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14 Oct 04 - electronics; deception; women; global; dollhouses; purchasing
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From Jeff Laufle, Seattle:
The article about electronics waste in the 10/6/04 Waste Prevention Forum
prompts me to ask something I've been wondering about: What options exist
for disposing of (or hopefully, re-using) the AC power adapters which come
with the myriad of electronic devices we buy? When many of these products
break or wear out, it's rare to find any way to repair them, even assuming
we're willing to pay more than we paid for the original purchase. So along
with disposing of the device itself, we also have a perfectly good adapter
to contend with. And they can't just randomly be used with another device.
For instance, I have 2 orphaned adapters in front of me as I write, one with
a 9-volt, 500-milliamp rating, and one at 11 volts and 350 mA, and they also
have different connectors. Any ideas?
E-mail: jcl [ AT ] foxinternet [ DOT ] com
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From Lisa Friend, RE Sources, Bellingham, WA:
A former student at Western Washington University, Kelsi Giswold, worked
with our office and several other organizations to design an educational
poster about electronic wastes. The final product, "Toxic TVs and Poison
PCs" can be ordered from: http://iceh.org/posters.html
An overview of the two-sided poster can be
found on the Basel Action Network website at:
http://www.ban.org/poisonpc.html
Lisa's e-mail: recycle [ A T ] re-sources [ D O T ] org
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Link to an advertising web page for the Brown Brush Monitor, a weed sprayer
disguised as a lawn mower, for highway vegetation management (first seen in
the Gallon Environment Letter):
http://www.dowagro.com/ivm/highway/brown/why.htm
This product is a
combination lawn mower and weed sprayer, with the expressed intention of
hiding the weed spraying. The web page states, "With each year that passes,
more right-of-way acres are deemed "publicly sensitive," making use of an
integrated approach complicated in some cases. For this reason,
right-of-way managers need a system that allows herbicide applications
without public perception that herbicides are being used..."
This product is made by the Brown Manufacturing Corporation, in partnership
with Dow AgroSciences. This flyer for the product has the heading, "Make
Brush Go Away Without Making a Big Scene":
http://www.dowagro.com/webapps/lit/litorder.asp?filepath=ivm/pdfs/noreg/010-56521.pdf&pdf=true
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From Marcia Rutan, Snohomish County Solid Waste Management Division, Waste
Prevention and Recycling, Everett, WA:
WOMEN'S "BUYCOTT"
A women's networking group called "85 Broads" is asking its 4,000-plus
members in 450 companies, colleges, and business schools not to buy anything
on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Here is a web page with information on the "buycott":
https://secure.85broads.com/pages/sub-pages/money.html
The original intention of this campaign is to demonstrate women's buying
power, and the discrepancy between women's buying power and the number of
women in positions of economic power. I think it's also a great opportunity
for practicing simplicity and waste prevention. For those of us used to
buying a little something every day, even lunch or a newspaper, it's a
chance to experience one day without using money or making another material
acquisition. For those who are called, please participate and pass on to
others who may be interested. Thanks!
Email: marcia (D O T) rutan (A T) co (D O T) snohomish (D O T) wa (D O T) us
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Link to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new website, "Gateway to
International Best Practices and Innovations " (first seen in the Pacific
Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center bulletin):
http://www.epa.gov/innovation/international
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Link to information on the "Green Dollhouse" project (first seen in the
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center bulletin):
http://www.greendollhouse.org This
project, for design professionals and design students, is meant to inspire
children and adults to create healthier, more eco-friendly homes. The
deadline for registration to compete is Friday, Oct. 15, 2004. Entries are
due Dec. 15, 2004. Winning entries will be displayed on a museum tour in
2005 and 2006.
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Link to information on the 10th Annual Buy Recycled and Environmentally
Preferable Product (EPP) Vendor Fair and Conference, which will be held in
Worcester, Massachusetts, Oct. 26, 2004 (forwarded by Stephen Long):
http://www.mass.gov/epp/events.htm
The fair is a project of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Environmentally
Preferable Products Procurement Program.
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