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A Sustainable Approach to Address Growing Energy Demand from Data Centers
In Waste Today, GBB Executive VP Chris Lund discusses data centers’ increasing demand for electricity and suggests a promising solution to meet the growing energy needs of those facilities, while fostering sustainability and resilience in digital infrastructure.
READ MORE »Striving Is Not Comfortable; It’s Where We Are
After attending WasteExpo, GBB Senior Consultant Ashlea Smith Sabeti reflects on how the industry is striving hard, with numerous challenges. While this is certainly not a comfortable situation, we are better equipped and empowered than ever to develop sustainable solutions.
READ MORE »The Life Cycle of PFAS
Until PFAS are completely removed from manufacturing processes, PFAS-containing products are disposed of through the sewer or the landfill. In Waste Today, GBB Senior Project Manager Steven Schilling discusses published studies, the fate of PFAS in landfills and his hopes going forward.
READ MORE »Fast Fashion: Waste and Recycling in the Fashion Industry
In Waste Today, GBB Project Manager Morgan McCarthy discusses the shift toward Circular Fashion, provides tips to help make more sustainable choices, and discusses innovative postconsumer textile recycling processes.
READ MORE »AI’s Potential to Revolutionize the Waste Management Industry
In Waste Today, GBB Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Porter offers some insight into how artificial intelligence is dramatically transforming material sorting, collection and worker safety.
READ MORE »Manufacturing in the Circular Economy
Recycling processors and product manufacturers play a crucial role in shaping a sustainable future. In Waste Today, GBB Senior Consultant Brandie Townsend discusses how they can collaborate with four effective practices to increase diversion.
READ MORE »Food Waste Diversion Projects Empowered by the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act has created new opportunities to reduce emissions and advance food waste diversion. In Waste Today, GBB Project Manager Eugenia Manwelyan discusses how it plays an essential role in food waste landfill diversion projects.
READ MORE »Bulky Waste – Challenges and Solutions
Bulky waste collection and disposal is challenging but it is possible to successfully handle it through thoughtful planning, to benefit local communities and the environment. In Waste Today, GBB Senior Consultant Theresa Evans discusses those challenges and presents several solutions to address them.
READ MORE »Commentary on the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution as it Relates to Traditionally Marginalized Groups in the US
The EPA recently published its Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution. In Waste Today, Ricky Phillips and Paige Davis comment on the strategy as it relates to traditionally marginalized groups and provide areas to focus on to make the dream of an equitable plastic management strategy a reality.
READ MORE »Online, Phone and In-person Surveys: A, B, C or All the Above?
In Waste Today, GBB Senior Consultant Ashlea Smith Sabeti breaks down best practices for conducting surveys, a key strategic tool to soliciting feedback on their solid waste management and recycling programs.
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