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Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 08:57:16 -0500
From: DAVID FLORA <FLORA.DAVID@epamail.epa.gov>
Subject: EPA Solid Waste Website -Pay-as-You-Throw
In communities with pay-as-you-throw programs (also known
as unit pricing or variable-rate pricing), instead of paying for
garbage services through the tax base or through a fixed
monthly fee, households are charged for waste collection
based on the amount of trash they throw away. This creates
a direct economic incentive for individuals to recycle more
and to generate less waste.
If you have not heard about the benefits of
Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) or would like to learn more about
how PAYT has dramatically reduced the amount of waste
disposed in communities across the country -- Check out the
tools and info on EPA's new PAYT website at
"www.epa.gov/payt"!
The new EPA PAYT website includes numerous tools,
factsheets, important PAYT topics and the latest PAYT
research. It also includes a community database section
with interactive maps linked to data of over 3400 PAYT
communities across the country.
EPA hopes that this resource will help those communities
that are considering a PAYT program, to design effective
and successful programs.
Henry Ferland
USEPA's Municipal Waste Reduction Branch
Ferland.Henry@epamail.epa.gov
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Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 08:22:41 -0600
From: Alicia Lyttle <alyttle@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu>
Subject: Recycling Conference at Tulane University
CURC/NRC CONFERENCE @TULANE SESSION OUTLINE
The following is a session outline for the CURC/NRC Campus recycling
Series Conference to be held at Tulane University in New Orleans, La
on Friday Feb. 20, 1998. Because this is MRADI GRAS weekend hotel
reservations at the Comfort Suites hotel must be made BEFORE JAN 19th!!
Attendees can make hotel reservations by calling the Comfort Suites
at 1-800-524-1140 for group #1085 to take advantage of the
conference rate of $159 per night.
> >
> > Track A: Designing and Operating Your Program
> >
> > 9:00 - 10:15 Session 1. How to Start a Recycling Program
> > -- Establishing a program
> > -- Basic operations of a program
> > Speakers: Keith Hook, Tulane University; Daniel Weiner, Tulane
> > University
> >
> > 10:45 - 12:00 Session 2. Analyzing and Tracking your Waste System
> > -- Assessing the waste stream
> > -- Conducting a campus environmental audit
> > Speakers: Dr. Timmons-Roberts, Environmental Sociology, Tulane
> > University; TBA, College and University Recycling Council
> >
> > 1:15 - 2:30 Session 3. Integrating Recycling To The Campus Community
> > -- Inserting your recycling program into the campus
curriculum
> > -- Program management, enhancing participation and
results
> > Speakers: Arley Owens, National Recycling Coalition
> > College and University Recycling Council
> >
> > 2:45-3:45 Session 4. Targeted Collection; Going after impact areas
> > on campus
> > -- Effective recycling programs for residence halls
> > -- Recovering postal and mail room paper
> > Speakers: James Woods, High Rise Recycling
> > Mike Fanning, Environmental Policy, United States Postal
Service
> > ___________________________________________________
> > Track B: Recycling 1: The "Core" Recyclables
> >
> > 9:00 - 10:15 Session 1. Plastic or Aluminum: What Does the Future of
> > Campus Vending Hold?
> > Speakers:Tim Warren, National Association for Plastic Container Recovery
> > Dick Weaver, Wise Metals Recycling
> >
> > 10:45 - 12:00 Session 2. Markets for Recycled Commodities
> > -- Commodity-specific market information (paper,
> > metals, plastics)
> > -- Researching markets and buyers
> > Speakers: Suzette Miller-Thomason, Steel Recycling Institute; Shirley
> > Plews, American Forest and Paper
> > Association; TBA, American Plastics Council
> >
> > 1:15 - 2:30 Session 3. Targeting Materials for Collection
> > --Collection methods (source separation, co-mingled
collection...etc)
> > --RFP and Contract design
> > --Establishing dependable relationships with commodity
buyers
> > Speakers: Dennis Clark, University of Virginia; Brian Holtz, Illinois
> > State University
> >
> > 2:45-3:45 Session 4. Zero-Waste on College and University Campuses by
> > 2010!
> > -- What is behind the idea of zero-waste.
