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INTRODUCTION TO RECYCLING All the Basics: Terms, Concepts, Equipment, and Resources One great course, two locations - San Francisco and Los Angeles! Come to days 1&2 only, or day 3 only, or stay the whole course - one low price! IN SAN FRANCISCO: October 23-25, 2006 (Monday - Wednesday) 8:30 AM - 3:15 PM SANITARY FILL CLASSROOM 401 Tunnel Road, San Francisco 94134 (at Bayshore CalTrain Station) Free parking and available public transit IN LOS ANGELES: November 13-15, 2006 (Monday - Wednesday) 8:30 AM - 3:15 PM Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC) 2824 South Main Street, Los Angeles 90007 COST: $45 for all materials (lunch not included). **Scholarships now available for students! Contact ncra@no.address for details.** Register Online at http://www.ncrarecycles.org/itr/itr.html WHY THIS COURSE? Sometimes our own recycling work is moving forward so fast that we may lack the time, skills, or appropriate context to provide needed training or orientation to newcomers or decisionmakers. Thus, NCRA offers this inexpensive three-day course at a convenient location to help train people who would like a quick overview of the current recycling industry and its choice-points for future development. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The course is designed for newcomers to the recycling field and is an ideal orientation for many people such as: entry-level program assistants, interns, professionals from other fields, members of local advisory committees, city council members and staff, members of the board of supervisors, activists, solid-waste handlers, recycling program managers and staff. CURRICULUM: DAYS 1 & 2 KEY TERMS IN RECYCLING * Introductory survey: what do you currently know about recycling * Basic terms: three Rs, the IWM hierarchy, and "to discard or to dispose?" BASIC CONCEPTS IN RECYCLING * The roles of cycles in ecosystems and closing the materials loop * How the materials cycle got broken * How we recognized our shortcomings * Conceptualizing the future: hierarchy * The failure of recycling's competitors: landfills and incinerators * Market share of competing ventures - how fast things change * The eight reasons we recycle * Categorizing recyclables: the twelve master categories * How recycling works: drop-off, buyback, curbside * Processing mixed materials vs. source-separated recycling * The five types of facilities that sort and process materials * Encouraging source separation-type recycling: the four policy options * Five meanings of "source reduction" * Three levels/types of recycling * Developing markets and procuring recycled products * Forming new ventures: the six areas of activity * Recycling's role in climate change * Overview of commonly used equipment DAY 3 CALIFORNIA'S REGULATORY CONTEXT: What the California Integrated Waste Management Board is, how it operates, what it requires of local governments, how local public agencies stay out of trouble, the level of enforcement, managing data for reports, etc. KNOW YOUR MATERIALS Hands-on demonstrations of basic market grades of materials: metal, glass, paper, plastic, wood, etc. EQUIPMENT SLIDE SHOW Independent learning: paper and video resources INDEPENDENT LEARNING Registrant will be advised to consult "Introduction to Recycling," which is posted on NCRA's web site, http://www.ncrarecycles.org. The majority of the presenters will be NCRA members and others working in the recycling field. Most of the classroom day will be spent listening to guest speakers and completing exercises designed to enhance the basic concepts in the field. INSTRUCTORS Under the general leadership of Arthur Boone, NCRA's Educational Chairperson, a series of recycling industry leaders will address specific topics. Register Online at http://www.ncrarecycles.org/itr/itr.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GreenYes" group. To post to this group, send email to GreenYes@no.address To unsubscribe from this group, send email to GreenYes-unsubscribe@no.address For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GreenYes -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- |
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