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November is NM Recycling Awareness Month
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As part of
NMRC's annual campaign to support NM Recycling Awareness Month (NMRAM),
we recently sent out educational materials and recycling
promotional items to 27 schools and 16 Coordinators that
registered as participants in NMRAM.
NMRAM is held in
conjunction with the national America Recycles Day event on
November 15. We encourage communities, youth groups,
schools, businesses and other organizations to plan a
recycling outreach event sometime in the month of November.
What You Can Do For NMRAM 2009:
Make the
33% by 2012 Commitment: Submit a resolution to your city council, county commission, business
or organization asking them to make the 33% recycling rate
commitment. NMRC can help draft resolution language and
assist in the process.
more
Online
Pledge to Recycle:
You can
direct people to take the pledge to recycle at any time to
www.americarecyclesday.org
Other Resources:
For more event, school, or community ideas, check
out
www.recyclenewmexico.com/NMRAM_2009.htm and
www.americarecyclesday.org
Thank you to our NMRAM Sponsors: New Mexico
Environment Department: Solid Waste Bureau, Dex, Intel
Corporation, Waste Management, PNM Resources, City of
Farmington, Navajo Nation, Livingry Fund of Tides
Foundation, Dugan Production Corporation, Wal-Mart, NM
Public Education Department
NMRAM Events Around the
State:
Albuquerque: Electronics Recycling
Collect Event, Nov 15, 11 AM - 3 PM. Hosted by
Albuquerque Recycling Inc., a local e-scrap
recycling company, at their business address of
3800-D Hawkins St. NE, West of Jefferson, 1 blk.
North of Ellison, Albuquerque. More information at
www.AlbuquerqueRecycling.net or call (505)
321-2404.
Keep Albuquerque Beautiful: Super
Can Kid Contest -
All K-5 Schools/Classrooms compete against each
other to see who can collect the most aluminum cans
within a 2-week period. First, Second and Third
place winners receive prizes. First place receives a
traveling trophy. Funds received from the aluminum
cans are donated to a local charity. The goal for
KAB is to have all elementary schools and their
classrooms participate. For more info contact
Annabelle Gallegos at
algallegos@cabq.gov
Sandia National Laboratories – New
Mexico, ARD Display and Awareness Event on Nov. 16
at the lab. For more info contact Sam Macord at
samccor@sandia.gov
Carlsbad:
Living
Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park Multiple
Locations, Nov. 15 1-3:00 pm. We will have a
free composting workshop presented by a
representative of the NM Environment Department
Solid Waste Bureau to teach people about backyard
composting. The Visitor Center will be open from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with informational booths
from many local agencies, including Carlsbad Caverns
and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, the City of
Carlsbad, Carlsbad Soil and Water District, Rainbow
Recycling, and individuals and businesses involved
with recycling efforts in southern New Mexico.
For more info contact Kathryn Law at
kathrynt.law@state.nm.us
Gallup: McKinley Citizens'
Recycling Council is hosting two showings of Wall-E
and Running Dry on November 7 and 15. More
information at 722-5142 / 722-9257.
Hobbs: Keep Hobbs
Beautiful, Nov 16-20. Competition between the
schools for the most recycled materials. Trash
sculpture contest also planned. For more info
contact Heidi Sims at
hsims@hobbsnm.org
Farmington: Keep
Farmington Beautiful/NW NM Recycling Task Force.
Various dates.
Poster Contest / Educational Workshop / ARD Display
Booth. For more info contact Debbie Homer at
dhomer@fmtn.org
Las Cruces: Electronics Recycling Collection
Event: Nov 14 9 AM - 3 PM, County Government
Building, 845 N Motel Blvd. Hosted by South Central
Solid Waste Authority and SCRAP. 575-528-3800
Las Vegas:
Keep Las Vegas Beautiful. Nov 15 - Recycling
Collection Event. Fore more info contact Alvin Jiron
at
ajiron@ci.las-vegas.nm.us
Rio Rancho: Keep Rio Rancho
Beautiful is holding a comprehensive recycling drive
on Nov 7.
at Wal-Mart,
901
Unser Blvd. in Rio Rancho. Local
organizations and businesses will only accept the
following items - No Exceptions: Used Children’s
Books, Eye Glasses/Hearing Aids, Ink & Printer
Cartridges, Propane Tanks, Charged Fire
Extinguishers, Passenger Vehicle Tires (limit 4, no
rims or truck tires), Refrigerators, Washers,
Dryers, Stoves, AC Units, Freezers, Hot Water
Heaters and Dishwashers ONLY, Quality Used
Clothing/Shoes and non-perishable food, Cardboard,
Office Paper, Newspaper, Coated Book Stock,
Magazines, All Plastics #1
thru #7, Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Steel,
Bronze & Stainless Steel, Metals, Computers,
Scanners, Monitors, Printers,
VCRs, Digital Phones,
DVD Players, Copiers, Fax Machines,
Televisions, Microwaves, Cell Phones,
CDs,
DVDs,
VHS tapes and Rechargeable Batteries
Beneficiaries: Shining Stars Preschool, Rio Rancho
Host Lion’s Club,
Kiwanis,
Bolton Iron Works, Storehouse West, St. Felix
Pantry, Alpha Appliance
Recyclers, Enchantment Recycling, Community
Bicycle Recycling Program, Boy Scout Troop #1974.
For More Information
Call 896-8729. Rio Rancho Residents ONLY.
Ruidoso:
ENMU Nov 7-15. E-Recycling
Collection Event / Brown Bag Lunch Series. For
details contact Dinah Hamilton at
Dinah_Hamilton@enmu.edu
Silver City: Silver
City Recycling Advisory Committee. Nov. 14
Recycling Collection Event. For more info contact
Terry Timme at
diannaterry@juno.com
Socorro:
Aluminum Can Recycling Drive / Recycling Contest /
Poster Contest. Cottonwood Valley Charter School.
For more info contact Laurie Ware at
moocowblues@hotmail.com
Tularosa:
New
Recycling Collection Center Ribbon Cutting and
Exhibit. Nov 9-13 For more info contact Susan Flores
from Keep Tularosa Beautiful at
tulietan@hotmail.com
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Obama Orders 50%
Diversion Rate by 2015
From Oct. 8 Resource Recycling
Ahead of
proposed legislation, President Obama's
Executive Order 13514, "Federal Leadership in
Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance," calls
on each U.S. government agency to study its greenhouse gas
emissions and set targets to reduce them by 2020. The order
includes such environmental targets as a 50-percent
recycling and waste diversion by 2015 and using printing and
writing paper containing at least 30-percent post-consumer
content.
