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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 21:02:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: PMSinnott@aol.com
Subject: GreenYes Digest
Dear fellow list members,
Could you please post your name at the top of messages? I like to know whose
words I am reading and often can't decipher convoluted email addresses.
Thanks,
:) Portia Sinnott
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:05:52 PST8PDT
From: "Mark Kennedy" <kennedym@skynet3.csus.edu>
Subject: University and College Recycling Conference
CONFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA !
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANY AND ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE ---
SEEKING SOLUTIONS: GARBAGE, RECYCLING, AND THE CRUNCH
OF AB 939 AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 10 - 12, 1997
The Associated Students of the California State University, Chico
recycling program and the California Colligate Recycling Council
are proud to announce Seeking Solutions: Garbage,
Recycling and the Crunch of AB 939. This interactive environmental
conference will be held in the Bell Memorial Union at the California
State University, Chico, October 10-12, 1997. The three day conference
will allow participants to get a more in depth look at the critical
issues of recycling and waste reduction, and a clearer understanding of
the controversies surrounding AB 939 California's innovative waste
reduction legislation.
Fact Sheet
Seeking Solutions: Garbage, Recycling and the Crunch of AB 939
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES:
Friday
California Collegiate Recycling Council Workshop (October 10, 8am-5pm)
This workshop will focus on key issues for campus recycling
programs.
Keynote Address: William Rathje, Founder and Director of "The Garbage
Project," which conducts archelogical studies of modern refuse. October
10, 7:30 pm.
Saturday
Seeking Solutions Conference (October 11, 9am-4:30pm)
10 Concurrent sessions
Exhibit Hall and Book Fair
Compost workshops.
Campus arboretum tours.
Free Student accommodations at Eco-Village
PLENERY SPEAKER - Steven R. Jones October 11, 9am
Steven R. Jones is a full time member of the California Integrated Waste
Management Board, holding the seat reserved for a person with experience
in the private sector waste industry. He was appointed to this position
by Governor Pete Wilson, assuring his duties in al Sierra Disposal, Inc.
At Cal Sierra he designed, secured financing for, and supervised the
building of the companyUs Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
Prior to joining Cal Sierra, Mr. Jones worked for Norcal Waste Systems
for nearly 20 years, where he last served as the general manager of
Norcal's subsidiary, Auburn Placer Disposal Service, Inc. As Norcal's
vice president of operations, including 16 landfills, and 14 transfer
stations, MRFUs and recycling facilities; he also worked on labor and
franchise negotiations, and national marketing efforts.
In 1975, Mr. Jones began his career with the Golden Gate Disposal
Company, which was founded by his wifeUs family during the horse and
wagon days nearly a century ago. At Golden Gate, he worked as a garbage
collector, mechanic, and parts manager.
Sunday
Conference Wrap-up (October 12, 9am -Noon)
For more information on the conference contact Barbara Kopicki, at
916-898-5033 or e-mail campusrecycl@oavax.csuchico.edu.
Hope to see you there.
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California State University, Sacramento
Mark Kennedy
Conservation Coordinator 916-278-5801
6000 J Street 916-278-5796 FAX
Sacramento, CA 95818-6008 kennedym@csus.edu
"We are the source, now let's be the solution."
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:12:29 -0400
From: Cindy/Mike Shea <mcshea1@gte.net>
Subject: Zero Waste Declarations
Greetings,
I'm trying to get a sense of which companies and communities have
explicitely declared a
zero waste goal for themselves. Interface and Xerox are two that jump to
mind. Once
I've got some leads, I'll do follow-up research and try to get some
publications
interested in covering best practices. Even the leaders need to set an ever
higher bar
for themselves.
Thanks for any leads or suggestions you can provide.
Cindy Pollock Shea
Promoting Sustainable Development
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:41:40 -0700
From: "Tedd Ward, M.S." <recycle@tlk.net>
Subject: Zero Waste or Zero Tolerance?
