Incentives for Restaurants to Decrease Waste?

Forums
Kate Corwin Kansas City Sep 13, 2008 12:04 pm
Hi, Is anyone aware of a municipality that has used incentives to decrease the waste generated by restaurants and fast food businesses? (compost food waste, eliminate Styro…

Encouraging Shredding of Leaves at Home

Forums
Karen Deeter Gainesville Aug 4, 2008 21:48 pm
I have been asked to develop a "tool box" on recycling leaves and twigs at home. We would like to encourage our residents to shred their leaves and twigs and use the resulting mul…

Cutlery: Plastic vs. Biodegradable vs. Flatware

Forums
lbv10 Jun 19, 2008 15:53 pm
Does anyone know of research that shows the environmental impact difference between using plastic vs. biodegradable vs. flatware for a conference? We are especially interested in …

Water Savings with Compost

Forums
Dieter Geesing Abbotsford Apr 23, 2008 19:51 pm
Hello, It is a known fact that soil organic matter saves lawn irrigation water. The amount depends on soil texture, climate, lawn grass species and a few other factors. Does …

Composting and Other Sustainability Efforts

Forums
Thomas Shelley Ithaca Mar 5, 2008 21:58 pm
Dear Colleagues I am taking a Master Composter training program at our local Cornell Cooperative Extension office. Two of my class mates and myself are developing an out-of-cla…

Information on Organic Waste Management

Forums
Dieter Geesing Abbotsford Feb 15, 2008 21:58 pm
Hello everyone, I am looking for information on two topics related to organic waste management 1) Unbiased studies (preferably peer-reviewed) comparing composting, anaer…

Seeking Sample RFP for Composting Municipal Services

Forums
cfryer Feb 4, 2008 11:26 am
Hi, I'm seeking a sample RFP where a municipality has contracted out with a private entity to operate the municipality's existing yard debris composting operation. The goal i…

Organic Food Waste

Forums
Anne Camozzi Nova Scotia Jun 29, 2007 8:14 am
Nova Scotia , Canada has been collecting organics for quite awhile even in rural areas. Check out the City of Halifax Waste management, The town of Antigonish. These are some exam…

Food Waste

Forums
John Schroder London Jun 25, 2007 7:05 am
Hi Can anyone direct me to any examples they know of where there has been a successful campaign to increase the amount of food waste being recycled (for turning into compost)…

Food Composting

Forums
ahillyard Jan 19, 2007 14:39 pm
The Province of Nova Scotia banned compostable organic material from disposal at a landfill November 30, 1998. Curbside collection of organics for residential and ICI has been tak…

Virtual Oceania

Introductory Workshop

May 29th - 31st, 2024

Learn More

Virtual North America

Introductory Workshop

Jun 3rd - 5th, 2024

Learn More
Site Courtesy of
McKenzie-Mohr & Associates

Expertise in Community-Based Social Marketing