EPA Launches Greenscapes Alliance

The Environmental Protection Agency has launched the Greenscapes Alliance in an effort to both broaden and enhance waste reduction efforts nationwide.

The goal of the alliance is to combine sporadic industry and government initiatives into a cohesive, unified program geared toward reduction, reuse and recycling of waste materials in large land-use applications. These land-use activities include 4 million miles of roadside landscaping. Brownfields land revitalization and the beautification and maintenance of office complexes, golf courses and parks.

More than 100,000 businesses, including 73,000 landscape contractors, landscape care and maintenance companies and landscape installers, are involved in these land-use activities and are potential alliance participants. For more information, please click here.