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[Fwd: Help for reuse - legislative/market Development]
Low-tech recycling
Midwest Recycling Investment Forum applications due!
regulatory requirements
reuse reports
San Ignacio on CNN 12/14
small-business reports
Used oil recycling
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:52:19 -0800
From: Ann Schneider <aschneid@cats.ucsc.edu>
Subject: [Fwd: Help for reuse - legislative/market Development]
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Hi Recyclers and Potential Reuse Advocates:
I am trying to create a white paper on legislative changes or market
development programs that will support, create and expand business
opportunities for reuse based businesses. Reuse based businesses
include resale stores, rental and repair opperations, deconstruction
businesses, businesses that design products for multiple uses where
single use products have the greater market share (transport packaging,
reuse packaging), and businesses that provide reuse services, e.g.,
diaper and adult incontinent laudry services, party rentals for flat and
tableware.
An example of potential modifications changes to expand reuse
opportunities in existing market development programs is the RMDZ loan
program in California that will not give loans to diaper services. The
change would recognize the waste prevention benefits of the diaper
service and allow them to qualify for the low interest loan.
All suggestions are helpful, even those (or especially those) that are
not based in California but are supported elsewhere.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Ann Schneider
Chair
CRRA's Repair, Resale and Reuse Technical Council
aschneid@cats.ucsc.edu
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:25:50 -0500
From: Rhonda Sherman <sherman@eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Low-tech recycling
Ann Schneider requested info on low-tech recycling. If you
click on my web address, then on "Publications," the first
pub. listed is "A Low-Cost Plastic Bottle and Jug Baler" (yes,
it should be listed under "L" but the webmaster posted it that
way). This 6-page fact sheet describes how to build a simple,
economical bale press for plastic bottles and jugs. This baler
is ideal for small recycling programs with limited resources.
It can be constructed for less than $150 using new materials,
and next to nothing using scrap materials, and the baler requires
no electricity or fork-lift for lifting bales. Each bale holds at
least 200 plastic milk jugs and weighs 35 to 40 pounds. The fact
sheet includes detailed drawings on how to construct the baler.
Hard copies are available at no cost.
Rhonda L. Sherman <sherman@eos.ncsu.edu>
Solid Waste Management Extension Specialist
Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department
North Carolina State University
Box 7625, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625 U.S.A.
Phone (919) 515-6770 Fax (919) 515-6772
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:34:49 -0800 (PST)
From: "David A. Kirkpatrick" <david@kirkworks.com>
Subject: Midwest Recycling Investment Forum applications due!
Do you know a promising Midwest recycling company that is seeking
outside equity capital for expansion?
Encourage them to apply to be a featured business presenter
at the upcoming MIDWEST RECYCLING INVESTMENT FORUM
scheduled for Monday March 23, 1998 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Applications and business plans are due by **Monday, December 15.**
(Draft plans acceptable if complete plan is forthcoming.)
Selected companies will present to an audience of investors
and economic developers, display their products and technologies,
and be profiled in forum publications and media stories.
Forum information and application forms are available online at the
website: http://reda.ded.state.ne.us and from Pat Langan at the
Nebraska Department of Economic Development at 402-471-3766 or
email langan@ded1.ded.state.ne.us. For further information and
links on recycling investment forums around the country see
http://www.kirkworks.com/
(Please forward this message to other interested contacts.
Thanks! ... Apologies for any multiple postings.)
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:24:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Anushka Drescher <anushka@diana.lbl.gov>
Subject: regulatory requirements
Hello everyone!
I am looking into the feasibility of converting organic residues (e.g.
animal manures, agricultural residues) into 'compost' with the help of
anecic or endogeic earthworms (rather than epigeic worms used in
vermicomposting). The organic residues would be land applied on soil
containing high populations of the these deep burrowing earthworms
species. The soil would also contain the root zone of certain plants/trees.
The pH would be adjusted if necessary (depending on the type of organic
residue) to keep the soil environment from changing pH significantly due
to the addition of the residues.
I have two questions regarding the regulatory requirements in the USA for
such a system, both on a research scale and on a commercial scale:
1. What regulations would apply with regard to leachate collection and/or
treatment?
2. What regulations would apply with regard to animal, human, and/or
plant pathogen reduction in the applied material?
I would be grateful for any assistance in exploring the answers to these
questions!
Yours truly,
Anushka
____________________________________________________________________
Anushka Christina Drescher, Ph.D.
Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
1 Cyclotron Road, MS 90-3058
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel. (510) 486-7780
Fax. (510) 486-6658
Please use email address: acdrescher@lbl.gov
Home: 2145 Stuart Street, Apt. B
Berkeley, CA 94705, USA
Tel. (510) 486-8153
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 11:08:56 -0500
From: "Michael Wood-Lewis" <wood-lewis@pti.nw.dc.us>
Subject: reuse reports
Anne,
For the information you requested, contact the Institute for Local
Self-Reliance. ILSR has several reports on the environmental, economic and
community impacts of reuse operations.
