Waste = value when you\u2019re in the know. Share ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose. Explore deconstruction, donation, pre-cycling, product reduction, packaging reduction, precycling, carry in carry out.<\/p>\n
Employers, CFO\u2019s, town councils, and regular folks, too, learn how to capture the carbon and save![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1237″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n
Have you become frustrated with trying to buy the perfect \u201cwhatever\u201d to capture the beauty of the season?<\/p>\n
Consider siezing\u00a0this bonus day off to take your family for a hike. Or maybe a game of Scrabble. A meal you make yourself. \u00a0Meet friends for tea, volunteer, draw…<\/p>\n
Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1239″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n Composting has so many great benefits, practicing it saves money, time and keeps residents mindful of the relationship between what they eat, what they throw out, and the health of their community…<\/p>\n Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1239″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n Organics, the next frontier in solid waste and resource management, will be thoroughly explored at the 2014 Federation of New York Solid Waste Association\u2019s Conference \u2013 starting with a plenary speaker from US Composting Council…<\/p>\n Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1239″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n Boston Mayor Thomas Menino recently announced the debut of a pilot program that will allow Boston residents to drop off compostable food scraps for free at three city farmers\u2019 markets. The pilot program is Boston\u2019s first public composting program and is similar to drop-off programs in New York City and Cambridge, which have helped set…<\/p>\n Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1209″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n Move the culture of your office towards waste reduction by gathering forces to get rid of the mess in the kitchen. (Including all the tiny over packaged bits of salt, sugar and sweet and low.) Chuck the plastic\u00a0stirrers and spoons, take the paper cup holder off the water cooler or better…<\/p>\n Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2154″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n The good news: There is a business case for sustainability.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1240″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization\u00a0estimates<\/a>\u00a0that a third of all food produced is wasted. Others put their estimate at closer to fifty percent.\u00a0Significant\u00a0differences in food waste trends<\/a>\u00a0are found between developing and developed countries. In January, the UN launched a new campaign…<\/p>\nWinter Musings on Home Compost Bins<\/h4>\n
Call for Abstracts for NY Annual Solid Waste\/Recycling Conference<\/h4>\n
Boston on Board with Composting<\/h4>\n
Bored? Hold an Office Community Kitchen Clean Out<\/h4>\n
Sustainability: 4 Steps to Getting Buy-in<\/h4>\n
Several recent studies from leading scholars from Harvard and the London School of Economics confirm that companies with an operating model that integrates sustainability outperform their \u201cold model\u201d peers in the long run. Not just in terms of higher stock market returns, but also with lower debt costs and fewer capital constraints \u2013 this means improved risk management, less volatility and improved profitability [1].<\/p>\nUN Launches Campaign Against Food Waste<\/h4>\n