Recycling, Composting, Waste

Instead of being transported on garbage trucks, your trash could very soon be shot through vacuum tubes. A new report documents the…
Siting composting facilities has been a real struggle in the Mid-Atlantic, but a new facility may turn the tables on years of…
This Great Forest case study was featured in Environmental Leader’s 2012 Insider Knowledge Report–Lessons Learned from Corporate Environmental, Sustainability and Energy Decision-Makers,…
What did you do for Earth Day? Great Forest held dozens of special Earth Day events across the country this year. We…
In March, Great Forest introduced a more reliable volume to weight conversion ratio at the International Conference on Solid Waste to help office buildings calculate…
Le Bernardin, Momofuku, Chipotle and Juice Generation are among over 100 restaurants in NYC that have pledged to reduce by half the…
Waste management is a top concern for big retailers, according to the second annual Retail Sustainability Report, released early March by the…
The city of Houston has won $1 million in the Mayors Challenge for their idea to create a new system that aims to…
It is a question Great Forest consultants get asked fairly often. From the bags you get with your takeout lunches to the…
An orchestra for kids with instruments made from trash? The landfill harmonic features young musicians from a Paraguayan slum who play Mozart…
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