Barry Penner, BC’s longest standing Environmental Minister was presented a 500 page reduction initiative proposal by Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and environment and energy committee char Joe Trasolini regarding Metro Vancouver’s new solid waste plan. The plan comes in lieu of a majority vote that took place between Metro Vancouver’s board of directors who voted …
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Recycling garbage is more green than burning it
The following is an insightful article that highlights the arguments of the growing waste problem in Vancouver and the accompanying landfills. Orginal Article: Long before Metro Vancouver submitted a waste management plan to the provincial government earlier this month, the owners of a landfill near Cache Creek were making sure ministers were hearing the case …
Princeton Review names ASU one of nation’s “greenest” universities
Continuing their commitment to sustainability, Arizona State University (ASU) has come out on top of The Princeton Review’s list of 15 colleges ”2010 Green Rating Honor Roll.” This is the second annual rating of environmentally-friendly institutions and the second year in a row that ASU has made the list.14 other colleges were honored on the list …
San Francisco shatters city goal and sets national recycling records
San Francisco’s commitment to city wide sustainability reaches new heights through aggressive recycling program that is proving to create jobs and stimulate growth in new “Green Economy.” San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made the announcement in late August that the city achieved “77 percent landfill diversion rates, surpassing the goal of 75 percent landfill diversion by …
All garbage collected from Edmonton will soon be produced into bio-fuel
Construction has began on a new $80 million dollar plant in Edmonton that will allow all garbage collected from the city to be produced into bio-fuel. The company responsible for the development is Montreal based Enerkem. The city and developing company are committed to saving 90 percent of waste from the cities landfill. City waste …
NPR.org – Methane Causes Vicious Cycle In Global Warming
Authour: Richard Harris January 26, 2010 Carbon dioxide is the gas we most associate with global warming, but methane gas also plays an important role. For reasons that are not well understood, methane gas stopped increasing in the atmosphere in the 1990s. But now it appears to be once again on the rise. Scientists are …
Massive North Atlantic Garbage Patch Mapped
Millions of pieces of plastic — most smaller than half an inch — float throughout the oceans. They are invisible to satellites, and except on very calm days you won’t even see them from the deck of a sailboat. The only way to know how much junk is out there is to tow a fine …
Metro Vancouver committee recommends trash incinerator for region
Photograph by: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Metro Vancouver’s waste committee is forging ahead with a proposal to build a trash incinerator in the region despite some mayors warning that the provincial government will reject the project. The committee on Wednesday agreed to recommend that the Metro board approve the amended solid waste management plan, which …
The Unintended Consequences of Zero Waste
Image credit: Just for Sharing Ideas Author: Sami Grover, Carrboro, NC USA I was chatting with a friend who took objection to my post on anaerobic digestion. He had no problem with the concept of finding uses for waste, but cautioned that we often think uncritically about what happens next. After all, once you start …
