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04 Jan 02 - data; New York City; diapers; NRC; newsletter ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- From Susan Salterberg, Center for Energy & Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION I'm trying to further promote the importance of waste reduction, and the following data will help me with a project related to that. Can you help? I hear the "for every ton of garbage we generate, another 20 tons is produced to create the product" statistic used often ("Escape from Affluenza" video and others). Does anyone know where that stat came from? I'd like the original source. Related to that, I am trying to find data about industrial waste generation vs. MSW (municipal solid waste). MSW stats are readily available, but industrial are not. Even if I could get information that would compare MSW to total waste (including air and water pollution, etc.), I'd welcome that. I need references for the data, too. Thanks. E-mail: ssalter (A T) netins (D O T) net -------------------- Link to a new waste prevention website for New York City (forwarded by Robert Lange): http://www.nycwasteless.com/indiv/index.html This website, "NYC WasteLe$$," is produced by the New York City Waste Prevention Partnership, which includes the New York City Department of Sanitation. This site is aimed at individuals. There are also two connected sites, which are in the process of being redesigned: - For businesses: http://www.nycwasteless.com/gov-bus/index.htm - For government: http://www.nycwasteless.com/gov-bus/citysense/index.htm -------------------- Excerpted from a message from Jeffrey Smedberg, County of Santa Cruz Public Works Department, recycling programs, Santa Cruz, CA, responding to the 12/31/01 postings about adult diapers for incontinence: There is an alternative to disposable adult diapers. A Santa Cruz company, Lifestyles Emporium, offers a full line of "adult incontinent products" (as they are more delicately referred to), including reusable cloth and waterproof pants. All the products may be viewed in the on-line catalog at: http://www.lifestylesemporium.com Click on "Our Store." Much of their business is mail order. If you are in the area, you can stop by the retail outlet and try on products. Although the initial investment for cloth products is greater than for disposables, even with a laundry service the payback is quick. To better meet the needs of her customers, registered nurse and business owner Peggy Lu Fay is setting up a sewing operation to manufacture cloth products of her own improved designs. To meet the financial challenges of the new operation, Ms. Fay has applied to the County of Santa Cruz's Waste Reduction Grant Program for assistance. For a modest amount of matching funds, she is seeking serious investors. Peggy Lu Fay may be contacted at: peggylu [ A T ] lifestylesemporium [ D O T ] com Jeffrey's e-mail: recycle [ A T ] co [ D O T ] santa-cruz [ D O T ] ca [ D O T ] us -------------------- From Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA, and the National Waste Prevention Coalition: "AFFLUENZA" PRODUCER WILL BE BOOTH GUEST AT NRC For those of you who will be attending the National Recycling Congress (NRC) in Seattle Jan. 13-16. I'd like to invite you all to stop by the ReDO (Reuse Development Organization) and National Waste Prevention Coalition joint booth. Also known as the "waste prevention lounge," this will be a meeting place for people interested in reduction and reuse. We'll have a couch and chairs, and the booth will feature some interesting examples of waste-prevention related products, educational materials, posters, etc. One special event at our booth is that from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 14, our guest will be television documentary producer and author John de Graaf. John produced, wrote and edited the popular Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) specials, "Affluenza" and "Escape from Affluenza," about the modern-day epidemic of over-consumption. He is also co-author of the book, "Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic," published last June. Although John has produced primetime documentaries on various topics (and has won more than 100 filmmaking awards), he has a special interest in the environment and consumption issues. We hope you can stop by our booth, either to meet John de Graaf, or at another time. The exhibit hall will be open from 11 to 5:30 on Monday and 11 to 5 on Tuesday. Our booth is a double booth, numbers 601-700. Depending on which set of entrance doors you go in, our booth should either be in front of the doors, or just to the right. For more information on the conference (schedule, etc.), see the National Recycling Coalition's website at: http://www.nrc-recycle.org/ Scroll down and click on this section: "Updated Information Now Available! Everything You Need for the Annual Congress & Exposition in Seattle." Tom's e-mail: tom [ D O T ] watson [ A T ] metrokc [ D O T ] gov -------------------- Link to the online Waste Watcher newsletter, from the state of Oregon's Department of Administrative Services Facilities Division, for state agencies (forwarded by Patrick Domres): http://www.facilities.das.state.or.us/waste_watcher.htm This quarterly newsletter deals with resource conservation, waste reduction, energy conservation and recycling. - end -