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24 Sep 01 - printer cartridges; cell phones; Miss America; Pillsbury; NRC ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- Links to companies that buy empty ink-jet and laser printer cartridges (for reuse) from schools and non-profits, as fund-raisers (forwarded in part by Shirley Shimada): - Recyclers USA, Las Vegas, NV. http://www.recyclersusa.com - The Funding Factory, Erie, PA. http://www.fundingfactory.com - We Buy Empties, Las Vegas, NV. http://www.webuyempties.com According to a 8/20/2000 item in Newsweek magazine (which mentioned these three companies), the Funding Factory works with 10,000 schools that collect 295,000 cartridges per year. Note from Tom: We don't endorse any companies, of course, but it's good to know that these kinds of programs exist, and that there is more than one company to choose from. ------------------- Link to an article, "How Disposable Cell Phones Will Work," by Kevin Bonsor, on the "How Stuff Works" website: http://www.howstuffworks.com/disposable-cell-phone.htm ------------------- From Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA, and the National Waste Prevention Coalition: On Saturday night my family and I sat down and watched part of the Miss America pageant (since it was three hours long, it was hard to make it through the whole thing). It was a diversion from recent events, although there was certainly a flag-waving element to this too. Anyway, at the beginning they showed all the women, and each of them said something very brief about their state. Most of these little sound bites were in the patriotic vein, noting that their state was the home of a president, or has some military connection. But when they showed Katie Harman, Miss Oregon, she said she was from "Oregon, the national leader in environmental protection." We cheered. Later, in a video clip where some of the finalists were asked what their most prized possession was, Miss Oregon said hers was her water bottle. And then - what do you know - she won! As a fellow resident of the Pacific Northwest, I was kinda proud. Here's hoping that people don't forget environmental protection and waste prevention (even if it's just keeping it in the back of their minds), as we enter this new era in American history. E-mail: tom ( D O T ) watson ( A T ) metrokc ( D O T ) gov -------------------- Link to information about the Pillsbury Company's ambitious environmental goals and programs (first seen on the Grassroots Recycling Network website): Environmental principles and goals: http://www.pillsbury.com/about/principles.asp Pillsbury's waste prevention programs: http://www.pillsbury.com/about/successstories.asp -------------------- From the website of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC), Alexandria, VA: As many of you already know, the National Recycling Congress in Seattle, originally planned for Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, has been rescheduled to Jan. 13-16, 2002, in Seattle, as a result of the recent terrorist attacks. The Congress will include a wide range of sessions, tours and exhibits on recycling, reuse and reduction. For more information, see the NRC website at: http://www.nrc-recycle.org - end -