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24 May 99 - seeking public education info; simple living; biodegradables ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition --------------------- >From Jane Dewell, Belt Collins Hawaii, Honolulu, HI: I am working on the Hawaii State Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. One of the priority topics for the plan revision is public education. I am in the process of identifying model public education programs addressing solid waste issues (e.g., source reduction, recycling, illegal dumping, commercial recycling) that are conducted at state, county and community levels. The programs would provide good examples of how to conduct public education at various levels (i.e., state, community), and assist Hawaii in developing a public education model approach to getting people aware of and involved in addressing solid waste issues. I would appreciate receiving information from this group on programs that they believe would be good examples of public education for solid waste. Thanks! --------------------- >From Susan Salterberg, Center for Energy and Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA: In response to Marcia Rutan's 5/20/99 posting -- Thanks for the compliment on our curriculum. We also have produced several displays that are available on loan. The new web site for the Center for Energy and Environmental Education's Simple Living Initiatives program (publishers of the Simplifying for Wellness curriculum) gives more details: http://www.cns.uni.edu/simplify E-mail: ssalter (AT) netins (DOT) net --------------------- Here is the address for a 5/19/99 article (forwarded by Pauh Wang and Todd Carey) on the Environmental News Network website about a company's disposable bags and utensils that they claim are "entirely biodegradable" in a normal composting process. If they catch on, these products could have implications for institutional on-site composting and possibly home composting. http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1999/05/051999/bioplastic_3277.asp - end -