ILSR
202-232-4108
202-332-0463 fax
http://www.ilsr.org
ilsr@igc.org
2425 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-2096
Reuse Operations: Community Development through Redistribution of Used Goods
Community Development Corporations and Reuse Operations: Four Case Studies
of Working Relationships
and others.
Michael Wood-Lewis
Environmental Program Director
Public Technology, Inc.
wood-lewis@pti.nw.dc.us
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 07:59:06 -0700
From: Carolyn Chase <cqual@znet.com>
Subject: San Ignacio on CNN 12/14
This Sunday will be a CNN show on Laguna San Ignacio (gray whale
calving area in Baja California) and the issues related
to the proposed salt works which Mitsubishi wants to build there in
partnership with the Mexican Government.
This is a project that locally-based environmental attorney Mark Spalding
< mspalding@ucsd.edu> has been working on with NRDC, IFAW and Pro
Peninsula for the
last two years. The show is called Impact.
The show airs Sunday, December 14, at 9:00 pm pacific time. It
will be on regular CNN.
For San Diego Southwestern cable users the CNN channel is 26.
Check your cable listings to find CNN on other systems.
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 11:10:39 -0500
From: "Michael Wood-Lewis" <wood-lewis@pti.nw.dc.us>
Subject: small-business reports
Anne,
The same (below) goes for small-scale recycling businesses.
Michael
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Anne,
For the information you requested, contact the Institute for Local
Self-Reliance. ILSR has several reports on the environmental, economic and
community impacts of reuse operations.
ILSR
202-232-4108
202-332-0463 fax
http://www.ilsr.org
ilsr@igc.org
2425 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009-2096
Reuse Operations: Community Development through Redistribution of Used Goods
Community Development Corporations and Reuse Operations: Four Case Studies
of Working Relationships
and others.
Michael Wood-Lewis
Environmental Program Director
Public Technology, Inc.
wood-lewis@pti.nw.dc.us
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 09:50:59 -0500
From: Rhonda Sherman <sherman@eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Used oil recycling
Since Joel, Keith, and John brought up the subject of automobile
fluid recycling, I'd like to describe a used oil recycling program
we've developed in North Carolina. We're still working on used oil
filter recycling, so John, I can't offer any solutions there. At least
four counties have oil filter recycling programs, but we're still
brainstorming legislative solutions, and would appreciate suggestions.
Project HERO--Help the Environment by Recycling Oil--is a
cooperative program between education, government, and business
and industry coordinated by the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service.
Project HERO's objectives are to: (1) develop a highly visible
campaign that is marketable to cooperating groups and to the public,
(2) educate the public about proper used oil management, (3) increase
the number of collection sites for do-it-yourselfers, and (4) establish
collection programs for farmers.
Currently, 37 North Carolina counties are participating in Project HERO.
Of the 10 counties that reported first-year Project HERO results, four
counties reported increases in used oil collection by 15 to 20 percent,
and one rural county reported a 47 percent increase due to Project HERO.
Extension agents and County Waste Management personnel work
cooperatively to conduct Project HERO. Together, they assess their
current situation, develop their education and collection plan, locate public
collection sites, solicit local business support, and promote the program.
Extension Agents are then responsible for the educational component and
County Waste Management personnel are responsible for used oil collection.
Most counties in North Carolina already have one or two public used oil
collection sites. Recruiting businesses and industries to become a collection
site for the public and/or their employees increases the convenience of
recycling without additional costs to the municipality or county. Businesses
that participate get free publicity and additional income from sales when
people bring used oil for recycling according to a national study. Thus,
Project HERO becomes a "win-win" for businesses and county governments.
A variety of educational and promotional materials developed for
Project HERO are available free to participating counties. These include
a guide for farmers, a guide for do-it-yourselfers, laminated business signs,
shelf talkers, utility bill inserts (see enclosed), collection container signs
(18"x 24"), and "next service due" windshield stickers. Also available are
videos for do-it-yourselfers and farmers, and, on a loan-basis, a table-top
exhibit and a slide show with a script.
I'd like to highlight a couple of unique aspects of our program that you may
want to consider including in your used oil programs. First, most used oil
management programs don't include farmers as their target participants,
even though farmers generate large amounts of used oil on site. Some of
our counties have held used oil collection days just for farmers, and many
farmers expressed relief that they could finally get rid of oil they had been
collecting for years.
Another unique aspect worth considering is the partnership between the
Cooperative Extension Service (CES) and county solid waste management.
Recycling coordinators are often so busy coordinating collection operations
that they often don't have ample time to devote to educational and
promotional activities. Education is what CES is all about; county agents offer
educational programs and have extensive networks established throughout their
communities. So, I encourage you recycling coordinators to form partnerships
with your local CES educators--it may help reduce your work load!
Rhonda L. Sherman <sherman@eos.ncsu.edu>
Solid Waste Management Extension Specialist
Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department
North Carolina State University
Box 7625, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625 U.S.A.
Phone (919) 515-6770 Fax (919) 515-6772
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/sherman
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"Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents--
it was loaned to you by your children." (Kenyan proverb)
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