The order further defines
that "diversion" mean redirecting materials that might be
sent to landfill be redirected to recycling or recovery,
"excluding diversion to waste-to-energy facilities."
Each federal agency must, within 90 days of
the issuance of the report, establish and report to the
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget a percentage
reduction target for agency-wide greenhouse gas reductions,
with further reductions and plans to follow.
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Rural
Solid Waste Program Grant
Announcement
Solid Waste Management Grant - Applications due December 31, 2009.
For more information go to
http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/SWMG.htm
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Purpose:
The objectives of the Solid Waste Management Grant
Program are to
1. Reduce
or eliminate pollution of water resources in rural
areas.
2. Improve
planning and management of solid waste sites in
rural areas.
NOTE: Rural areas are defined as any area not in a
city or town with a population in excess of 10,000,
according to the latest decennial census of the
United States.
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Caja del
Rio Landfill Installs Landfill Gas Collection System
The Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency is
pleased to announce that construction will begin
late September on a landfill gas collection and
control system at the Agency’s Caja Del Rio
Landfill, which is located northwest of city of
Santa Fe and west of Hwy 599. The Agency’s Joint
Powers Board at its August 11 meeting awarded the
$1.057 million construction contract to Comanco
Environmental Corporation of Plant City, Florida.
Comanco has over 12 years of experience.
Construction will be completed and the system fully
operational by April 2010. The new collection
and control system will consist of 15 landfill gas
collection wells throughout all areas of the
landfill which have had waste in place 5 years or
more. The system will be expanded in the future as
filling progresses. A blower will pull the landfill
gas from the vertical wells through below-ground
horizontal pipes to an enclosed flare that will burn
the gas. The Agency selected
an enclosed flare for the system so that the flame
will not be clearly visible from the surrounding
areas. The emissions from an enclosed flare can be
more closely monitored and controlled than from an
open flare.
Methane, which has
over twenty times the greenhouse gas effect as
carbon dioxide, is a main component of landfill
gas. Therefore, by destroying landfill gas, the
Agency will be significantly reducing the landfill’s
greenhouse gas emissions. For example, with a
methane content of 50% at a flow rate of 300 cubic
feet per minute the Agency will destroy 1,600 tons
of methane per year or 33,600 tons of carbon dioxide
“equivalents” which would normally be released into
the atmosphere. The Agency is also
considering a landfill gas-to-energy project which
it may pursue in the future depending on the amount
and quality of landfill gas that is collected from
this initial phase of construction.
For more information
contact Landfill Manager Randy Watkins at 424-1850,
ext. 130.
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Grant Provides Recycling Containers in Santa Fe
A
major distributor of bottled
water awarded a $10,000 grant for placement of recycling
containers in Santa Fe city parks and buildings.
The nonprofit Keep Santa Fe Beautiful applied for the grant
from Nestlé Waters North America, which was used to purchase
the containers.
The company distributes 15 well-known brands such as
Perrier, San Pelegrino, Arrowhead and Calistoga, according
to its Web site.
A city announcement said the containers have been placed in
the following parks and buildings: Salvador Perez Park, Alto
Park, Municipal Recreation Complex, along the Santa Fe River
Walk, Railyard Park, Frenchy's Park, Fort Marcy Park, Santa
Fe Plaza, City Hall and the Transit Division at 2931 Rufina
St.
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Las Cruces
Schools Explore District Wide Recycling Policy
From Sept 27
Las Cruces Sun-News
"Eeww!" "It smells weird!" "It's
all gross and muddy!"
Even still, the group of
fourth-graders at University Hills Elementary donned
plastic gloves and bravely sifted through a large
box of compost they have been making over the past
month. Their teachers talked them through
the process of decomposing, urging them to use their
new vocabulary to describe what they see, smell and
feel. The kids helped make the compost
using material collected in the school, like paper,
stale Goldfish crackers and unused vegetables from
the cafeteria. It's all part of the school's
after-school math and science program, which right
now explores the science behind recycling. While
some of the kids said they recycle at home, the
school's activities has reinforced why it's
important. "Because if we don't recycle and
just leave stuff in the ground, it's going to ruin
the earth," said 10-year old Nathan Kimbrough.
University Hills is just one of
the schools in the Las Cruces school district that
have their own programs, from making compost to
collecting thousands of pounds of cardboard, paper,
plastics and aluminum cans. Some schools sell the
cans to help fund student clubs. It also may be one of several
school models that Las Cruces Public Schools will
look at as it develops a new district-wide recycling
program. The school board recently approved
the first step toward such a policy, and included it
in its list of Legislative requests, with the hopes
of
garnering some kind of state support. The new policy, presented by
school board member Maria Flores, will include at a
minimum the recycling of mixed paper, cardboard,
aluminum, newspapers and plastics. It also calls for the elimination,
where feasible, of disposable silverware and eating
implements, and the use of reusable plates, glasses,
cups and silverware. Under the proposed policy, the
benefits and science of recycling would become part
of the district's science curriculum. These would not be entirely new
activities at many schools in Las Cruces.
LCPS Food Services has already
implemented some of these ideas, moving back to
reusable food trays in middle and high schools and
eliminating the use of Styrofoam. It's also starting
to use metal silverware in elementary and middle
schools. Food Services Director Nancy
Cathey said she's had a hard time finding recyclable
products that are cost-effective or that work well
in keeping food warm. But she'd support a
district-wide policy, especially one that would put
recycling bins within easy access to cafeterias. "Everything we get comes in
cardboard boxes. And a lot of it does unfortunately
go into the trash. As long as the bins were located
within proximity, there would be absolutely no
reason not to use them," Cathey said. The city has placed recycling bins
at 12 of the district's 35 schools, many of which
have also painted the bins. State Rep. Jeff Steinborn, D-Las
Cruces, who has been involved with local recycling
efforts for years, said he strongly supports LCPS'
effort. He's doubtful the state could
afford to offer much in terms of funding, given the
almost $500 million drop in state revenues expected
this fiscal year. But he doesn't think an effective
recycling program necessarily needs a lot of
funding.
