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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 01:28:09 -0500
From: "Bill Sheehan" <bill_sheehan@mindspring.com>
Subject: Fw: Tyvek in Business Week is a contaminant for recyclers
[forwarded]
> From: RecycleWorlds <anderson@msn.fullfeed.com>
> To: EnviroLink <recycle@envirolink.org>
> Subject: Re: Tyvek in Business Week is a contaminant for recyclers
> Date: Wednesday, December 24, 1997 1:03 PM
>
> John- You've done a wonderful job on this. However, the closure of
> the issue reported in
> the newspapers is GROSSLY inadequate. Namely, the reports suggest
> that everything can be made fine if everyone takes a scissors and cuts
> out the page before recycling it. Obviously, that is ridiculous,
> because it leaves the cities with recycling programs and their
> upstream processors with the major costs to repair the damage, while
> Dupont does nothing to repay them for this cost that Dupont created.
>
> If we are going to avoid a continuing series of repeats, unfortunately
> we are going to need to do
> something more dramatic. As an example, I suggest that we find some
> way to monetize
> the cost that this ad is costing local recycling programs and thus,
> effectively, requiring property taxes to be higher than they otherwise
> would need to be. An invoice should be sent to Dupont by recycling
> managers across the country (with copies to the local newspapers)
> demanding
> payment in order to e.g. prevent property taxes from having to be
> increased to subsidy Dupont's advertising, if we are to more properly
> frame the issue and reduce the number of these assaults in the future.
>
> Peter Anderson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Reindl <reindl@co.dane.wi.us>
> To: waste@cedar.univie.ac.at <waste@cedar.univie.ac.at>;
> Recycle@envirolink.org <Recycle@envirolink.org>; GreenYes@ucsd.edu
> <GreenYes@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 2:12 PM
> Subject: Tyvek in Business Week is a contaminant for recyclers
>
>
> Dear List Members -
>
> The December 22nd issue of Business Week has a full page ad (plus
> carryover for stapling purposes) by DuPont of their nearly
> impossible to tear material Tyvek.
>
> In discussing this ad with several folks in the paper recycling
> field, I found that it is a serious contaminant and in one case
> already, has resulted in the serious downgrading of the magazines
> as a recyclable feedstock.
>
> You may want to do some public education to your local
> citizens and businesses not to include these magazines in their
> recycling programs, or to cut out the ads before recycling the
> magazine.
>
> You may also want to contact Business Week and DuPont and let them
> know of the difficulties that their marketing decisions have made on
> your recycling programs. Their Web addresses are
> http://www.businessweek.com/ and http://www.dupont.com
>
> This seems to me to be a classic case of manufacturers ignoring
> their responsibility for the disposition of their products.
>
> John Reindl, Recycling Manager
> Dane County, WI
>
> reindl@co.dane.wi.us
> (608)267-1533 - fax
> (608)267-8815 - phone
>
>
>
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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 21:57:03 -0500
From: "Macfarquhar, James D" <JAMESM@MAIL.FAC.UNC.EDU>
Subject: Position Available
Dear List Members,
The web site contained in the original e-mail has been changed. A new
web address for all full time UNC Chapel Hill positions including the
Recycling Coordinator is http://www.adp.unc.edu/hr/jobs/spa/jobfam1.htm.
Forms and instructions on how to apply can be found through this site.
Jim MacFarquhar
UNC Chapel Hill
(919)966-1321
jamesm@fac.unc.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Macfarquhar, James D
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 1997 10:20 PM
> To: 'greenyes@UCSD.Edu'
> Subject: Position Available
>
> Dear List Members,
> UNC Chapel Hill has a position available for a Recycling Coordinator.
> Another member suggested that I post information to this list. A copy
> of my posting to the Recyc-l list follows:
>
> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recruiting for the
> position of Recycling Coordinator. The Recycling Coordinator is
> responsible for the continued development and implementation of waste
> reduction and recycling programs at UNC Chapel Hill. The Recycling
> office is responsible for the collection of 17 of the 30 items
> recycled with five employees, three contractors, and volunteers. The
> volume amounts to over 2400 tons of the total 12,000 tons of material
> recycled annually. Position requires a Bachelor's degree with a major
> in Environmental Sciences or related curriculum and at least one year
> experience in the recycling field or related environmental work.
> Additional work experience in a municipal or university recycling
> program is highly desirable. The salary range is $27,557-$43,058.
>
>
> Please see http://www.adp.unc.edu/hr/jobs/spa/fulltime/job33.htm on
> our web page for further information and links to other pages for
> application instructions.
>
> Any questions can be directed to me:
>
> Jim MacFarquhar
> (919)966-1321
> jamesm@fac.unc.edu
>
>
>
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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:02:58 -0500
From: Jean-Pierre Barrette <m336620@er.uqam.ca>
Subject: WASTE: Tyvek ads in 19 publications; send back to have it recyc
John Reindl wrote:
> Hi Everyone -
>
> Oops! I made two "minor" mistakes in message on Tyvek ads in
> Business Week.
>
> First, the bad news. Instead of just being in Business Week, DuPont
> put Tyvek into 19 publications, as follows:
>
> Newspapers
>
> USA Today
> Investor's Business Daily
> The Wall Street Journal
> Barron's
>
> Magazines
>
> Business Week
> Forbes
> Architectural Digest
> Institutional Investor
> National Journal
> Forbes
> Bloomberg Personal
> Smithsonian
> US News & World Report
> National Review
> Harper's
> Art News
> Ivy League Network
> Roll Call
> Economist
>
> Now, for some good news. While DuPont acknowledges that the Tyvek is
> not recyclable mixed in with paper, it is in itself recyclable and
> they will be glad to do so if people will take a pair of scissors,
> cut out the ads, and send them to DuPont Tyvek, DMP LR2E5, Box
> 80705, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0705.
>
> The Associated Press picked up on an article in our local newspaper
> on this situation and intends to get something out nationally on this.
>
> We are both asking the public to remove the ads before they put
> their paper out for recycling, and contacting DuPont and the
> publications to please consider the impact of their decisions on the
> recyclability of their pubications.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> John Reindl, Recycling Manager
> Dane County, WI
>
> reindl@co.dane.wi.us
> (608)267-1533 - fax
> (608)267-8815 - phone
> -
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Congratulation for a small effort that gave great results.
Keep up the good work!
Jean-Pierre Barrette
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