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Congratulations to Laura Anthony and all the Zero Waste advocates in San Diego! Gary >To: zerowaste_sd@no.address >From: RicAnthony@no.address >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:41:37 EDT >Subject: [Zero Waste-San Diego] OB pursues zero waste initiative > > ><http://www.peninsulabeacon.com/>Peninsula >Beacon News > ><http://www.sdnews.com/vnews/display.v/SEC/Peninsula%20Beacon%20News%3E%3ENews>News > > > > >OB pursues zero waste initiative > > > >Sebastian Ruiz > >March 15, 2007 > >The Ocean Beach Planning Board voted unanimously >(8-0) Wednesday, March 7, to pass a resolution >that would set zero waste as an eventual goal >for San Diego's waste diversion programs. The >measure was proposed by Zero Waste San Diego, >Ocean Beach Planning Board Chair Tom Gawronski said. > >As part of the nonprofit California Resource >Recovery Association, Zero Waste San Diego >promotes waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting. > >While the passed resolution will not affect >Ocean Beach or city policy, it does reflect >community support for Zero Waste's efforts to reduce waste locally. > >[Zero Waste San Diego] want to get support ? so >they caan take it to the city and say, "Hey, >this is what people want," Gawronski said. > >The Zero Waste measure recommends that the city >divert 75 percent of trash from the Miramar >Landfill by the year 2010, Gawronski said. This >goal is more ambitious than the state mandated >diversion rate of 50 percent and the city's current rate of 52 percent. > >According to the city's Environmental Services >Department, San Diegans throw away enough >recyclables to completely fill Petco Park five >times each year. The additional ? and >unnecessary ? waste shortens the Miramar Lr >Landfill's lifespan by seven months each year. >Currently, the landfill is expected to reach >capacity by 2012, forcing the city to seek another location to bury its trash. > >According to Gawronski, Zero Waste intends to >use commitments from local planning boards to >encourage the city to provide services and other >programs that make reducing waste and recycling easier. > >"Zero Waste is a goal," Zero Waste San Diego >Chair Laura Anthony said. "It may not be >attainable, but it's something to look forward >to. It's not going to happen through recycling >alone. Businesses have to be on board, the >government has to be on board and consumers have to be on board." > >The resolution also includes ? but does not >specify how to go abbout ? encouraging >residents, business owners and agencies to use, >recycle and reuse materials as much as possible. >Gawronski said that not only is waste reduction >feasible but it can save companies a lot of money. > >"These policies work in the short-term return," >he said. It's not pie-in-the-sky long time from >now, but they make sense in the short run as well." > >Anthony said it is important that individuals as >well as businesses recycle and reduce waste. >People must look at their trash ? from yard >clipppings to an empty water bottle ? through >the lens of waste reduction in order tto get to >that 75 percent diversion rate, she said. > >Gawronski said that he sees yard clippings and >other green waste every Monday morning in Ocean >Beach trash bins. And as someone who composts, >he said much of it could make a difference, not >only by diverting green waste away from the >landfills where it decomposes and emits methane >but back into the ground to nourish the land. > >For more information on the association, visit >www.crra.com. A copy of the Zero Waste >Resolution is available at www.zerowastesandiego.org >[] > Gary Liss 916-652-7850 Fax: 916-652-0485 www.garyliss.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- |
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