According to a February 7, 2020 Waste360 story, ​approximately 62,000 individuals attended the game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami – ​Unsold clothing and signage were donated to nonprofits or repurposed, recyclables were transported to local recycling centers and edible food was donated to local food shelters – Solid waste, along with food waste, was sent to […]

​​The Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative is seeking a volunteer web master and social media director to spend a few hours a week to make occasional changes to the Initiative home page http://www.adfpi.org and to keep interested parties informed of Initiative developments and actions through the establishment and updating of social media sites.~   Individuals […]

On February 5, 2020, the Center for Biological Diversity https://biologicaldiversity.org, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii http://sustainablecoastlineshawaii.org/ and Surfrider Foundation https://www.surfrider.org/ filed a suit against EPA for “… Failure to Protect Hawaiian Waters From Plastic Pollution …” https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-targets-trump-administrations-failure-to-protect-hawaiian-waters-from-plastic-pollution-2020-02-05/ – The suit alleges that EPA failed “… to protect 17 coastal water bodies around Hawaii from widescale plastic pollution […]

On February 6, 2020, the Mayor of New York City signed Executive Order Number 54 https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/home/downloads/pdf/executive-orders/2020/eo-54.pdf requiring every City agency by June 30, 2020 to develop and begin implementation of a plan to “… (a) eliminate any unnecessary expenditure of City funds for the purchase of single-use plastic beverage bottles in favor of reusable options […]

On February 6, 2020, researchers with Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland reported finding microplastic flakes, fibers or fragments sticking or adhering to sea grass in bays surrounding the Orkney Islands – https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/articles/2020/microplastics.htm – The researchers found the average number of microplastics in sea snails and other grazing creatures matched the average number found on the […]

On January 27 and 28, 2020, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) held a workshop that brought “… together the environmental science and health communities to explore how emerging technologies and research strategies could help address important environmental health questions about microplastics … Despite the widespread prevalence of microplastics, little is known […]

EPA has scheduled a webinar for February 20, 2020 https://www.epa.gov/smm/sustainable-materials-management-smm-web-academy-webinar-facts-and-figures-2017-assessing-trends to present the latest information about trends in U.S. materials generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery and landfilling as described in EPA’s recently released Advancing Sustainable Materials Management (SMM): Facts and Figures 2017 report https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/advancing-sustainable-materials-management – The report also includes data on construction and […]

According to a January 22, 2020 ​Food Industry Executive​ summary https://foodindustryexecutive.com/2020/01/health-dominates-consumer-motivations-for-sustainability-new-report-shows/ of the ​Tastewise “Food and Beverages Sustainability Trends 2020 Report” https://lp.tastewise.io/sustainability-report-2020 “… 23% more consumers prioritize sustainability in their food choices now compared to a year ago​ … ​The top reason consumers are interested in sustainability is for their health, followed by environmental considerations. […]

On January 23, 2020, the Denmark Ministry of Environment and Food announced that “… shops will be required to request payment for shopping bags and thin plastic bags will be prohibited … unless used for fruit and vegetables in order to avoid food waste and for the purpose of food hygiene …” https://en.mfvm.dk/news/news/nyhed/no-more-free-shopping-bags/ – “… […]

On January 13, 2020, the National Restaurant Association released its annual “What’s Hot Culinary Forecast” https://restaurant.org/whats-hot-2020-release which reports that “… Plant-Based, Sustainable, and Healthy are What’s Hot on Restaurant Menus in 2020 …” – The report “… offers a detailed look at the topics, trends, and products … rated sizzling hot by chefs working in […]