Recycling firm at Leveda Brown files for bankruptcy

The parent company of the recycling company operating out of the county-owned Leveda Brown Environmental Park & Transfer Station has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Read this article: Recycling firm at Leveda Brown files for bankruptcy … [Read more...]

Parent company of recycling firm at Leveda Brown files for bankruptcy

The parent company of the recycling company operating out of the county-owned Leveda Brown Environmental Park & Transfer Station has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Continued here: Parent company of recycling firm at Leveda Brown files for bankruptcy … [Read more...]

If Solar is Contagious, Can Utilities Help Spread the Bug?

You may have heard it before, but it is worth mentioning again: In residential communities, solar is contagious. But a recent study, "Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels," conducted by Bryan Bollinger of the NYU Stern School of Business and Kenneth Gillingham of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, published in December sheds some new light on the phenomenon. Read more: If Solar is Contagious, Can Utilities Help Spread the Bug? … [Read more...]

Brookline Recycling Corner: The wonderful world of textile recycling

The first step in the path to zero waste is to find out what is still being thrown away. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the company that runs the incinerator where Brookline trash is burned teamed up to do just that. Continued here: Brookline Recycling Corner: The wonderful world of textile recycling … [Read more...]

Power plants are main global warming culprits, EPA says

The most detailed data yet on emissions of heat-trapping gases show that U.S. See original here: Power plants are main global warming culprits, EPA says … [Read more...]