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20 Apr 01 - jobs; Responsible Shopper; Dana Meadows memorials; Tibet; plastic pallets ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- From Jesse White, Resource Management Group, Tallevast, FL: I'd like to share with the list some position openings with my company, including project manager and environmental scientist/composting specialist. For information, see: http://recyclesmart.com/Employment/employment.html We're involved with multiple projects that involve waste prevention through the reuse of materials, as well as our recycling consulting activities. - Jesse White, president, Resource Management Group E-mail: jwhite (A T) recyclesmart (D O T) com ------------------- Link to Responsible Shopper, an interactive website sponsored by Working Assets and Co-op America: http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ With this website, you can do a search for a company or brand name, and then find out information about that company. This information includes a summary of what the company has been praised for and criticized for regarding environmental and social issues. Some of the descriptions cover the use of toxics and other waste prevention-related issues. ------------------ Link to updated information on memorial events this weekend (Earth Day weekend) for Donella (Dana) Meadows, a leader in the sustainability and simplicity movements, who died on Feb. 20: http://www.sustainer.org/meadows/memorials.html Memorials will be held in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Cambridge, MA, and Hanover, NH, and a new memorial has been added on Whidbey Island, WA (north of Seattle). This web page also includes lists of speakers and performers scheduled to appear at some of these memorials. ----------------- Link to an article (which appears to be from a few years ago) about a recycling and waste prevention program in Tibet, from the official website of the Government of Tibet in Exile (forwarded from Marcia Rutan): Note from Marcia: This is so inspiring. Includes both recycling and waste prevention. Happy Earth Day to you! http://www.tibet.com/Eco/Green97/clean.html -------------------- From Jessie Lang, Spokane Regional Solid Waste System, Spokane, WA, responding to the recent postings about reusable plastic transport containers: ASAP, a company in Spokane, WA, manufactures 100-percent recycled content plastic pallets. The contact is Keith Adkins, at (509) 928-0953. I don't know if they have other types of shipping containers or not. E-mail: JLang [AT] SpokaneCity [DOT] org - end -