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16 Feb 01 - resource list; mouse pads; job; FedEx; mercury; paper ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive --------------------- From Gina Hawkins, City of Gainesville recycling program, Gainesville, FL: REQUEST FOR RESOURCE LIST FOR WASTE PREVENTION Has anyone compiled a list of publications, organizations and associations and existing activities or legislation that foster reuse/pollution prevention? Please let me know, as I would sure hate to reinvent such a lengthy document. Thanks. E-Mail: hawkinsrm ( A T ) ci ( D O T ) gainesville ( D O T ) fl ( D O T ) us Phone: (352) 334-5000, extension 1-5485 --------------------- Excerpted from message from Chaz Miller, National Solid Wastes Management Association, Washington, DC (forwarded by Steve Long): Jennifer Bentz of the Advisory Foundation Board has about 1,000 round mouse pads that the Board cannot use. The Board is located in Washington, D.C. If anyone wants these or knows someone who does, please call her at (202) 266-6614. Thanks. Chaz' e-mail: cmiller [A T] envasns [D O T] org -------------------- Excerpted from a job announcement from Saraswati Chandramouli, Science Applications International Corporation, Oakland, CA: Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Oakland, CA, office is looking for a junior to mid-level person to help lead waste reduction work with clients in the East Bay. If you would like to apply for this Deputy Program Manager position, send a resume and cover letter outlining your interest to: Justine Burt, SAIC, 1404 Franklin St., 6th Floor, Oakland, CA, 94612. Also include a short (1 to 3 pages) writing sample. Job description: This person will work mainly within the StopWa$te Partnership on environmental performance improvement issues. Primary responsibilities include: environmental auditing to identify waste reduction opportunities; helping clients overcome barriers to implementing report recommendations; and quantifying waste diverted. The candidate will use skills such as applying information technology tools to help businesses develop environmental management systems, and financial analysis methods including payback and return on investment. This person will have the opportunity to work on business development and other environmental projects that match his or her interests and skill set. Work will occur primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. Preference will be given to candidates already located in the Bay Area. This position requires 2 to 5 years of experience with waste reduction (source reduction, reuse and recycling), including the experience of having implemented a recycling program at a company or organization. Candidates should have at least two years experience managing complex projects, to include interacting with multiple clients and team members, tracking financial status, making financial projections, tracking project status and creating client reports. Database programming skills (with Microsoft Access for example) are a plus. Saraswati's e-mail: SARASWATI [D O T] CHANDRAMOULI [A T] saic [D O T] com -------------------- Excerpted from a 2/15/01 Reuters News Service item (first seen in Jim DiPeso's Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center bulletin): FEDERAL EXPRESS SEEKS FUEL-EFFICIENT TRUCKS FedEx Express, a part of Federal Express Corp., wants manufacturers to submit proposals for the design and development of a delivery truck that will increase fuel efficiency by 50 percent and reduce emissions by 90 percent, the company said in a Feb. 13 statement. FedEx Express and the Alliance for Environmental Innovation, an advocacy group, are working together on this project. This request for proposals calls for design and development of a commercial delivery truck that will eventually replace the present FedEx Express truck, the company said. The hope is that the proposed truck would work as well as those in the present fleet and cost about the same over the vehicle's lifetime. The joint project wants the trucks to deliver major reductions in pollution, fuel consumption and use of resources, the company said. The project also wants to accelerate the time to market of full production-scale environmentally friendly vehicles sooner than regulations require. For more information on this project, see this Alliance for Environmental Innovation web page: http://www.environmentaldefense.org/Alliance/cleanertrucks.html -------------------- From Thomas, the U.S. Library of Congress information service (first seen on the Health Care Without Harm website): MERCURY REDUCTION BILL INTRODUCED IN U.S. SENATE On Feb. 15, U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced Senate Bill 351, which is described as: "A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the quantity of mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and improving collection, recycling, and disposal of mercury." The bill's co-sponsor is Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts). The bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Note: As of today, the text of the bill was not yet posted on the Thomas website. The full text will probably be posted in the next few days. Thomas - a great source of information on the status of all bills in Congress - is at: http://thomas.loc.gov/ ------------------- Link to the Paper Calculator, which allows the user to compare the environmental impacts of different types of papers, based on a life-cycle analysis: http://www.ofee.gov/recycled/cal-index.htm The Paper Calculator is a joint project of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Defense, the U.S. Postal Service and the old White House Task Force on Greening the Government through Waste Prevention and Recycling. - end -