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18 Jan 02 - grocery stores; festivals; AOL; jobs; NRC ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive -------------------- From Nicole Stewart, Washington County Public Health & Environment, Stillwater, MN: I am coordinating a project with a consultant to develop waste strategies on the reduction and recycling of commercial packaging and other waste streams in grocery stores in Washington County. I am looking for any studies, research, pilot projects, reports, and Internet sites that are available related to this focus on grocery stores. Thanks for your assistance! E-mail: nicole (D O T) stewart (A T) co (D O T) washington (D O T) mn (D O T) us ------------------- From Max Cadji, student, University of California, Davis, CA, and member of the Whole Earth Festival waste reduction staff: Our festival currently diverts over 85 percent of its waste through composting and recycling. We wanted to switch over to reusable dishware for the festival. Does anyone know of any festivals that use dishware? Thank you. E-mail: recycle48 [A T] yahoo [D O T] com ------------------- The next three messages are in response to the 1/9/02 posting complaining about a wasteful America Online (AOL) mailing (a CD in a thick plastic case). ------------------- From Bart Hagston, recycling program, Jackson County, IL: In addition to the unsolicited AOL CDs shipped in black plastic cases, we are receiving AOL CDs in aluminum tins. Where does the madness end? Here in southern Illinois, AOL CDs in plastic cases were also recently distributed with all residential telephone books. I guess it was not enough for Verizon to offer only minimal support of phone book recycling. Now they have sold out their customer base to force-feed us with unwanted marketing products. My phone calls on this issue to Verizon's public affairs department have gone unanswered, and my e-mail to AOL only received an auto reply. I was wondering if this was a national promotional deal between Verizon and AOL or just unique to our region? E-mail: bhag33 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com -------------------- From Jay Shepard, Washington state Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA: Regarding the AOL CDs - check out this web site - http://www.nomoreaolcds.com - and overlook their humor. Below are their Mission and Objective statements. Mission: To make it clear to AOL that a lot of people do not want and have never asked for their CDs. To stop the needless pollution of the environment due to distribution of unwanted materials. To preserve our personal privacy. Objective: To collect 1,000,000 unwanted AOL CDs from people like you. We'll then transport the 1,000,000 CDs in an armada of trucks or something and give them back to their rightful owners, AOL. We'll ask them to stop sending these unrequested, unwanted, and destined-for-landfill CDs. Jay's e-mail: jshe461 [AT] ECY [DOT] WA [DOT] GOV --------------------- From Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA, and the National Waste Prevention Coalition: Steve Fisher, recycling coordinator for the cities of Edmonds and Lynnwood in Washington state, pointed out when I saw him at a conference this week that some of the plastic cases that AOL uses (to mail its promotional CDs) do have good reuse potential. They are actually sturdier than the clear plastic "jewel box" cases that CDs are usually sold in. If your CD rack will hold the AOL cases, you may want to get rid of the AOL sleeve, put your own label on, and reuse them. ---------------------- From Jan Whitworth, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, OR: The Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality has a job opening for the manager of the Solid Waste Policy and Program Development Section. The position is located in Portland, Oregon. The link to the job announcement is below. The announcement closes February 5. This position manages all solid waste policy development for the state including waste prevention, recovery and product stewardship, as well as the traditional regulatory policies. http://www.deq.state.or.us/msd/hr/jobs/le200035.htm -------------------- Link to a job announcement from the Wisconsin Environmental Initiative, Madison, WI, for a Director for its "Green Built Home" program (first seen in the WasteCap Wisconsin E-mail Bulletin): http://www.wastecapwi.org/bulletin/gbhposition.htm Green Built Home is a program that reviews and certifies homes that meet sustainable building and energy standards. The Program Director is responsible for program development, fundraising, marketing, promotion, and management of all program activities. The application deadline is February 1. -------------------- Excerpted from a job announcement sent by John Crisley, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Boston, MA: The City of Newton, Massachusetts is seeking to fill its new Municipal Source Reduction Coordinator position. The Source Reduction Coordinator will be responsible for managing the implementation of the city's Municipal Source Reduction Plan. The plan, developed by the city under a grant from Massachusetts DEP, is online at: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/recycle/cities.htm#sr This is a full-time job (37.5 hours per week) working within the Department of Public Works, in a consulting position. The position is funded through June 30, 2003. The application packet is available on the City of Newton web site at: http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/main.htm Click on "Invitations for Bids" and scroll down to "Source Reduction Coordinator." Completed application packets must be received by the city no later than January 31, 2002. Applicants with questions about the position should contact: Ms. Re Cappoli, Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing Department, City of Newton, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA, 02459, phone (617) 552-7001. E-mail: rcappoli [A T] ci [D O T] newton [D O T] ma [D O T] us ---------------------- From Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA, and the National Waste Prevention Coalition: I would just like to thank everyone who made all of our waste prevention activities a success at the National Recycling Congress (NRC) this week in Seattle! Hundreds of people, from across the nation, stopped by at our booth, which was sponsored by the National Waste Prevention Coalition and the Reuse Development Organization (ReDO). ReDO executive director Julie Rhodes and myself really enjoyed meeting everyone, providing information and helping people make connections. Thanks to those who came by, and special thanks to everyone who worked in the booth, helped us set it up and take it down, and provided furnishings and display materials. The waste prevention-related sessions, workshops and tours also seemed to be very well-received. The recycling stuff at the conference was good too, but waste prevention (reduction and reuse) is where my heart is. This conference really made me feel hopeful about the future of waste prevention, and thankful that I get to work with and associate with so many great people. E-mail: tom [DOT] watson [AT] metrokc [DOT] gov - end -