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19 Jan 06 - businesses; Home Depot; PBS; zero waste; EcoConsumer; grants; tools
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From Jan Dolph, City of Austin, Solid Waste Services Department, Austin, TX:
The City of Austin Solid Waste Services Department is looking at making
changes to our business waste prevention program, WRAP (Waste Reduction
Assistance Program), and our business recognition program, called
WasteSmart. We would like to know if you have a business waste prevention
program and/or recognition program, how you market your program, what has
worked and, especially, what doesn't work. Have you used incentives, and
what worked? Thanks.
E-mail: Jan [D O T] Dolph [A T] ci [D O T] austin [D O T] tx [D O T] us
Phone: (512) 974-1929
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Excerpted from a message from Deb Stuart, Seattle area, responding to the
article posted 1/9/06 about the increasing number of "green" home
improvement stores (it mentioned that one of the stores sells organic paint
for $79 a can):
As an employee of the world's largest home improvement company (Home Depot),
I asked my manager why we didn't sell more green stuff in the garden
department like they do in California stores. He said he would be happy to
sell those items when given the "demand." I believe Home Depot will move in
that direction, so hold onto your $79 for one gallon of paint. If Home Depot
sells it, the prices will come down and all will be happy. We are, after
all, a multiBILLION dollar/year company. After all, waste is waste.
E-mail: ms ( DOT ) recycler ( AT ) comcast ( DOT ) net
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Links to information about two Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) programs
related to waste prevention and sustainability (forwarded by Marcia Rutan):
- "Real Simple" - http://www.pbs.org/realsimple/about.html
A new weekly television
version of Real Simple magazine.
(Note from Marcia - Some of my simplicity-movement mentors are pretty put
off by Real Simple magazine, but I think it might be fun to watch this and
see what they've come up with.)
- "Edens Lost and Found" -
http://www.edenslostandfound.org/home/pbsseries.php
This four-part
series, to run in 2006, highlights practical solutions and models for urban
environmental transformation. Each hour-long segment will cover a different
city - Chicago and Philadelphia will be featured in May, 2006, while Los
Angeles and Seattle will be featured in September, 2006. Scott Simon of
National Public Radio will host the Chicago program, and former Washington
state Governor Gary Locke will host the Seattle program. Hosts for the
Philadelphia and Los Angeles shows have not been listed on the website.
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Link to information on "World Without Waste," a four-part radio series made
by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting
Corporation (first seen in the National Recycling Coalition newsletter):
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/features/worldwaste/default.htm
This program
"tracks the international drive by governments, scientists,
environmentalists and communities towards zero waste," according to the
website. The Dec. 31, 2005, program featured San Francisco. An audio file
of each program is posted on the website, after the program airs (click on
the links on the left). The last program will air Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006.
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From Tom Watson, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA, and the
National Waste Prevention Coalition:
I wanted to provide an update on our King County EcoConsumer campaign,
which covers waste prevention and other conservation-related practices.
Earlier this month we started running paid EcoConsumer TV ads on KOMO, the
ABC affiliate station in Seattle. I believe this is one of the first times
a local government has run TV commercials that deal with waste prevention
issues such as consumption and disposable products. You can watch the ads
on our website: http://www.KCecoconsumer.com
The 60-second versions of the ad run 3 or
4 times in a week, mainly during local newscasts, while the 15-second
versions run about 15 times a week, at various times. We're producing nine
different ads, and they will run throughout first quarter 2006. The ads
will be added to our website as they go on the air. Let me know if you have
any questions or comments about this project. Thanks!
E-mail: tom ( DOT ) watson ( AT ) metrokc ( DOT ) gov
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Link to information about U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants
(forwarded by the EPA WasteWise program):
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/resources/06-04.pdf
EPA's
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and EPA regions 2, 3, 6 and 7
are soliciting proposals from non-profit organizations (including
governmental entities) for grants that will stimulate solid waste reduction
and recycling projects to increase the national recycling rate from 30
percent to 35 percent by 2008, reduce and recycle industrial by-products
(including construction and demolition debris), reduce the amount of
electronic waste going to landfills or incinerators, and reduce the amount
of priority chemicals found in waste streams.
EPA must receive initial proposals by Feb 6, 2006. Final proposals will be
due March 22, 2006. The funding opportunity number is EPA-OSWER-OSW-06-04.
More information can be found on the above website or by searching
http://www.grants.gov with the funding opportunity
number. Non-profit organizations, including governmental entities, may
apply.
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Link to an April 2004 article by Dave Wortman in Mother Earth News, about
tool-sharing programs (forwarded by Jim Neely):
http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/2004_April_May/Start_Your_Own_Tool_Sharin
g_Program
This article includes advice and resources for starting up a
tool-sharing program in your community or neighborhood.
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