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.................................................................................... Gov. Richardson Encourages Recycling Awareness - Roswell Article By Lauren E. Toney, Roswell Record, November 15
In
honor of the annual America Recycles Day, Gov. Bill
Richardson has declared today New Mexico Recycling Awareness
Day in the state, and Roswell is keeping up by raising
awareness about the importance of reducing waste and reusing
resources. HTTP://www.roswell-record.com/main.asp?SectionID=49&subsectionID=112&articleID=34851 ....................................................................................
Recycling Certification Course, December 9-11, Santa Fe Pull out your state certification and make sure you are up-to-date. The last certification class of the year will be offered December 9-11 for the Recycling Facility Operator Certification Course. Call Sarah Pierpont to ensure there is still room in the class at 505-603-0558 if you'd like to register.
For registration information, go to www.recyclenewmexico.com/cert_classes.htm ....................................................................................
Recycling Commodity Prices for December More bad news. Export to China is almost inexistent and domestic mills are taking longer than expected downtime. Recovered paper markets are bleak throughout the world. Price for OCC dropped $20 per ton in our region and SOP, SWL and ONP prices also dropped. The following is an updated price list.
Cardboard…………......................$5-$45/ton Newspaper……………………….….$5-$40/ton Sorted Office Paper……..............$30-$80/ton Mixed paper………………………….No payment, not accepting hard cover books Shrink wrap………………………….$0.01-$0.04/lb PET bottles (#1)…………………….. $0.005/lb, not accepting them at this time Milk Jugs, natural HDPE (#2)………$0.02-$0.04/lb Single color HDPE…………………..$0.01-$0.03/lb Aluminum Cans………………………$0.18-$0.32/lb price changing on a daily basis Clean Stainless Steel……………….$0.15/lb
*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.wastenews.com/secondaryfiber/ http://www.packaging-online.com/ ....................................................................................
The Jaynes Companies is the parent company for three commercial construction companies located in four states throughout the Southwest. Jaynes is a nationally respected regional general contractor with extensive construction experience in commercial, health care, retail, education, hospitality, warehouse and distribution, local, state and federal government buildings, multi-family, structural concrete and pre-engineered building projects. Jaynes has met the challenges of time and technology to become a recognized leader in the construction industry throughout the Southwest. Their success has come from a set of values that serve as the cornerstone of their corporate philosophy. Jaynes' value system is keyed to basics -- integrity, trust, safety, skill and confidence are values they cherish.
The Jaynes Companies are members of the national US Green Building Council and their personnel are experienced with LEED Integrated Design and Construction Principles. Jaynes is currently working on several large projects that will achieve high LEED certifications, V. Sue Cleveland High School, New Mexico Tri-Services Laboratory and University of New Mexico College of Education.
V. Sue Cleveland High School is the newest high school project for Jaynes, located in Northern Rio Rancho. At approximately 70% complete, the school is scheduled to be finished in May 2009. Upon completion, it will be the largest LEED certified project of its kind in the state of New Mexico.
At the V. Sue Cleveland High School jobsite, Jaynes has diverted 85% of waste from the landfill which includes Styrofoam, cardboard, plastic, concrete, asphalt, metal, as well as, paper from the office trailer. From the office trailer and sub’s trailers to the eating areas, Jaynes’ green efforts have expanded by placing recycling bins in all areas. Field workers are highly encouraged to sort out their trash so it can be recycled. To date, over 2,000 tons of material has been recycled.
In the spirit of LEED, Jaynes Corporation has incorporated green standards in their offices. They are recycling paper (including office paper, newspapers, magazines, junk mail, and phone books), aluminum cans, glass bottles, plastic bottles, corrugated cardboard, batteries and cell phones. Coffee mugs, silverware and ceramic plates are used instead of disposable plastic ware to minimize waste. Lights are turned off when they are not in use. Double-sided printing is used whenever possible. Jaynes Corporation uses recycled paper in printers and copiers. Paper towels and napkins made from recycled materials are used. At jobsites, when possible, Jaynes utilizes a local dumpster service that recycles. Each dumpster load is sorted and materials such as wood, brick/block/concrete, scrap metal, glass/plastic bottles, aluminum cans, copper wire and cardboard are recycled. ....................................................................................
President-Elect Obama and Recycling
President-Elect Barack Obama will
doubtlessly be looking at the manifold issues facing his
upcoming administration, and one of the areas he will be
forced to look at is the environment. And, in looking at the
environment, he will likely be looking at recycling. In an
interview with DISCOVER Magazine (New York)
before the election, Obama expressed his belief that
recycling is something that he does intend to target.
"I believe we need incentives to minimize waste
production and promote much more recycling," then candidate-Obama
said. "We can do this by more aggressively using the federal
laws that regulate waste disposal and product manufacture,
so that we use fewer toxic chemicals, generate less
manufacturing waste, and reduce packaging materials." Many stakeholders in the scrap electronics industry, for example, feel that Obama's election may help the likelihood of national e-scrap legislation surfacing. "Obama's election leaves the door wide open for more environmental legislation," said David Daoud, research manager for IDC's Personal Computing, PC Trackers and Green IT Programs. "With his comment in his acceptance speech on a 'planet in peril,' there is no doubt the environment will become front and center in the next four years."