"I don't subscribe to the idea
that we would have to do a 'cadillac approach' or
nothing at all. I think we can find plenty of
creative solutions that won't require legislative
appropriations," Steinborn said. That could mean simply expanding
what many schools are already doing and developing
or maintaining existing partnerships with the city,
he said. But principals say they have seen
what happens when the market for a particular
material dries up, and the city no longer accepts
it. University Hills Principal Judith
Foster said her school at one point "ended up with
all these recyclable products with no distribution
site." She said a district-wide program needs to
consider these sort of potential negative impacts on
schools. "We can only do so much as a
school," Foster said.
Picacho Middle School Principal
Michael Montoya said Picacho, a local school leader
in recycling, has had to pay attention to what the
city still accepts before it embarks on recycling
efforts, many of which are driven by students and
his teachers. Since the city doesn't take white
paper currently, Montoya said his school shreds what
it can to donate to the animal shelter. He said
recycling is still a valuable lesson to impart on
students. "I think a district-wide policy is
a great idea, provided we have places to take the
stuff. The city is going to have to buy into this as
well" Montoya said. "I think we have to do
something, even if there is no market. If you look
at the amount of plastic we are using and throwing
away, it scares me."
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Capitan B ucket Wall
http://www.recycledbucketwall.com/
The Recycled Bucket Wall is a working
experiment in re-using 5 gallon buckets as
low-tech structural building units.
Visit any new construction,
remodel, large painting project or stucco
job and you will find 5 gallon buckets. Some
of these may be reused for a short time but
the majority will quickly find themselves in
the local landfill. Each 5 gallon bucket
uses approximately 1 cubic foot of landfill
so removing the quantity required to build
this wall will reduce the landfill by many
thousand cubic feet. The Bucket Wall is
already attracting a lot of passer-by
attention and it is expected that some new
walls and other projects will be inspired by
this technology, removing even more buckets
from future landfills. This technology is
part of a growing movement of updating
traditional building techniques. These
building methods came back into use in the
1970's in a small scale and are slowly
being refined with new techniques and
materials to meet today's requirements (see greenhomebuilding.com ).
The Bucket Wall has a lot in common with
building methods that incorporate straw
bales, cord wood, bottles, and earth, in
that it reuses existing products that might
otherwise become landfill. The ultimate hope
for this project is that the methods
perfected here will be structurally sound
enough to use in ecologically friendly house
construction and landscaping.
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Nudging Recycling From
Less Waste to None
New York Times, October 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20trash.html?_r=3
At
Yellowstone National Park,
the clear soda cups and white utensils are not your
typical cafe-counter garbage. Made of plant-based
plastics, they dissolve magically when heated for
more than a few minutes. At
Ecco, a
popular restaurant in Atlanta, waiters no longer
scrape food scraps into the trash bin. Uneaten
morsels are dumped into five-gallon pails and taken
to a
compost heap out back. And
at eight of its North American plants, Honda
is recycling
so diligently that the factories have gotten rid of
their trash Dumpsters altogether.
Across the nation, an antigarbage strategy known as
“zero waste”
is moving from the fringes to the mainstream, taking
hold in school cafeterias, national parks,
restaurants, stadiums and corporations. The
movement is simple in concept if not always in
execution: Produce less waste. Shun polystyrene foam
containers or any other packaging that is not
biodegradable. Recycle or compost whatever you can.
Though born of idealism, the zero-waste philosophy
is now propelled by sobering realities, like the
growing difficulty of securing permits for new
landfills and an awareness that organic decay in
landfills releases methane that helps warm the
earth’s atmosphere.
“Nobody wants a landfill sited anywhere near them,
including in rural areas,” said Jon D. Johnston, a
materials management branch chief for the
Environmental Protection Agency
who is helping to lead the zero-waste movement in
the Southeast. “We’ve come to this realization that
landfill is valuable and we can’t bury things that
don’t need to be buried.”
Americans are still the undisputed champions of
trash, dumping 4.6 pounds per person per day,
according to the E.P.A.’s most recent figures. More
than half of that ends up in landfills or is
incinerated.But
places like the island resort community of Nantucket
offer a glimpse of the future. Running out of
landfill space and worried about the cost of
shipping trash 30 miles to the mainland, it moved to
a strict trash policy more than a decade ago, said
Jeffrey Willett, director of public works on the
island.
The
town, with the blessing of residents concerned about
tax increases, mandates the recycling of not only
commonly reprocessed items like aluminum, glass and
paper but also tires, batteries and household
appliances. Jim
Lentowski, executive director of the nonprofit
Nantucket Conservation Foundation and a year-round
resident since 1971, said that sorting trash and
delivering it to the local recycling and disposal
complex had become a matter of course for most
residents. The
complex also has a garagelike structure where
residents can drop off books and clothing and other
reusable items for others to take home. The
100-car parking lot at the landfill is a lively
meeting place for locals, Mr. Lentowski added.
“Saturday morning during election season,
politicians hang out there and hand out campaign
buttons,” he said. “If you want to get a pulse on
the community, that is a great spot to go.”
Mr.
Willett said that while the amount of trash that
island residents carted to the dump had remained
steady, the proportion going into the landfill had
plummeted to 8 percent. By
contrast, Massachusetts residents as a whole send an
average of 66 percent of their trash to a landfill
or incinerator. Although Mr. Willett has lectured
about the Nantucket model around the country, most
communities still lack the infrastructure to set a
zero-waste target. Aside
from the difficulty of persuading residents and
businesses to divide their trash, many towns and
municipalities have been unwilling to make the
significant capital investments in machines like
composters that can process food and yard waste. Yet
attitudes are shifting, and cities like San
Francisco and Seattle are at the forefront of the
changeover. Both of those cities have adopted plans
for a shift to zero-waste practices and are
collecting organic waste curbside in residential
areas for composting.
Food
waste, which the E.P.A. says accounts for about 13
percent of total trash nationally — and much more
when recyclables are factored out of the total — is
viewed as the next big frontier. When
apple cores, stale bread and last week’s leftovers
go to landfills, they do not return the nutrients
they pulled from the soil while growing. What is
more, when sealed in landfills without oxygen,
organic materials release methane, a potent
heat-trapping gas, as they decompose. If composted,
however, the food can be broken down and returned to
the earth as a nonchemical fertilizer with no
methane by-product.
