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27 May 99 - Ralph Nader on reuse; healthcare waste; exchanges; crafts ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition --------------------- >From an interview with Ralph Nader, legendary consumer activist, in the May 3, 1999, Waste News (interview written by Walt Wiley): "I used to have my umbrella repaired. There were people who repaired umbrellas, but no more. Now, when your umbrella gets blown inside out, you're supposed to just throw it away and buy a new one. I think we can all demand more than that." -- Ralph Nader --------------------- Excerpted from e-mail from Stephanie Davis, consultant and coordinator of the workshop described below: Speakers have been announced for the Healthcare Waste Workshop in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 9, 1999, to be held in conjunction with the California Resource Recovery Association conference. Speakers and moderators include: - Moira DeRosa, Waste Reduction Coordinator, Waste Programs Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9. - Kathy Gerwig, National Manager, Resource Conservation, Kaiser Permanente Corporate Headquarters. - Patricia Bartholomew, Director, Environmental Health & Safety, European Manufacturing, Baxter Healthcare Corporation. - Chen Wen, National Program Co-Manager, Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Program, U.S. EPA, headquarters. - Marc Olender, National Program Co-Manager, Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Program, U.S. EPA, Region 5. - Patricia McClearn, Program Director, Colorado Hospitals for a Healthy Environment. - Patricia Bartholomew, Director, Environmental Health & Safety, European Manufacturing, Baxter Healthcare Corporation. - Roger Richter, Senior Vice President, Professional Services, California Healthcare Association. - Liisa Nenonen, Founder and President, The RACORSE Network. - Yvonne Bartfeld, Program Director, RACORSE/Home CARES Equipment Recyclers. - Jack McGurk, Branch Chief, California Department of Health Services, Medical Waste Management Program. - Laura Brannen, Waste Minimization Coordinator, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. - Rory Bakke, Senior Program Manager, Alameda County Waste Management Authority. - Darlene Powell, Manager of Industrial Hygiene Services, Hartford Hospital. - Thomas Outerbridge, President, City Green, Inc. - Lacey Friedman, Risk Reduction Specialist, Contra Costa County Health Department, Hazardous Materials Division. - Eileen Sheehan, Pollution Prevention Program, U.S. EPA, Region 9. - Emily Moore, Pollution Prevention Specialist, Business Environmental Resource Center, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance. - David Eppstein, Director, Policy and Special Projects, Medical Academic & Scientific Community Organization. - Kevin McManus, Director, Toxic Reduction and Control Department of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. The Healthcare Waste Workshop is free with conference registration. One day fee without conference registration is $35.00. You must pre-register; no walk-ins. For more information, call the California Resource Recovery Association at 916/441-2772 or see their website at: http://www.crra.com/1999Conf/1999home.htm Stephanie Davis can be reached at: ScD18 [ AT ] aol [ DOT ] com --------------------- A extensive listing of materials exchanges throughout North America can be found at this Internet address: http://www.enviroworld.com/Resources/matexchs.html These listings are part of the EviroWorld website and are sponsored by the Kentucky Industrial Materials Exchange. --------------------- >From Tom Watson, Waste Prevention Forum moderator: Below is the address for one of the best websites I've seen with ideas for crafts made of reused materials. It is part of the site for TVI, a company based in the Seattle area that operates the Value Village chain of thrift stores. The crafts and instructions on how to make them are by Kim Bailey of Seattle, an artist and TVI employee. Some of the projects are elaborate, but there are also some reuse ideas that require little or no work (such as the "Shoehouse", my personal favorite). The site address is: http://www.tviinc.com/new/craft/march99/main.html To see all the crafts, click on "Frames" and then check out the other links, especially "Recent Projects." - end -