April 29, 2008 by AYOUB MOHAMED | Filed under: 1, 2, 3-The Goal of the Environmental Manager, Collaboratory, TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

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Renewable Refuse is an article I read yesterday in the Environmental Protection magazine, May 2007 in RIT, Wallace Library. I was interested in how trash was described as a commodity.

Abstract

7.6 billion tons of industrial solid waste are generated every year in the US.

Trash is low in the totem pole when attention is paid for running a new business. The author of the article sees the waste as money. “So, take another look in that container with scrap paper products, metal, glass, plastic and other industrial refuse, there is something important in there_money and better environment” said the author Sherleen H. Mahoney.

This article is talking about how to start working toward sustainability, both environmentally and businesswise.

Many large companies now believe that recycling, reuse, and reducing resources as means to enhance profitability, not just as a matter of compliance with the regulation.

“One’s man trash is another man’s treasure” this saying was put in practice by many states and countries as what’s called material exchange programs which allowed businesses find an outlet to their outputs.

This article suggests that success to move toward more sustainable future depend on minimizing wastes.

Sherleen H. Mahoney.  Article, Industrial Solid Waste, Businesses trash wasteful practices to save money, resources Renewable Refuse. Environmental Protection magazine, May 2007