it compared to other developed countries, according to a new report from the international risk consulting firm Verisk Maplecroft. The world is bracing itself for a primarily plastic-driven waste catastrophe as developing countries such as China refuse toRead More →
The recycling industry is going through changes. China made the decision in 2018 to no longer accept recyclables that are deemed contaminated. This resulted in much of the world’s recycling no longer being accepted. As a result, China has imported 99 percent less plastics since 2018. The void that hasRead More →