Green Foodservice Alliance,
a division of the Georgia Restaurant Association,
has been adding restaurants throughout Atlanta and
its suburbs to its so-called
zero-waste zones.
And companies are springing up to meet the growth in
demand from restaurants for recycling and compost
haulers. Steve
Simon, a partner in
Fifth Group,
a company that owns Ecco and four other restaurants
in the Atlanta area, said that the hardest part of
participating in the alliance’s zero-waste-zone
program was not training his staff but finding
reliable haulers.
“There are now two in town, and neither is a year
old, so it is a very tentative situation,” Mr. Simon
said.
Still, he said he had little doubt that the hauling
sector would grow and that all five of the
restaurants would eventually be waste-free.
Packaging is also quickly evolving as part of the
zero-waste movement. Bioplastics like the forks at
Yellowstone, made from plant materials like
cornstarch that mimic plastic, are used to
manufacture a growing number of items that are
compostable.
Steve
Mojo, executive director of the
Biodegradable Products Institute,
a nonprofit organization that certifies such
products, said that the number of companies making
compostable products for food service providers had
doubled since 2006 and that many had moved on to
items like shopping bags and food packaging. The
transition to zero waste, however, has its pitfalls.
Josephine Miller, an environmental official for the
city of Santa Monica, Calif.,
which bans
the use of polystyrene foam containers, said that
some citizens had unwittingly put the plant-based
alternatives into cans for recycling, where they had
melted and had gummed up the works. Yellowstone and
some institutions have asked manufacturers to mark
some biodegradable items with a brown or green
stripe. Yet
even with these clearer design cues, customers will
have to be taught to think about the destination of
every throwaway if the zero-waste philosophy is to
prevail, environmental officials say.
“Technology exists, but a lot of education still
needs to be done,” said Mr. Johnston of the E.P.A. He
expects private companies and businesses to move
faster than private citizens because momentum can be
driven by one person at the top. “It
will take a lot longer to get average Americans to
compost,” Mr. Johnston said. “Reaching down to my
household and yours is the greatest challenge.”
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11th Annual
Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival - November 13th-15th
Santa Fe Recycling
Festival Celebrates the Fusion of Recycling and Art
Take old computer keyboards,
moth-eaten sweaters and discarded metal and add a
bit of artistic vision and imagination and viola you
now have a piece of jewelry or a whimsical lampshade
or rug. Recycle Santa Fe Artists can
effectively transform trash into treasure, combining
recycling and creativity to show us innovative ways
to save our resources.
The Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival is
celebrating its eleventh year on November 13-15 at
El Museo Cultural in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Working
with Keep Santa Fe Beautiful and their recycling
education efforts surrounding America Recycles Day
(November 15th), this event
attracts thousands of art lovers, trashy shoppers
and the eco-conscious holiday gift-giver. According
to the Santa Fe Reporter the event is,
"... a shockingly good time... the
weekends biggest can't miss event... a highlight of
the fall season."
More than fifty artists using a
minimum of 75% recycled materials to create their
work, will be displaying and offering these wonders
for sale in our art market and juried art exhibit.
The event is truly shaping into one of the most
unique art markets in the country with artists
traveling from across the nation to participate.
The show features artists from not only Santa Fe and
around New Mexico, but also Colorado, Illinois,
Alaska, Arizona, Texas and Wyoming.
 
"Pot Heads"
made from discarded junk by Stephen Meadows & Clothing made from discarded and torn kimono
silks by Judith Daley are just some of the recycled art for
sale at the Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival.
Recycled-material artists are invited
to submit their applications to participate in the
Art Market, the Juried Art Exhibit and the Trash
Fashion and Costume Contest. Applications for the
art market are taken “until full,” and the deadlines
to submit for the Juried Art Exhibit and Trash
Fashion show are October 19th and
November 9th respectively. Artists
interested in participating in the art market are
encouraged to submit applications as soon as
possible in order to ensure that space is
available. Entry into the Art Market and the Juried
Art Exhibit is judged based on submitted photos.
Artists may participate in all or one of these
recycled art activities. More information and
applications to participate can be found online at
www.recyclesantafe.org.
Santa Fe kids get to exhibit in their
own Youth Art Exhibit, as well as have some fun at
the recycled art kids’ make-and-take corner on
Saturday and Sunday. Both the Juried Art and Youth
Exhibit are judged and awarded prizes.
The weekend kicks off with the famous
Trash Fashion & Costume Contest -- a runway styling
of Santa Fe’s finest retread fashions and costumes,
created from recycled materials. Anyone can
participate and compete for cash and prizes in a
variety of categories. The Trash Fashion Contest is
always a great way to show off your fashion talents,
debut as a model, promote recycling, and have some
fun along the way! Artists are invited to join in
on the fun. Applications can be downloaded from
www.recyclesantafe.org. The deadline for entry
is November 9.
Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival is a
registered event with the statewide New Mexico
Recycling Awareness Month (NMRAM) campaign that
takes place every November.
Event hours are
Friday 5 PM to 9 PM, Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM and
Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM. Admission to the Art Market
is $5 on Friday night and $10 to both the Art Market
and Trash Fashion Show and free on Saturday and
Sunday. There will be a free overflow viewing area
for the Friday night Trash Fashion Show (still must
pay $5 general admission fee). General admission
for kids under 12 is free all weekend. Food will be
available for purchase during event hours.
Friday Highlights:
· The
famous, wild and crazy Trash Fashion & Costume
Contest. The most original fashion show in Santa
Fe at 7:00 PM! Limited seating, please plan on
arriving early to secure a good seat. There will be
a free overflow seating area with a closed circuit
live projection of the fashion show.
· Trash
Fashion & Costume Contest will include an American
Sign Language Interpreter.
· Announcement
of Juried Art Exhibit Winners (adult and student)
following the Trash Fashion show
Saturday Highlights:
· Musical
performances throughout the day
· Kids
recycled art activities (make and take art, etc).
Sunday Highlights
· Make
and take art activities
· Musical
performances throughout the day
More information on the web at
www.recyclesantafe.org!