> > -- How to incorporate this idea into the college
community
> > Speakers: Marty Kirkwood, Zero Waste Institute, California; Richard
> > Anthony, GrassRoots Recycling Network; Donzella James, Georgia State
> > Senator
> > ___________________________________________________
> > Track C: Recycling 2: Moving Beyond the Basics
> >
> > 9:00 - 10:15 Session 1 Composting
> > -- Starting composting on campus
> > -- Composting 101
> > Speaker: Bill Murphy, The Green Project; TBA, City of New Orleans
> >
> > 10:45 - 12:00 Session 2. Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling
> > -- Recycling wood, aggregates, fixtures and
much more
> > Speaker: Daniel Winkert, The Green Project; Eugene F. Davis,
> > International Resources Unlimited
> >
> > 1:15 - 2:30 Session 3. A "Universal" Waste?
> > -- Federal and State Regulations
> > -- Program Example
> > -- Information Resources
> > Speakers:Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
> >
> > 2:45 - 3:45 Session 4. Green Building
> > --Design
> > --Construction
> > Speakers: Mark Reed, William Wilson Associated Architects
> >
> > We encourage attendees to make hotel
> > reservations NOW because this is MARDI GRAS time. (reservations must
> > be made before Jan. 19th to guarentee a hotel room.)
Attendees can make hotel reservations by calling the Comfort Suites
at 1-800-524-1140 for group #1085 to take advantage of the
conference rate of $159 per night.
> > Rooms are also available on Tulane's campus for STUDENTS and
SCHOOL OFFICIALS by calling 504-865-572 speak with Edith Martinez.
> > She can get STUDENTS and SCHOOL OFFICIALS a room from
between $39-$49 per night.
For other hotel rooms call the Tulane Travel Center at 504-865-5673,
they will help you find a hotel room and help you with any other
travel arrangements.
Let me know if you have any problems.
> > Alicia Lyttle is the conference host chair.
> Feel free to contact her alyttle@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu 504-862-6443
> > Conference registration will be mailed out in early January for the
> > conference. To ensure that you will receive a registration packet
> > please call the National Recycling Coalition at 703-683-9025 ext. 404.
SEE YOU IN NAWLINS!
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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 21:52:57 -0800
From: rtp@igc.apc.org (emily miggins AKA Hempily Kenafins)
Subject: Tyvek
Well we all know how likely it is that people will take their magazines (or
any other paper item). find their scissors, cut out the part with Tyvek,
and then recycle it. We're fortunate if they recycle or even have a
program in their city that recycles paper.
A very, very bleak possibility-
This thing is a looser no matter how you look at it.
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Emily Miggins, Director ReThink Paper a project of Earth Island Institute
300 Broadway, STE 28 San Francisco, California 94133
Phone 415 788 3666 x 132 Facsimile 788 7324 email rtp@earthisland.org
surf http://www.earthisland.org <only if all else fails;> pager 888 554 2165
...the cyber fiber broker
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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 98 13:09:40 PST
From: b_nbca@dante.lbl.gov (Bruce Nordman)
Subject: Tyvek in magazines
Someone said:
> DuPont has acknowledged that while the Tyvek ad is not recyclable mixed in
> with paper, Tyvek material by itself is 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.
This is absurd. I don't know how much Tyvek weighs per unit area, but
supposing that it is twice as heavy as copy paper, then there are
100,000 sheets of 8.5x11 Tyvek per ton. Spending $.32 on postage
(assuming no envelope--a rash assumption) for these implies a cost
of $32,000/ton for the recycling--assuming no labor costs on either
end (also ridiculous). I think that anyone can think of better uses
for $32,000 than to recycle one ton of Tyvek.
Either the DuPont people are clueless or they think that the rest
of us are.
--Bruce
Bruce Nordman
BNordman@LBL.gov
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
510-486-7089; fax: 510-486-4673
http://eande.lbl.gov/BEA/People/b_nordman.html
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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 20:59:25 EST
From: Jango <Jango@aol.com>
Subject: Tyvek in magazines
Bruce Nordman wrote of TyvekGate:
>Either the DuPont people are clueless or they think that the rest
>of us are.
Unfortunately, it seems that both are the case.
David Biddle
Philadelphia, PA
215-247-2974 (voice and fax)
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