Greetings:
It is my understanding that interviews will soon be held for the
position of Recycling Coordinator in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia
Recycling Alliance was formed shortly after the resignation of Al
Dezzi in 1998 and have been pressuring the City of Philadelphia to
both refill the position as well as move the City from a every other
week collection system to a weekly collection program.
On June 8th the Alliance released a study funded by the William Penn
Foundation "Philadelphia Recycling Program at the Cross Roads" This
is a must read for anyone contemplating taking this position, and in
general for urban recycling coordinators and citizen recycling
organizations everywhere pushing for improvements in their programs.
I authored this paper, with the assistance of David Biddle of the
Center for Solid Waste Research. It was peer reviewed by some well
known members of the recycling community, including Philadelphia's
past recycling coordinators.
A pdf files of the summary and the full report is available at
http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ or the full report only at
http://www.cleanair.org/index.html.
I urge anyone with questions or comments to e-mail me at the address above
Maurice M. Sampson II
129 West Gorgas Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19119-2508
e-mail: msampson@netreach.net
Phone: 215 546 0724
Fax: 215 843 7364
e-fax: (603) 994-0149
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