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Preserve
Gimme 5 Recycling Program Launched
From the
Preserve Products website
If
your community does not accept plastic #5 (yogurt,
cottage cheese containers, etc), here's a program
that can help:
Preserve Gimme 5
Preserve, a maker of household goods
that utilize 100 percent recycled plastics and
post-consumer paper, has partnered with Organic
Valley and Stoneyfield Farms to recycle
polypropylene. You can mail your #5 recycling
containers to the address below.
Send Gimme 5 shipments to:
Preserve Gimme 5
823 NYS Rte 13
Cortland, NY 13045
If you have any
questions about the Gimme 5 program or have a large
shipment you’d like to send, call Preserve Products
at 888-354-7296.
Before starting the
mail-back Gimme 5 program, Preserve Products wanted
to make sure that they were taking a positive step
for the environment. They produced a single factor
Life Cycle Assessment to analyze the impact of the
Gimme 5 program. The results showed the benefits of
keeping #5 plastics out of landfills and remaking
them into new products outweigh the environmental
impacts of shipping them back to us. They hope that
the success of our program will help convince local
recyclers of the value of taking #5 plastics back in
more communities across the US.
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Valencia County P&Z Commission Approves Automobile Salvage
Plant Final Site Plan
From Sept 26 Valencia County News
Bulletin
The final site plan for a contested metal
shredding plant in the southern part of the county was
approved unanimously Wednesday afternoon. After hearing nearly an hour of
testimony from those both for and against the plant, the
county planning and zoning commission voted 5-0 to
approve the final site plan presented by Roadrunner
Metals Recycling, which will be operated by
Colorado-based parent company American Iron and Metal. Roadrunner only accepts vehicles and
appliances that have been fully drained of fluids, and
would have had to turn away customers with items that
still contained hazardous materials.
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Recycling Commodity Prices
The market for OCC has been very quiet lately.
Export has slowed down and that resulted on price
dropping $5 per ST for the month of October. There
is a strong demand for office waste, white paper,
and newspaper. Newspaper and SOP prices went up $5
to $15 depending on presentation, quality, and
location. Demand for plastics is steady; prices are
still far from where they were a year ago, but they
are going up a little bit every month. Aluminum cans
price keeps going up slowly but steady.
| Date |
Card-board |
News-paper |
Sorted
Office Paper |
Mixed Paper |
Shrink Wrap |
PET Bottles
#1* |
Plastic #2 |
Single
Color HDPE |
Alum Cans |
|
Oct. 2009 |
$40-75/ton |
$10-65/ton |
$30-110/ton |
NA |
$.02-.06/lb |
$.02-.04/lb* |
$.03-.26/lb |
$.01-.11/lb |
$.48-.58/lb |
| Sept 2009 |
$40-80/ton |
$10-55/ton |
$30-100/ton |
NA |
$.02-.05/lb |
$.02-.03/lb*
|
$.03-$.17/lb |
$.01-$.09/lb |
$.40-$.54/lb |
| Aug 2009 |
$40-80/ton |
$10-50/ton |
$30-95/ton |
NA |
$.02-.04/lb |
$.02/lb*
|
$.03-$.15/lb |
$.01-$.09/lb |
$.38-$.52/lb |
| July 2009 |
$40-75/ton |
$10-50/ton |
$25-90/ton |
NA |
$.02-.035/lb |
$.01/lb*
|
$.03-$.15/lb |
$.01-$.09/lb |
$.34-$.50/lb |
| June 2009 |
$25-55/ton |
$10-45/ton |
$30-70/ton |
NA |
$.01-.035/lb |
$.005/lb* |
$.03-$.15/lb |
$.01-$.09/lb |
$.32-$.44/lb |
| May 2009 |
$10-45/ton |
$10-35/ton |
$30-60/ton |
NA |
$.01-.035/lb |
$.005/lb*
|
$.03-$.15/lb |
$.01-$.09/lb |
$.32-$.44/lb |
| April 2009 |
$10-45/ton |
$10-35/ton |
$30-65/ton |
NA |
$.01-.035/lb |
$.005/lb*
|
$.03-$.12/lb |
$.01-$.06/lb |
$.28-$.37/lb |
| March 2009 |
$10-50/ton |
$5-35/ton |
$30-70/ton |
NA |
$.01-.035/lb |
$.005/lb*
|
$.03-$.10/lb |
$.01-$.05/lb |
$.18-$.37/lb |
| Feb 2009 |
$5-40/ton |
$5-30/ton |
$30-70/ton |
NA |
$.01-.035/lb |
$0 |
$.03-$.10/lb |
$.01-$.05/lb |
$.30-$.36/lb |
| Jan 2009 |
$5-35/ton |
$5-40/ton |
$30-70/ton |
NA |
$.01-.04/lb |
$0 |
$.03-$.04/lb |
$.01-$.03/lb |
$.30-$.40/lb |
| Dec 2008 |
$5-45/ton |
$5-40/ton |
$30-80/ton |
NA |
$.01-.04/lb |
$0
|
$.02-$.04/lb |
$.01-$.03/lb |
$.18-$.32/lb |
| Nov 2008 |
$20-60/ton |
$5-50/ton |
$40-105/ton |
NA |
$.04-.09/lb |
$.005/lb
|
$.02-$.04/lb |
$.01-$.03/lb |
$.18-$.22/lb |
| Oct 2008 |
$55-90/ton |
$35-80/ton |
$45-155/ton |
$5-10/ton |
$.05-.10/lb |
$.03-.10/lb |
$.03-$.06/lb |
$.03-$.06/lb |
$.48-$.60/lb |
| Sept 2008 |
$65-105/ton |
$45-95/ton |
$45-165/ton |
$5-50/ton |
$.05-.10/lb |
$.03-.10/lb |
$.03-$.06/lb |
$.03-$.06/lb |
$.48-$.75/lb |
* Only
accepting 100 pounds plus of PET #1
Please note that this is a sample of what is being offered
in New Mexico for certain commodities. Purchase prices for
OCC and Paper are subject to change based on market
fluctuations as reflected in the Southwest Region of the
Official Board Markets’ Yellow Sheet. Prices vary according
to presentation and quantity. These prices are for partial
loads. Full truckloads of any of the materials would be paid
at a greater price depending on the pick-up location and
destination of the material.
