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Austin and Others Convince TCEQ to Change Graywater Reuse Rules
New rulemaking creates system of credits for beneficial reuse, incentivizes sound environmental practices
"...Yes, they do – that's the kind of "beneficial reuse" that has become part of the overall water management..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Making Reuse Mainstream
Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks
"...stuffed animals are both the evidence of a successful reuse operation – Goodwill Central Texas keeps 81% of the..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Reuse Resource Chart
"...Austin Creative Reuse Accepts and sells art supplies, fabric, office and conference..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature

Council: Rehab and Reuse
Will TNCs make it back to the agenda?
"...advice, alas), but our favorite this session is National Reuse Day, to which the journalism biz is thoroughly devoted...."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The Lay of the Land: Mueller Reuse and Redevelopment Master Plan
"...The latest version of the RMMA Redevelopment and Reuse Master Plan's "Regulating Plan" -- the zoning map, in..."

June 30, 2000 News Feature

Reduce, Reuse, Re... Something

May 9, 2024 Postmarks

Goodwill Hosts Reuse-Inspired Performance

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Demolish, Revive, Reuse
Architect Michael Antenora talks about how saving rubble from going to the landfill changed his designs for Penn Field.

Nov. 28, 2007 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Let’s Encourage Austin Restaurants to Switch to Reusables, Away From Single-Use Items
Austin Reuse Coalition and Plastic Reduction Project want your help rating Austin restaurants’ commitment to reducing plastic use
"...waste reduction locally banded together to form the Austin Reuse Coalition. The coalition’s goal is to support food service..."

March 1, 2024 Column by Brandi Clark Burton

As Wastewater Plants Fail, TCEQ Fails to Regulate
Local conservationists seek to boost "beneficial reuse"
"...instead of flowing into waterways. Another way is beneficial reuse, says Zab­cik, meaning "you use it again within your..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Bag Ban Aftereffects
Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance
"...(big) problem's popped up: Reusable bags are not being reused. Increasing public awareness is now the top priority going..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Jessi Cape

Letter to City Council
Reasons why the city should forestall WTP 4
"...Re: Request to focus efforts on water conservation, reuse and planning instead of committing $400 million more of..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature

Council Watch
Local activists keep raising questions about the proposed water deal between the city and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
"...to undertake a water conservation plan, and complete a reuse plan for the Austin water supply. (The first portion..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Throw the Switch
City Planners Consider Options on the Seaholm Power Plant
"...unusually chipper last week as he discussed the many reuse possibilities for the old Seaholm Power Plant. Perhaps the..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Council Watch
Council considers issues ranging from the Seaholm Power Plant, to the Gotham condominium project, to Southpark Meadows.
"...project itself, since the results of last year's Seaholm Reuse Committee report indicated that whether it was used for..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

A Long Time Coming
Why Now?
"...Ken Altes, was inspired to work on the building's reuse. While eyeing the structure one day in the early..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Artist Calder Kamin Envisions "A World Without Waste"
With animals crafted from plastic bags, the Austin native turns our eyes to nature
"...to mail her your old plastic bags. The creative reuse crusader, known for turning trash into art, crochets the..."

July 2, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Council: Child Care “Scandal” Highlights City’s Own Failures
CMs also mull fate of APL’s Recycled Reads
"...Reads store on Burnet Road to nonprofit Austin Creative Reuse. The situation blew up after APL and city budget..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Opinion: The Case Against Disposable Food Ware
Austinites should be a part of the solution and eliminate plastic, single-use items from the waste stream
"...our reliance on single-use items. For example, the Austin Reuse Coalition (ARC) is currently organizing a public outreach campaign,..."

June 30, 2023 Column by Jessica Fleming

Easy Ways to Save the Planet
How to take saving the Earth into your own hands
"...paint made from paint collected at the Recycle & Reuse Drop-Off Center (it comes in three colors: Barton Creek..."

April 21, 2017 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Zero Waste by 2040: A Recommendation Sneak Peek
What the consultants have to say
"...next four months. Zero-waste planning prioritizes the reduction and reuse of waste and looks to recycling and composting as..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Delay of Game
Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory
"...off from decades of public planning for the adaptive reuse of the Art Deco building itself...."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks
Reusing Seaholm
"...I appreciated Jenny Staff's coverage of the Seaholm Reuse Planning Committee's report to the City Council on Dec...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column

New Reservoirs Should Curb Boil Water Notices in South Austin
Austin Water staffing improves but drought will get worse
"...response, AW hopes to implement more strategies for beneficial reuse that reduce demand – using non-potable water for non-potable..."

May 26, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Slippery Slope
To water-park jefe, Schlitterbahn's Jeff Henry, salvage equals whimsy not whim
"...bray at that high cost to ready salvage for reuse...."

May 16, 2014 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Sustainable Beer
The secret about sustainable brewing is that it exists.
"...and what do we do to conserve water and reuse it. That's our primary ingredient." Considering that they have..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Food Feature by Ivy Le

Formula One Is Just Not Green
"...This sort of event-driven venue is perfect for distributed reuse. Wastewater would be flush-water dominated, so flush-water recycling –..."

Jan. 16, 2012 Postmarks

Growing Pains
Rapidly expanding Austin Green Art works to sustain its mission and identity
"...together a number of intangible ideas – artistic expression, reuse, powers of family and community, goodwill to earth –..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Welcome to the Real World
Rhizome Collective brings activist ideals down to earth
"...For example, the group plans to reuse most of the construction debris on the 9.8-acre site..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

You Call This a Plan?
Seaholm District Master Plan Morphs Into the Lumbermen's Tract Subsidy Program
"...help but wonder if the blueprint is the Seaholm reuse plan -- or instead, the Lumbermen's subsidy package. "It..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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