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Earth Day Part 1: DC isn't achieving its sustainability goals wrt waste diversion

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According to the Washington Informer article, " DC's new plan to slash its trash ," DC is adding ten years, one decade more, to its waste diversion goal, from 2030 to 2040 That's 16 years!!!!!!!!!! That's the major reason why DC lags so much.

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Macrofortification

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The Seattle Times has an article, " Illegally placed concrete blocks have taken over public parking in Seattle. The way that the areas become extremely degraded because of lack of care and sanitation around the RVs now is why people are up in arms. He was very critical, arguing it demonstrated a grim, anti-people approach.

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How to Isolate the Weakest Link

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Never let the end user have access to it, but instead, always deliver to them a safe, sanitized version.” This article appeared in our guide, “ A New Cyber Game Plan Takes Shape.” “With isolation, our default approach is that all content is malicious, and we treat it as such (i.e., never trust it),” Rider said.

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Automation: How to Make Quick Work of Analytics

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In her article “ The Innovative State ,” Beth Simone Noveck highlighted an initiative by Chicago’s Department of Public Health. The data included information on previous inspections and permit requests, sanitation complaints and requests made to the city’s 311 program for services.

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Automation: How to Make Quick Work of Analytics

GovLoop

In her article “The Innovative State,” Beth Simone Noveck highlighted an initiative by Chicago’s Department of Public Health. The data included information on previous inspections and permit requests, sanitation complaints and requests made to the city’s 311 program for services. Automation by Learning. ” Download the full guide.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard." Salt Lake City sanitation/garbage trucks carry "ads" promoting recycling and waste diversion. It would be easy for DC to impose composting requirements on apartment buildings and would be a great way to reduce the waste stream.)

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Interesting study on litter focuses on the brand of the trash

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From the article: The community interest company Planet Patrol created an app for people to record the litter they find and remove. The article first suggests that based on the survey, some of the EU's emphasis on litter interdiction, focused on impact on rivers and the sea, is misdirected.

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