Other resources:
http://www.amm.com/recman/recdata/reccomp.htm for
national average commodity prices
http://www.wastenews.com/secondaryfiber/
http://www.packaging-online.com/
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National
Recycling Coalition Suspends Bankruptcy Vote to Explore
Other Options
Waste & Recycling News Oct. 1 -- The National
Recycling Coalition’s board of directors has suspended its
vote to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy while other options are
explored, giving the organization a new chance at viability.
Mark Lichtenstein, former president of the
NRC, said members of the board of directors voted
unanimously Sept. 29 to suspend its earlier vote for Chapter
7 for 30 days. During that time current president Melinda
Uerling will be able to enlist the aid of a committee to
help develop a reorganization plan for the agency,
Lichtenstein said.
The board is expected to reassess the
situation Oct. 29, Lichtenstein said. It is hoped the NRC
will be able to negotiate with creditors and develop a
reorganization plan outside of bankruptcy court, he added.
As you know, the New Mexico Recycling Coalition has been an
affiliate of the NRC for the past decade. The filing of
bankruptcy of the national group does not have
an affect on the operations of the NMRC, which remains an
independently funded nonprofit organization based in the
state of New Mexico. America Recycles Day, one of the key
programs that NMRC has participated in, will continue under
the umbrella of Keep America Beautiful.
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US
Composting Council Conference January 24-27
The US Composting Council's 18th Annual Conference & Trade
Show, January 24-27, 2010 at the Wyndham Orlando Resort,
Orlando, Florida .
This is the Largest Conference & Exhibition in North America
for the Composting, Wood Waste & Organics Recycling
Industry. Nowhere else will you have the
opportunity to interact with more industry
professionals from the organics industry.
This conference will give you a
tremendous opportunity for professional growth & career
advancement. Learn how to optimize your operating
efficiency, develop cost effective solutions, improve your
programs & products, add to your bottom line, & insure your
future business success. For more information,
visit the USCC website at
www.compostingcouncil.org
or call the USCC at 631.737.4931.
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Guidelines on Adding Food Residuals
Into Yard Composting Operations
A new report “Best Management Practices for Incorporating
Food Residuals
Into Existing Yard Waste Composting Operations” produced by
the US
Composting Council (USCC) under a grant from the
Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 3 can be downloaded directly
from the
EPA, Region III composting page at
http://www.epa.gov/reg3wcmd/pdf/FR2YW_BMP.pdf
or at:
www.compostingcouncil.org/PDF/EPA_grant/. When you get
there
you should click on BMP_FINAL_pdf.pdf
Here’s a short summary of the report.
Introduction - Best Management Practices for Incorporating
Food
Residuals into Existing Yard Waste Composting Operations is
designed as
a written tour guide for composters embarking on the process
of
expanding into managing food residuals. Information is
presented in four
Sections, with a summary at the conclusion of each
sub-section. Readers
are encouraged to review summaries but not rely upon them as
being
comprehensive. Expanding into food residuals composting
involves many
facets which cannot be fully understood by reading only the
summaries.
In Section 1, Moving Toward Composting Food Residuals, the
reader is
guided through the planning phase. It starts by presenting
economic and
environmental reasons why a facility should compost
residuals, and is
followed by a checklist of considerations and actions needed
to move
forward. The discussion turns to identifying potential
sources of food
residuals, and demonstrates how to estimate the volume a
source may
generate. The Section concludes by providing guidelines for
working with
generators to establish diversion programs, and includes
discussion on
collection and transport options. Section
1 investigates topics the composter should consider during
the planning
phase.
The second Section, Operational Considerations--Things
to Know Before
Residuals Arrive, addresses operational topics which should
be
considered before materials arrive at the site. As a
reminder to what
enables composting without ongoing odors and pests, a review
of
composting basics leads the Section. Then, because
understanding the
differences between various materials is imperative to
successfully
composting them, information on physical characteristics of
feedstocks
is presented, including an overview of manufactured
compostables. The
section then demonstrates how to plan a composting recipe
based on
physical characteristics of feedstocks. It concludes by
comparing
process methods--turned windrows versus static piles with
forced
aeration--and discusses how a facility can avoid and remedy
odors
throughout the process. The second Section guides the reader
through the
daily process of composting food residuals.
Section 3, Health, Safety and Regulations, is an overview of
practices
for maintaining worker and public safety. This section
delineates how to
manage residuals to avoid pests and pathogens, thereby
protecting public
health. Regulatory issues, too, are addressed to make the
composter
aware that the rules for composting food residuals are
generally
different from those for composting yard waste only. The
third Section
guides the user through health, safety, and compliance with
regulatory
guidelines.
Finally, in Section 4, Case Studies, the reader is presented
with
information from two composting facilities successfully
processing food
residuals with yard waste. Each case study is both an
overview of the
facility--size, inputs, sources, etc--and
also a compilation of experience and advice offered from the
owners of
the two sites. The experience of others is often invaluable
information,
and is for this document a fitting conclusion for a
publication designed
to guide composters with Best Management Practices.
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Getting the
Guests to
Sort
By SUSAN STELLIN
Published: October 5,
2009, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/business/energy-environment/06recycle.html?_r=3
Guess how much trash the average hotel guest throws away every day.
About two pounds — more than half of
that paper, plastic, cardboard and
cans that those same guests probably
recycle at home. Yet according to a
2008 survey by the American Hotel
and Lodging Association, just 40
percent of hotels have a recycling
program. While some hotels sort and
recycle guests’ trash after it
leaves the room, hospitality
executives say starting an in-room
recycling program is a lot more
complicated than simply placing blue
bins under the desks.“It’s challenging,” said Brian
McGuinness, a senior vice president
at
Starwood Hotels and Resorts,
which offers in-room recycling at
its Element hotels and plans to
introduce similar programs at other
brands by the end of 2010. “These
initiatives sound easy in theory,
but in practice it’s quite a
different story.”
Housekeeping carts have to be
modified to keep recycled materials
separate from other trash, workers
have to be trained in new procedures
that may involve union negotiations
and the recyclables often have to be
sorted and stored at the hotel
before being taken away — but not
too far away. Mr. McGuinness said Starwood
required that the recycling center
“be within a 50-mile radius of any
given property” and noted that some
Starwood properties would therefore
be exempt from the requirement.
