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13 Jul 01 - Carol Wright; job; dry cleaning; fire extinguishers; health care; reuse tips ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- Excerpted from a message from Glenn Meyer, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, St. Paul, MN: Cox Target Media has apparently discontinued the Carol Wright direct-mail coupon product. Their website is gone, and the Carol Wright opt-out number (which government agencies have often publicized, for junk mail reduction) no longer works. This 3/16/01 news item from the Tampa Bay Business Journal gives more information: "Cox Target Media announced today it would merge its direct mail products, Carol Wright and Val-Pak, to create a single national brand. The integration will fuse Carol Wright's national and regional advertising content into Val-Pak's localized products, including Valpak.com. It will begin with the May mailing. The Val-Pak operation is based in Largo, FL." E-mail: glenn [DOT] meyer [AT] moea [DOT] state [DOT] mn [DOT] us --------------------- Excerpted from a job announcement sent by Heather Abrams, Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, Walnut Creek, CA: The Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority (CCCSWA) is seeking a Waste Prevention and Recycling Assistant to work with businesses, multi-family residents and schools in Danville, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Walnut Creek, and Contra Costa County, California. The CCCSWA is a small regional agency that sponsors innovative waste prevention, recycling, composting and reuse programs. For more information on the agency, visit: http://www.wastediversion.org Salary range: $2,985 to $3,628 per month, plus excellent benefits. Resume, cover letter and CCCSWA application are due by 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 3, 2001 to: Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, 1280 Civic Dr., Suite 210, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596 For an application packet, phone (925) 906-1801 or e-mail: authority [ AT ] wastediversion [ DOT ] org -------------------- Link to a 7/11/01 press release from Greenpeace about their new report on the hazards of perchloroethylene, or perc, a solvent used by most dry cleaners (forwarded by Kinley Deller): http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/press_releases/01_07_11.htm At the bottom of the press release is a link to the entire report, which is called, "Out of Fashion - Moving Beyond Toxic Cleaners." -------------------- From Keith Anderson, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Worcester, MA, responding to the 7/11/01 query about what to do with old fire extinguishers: Here is a one-page fact sheet on fire extinguishers - some helpful hints. http://www.state.ma.us/dep/recycleold/hazards/fireex.htm E-mail: Keith [DOT] Anderson [AT] state [DOT] ma [DOT] us -------------------- Link to a new report on pollution prevention in the health care sector, from the Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC), Seattle, WA (first seen in the PPRC info bulletin): http://www.pprc.org/pprc/pubs/topics/healthcare.html Although this report is called a "Northwest guide" in its title, it is not specific to the Northwest. It includes a vast array of resources, from across the U.S. and Canada. -------------------- Link to the newsletter for Eco-Artware.com, a web-based art gallery that features functional art made from reused, recycled and natural materials (forwarded by Reena Kazmann): http://www.eco-artware.com/newsletter.shtml This newsletter, called the Recycling Rag, features articles on reuse. The current edition includes a number of reuse tips, some of them specific to the Washington, DC area (where Eco-Artware is based) and some that are more general. - end -