Dear Ed:
Thanks for the discussion of your inner emotions regarding wearing a
button or two. I at least had several private months of internal debate
regarding the Zero Waste rallying cry. As always, your thoughts are
well grounded and coming from the right place.
As a former Arcatan, you know how reactionary my home County of Del
Norte can be. Yet they endorsed the messages of Zero Waste, End Welfare
for Wasting, and Jumpstart Jobs From Design and Discards. Even to our
conservative community, these slogans make sense. These messages may be
trite in some ways, and I agree that slogans can placate and distract
from working on the vision. Yet I have more hope for Zero Waste, partly
because this slogan makes it clear for years to come where we stand and
what we must do.
Also, the strategies to work towards these unifying goals are
necessarily regional, and not one-size-fits-all magic black boxes.
Simultaneously, they focus regional attention on the welfare for wasting
and other national issues.
Finally, full cost accounting is a step in the right direction, but as
long as the environmental degradation and remediation costs of
extraction and processing remain outside that system, I doubt that
full-cost accounting will count all the benefits of recycling compared
to disposal.
Tedd Ward
707-465-1100
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 13:55:54 -0500
From: "Cloutier, Chris" <chris.cloutier@moea.state.mn.us>
Subject: Zero Waste or Zero Tolerance?
A few more thoughts on Zero Waste at NRC:
1. If we truly believe in Zero Waste, why did we make throwaway buttons
to illustrate it?
2. If not wearing a button when asked indicates lack of support for
"Zero Waste", what does not being asked to wear a button mean (don't
care if I support Zero Waste, I'm not worth asking)?
3. Will wearing a button bring about zero waste?
4. Sen. James is amazing speaker.
5. Why was no one at the pool the night I went out there?
6. The video Steve showed was phenomenal.
7. CRRA, in their "Building Bridges" conference, should contact the
National Pollution PRevention Roundtable. There is a broad,
philosophical debate w/i the p2 movement that is quite similar to the
Zero Waste discussion.
8. It was nice to put names to GreenYes e-mail addresses.
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>From: Tedd Ward, M.S.[SMTP:recycle@tlk.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 10:41AM
>To: nerc@sover.net; greenyes@UCSD.EDU
>Subject: Zero Waste or Zero Tolerance?
>
>Dear Ed:
>
>Thanks for the discussion of your inner emotions regarding wearing a
>button or two. I at least had several private months of internal debate
>regarding the Zero Waste rallying cry. As always, your thoughts are
>well grounded and coming from the right place.
>
>As a former Arcatan, you know how reactionary my home County of Del
>Norte can be. Yet they endorsed the messages of Zero Waste, End Welfare
>for Wasting, and Jumpstart Jobs From Design and Discards. Even to our
>conservative community, these slogans make sense. These messages may be
>trite in some ways, and I agree that slogans can placate and distract
>from working on the vision. Yet I have more hope for Zero Waste, partly
>because this slogan makes it clear for years to come where we stand and
>what we must do.
>
>Also, the strategies to work towards these unifying goals are
>necessarily regional, and not one-size-fits-all magic black boxes.
>Simultaneously, they focus regional attention on the welfare for wasting
>and other national issues.
>
>Finally, full cost accounting is a step in the right direction, but as
>long as the environmental degradation and remediation costs of
>extraction and processing remain outside that system, I doubt that
>full-cost accounting will count all the benefits of recycling compared
>to disposal.
>
>Tedd Ward
>707-465-1100
>
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 22:24:52 -0500
From: max_pot@greenbuilder.com (Pliny Fisk)
Subject: Zero Waste or Zero Tolerance?
Tedd: Full cost accounting needs to be revamped to include full costs, i.e.
costs of resource depletion, remediation, environmental degradation; otherwise,
full cost accounting is an enabling mechanism to allow for a continuation of
status quo.
Gail Vittori
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