“Otherwise, we’re hauling recycling
materials in a truck burning fuel
for 80 miles.”
Even educating guests about
sorting their trash is not a simple
matter, since recycling is one of
those chores that often falls by the
wayside on a trip, much like
exercising or making the bed. Still,
more hotels are offering recycling
options, in part because surveys
indicate environmentally friendly
practices matter to guests. “Doing in-room recycling is
important because the guest sees
that,” said Pat Maher, a former
hotel executive now serving as a
environmental consultant to the
American Hotel and Lodging
Association. He said younger guests,
in particular, often asked via
Twitter or other channels why a
hotel did not offer recycling
containers. Besides burnishing their green
image, hotels also have the
incentive of reducing how much they
spend to haul away regular trash. By
removing paper, plastic and other
recyclables from the garbage, hotels
can trim their waste disposal bill
by as much as 50 percent, Mr. Maher
said — a significant savings in
cities where trash removal is
expensive. “In New York City, it’s not
unusual to have a $100,000-a-year
waste bill, and if you can cut that
by $50,000 that’s a big deal to the
operator of a hotel,” he said.
But the savings is likely to be
more modest at smaller properties in
less expensive locations. Mr.
McGuinness said Element was
currently breaking even on the
recycling program at its properties.
And Kimpton Hotels, which has
offered in-room recycling since
2004, estimates its total savings is
about $267,300 a year. “Just cardboard recycling alone
ranges from $12,000 to $20,000 a
year in savings,” said Niki
Leondakis, chief operating officer
for Kimpton, which reduces its trash
at its 47 hotels by more than 40
percent through recycling. “What’s happening in each
individual city drives our
practice,” Ms. Leondakis said. “In
some cities, we’ve had to work with
legislators to help get recycling
programs started.” One trend that
may make the sorting process less of
a chore is “single stream”
recycling, which refers to
municipalities with recycling
centers that can automatically
separate paper, plastic, aluminum
and glass.
Hotels are also focusing on
reducing the amount of waste that
needs to be recycled, with
newspapers among the targets for
elimination. In April,
Marriott International announced
that it would no longer deliver
newspapers to every guestroom in the
morning; guests can request a paper
or pick one up in the lobby.
Although that shift is arguably as
much about saving money as it is
about saving trees, Marriott
estimated it would reduce newspaper
distribution at its hotels by about
18 million papers annually. And Starwood has installed
bath-amenity dispensers in the
showers at its Element and Aloft
hotels, reducing waste from tiny
plastic bottles of conditioner and
shampoo. But this seemingly simple
shift created its own challenges. “Even the design of the shampoo
container was a large initiative for
us,” Mr. McGuinness said, explaining
that the dispenser had to be
lockable (to prevent guests from
helping themselves) and the
viscosity of the shampoo had to be
adjusted so it did not drip.
A bigger challenge seems to be
finding an alternative to all the
plastic water bottles guests rely on
when they travel. Element hotels
have a separate tap with filtered
water in the bathroom, one of the
advantages of building a new hotel
with environmentally sensitive
design. But other brands have had mixed
results in weaning guests from their
bottled-water habit. “People like their water bottles
— they don’t want to give them up,”
said Lori Holland, a spokeswoman for
Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, which
has experimented with offering
guests carafes of filtered water
instead. In some cases, guests have
taken the carafes. Other objections
include concerns about the
cleanliness of the glassware and a
preference for having a bottle of
water to take to a meeting — one of
the conveniences guests expect when
they travel. “I think that’s the conundrum
with operating green but operating
as a hotel,” Ms. Holland said. “At
what point do you deliver your
luxury hotel experience, but also
balance that with acting
responsibly?”
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Recycled
Tires to Fuel Colorado Energy Company
Recycled tires will fuel an energy
company in Colorado, thanks to a new agreement
announced by Novo Energies Corp. and Colorado
Tire Recycling. Novo, an alternative energy company, has a
new 10-year supply contract to recycle supply
tire derived fuel chips for feedstock with
Colorado Tire Recycling LLC of Hudson, Colo.
Novo´s process converts the tire chips into
fuel and fuel additives including but not
limited to diesel and gasoline. The company
plans to construct its first tire-to-fuel plant
in the Denver-area by the second quarter of
2010. Colorado Tire Recycling will provide a
minimum of 6,000 tons of TDF for the first year
of the contract and a minimum of 12,000 tons
annually in the second year. Novo plans to
generate approximately 1 million gallons of
diesel and gasoline fuel and fuel additives
during the first year of the operation of its
plant and 2 million gallons in the second year.
The company said the plant could produce
3,000 metric tons of carbon black and 900 metric
tons of steel during the first year of operation
and estimates that it will generate a minimum of
25,000 carbon credits per year.
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State Fair Recycling Display Available Again
For the second year
running, the NM State Fair
will include a recycling information booth amongst a new
center called the "Green Expo". Funded by an appropriation
earmarked by Rep. Joni Marie Gutierrez D-Las Cruces
in the 2008 legislative session, five booths will provide
information on green building, energy conservation,
food/organics, water conservation and recycling. The initial
booth & trailer from 2008 had unfortunately
been stolen. But insurance monies were able to
replace the exhibit in time for the 2009 State Fair.
The Fair runs from September 11
through September 27. The Green Expo is located to the East of
the Manual Lujan Exposition
Center and near the Old MacDonald Farm.
The portable and expandable recycling
information booth created for the recent State Fair is
available for travel to other community events during the
year. Please
contact Jill Turner, who works for the Office of the NMED
Secretary, at 505-827-1754 or
jill.turner@state.nm.us for more information.
