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- Lessons From The World's Trash, PDF, FMJ, March/April 2023
- CRE 'Overpaying' to Send Waste to Landfills, PDF, Globest, Nov 15, 2022
- Largest Study of Global Commercial Building Waste Reveals 62% of “trash” is NOT trash, AP, Yahoo, Nov. 10, 2022
- Follow the Blueprint: Compliance for Sustainability Success, IFMJ, July/Aug 2022 (download pdf)
- Bronx development aims to turn trash into cash, April 18, 2022
- 2020 Year in Review: TRUE, Feb. 2020
- Getting To The Bottom Of Waste, FMJ Magazine, May/June 2020 (download pdf)
- Food Waste Audits Help Restaurants Fight Waste and Hunger, QSR magazine, Nov. 2019
- What’s In Your WasteStream?, NYSAR3 Fall 2019 Newsletter
- New Data – Who Dis? What Data Collection Can Do for You, Waste 360 NothingWasted! podcast
- Top tweets from Waste Expo 2019, Waste360, May 10, 2019
- Pedaling Her Way to Composting and Recycling Success with Sarah Womer, Founder of Zero to Go & Sustainability Consultant at Great Forest, Nothing Wasted Podcast, May 6, 2019
- Looking To Go Green? Here’s How It Can Work For Your Firm (pdf), Law 360, April 19, 2019
- Food Waste and the Waste Stream | How to Achieve Zero Waste, Planet Bonehead, March 11, 2019
- Understanding the Waste Stream | Zero Waste and Green Tech, Fuelblue podcast, March 13, 2019
- How a Waste Audit Can Help Save Your Business Money, The Balance Small Business, Feb. 27, 2019
- New York’s package free shop leads the way in quest for zero waste, XinHua News Agency, Feb 22, 2019.
- How important are waste audits? San Francisco’s mandate speaks volumes, Waste Dive, Jan 23, 2019
- 3 Big Sustainability Issues Facing Every Business, and How to Respond, Environmental Leader, Dec. 3, 2018
- How Carbon Footprint Accounting & Reporting Benefits SMBs: Experts Weigh In, Environmental Leader, Dec. 10, 2018
- How to Plan a Waste Audit, Dumpsters.com, May 23, 2018
- Case Study: Daylight Hour Adds Up For Easy Energy Savings Boost At Great Forest, BeEx Insight, June 26, 2017
- How Facilities Management Can Learn To Attract Top Talent, Control Your Building, June 19, 2017
- New York Hotels Take a Green Turn, Gourmet Traveller, May 2017,
- Case Study: Great Forest and Enevo, May 4, 2017
- Enevo Teams Up With Great Forest To Deliver Greater Value To Clients, May 4, 2017
- How The Peninsula New York Topped the Hotel Category in the Zero Waste Challenge, (pdf) Green Lodging News, Sept. 30, 2016
- Mayor de Blasio’s Zero Waste Challenge Wraps Up With Thousands Of Tons Of Waste Diverted From Landfill and Incineration, July 11, 2016
- Brown Agenda Cuts Lead from Poor Kids, Huffington Post, March 3, 2016
- Modular Phones, E-Waste, And The Shift Towards Sustainable Electronics, Curbed, Jan. 19, 2016
- Is America Recycles Day Obsolete?, Triple Pundit, Nov. 17, 2015
- Seven New York City Hotels Honored For Sustainable Hospitality Initiatives, Nov. 9, 2015
- Talkin’ Trash: Quotes from DSNY, Great Forest, EPA, and more, Oct 16., 2015
- The Unbearable Inevitability Of Recycling: A Response To John Tierney, Waste Dive, October 14, 2015
- The How And Why Of Waste Audits, USGBC, August 31, 2015
- Single-Stream Recycling: Simple for Residents, Complex for the City, City Limits, May 20, 2015
- Great Forest Partners With Keep America Beautiful On New Study That Reveals What Works In Workplace Recycling , April 28, 2015
- How Green Are NYC Hotels? Ten Things We Learned from the HANYC Sustainability Awards, Green Lodging News, Feb. 17, 2015
- New law requires New Yorkers to recycle e-waste or face fines, Global Business America, CCTV America, Jan. 8, 2015
- Headless Pineapples, Paper Hats and More Small Ways Hotels Go Green, SKIFT, Nov. 12, 2014
- Waldorf Astoria, Hilton Midtown, Carlton Hotels Honored by HANYC for Their Green Initiatives, Press Release, Nov. 11, 2014
- Waldorf Astoria, Hilton Midtown, Carlton Hotels Honored by HANYC for Their Green Initiatives, Green Lodging news, Nov. 11, 2014
- The Chemical Weapons Ukrainian Separatists Didn’t Get, Businessweek, Sept. 15, 2014
- How Lunch Led to a Green Revolution, BBC, June 17, 2014
- Going Back to Basics Leads to Better Waste Management, Insider Knowledge Report, Environmental Leader, May 2014
- Wyndham New Yorker Hotel Recommits Itself to Green Efforts, Green Lodging News, May 22, 2014
