How To Reduce the Emissions of Your Business
Emissions from businesses are often associated with smokestacks and heavy industrial production facilities. Yet in reality, all businesses generate emissions, and rather than being limited to manufacturing processes, they are produced at every stage of the business cycle. In fact, from the production of new products through the transportation of goods to the use of…Read More…
NYC Waste Statistics – What You Need to Know
New York City produces more than 14 million tons of waste every year and while there are ongoing attempts to streamline its waste management, as seen with the introduction of the Commercial Waste Zones bill, the city as a whole is still heading in the wrong direction. Below is a compilation of the most important…Read More…
Where Does My Waste Go — A Guide to Measuring Diversion and Tracking Progress for Businesses
The process of measuring waste diversion rates is one the most effective and important steps that you can take towards improving the environmental impact of your business. With a firm understanding of this rate, you can gain insight into the types and volume of waste your business is producing, as well as how that waste…Read More…
Recycling 101 – How to Recycle Better
The long-established need for a robust municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling system that prevents unnecessary waste from going to landfills, thus cutting greenhouse gas emissions, has led to record percentages of waste being recycled in recent decades. Recycling is now a $200 billion industry in the US, setting a pace that must continue in coming…Read More…
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Waste Disposal Vehicles
Transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US, and despite modest progress we are still overly reliant on fossil fuels to run our vehicles. Heavy-duty trucks are the biggest emitters of the lot; though constituting only 4% of the vehicles on the road in the US, these trucks use 20%…Read More…
How is Construction & Demolition Waste Recycled?
Construction and demolition waste, or C&D waste, is the term used to describe the debris generated by all kinds of construction and demolition projects. As C&D materials are produced by undertakings ranging between the construction of private homes and the deconstruction of international airports, they represent an enormous source of waste. In fact, the EPA…Read More…
Spotlight: Q&A with Rap4Bronx
The RAP4BRONX (Relief Access Program for The Bronx) was launched in Mid-March 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic with a mission to collect and donate meals, groceries, and essential supplies to frontline workers, senior citizens, and vulnerable residents in the Bronx and throughout New York City. RAP4BRONX has delivered over 1.7M meals to help fight food insecurity…Read More…
Lithium Car Battery Recycling & the Rise of Electric Vehicles
With some of the world’s most prominent car manufacturers announcing plans to phase out petrol and diesel-powered vehicles entirely within the next decade and a half, electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a dream of the future. General Motors in the US have stated their intentions to sell only EVs by 2035, while the global…Read More…
Spotlight: Q&A with Founder of ANYBAG
Alex Dabagh is the Founder and Creator of ANYBAG, the bag on a mission to reimagine waste. ANYBAG was founded in 2019 with the goal to keep single-use plastic bags out of our waterways and landfills. Since its inception, over 9,000 lbs. of plastic has been collected to create durable and reusable bags. Alex plans…Read More…
Inside the RTS Leadership Team: Meet David!
Tell us a little about yourself and what drove you to work at RTS, given your extensive background in policy and human rights issues? I actually thought that “RTS” stood for “Rights Training Society.” For some reason, no one corrected me during the interview process, and next thing I knew I was three years into a…Read More…