Bill Booth,
Ditch Witch; John Zarola; Pueblo of Tesuque Environment
Department; Nathan Lee and Norman Scott, Navajo Nation;
Butch Steinman, Village of Angel Fire; Josh Montano and
Kimberly Foree, OSO Biopharmaceuticals; David Friedman,
Friedman Recycling; Rodney Mullens, Mesa Verde Enterprises;
Beverly Booth McCauley; Charley Carroll, NM Junior College;
Joe Capone, All American Waste Removal; Suzanne Michaels;
Adrian Marufo, City of Gallup; Roger Allen; Michael
Candelaria, Pueblo of Isleta; Melissa Villalobos, Western NM
Correctional Facility; Rick Smith, Laguna Pueblo; Mindy
Cahill, Village of Cimarron; Maralyn Hillman, Trucks West;
Clifford Dowling, Waste Management; Kathy Elmore, Carlsbad
Caverns National Park; Scott Seydel; Lorie Gulley, NM
Reutilization and Acquisition Model Program; Jeffrey Kaplan,
Village of Ruidoso; Stacy Snyder; Lee Carr, Better World
Connections; Paul Gutierrez, NM Association of Counties;
Terry & Al McBrayer; Randy Smith, Lea County; Robert
Gomez,
Taos
Pueblo;
Sam
Mayer;
Fannie
Smyer,
Keep
Luna
County
Beautiful;
David
Castillo,
Sandia
Nat'l
Laboratories
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Grants and
Loans
State Loans
NMED
Constructions Programs Bureau offers low-interest loans for
solid waste projects:
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/cpb/rip.html .
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Regional
Round-Up
Las Cruces: SCRAP and the South
Central SWA will host an electronics recycling event
November 14 from 9-3 at the Dona Ana County Government
Center. Starting on November 1 the South Central SWA
will collect E-waste on a regular basis at the
2009 New Mexico Solid Waste Annual Report
recently issued by the New Mexico Environment Department:
Solid Waste Bureau can downloaded at
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/swb/AnnualReportsandForms.htm
Submit your
community's news by emailing
english@recyclenewmexico.com . We love to
hear about news from around the state!
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Recycling Tidbits
After
the Storm: Disaster Debris Management and Recovery
Sept
Issue of Resource Recycling
Materials recovery is generally the last thought on
anyone's mind after a natural disaster has occurred.
However, a disaster debris management plan can help
a community identify options for collecting,
recycling and disposing of generated debris.
To view the full story, please visit the following
link
http://www.resource-recycling.com/images/e-newsletterimages/Disaster0909.pdf
Study
Offers Guidance for Battery Collection Initiatives
Sept. 23
-- A new study is offering guidance to
evaluate and strengthen battery
collection initiatives.
The study was released by the
Product Stewardship Institute and the
Call2Recycle battery and cell phone
collection program. The report, "Battery
Performance Metrics: Recommendations for
Best Practice," examines different ways
that stewardship performance is gauged.
It is available at:
http://www.call2recycle.org/doc_lib/BatteryMetrics.pdf.
"Our collection program has earned
substantial recognition from
municipalities, retailers and consumers
alike, yet we still seek measures to
help us continually improve our program
and fulfill our mission to protect the
environment," said Carl Smith, president
and CEO of RBRC, which operates
Call2Recycle. "Our goal is to
influence stakeholders to agree on a set
of appropriate performance metrics and
establish processes that will
standardize measurement for many
organizations committed to collecting
and recycling products," he said.
"Measuring performance is critical to
collecting and recycling more
batteries," said Scott Cassel, executive
director of Product Stewardship
Institute.
Santa
Fe's 2nd Annual E-Scrap Day a Success
On September 26th, Santa Fe County
collected over 4.70 tons of electronics
material at the Eldorado, Jacona, La
Cienega and Stanley Convenience Centers
as part of its annual e-waste recycling
collection event. The items
accepted included
computers, monitors, printers, copiers,
scanners, plotters, peripherals,
telecommunication equipment, servers,
phone systems, security equipment, UPS
systems, cell phones and VCR’s
KAB Announces Releases Results of Great
American Clean Up
Oct. 7 -- Keep America Beautiful has
released the results of its 2009 Great
American Cleanup, held March 1-May 31
this year. Over the three-month period,
the organization reported 3 million
participants collected 64 million pounds
of litter and debris from public lands
including parklands, rivers, lakes and
wetlands. Emphasis was placed on
recycling awareness in addition to
cleanup efforts. The organization
reported large increases in recycling
collections, including a 30% increase in
plastic bottles and a 30% increase in
electronics for recycling over 2008
collections. In addition, the
organization reported a 42% increase in
aluminum and steel collections. During
the three-month effort KAB reported
collections of 243 million plastic
bottles, 6.9 million pounds of
electronics and 14.5 million pounds of
aluminum and steel were collected.
North Carolina Bans Plastic Bottles from
State Landfills
Sept. 30 -- A North Carolina law goes
into effect Oct. 1 banning plastic
bottles from state landfills. The
law also dictates oil filters and wooden
pallets must be kept out of landfills.
The state already bans materials such as
scrap rubber and aluminum cans from the
solid waste stream. The law aims to
encourage recycling and provide for the
growing state recycling industry, North
Carolina officials have said. Fines,
while authorized, are unlikely,
officials said. According to the
state Division of Pollution Prevention
and Environmental Assistance, more than
14,000 people are employed in the
recycling industry in North Carolina.
RecycleBank Moves into Colorado
RecycleBank is
partnering with Waste Connections of
Colorado to offer the incentive-based
rewards program in 10 Denver suburbs and
Colorado Springs. Throughout October,
new 96-gallon rollcarts will be
delivered to Waste Connections customers
in the Denver suburbs of Brighton,
Broomfield, Erie, Firestone, Frederick,
Fort Lupton, Lafayette, Louisville,
Superior and Westminster, as well as in
Colorado Springs and the surrounding
cities of Fountain, Monument and
Peyton/Falcon. Currently, RecycleBank
has a pilot program in Albuquerque.
Volunteers Collect 14 Tons of Glass
During GPI Program
Oct. 8 -- More than
14 tons of glass was collected by students and other
volunteers during the Glass Packaging Institute’s
2009 Recycle Glass week.
More»
Waste &
Recycling News Accepting Nominations for
Environmental Awards
Oct. 26 -- Waste &
Recycling News is seeking nominations for its 2009
Environmental Awards.
More»
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Calendar
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Recycling and Composting Facility Operator Certification
Class Schedule for 2009
Recycling
Certification Courses
December 8-10, Albuquerque
To register,
please go to
www.recyclenewmexico.com/cert_classes.htm
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If you have
questions about any of the above information or have
articles for future Recycling Scraps, please e-mail or call
me.
English
Bird, Executive Director
New Mexico
Recycling Coalition
PO Box
24364, Santa Fe, NM 87502
english@recyclenewmexico.com
(505) 983-4470
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