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02 Apr 01 - curriculum; office supplies; incentives; cups; posters; reuse column; grants ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- Excerpted from a message from Steve Engel, Metro, Portland, OR, responding to the 3/26/01 posting seeking curriculum materials that introduce 5th to 12th graders to the importance of pollution prevention for business and industry: Metro (Portland's three-county regional service district) has an environmental education staff, primarily focused on teaching K-12 about solid waste issues. We also have a public (adult) education program re: hazwastes. The school-oriented group has a couple of curricula and a little advice: - Look for the National Association of Environmental Educators on the web. - There's a book called "CHEMICALS, Choosing Wisely - A Student Audit of Resource Use" (Teacher Resource Guide), published by Dale Seymour Publications (1998) as part of the Environmental Action label. ("Analyze - Consider options - Take action in our neighborhoods.") The address is 2725 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. Their customer service number is (800) 872-1100. - The Air & Waste Management Association (One Gateway Center, Third Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, phone (412) 232-3444, fax (412) 232-3450) puts out an "Environmental Resource Guide on Air Quality" for grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. E-mail: Engels (AT) metro (DOT) dst (DOT) or (DOT) us ------------------- Link to a U.S. General Services Administration web page on how businesses and agencies can set up office supply exchange rooms (from the Reuse Development Organization listserv): http://hydra.gsa.gov/planetgsa/resources/greenroom.htm -------------------- From Barbara Zaccheo, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), WasteWise Program, Washington, DC: A new EPA report, "The United States Experience with Economic Incentives for Protecting the Environment," assesses the role of economic incentives for controlling environmental pollution. The report documents hundreds of uses of economic incentives for controlling pollution at all levels of government, to both supplement and substitute for traditional regulatory approaches. WasteWise and other voluntary programs are briefly discussed. You can find this report at: http://www.epa.gov/economics/ Click on the title of the report, on the right. The full report is in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). E-mail: Zaccheo (D O T) Barbara (A T) epamail (D O T) epa (D O T) gov ------------------- From Tom Watson, National Waste Prevention Coalition and King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA: NEW PRODUCT Georgia-Pacific has just launched a new line of disposable cups, under the Dixie Cups brand. They are called "PerfecTouch To Go!" They are basically "to go" cups, with lids, designed to use when you take drinks with you from home. There are 16 cups and 16 lids in a package, and they are for hot or cold drinks (although they seem to be aiming for coffee drinkers). The blurb in the ad reads: "Enjoy your home-brewed coffee on the road! - Specially insulated to keep beverages hot - Easy-grip surface - Tight-fitting lid - AND they're disposable!" E-mail: tom [DOT] watson [AT] metrokc [DOT] gov ------------------- Link to posters from the British federal government's "Doing Your Bit" environmental campaign (forwarded by Andy Nolan): - All of these are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Reducing pollution from cars: - "Sweaty Feet" - http://www.doingyourbit.org.uk/campaign/press/sweatyfeet.pdf - "Empty Seats" - http://www.doingyourbit.org.uk/campaign/press/emptyseats.pdf Reducing global warming; energy conservation: - "Light Switch" - http://www.doingyourbit.org.uk/campaign/press/lightswitch.pdf Water conservation: - "Overwatering" - http://www.doingyourbit.org.uk/campaign/press/overwater.pdf ------------------- Excerpted from message from Rob Arner, Washington D.C. area: I thought people might be interested in this column that I wrote about reuse, remanufacturing and product responsibility. It is on the SolidWaste.com website at: http://www.solidwaste.com/read/sp20010326/411064 E-mail: rarner (A T) shentel (D O T) net ------------------- Link to information on grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency supporting research on market-based mechanisms and other incentives for environmental quality management (forwarded by Steve Long): http://services.sciencewise.com/content/index.cfm?objectid=5265 - end -