Hello all,
I'm teaching a course on green business this semester I'd like to include
some articles on the impact of the current recession; particularly on
recycling industries, but also on any other type of green business.
Unfortunately I'm not finding much in the usual places, so I thought I'd
In December the NY Times ran a substantive article on how the economic
crisis has decimated the market for recyclables -
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/business/08recycle.html?_r=1
Regards,
Maria
Maria Ivanova, PhD
Assistant Professor of Government and Environmental Policy
The College
This story was published last week on ClimateWire. -TE
1. RECYCLING: Hard times could send more recyclables to the landfill
(01/06/2009)
Jessica Leber, EE reporter
Ben Harvey is used to managing a brisk business collecting, sorting and
selling bottles, cans, newspapers and other recyclable
Not sure if this is within your ambit either, but there's been a lot written
on how the recession is adversely affecting investments in renewable energy.
See, for example: http://www.legal-ledger.com/item.cfm?recID=11310. Also,
lots on the impact on green building:
