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21 Jun 00 - batteries; eco-parks; biodegradables; job; EPR; website; ULS Report ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- >From Alyssa Stoneman, Recycling Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada: I am compiling information on the life cycles of alkaline and nickel cadmium batteries. The kind of information I am looking for includes: step-by-step breakdown of manufacturing and recycling; energy costs to recycle the batteries; health risks; etc. Does anyone have any information like this on batteries? If not, do you know where I can go to get this specific information? Any leads and/or advice you could give me would be fantastic. Thank you. E-mail: Alyssa (A T) rcbc (D O T) bc (D O T) ca -------------------- >From Theron Shaw, City of SeaTac, Washington, responding to the 6/15/00 query about eco-industrial parks: A good contact is Ed Cohen-Rosenthal at Cornell University's Work and Environment Initiative. He has done a great deal of work around eco-industrial parks (EIPs) and has information on EIP projects around the U.S. Theron's e-mail: therons [A T] seatac [D O T] wa [D O T] gov Note from Tom: This web page for the Cornell Work and Environment Initiative has the contact information for Ed Cohen-Rosenthal, along with the names of other contacts for their Eco-Industrial Park Team: http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/wei/huh.htm -------------------- Also from Theron Shaw, responding to the 6/15/00 query about biodegradable food service products: Biocorp makes a line of plastic utensils and can liners called "ReSource Ware," made from some kind of corn starch polymer. The bags and utensils are both supposed to be compostable. You can reach Biocorp for product information at 1-888-206-5658. -------------------- Excerpted from job announcement from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston (forwarded by Stephen Long and Peter Allison): The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has a Regional Planner III position available in Boston. The weekly salary range is $828 to $1,076. Job duties include: - monitor and develop the Cathode Ray Tube recycling program. - provide technical and planning assistance to the construction and demolition (C&D) industry on waste reduction/solid waste management issues. - gather and manage data on source reduction and recycling programs. - analyze solid waste/recycling processing needs and foster new facility development, with an emphasis on C&D processing. - assist in the development of solid waste/recycling programs, policies and regulations. - assist in the planning and implementation of various source reduction/recycling initiatives. This position requires a minimum of 4 years experience and/or educational substitutions. All applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. on July 10, 2000. Filling this position is subject to the availability of funding. Applications and submission information can be found at http://www.state.ma.us/dep/bas/hire.htm Scroll down and click on position number 2000-4255. -------------------- Link to a description (and ordering information) for a new report on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) from Inform, the New York City-based environmental research and education organization: http://www.informinc.org/eprbook.htm -------------------- Link to the Global Stewards website, created and maintained by Lea Dutton of San Rafael, California, which includes a number of tips, resources and links related to waste prevention: http://www.globalstewards.org -------------------- >From Tom Watson, National Waste Prevention Coalition and King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA: Bob Lilienfeld, editor of the ULS (Use Less Stuff) Report, a waste prevention newsletter, has announced that he is ending publication of the newsletter, after six years. Thanks Bob for all your great work! We will miss having the ULS Report as a waste prevention resource! The current (and last) issue of the ULS Report, and back issues, are online at: http://cygnus-group.com/ULS/Current_ULS_Reports/Reports.html - end -