[GreenYes] Zero Waste Workshop for Marin County 18 April 2006 (6:30 - 9 pm)

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

Apologies for Cross-Postings

>From: Marin County Subscriptions [mailto:CAMARIN@no.address]
>Sent: 03/24/2006 8:48 AM
>Subject: Marin County District 3 Newsletter
>March 2006 Newsletter
>Supervisor Charles McGlashan
>County of Marin
>District 3, Southern Marin
>
>Workshop ? "Counting Down to Zero Waste", 4/18/06 in the Board Room
>
>The European Union has begun to pass product 
>"take-back" laws that require manufacturers to 
>be responsible for the disposal or reuse of 
>products and packaging at the end of the 
>product's useful life.  Companies that do 
>business in Europe may find their profits 
>reduced if their products and packaging are not 
>designed for efficient recovery and reuse or, at 
>a minimum, recycling.  As a result of this type 
>of forward-thinking legislation in Europe, 
>coupled with a growing solid waste problem (70% 
>of solid waste in the U.S. is now product 
>waste), momentum is building around the issue of 
>product responsibility and in creating visions for "Zero Waste" societies.
>
>Not surprisingly, these "Zero Waste " ideas are 
>gaining traction here in California.  Several 
>municipalities in the Bay Area have passed, or 
>are poised to pass, Zero Waste resolutions and 
>restrictions on the use of plastic bags and 
>Styrofoam.  There are also discussions underway 
>among a number of Bay area municipalities about 
>coordinating activities to support state wide 
>Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 
>legislation in California.  In signing the World 
>Environment Day Accords in February, Marin 
>County has already committed to a Zero Waste target by 2040.
>
>While Marin County leads the State in diversion 
>of waste from landfills (at a respectable 77% 
>over 1990 levels), it is imperative that we stay 
>on the leading edge by exploring this next frontier in waste management.
>
>Toward that end, please join us on Tuesday 
>evening, 4/18/06, 6:30-9:00PM in the Board of 
>Supervisors' Chambers in the Civic Center for an 
>informative seminar on Zero Waste issues and 
>strategies.  The CA Integrated Waste Management 
>Board is now reviewing a proposal to expand 
>Marin's Redwood Landfill, so these conversations will be timely.

Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com  

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