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Plastic Recycling: Designed to Fail, Built to Last

For decades, recycling has been held up as the solution to plastic pollution. It fills corporate sustainability reports, consumes policy frameworks, and floods consumer...

Scaling the Circular Economy: The Critical Role of Deposit Systems and Technology in Plastic Recycling

The global conversation around plastic recycling has intensified in recent years, driven by growing public awareness of plastic pollution, increasing regulatory pressure, and the...

Bridging Waste Streams: From Post-Industrial Plastics to Agricultural Biomass in the Circular Materials Economy

The global conversation around plastic waste is rapidly evolving. While public attention has often focused on consumer recycling, the reality is that a meaningful...

The Recycling Gap Nobody Talks About

In the early 1970s, Americans were abandoning cars on the sides of roads. Not broken down — abandoned. Junked vehicles were piling up in...

Food Rescue as Environmental Remediation: A Northern Virginia Perspective

Environmental remediation is most often associated with the cleanup of contaminated soil, groundwater restoration, or air quality management. The additional environmental challenge of food...

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