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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...
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

CHICAGO (March 16, 2015) – The Field Museum and Delta Institute today announced that the U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the museum a Gold certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance...
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...