[GreenYes] [Zero Waste-San Diego] Ocean Beach pursues zero waste initiative

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

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
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>OB pursues zero waste initiative
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>Sebastian Ruiz
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>March 15, 2007
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>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.
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>As part of the nonprofit California Resource 
>Recovery Association, Zero Waste San Diego 
>promotes waste reduction, reuse, recycling and composting.
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>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.
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>[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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>"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."
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>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.
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>"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."
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>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.
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>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.
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>For more information on the association, visit 
>www.crra.com. A copy of the Zero Waste 
>Resolution is available at www.zerowastesandiego.org
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Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com 
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