- Countdown To Earth Day: There’s Still Time To Take Action, Media Post Marketing Green, April 4, 2014
- Earth Day Events Organized Worldwide: Four Examples, Environmental Leader, March 25, 2014
- Composting for Businesses and Organizations, Environmental Leader, November 7, 2013
- Implementing a Centralized Recycling Collection System, 2013 Insider Knowledge Report, Pg 123, Environmental Leader, Jan 2013
- How To Make Your Company More Green, The Business Journals, Jan. 24, 2013
- 8 Tips to Fast-Track LEED for Existing Buildings, Buildings magazine, November 20, 2012
- 10 Steps to An Effective Office Recycling Challenge, Environmental Leader, June 26, 2012
- Recycling Competition , Page 71, Environmental Leader’s 2012 Insider Knowledge Report (full 2012 report pdf)
- Great Forest Partners with CRedit360 to Offer Access to Sophisticated Data Platform, Jan. 2012
- Get The Message With Big Green Statements, Environmental Leader, Oct. 12, 2011
- Does Your Diversion Rate Really Affect Your Recycling Efforts?, Environmental Leader, March 14, 2011
- Power Surge for Biz, Crain’s New York Business, March 7, 2011
- Composting in Urban Areas, Page 60, Environmental Leader’s 2011 Insider Knowledge Report (full 2011 report pdf)
- Using LEED as the Starting Point for Greater Sustainability, Greenbiz.com, December 2010
- Great Forest Sustainability Metrics Offers Snapshots of Sustainability, August, 2009
- Gioia Lays Out Plans, But Not Dollars (Yet) for Carbon-Neutral Campaign, City Hall News, April 27, 2009
- Earth Day 2009: Great Forest on Recycling, Fox News, April 2009
- Met Life Building is First in NYC to Achieve LEED-EB:O&M, Feb. 2009
- Breakthrough Solutions for One of Earth’s Biggest Challenges: An Interview with Great Forest’s Richard Fuller, Idea Connection, Jan. 27, 2009
- NYC’s Historic Hotel Penn Earns ENERGY STAR, Jan. 20, 2009
- The Renovation of LEED-EB, Greener Buildings, July 3, 2008
- How Green Are We?, Time Out New York, July 5, 2007
- Try Ending Free Pick Up of Trash, New York Times, April 2003
- Where Mob Ruled Business Steps In, New York Times, August 12, 2001
- Yorktown Saves $1M with Garbage Contract, North County News, October 12, 1999
- Yorktown Shows the Way to Reduce Garbage Costs Through Competition, The Journal News, October 5, 1999
- Yorktown Garbage Deal Brings $1 Million Saving to Town,The Journal News, October 5, 1999
- Law makers mull regulations on garbage haulers, December 07, 1998
- Trash Costs Climb as Carters Recoup Price War Losses, Crains, June 22, 1998
- Gas Market’s Promise is Hot Air to Small Firms, Crains, May 4, 1998
- Deregulation Loosens up the Job Market, Too, Crains, May 4, 1998
- “Get Involved” is Message at BOMA Codes and Regs Update, Real Estate Weekly, October 20, 1996
- Recycling Saves $130,000, Real Estate New York, December 1995
- Recycling Officials Threaten Fines, Westchester County Business Journal, October 6, 1995
- Recycling, Resource Recovery, Environmental Solutions, February 1995
- Mandates for Commercial Sector Recycling, BioCycle, December 1994
- Road to Clean Air, Facility Manager, July 1994
- NY Trash Compaction: Carters Rush to Merge, Crains, May 23, 1994
- Recycling Other People’s Waste is the Basis of His Success, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5, 1994
- Firm Tries Taming NY’s Recycling Jungle, Crains, August 16, 1993
- On-site Commercial Recycling the Law, Real Estate Weekly, July 14, 1993
- City Recycling Mandate Gets Mixed Reviews from Industry, Better Buildings, July 1993
- Harvesting the Urban Forest and Five Common Misconceptions About Recycling, Skylines, July 1993
- Environmentalism Meets Real Estate, Real Estate Weekly, July 14, 1993
- Court Strikes Down New York City Garbage Rates, New York Times, January 19, 1992
- Law Asks Firms to Take Stock of Trash, Crains, July 22, 1991
- Question of the month, New York Real Estate Journal, June 1991
- Business Recycling Ef fort Underway Despite Griping, Crains, June 10, 1991
- Recycling in Commercial Buildings, BOMANY, May 9, 1991
- Businesses Turn to Recycling and Find It’s Good Business, New York Times, April 22, 1991
- Recycling Programs Address the Handling of Building Trash, Real Estate Forum, December 10, 1990