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Incinerator Misinformation – Pyrolysis & Gasification

Posted by Bill on June 22, 2014

This misinformed effort to pretend that some types of incinerators aren’t incinerators has been laid to rest repeatedly, but the confusion still persists. The numbers below in brackets (e.g., )…

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Zero Waste Stories – It works!

Posted by Bill on June 22, 2014

I have provided links that anyone interested in Zero Waste might want to view. Take a look and learn! This is an operational pyrolyzer somewhere in the world. It shows…

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Letter to the Free Lance-Star

Posted by Bill on June 20, 2014

Thanks to the Free-Lance Star and Ms. Remmers for covering the burgeoning question of waste management that Fredericksburg and Stafford County face. (June 14, 2014) There are critical financial…

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Op Ed in the Free Lance-Star

Posted by Bill on June 20, 2014

Don’t make county an incinerator guinea pig. Date published: 6/12/2014 ON MAY 27, the Free Lance-Star pub- lished an article by Vanessa Remmers titled “Landfill Facing $228K Shortfall.” Current landfill revenue does…

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Urban Ore

Posted by Bill on June 8, 2014

Urban Ore is a reuse and recycling enterprise based in Berkeley, CA that traces its origin to the tip face of the old Berkeley dump from where Urban Ore…

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Is the Incinerator inevitable?

Posted by Bill on June 1, 2014

Will Landfill Planning Doom Stafford and Fredericksburg to an Incinerator? On May 27, 2014, the Free Lance-Star published an article by Vanessa Remmers titled “Landfill Facing $228K Shortfall”. Current landfill revenue…

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R-Board Meeting 5/21 – Correction of Comments made by Some R-Board members

Posted by Bill on May 23, 2014

At today’s meeting, the R-Board discussed moving forward with the RFP to award a contract to some as-yet-unknown company. After the Public Presentations, some statements were made by Board…

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Smithsonian Magazine – Plastic Bottles

Posted by Bill on April 29, 2014

This article talks about an innovative bottle that can be eaten. But, it also discusses the extent of the plastic bottle problem in today’s oceans. About 1.5 million barrels…

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U.S. – Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability

Posted by Bill on April 15, 2014

http://www.epa.gov/jius/policy/policy.html This branch of the EPA has created a website that lists successful policies in cities that are currently implementing Zero Waste methods of waste management. It…

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Building Zero Waste Communities – Start here

Posted by Bill on April 15, 2014

http://www.ecocycle.org/zero-waste-global This site is a gold mine of definitions, strategies, and entrepreneurial opportunities for instituting zero waste communities. Do you want 90% waste recovery? Do you want…

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