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How to prevent recycling contamination in your local recycling program
Contamination is the silent problem that can make a local recycling or organics program look good on paper but struggle in practice. Contamination is any nonprogram material in the wrong cart—food and liquid-soaked paper, plastic bags and tanglers wrapping around screens, trash stuffed into recyclables or plastics and glass mixed into food scraps.
USDA shield offers century of trust in every beef cut
USDA’s beef standards, established in 1916 and fully adopted in 1926, are an internationally recognized model. (Photo courtesy of USDA) The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is celebrating 100 years of its beef standards and grading service. With more than 90% of cattle graded annually, equating to 21 billion pounds of beef graded last year, AMS grading services deliver consistency, trust, value and transparency across the marketplace.
USDA program provides transparency from farm to market
While grocery shopping, many consumers look for information on where their food came from and how it was produced. Consumers often find marketing claims such as: raised without antibiotics, cage-free and grass-fed on protein-based food packaging. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) offers audit services that provide assurance to customers on the validity of these types of claims.
Transparency from Farm to Market
By Jennifer Porter Consumers often find marketing claims such as, raised without antibiotics, cage-free, and grass-fed on protein-based food packaging. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) offers audit services that provide assurance to customers on the validity of these types of claims. Through the USDA Process Verified Program (PVP), highly skilled AMS auditors confirm that a participating company is adhering to its own set of standards.
How to reduce contamination in local recycling programs
Contamination is the quiet problem that can make a recycling or organics program look good on paper but struggle in the real world. Contamination is any nonprogram material in the wrong cart—food and liquid-soaked paper, plastic bags and tanglers wrapping around screens, trash stuffed into recycling or plastics and glass mixed into food scraps.
Scaling the circular economy - The River Reporter
Is scaling the circular economy possible in the U.S. today? And, if so, how do individuals and local municipalities find inspiration around such a daunting goal? To simply define the system: A circular economy is one in which there is no (or very limited) waste, and all systems regenerate. To answer the question of whether scaling such a system is possible, I start with the simple belief that it is.
Growing a greener Sullivan - The River Reporter
Sullivan County is already taking important steps towards a more sustainable future with its Food Scrap Recycling pilot program and a broader countywide organics management program. These initiatives are designed to yield significant benefits, including potentially saving over $1 million in disposal fees and reducing over 800 tons of CO2 emissions per year, all while enriching our local soils.
Scaling Circular Economy Practices in Municipal Waste Programs
Exploring strategies for both individuals and local governments to adopt circular economy models, such as reuse networks, repair cafes, and material marketplaces. By Jennifer Porter Is scaling the circular economy possible in the U.S. today? And, if so, how do individuals and local municipalities find inspiration around such a daunting goal? To simply define the system: a circular economy is one where there is no (or very limited) waste, and all systems regenerate.
USDA Process Verified Program: Transparency from Farm to Market
Posted by Jennifer Porter, Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service in Farming Health and Safety When purchasing food, many consumers look for information on where the food came from and how it was produced. No antibiotics, cage-free, and grass-fed are a few marketing claims consumers find on protein-based food packaging. To provide assurance to customers of the validity of these and other claims, producers often enlist the services of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
USDA Meat, Poultry and Egg Quality Grades Can Help Guide Your Summer Menu Choices
Posted by Jennifer Porter, Deputy Administrator, AMS Livestock and Poultry Program in Health and Safety As the warm weather approaches, so do days spent outside firing up the grill with friends and family. The month of May kicked off grilling season and whether you are shopping in the grocery store, or doing an online pickup order, there is one easy way to be assured that you’re getting what you paid for: the USDA grade shield.
5 ingredients for your community’s zero-waste future
The turn of the calendar year gives us all a chance for reflection. If your community is considering how to reach “zero waste” now or in the future, below are five questions to consider when upgrading your sustainable materials management program. 1. Do you have a rallying point for the community around goals that people can relate to, and are you seeking ways to bring underrepresented voices to the table?
USDA Partners with Purdue University to Develop Video Series to Illustrate Shell Egg Processing and Production Sanitation
Posted by Jennifer Porter, Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Livestock and Poultry Program in Food and Nutrition Health and Safety USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Purdue University have developed a series of training videos that illustrate proper sanitation assessment techniques to evaluate shell egg processing equipment.
