City of Chicago Waste Strategy Webinar

City of Chicago Waste Strategy Webinar

Photo by Kevin Rajaram Join as us we mark an important day for our region with the release of the 2021 City of Chicago Waste Strategy. The City of Chicago has an exciting opportunity to implement strategies to tackle the issues of waste and materials management that...
7 Steps to Design A Municipal Deconstruction Pilot Project

7 Steps to Design A Municipal Deconstruction Pilot Project

By Megan Walton An alternative to demolition, deconstruction is the process of dismantling homes or other structures in a way that enables materials to be salvaged and reused. Deconstruction practices reduce construction and demolition waste, reduce air pollution...
Before Zero Waste, We Must Get Back to the Basics

Before Zero Waste, We Must Get Back to the Basics

This week, we were happy to see the release of U.S. PIRG’s report, “Trash in America,” issuing a national call for a move toward zero waste. While a vision of a zero waste future is honorable and exciting, we’ve got some work to do to get there – especially here in...
ILLUMINATING POTENTIAL MARKETS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS IN THE MIDWEST

ILLUMINATING POTENTIAL MARKETS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS IN THE MIDWEST

Throughout the Midwest, construction and demolition (C&D) waste is one of the largest components of the waste stream (sometimes up to 35%), despite the fact that this material can often be reused or recycled with minimal processing. This material includes bricks,...

Program helps restaurants turn food scraps into compost

This story from Lansing-based Fox28 highlights the launch of a food scraps pilot program that Delta is leading in partnership with the city’s Live Green Lansing initiative and Hammond Farms. The program is funded by the Michigan Department f Environmental...

The Field Museum Achieves LEED-EB: OM Gold Certification

Joint News Release Media Contact: Emily Waldren, 312-665-7107, ewaldren@fieldmuseum.org Katie Yocum Musisi, 312-651-4344, kmusisi@delta-institute.org CHICAGO (March 16, 2015) – The Field Museum and Delta Institute today announced that the U.S. Green Building Council...

Food-Scrap Recycling Is Gaining Ground

This Chicago Tribune column discusses a local food scrap composting program and highlights Delta Institute’s Transforming Waste Symposium.
Putting Waste “On The Table”

Putting Waste “On The Table”

On Monday, May 12, more than 11,000 Chicagoans gathered over lunch and dinner tables across the city to exchange ideas for the future of Chicago, as part of  The Chicago Community Trust’s “On The Table” campaign. Delta Institute co-hosted an...