Myra Nissen
myracycl@inreach.com
John Reindl wrote:
>
> The Wisconsin Legislature is currently circulating a joint
> resolution, asking Congress to pass legislation giving a state the
> right to limit the importing of solid waste from outside of the
> state. Over 1.2 million tons of solid waste are currently imported
> annually into Wisconsin
>
> The resolution was put together by a lobbyist for Waste Management.
> When I asked the aide for the main legislator endorsing this
> proposal, the aide said that Waste Management feels that such
> legislation will be adopted this year at the national level and the
> firm wants to make work to make it reasonable.
>
> John Reindl
> Dane County, WI
>
> > Greenyes subscribers,
> >
> > NO WASTE (Network of Waste Activists Stopping Trash Exports) is a
> > Michigan-based organization dedicated to educating people about the problems
> > of solid waste import and export in the US and Canada. The long distance
> > transport of solid waste for land disposal has a direct correlation with
> > recycling both at the generation point and the disposal point.
> >
> > NO WASTE has just launched their web page, which can be found at:
> >
> > http://members.tripod.com/nowaste
> >
> > The goal of this page is to be a national information clearinghouse around
> > the issue.
> >
> > Visit the site to learn:
> >
> > -Who is NO WASTE?
> > -News and updates about legislation and other information
> > -Facts and figures about the problem
> > -Links to organizations working on the issue throughout the country
> > -Elvis Presley (no kidding!)
> >
> > Please check us out and let us know what you think. The site is in its
> > formative stages, so we really need input to make this work. If you have
> > other sources of information, links to organizations, or just suggestions on
> > improvements, let us know!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jeff Surfus
> > NO WASTE
> > http://members.tripod.com/nowaste
> >
>
> reindl@co.dane.wi.us
> (608)267-1533 - fax
> (608)267-8815 - phone
>
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