Government Enforcers Ramp Up Climate And ESG Claim Investigation
European Union: Government Enforcers Ramp Up Climate And ESG Claim Investigation 09 September 2021 by Jonathan D. Brightbill and Jennifer P. Porter Winston & Strawn LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Government regulators around the world are increasing scrutiny of climate-related and other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) claims.
Evaluating Challenges To SEC's ESG Disclosure Proposal
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Introduction Many companies now publish sustainability reports. Their managers are voluntarily trying to meet investor and consumer demand for climate-related disclosures. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says it will propose new regulations mandating such disclosures from, at least, public companies in October. But not everyone agrees that is a good idea. Some say the SEC lacks authority to adopt such rules.
Increasing Enforcement Of Climate-Related Disclosure Obligations
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. State attorneys general are pursuing lawsuits and investigations of alleged inadequate disclosures of climate-related risks.
State Regulators Press For Broad ESG Disclosures On Climate-Related Financial Risk - Environment - United States
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A dozen state attorneys general—led by California and New York—are calling on the SEC to mandate broad ESG disclosures for climate-related financial risks.
Suez donates $1.75M toward pandemic response
The waste management and water services company will donate to the United Way, Feeding America and local groups. Municipal Solid Waste Municipal Recycling Financial Suez, which operates in North America as Suez Water Technologies and Solutions and Suez North America, has announced plans to donate $1.75 million to food pantries, health care facilities, the United Way and similar COVID-19 emergency response organizations.
Chemical Recycling Europe says its processes will close loops
Association says chemical recycling can “upcycle” plastics beyond those used most commonly in packaging applications. June 23, 2020 Brian Taylor Commercial Waste Municipal Recycling International Research & Development Sustainability Conversion Technologies Brussels-based association Chemical Recycling Europe says processes used by its members are distinct from energy recovery, and instead should be viewed as “upcycling” and as keeping polymers in a closed loop.
Tampa, Florida, takes over operations of waste-to-energy facility
Tampa, Florida, is now the second city in the U.S. to own and operate its own waste-to-energy facility. Tampa, Florida, has become the second city in the U.S. to own and operate its own waste-to-energy (WTE) plant with the acquisition of the McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy Facility. According to a release, the transition of responsibilities has resulted in the hiring of over 55 employees, with many of the new hires were existing facility employees or were retained through competitive recruitment.
How to Give Negative Feedback When Your Organization Is "Nice"
I was meeting with a client last week, the CEO of a global financial services firm. At the end of our conversation, he asked me what feedback I had for him about his organization. Since this is a firm for which I have deep respect and admiration, I shared a very long list of positive observations on the people, their culture, and their impressive accomplishments. And then I told him that I thought the single biggest opportunity for improvement was to create a more candid and feedback-rich culture.
The Importance of Building Resilience at Work
The difference between winners and losers is how they handle losing. That’s a key finding from my ongoing research on great companies and effective leaders: no one can completely avoid troubles and potential pitfalls are everywhere, so the real skill is the resilience to climb out of the hole and bounce back. Volatile times bring disruptions, interruptions, and setbacks, even for the most successful among us.
Happy People Value Time over Money
The research is unambiguous: People who value time more than money are happier and more productive. But actually shifting to a time-first mindset is really hard. Partly, it’s because of how our brains are wired. Partly, it’s because we don’t know how to measure what time is worth. A $10,000 raise is easy to understand; calculating the value of an extra 30 minutes isn’t so simple. But it’s getting easier.
What You Gain by Being Vulnerable at Work
One morning in Bangalore, South India, Archana Patchirajan, founder of a technology startup, called her entire staff in for a meeting. When they were all seated, she announced that she had to let them go because the startup had run out of funds. She could no longer pay them. Shockingly, her staff of high-caliber engineers who had their pick of jobs in the booming Silicon Valley of India, refused to go. They said they would rather work for 50% of their pay than leave her.
3 Unconscious Biases to Avoid When Doing Your First Performance Review
3 biases that hijack performance reviews.
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