Santa Fe County broke
ground on the new Steve Herrera District
Courthouse November 18 at the new
courthouse site. Bradbury Stamm’s $38.1M
bid made them the General Contractor for
the project. Bradbury Stamm’s portfolio
includes Isotopes Park, Santa
Ana Star Center,
Albuquerque Aquarium and Bio-Park, and
the Genoveva Chavez Community
Center. The project is scheduled to
start January 2009, with a total
construction period of 24 months;
completion is slated for January 2011.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Components: The projected rating on this facility is LEED Gold and features the following “Green” aspects:
Congratulations to Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, San Juan Regional Medical Center, and the Socorro County Chamber of Commerce who were selected out of 1,400 applicants!
“The Bin Grant Program is
designed to help communities and organizations
jump-start or expand their recycling programs and to
further promote recycling of used bottles and cans,”
said Scott Vitters, Director of Sustainable Packaging,
The Coca-Cola Company.
“Bottles and cans are valuable recyclables and can be
reused to make new products as well as new bottles and
cans. By making more recycling bins available, we hope
to encourage people make recycling a habit in their
daily lives.”
Bin grants are offered twice a year in the fall and spring through an online application process. Since its inception in the Fall of 2007, the Bin Grant Program has placed more than 5,700 recycling bins in 150 communities in 48 states and the District of Columbia. A full list of the Spring 2008 bin grant recipients is below. The Spring 2009 grant application period will begin on February 16 and extend through March 18, 2009. For more information about the grant program is available at http://bingrant.org/. ....................................................................................
Albuquerque's only commercial producer of recycled tire products has closed. RCT Green, which did business as Jai Tires, recently shuttered its operation at 3417 Girard NE and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection. Jai Tires shredded rubber tires into crumb particles of various sizes for use in landscaping and safety surfaces. RCT Green had the same CEO, Dan Stonebarger, as Denver-based Acugreen, also a producer of recycled tire products.
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Recycling Events for NMRAM Update New Mexico Recycling Awareness Month (NMRAM) was a huge success this year. The statewide campaign involved 36 schools and 24 coordinators and reached over 700,000 students and community members! One educator held a conservation expo to teach the school and community about conservation. She noted, “Thanks so much for all of the great ideas! The students really enjoyed teaching the grown ups (about recycling) and letting their voices be heard.” In an effort to raise recycling awareness and participation in Santa Fe, this year’s targeted NMRAM effort took place involved the “Get Caught Recycling in Santa Fe” campaign. Nearly 150 Santa Fe City and County residents and businesses “got caught” and won prizes donated from area businesses, such as gift cards to local coffee shops, free oil changes, tote bags, etc. Random selection of citizens at curbside, drop-offs and in Waste Management-served neighborhoods occurred. The City of Santa Fe will track for increased tonnage in November and December. In partnership with the Santa Fe New Mexican, a three part series about the importance of recycling, why and how to recycle and the state of recycling in Santa Fe earned cover story attention November 9th through 11th. Additionally the “Get Caught Recycling in Santa Fe” campaign included the following:
News articles in November as part of Get Caught Recycling campaign: Santa Fe High Teacher Rekindles Interest in Recycling, Nov 8: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/School-participation--Teacher-helps-rekindle-interest-in-recycl Finding the Will to Recycle, Nov 9: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Finding-the-will-to-recycle Giving New Life To Glass, Nov 9: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Giving-new-life-to-glass Plastic Waste Gets the Sack, Nov 10: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Catwalk-gets-trashy Green Building Gives Reusable Materials New Life, Nov 10: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Trash-to-treasure---Green-building--gives-reusable-materials-ne Catwalk Gets Trashy, Nov 14: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Catwalk-gets-trashy
A bus-side advertisement used as part of the media campaign in Santa Fe.
Clovis Cannon Air Force Base newsletter article: http://www.cannon.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123123224
Lincoln County The Lincoln County Solid Waste Authority hosted its best attended event yet on Saturday, November 8th in Ruidoso. There were 187 participants (individuals, organizations and businesses) turning in approximately 70,000 pounds of electronics for recycling. The event also collected 76 lbs of magazines/catalogs and 103 lbs of ink cartridges for recycling. Their next event is scheduled for Saturday April 4, 2009 and will include televisions for recycling.
Albuquerque On November 15th the City of Albuquerque, Comcast, Enchantment Recycling and Bernalillo County hosted and electronics recycling event at the Balloon Fiesta Park with the following results:
1,084 Televisions recycled
(weighing 78,110 pounds)
Rio Rancho Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful hosted a recycling collection drive on November 1st with the following results, given with a comparison to their earlier April 2008 collection event:
Thanks again to all sponsors who helped make NMRAM possible this year! Intel, SBM Site Services, Dex, Sandia National Laboratory, Waste Management, New Mexico Environment Department: Solid Waste Bureau, New Mexico Clean and Beautiful, NM Public Education Department, Keep New Mexico Beautiful, Whole Foods, WalMart, City of Santa Fe, Keep Santa Fe Beautiful, Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency, Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce and Santa Fe County ....................................................................................
The U.S. Postal Service (Washington) and Earth911.com (Scottsdale, Arizona) are asking people to "not take a holiday from recycling," as the two entities are partnering on a Green Your Holidays Web site, which highlights ways to have a more sustainable holiday season, in particular by recycling all the resulting multi-colored scrap. ....................................................................................
In the December 2008 edition, Popular Mechanics takes a look at recycling: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_your_house_works/4291566.html?page=3
Two Key Pull Out Items From the Article: Aluminum, for example, requires 96 percent less energy to make from recycled cans than it does to process from bauxite. At the other end of the spectrum, recycled glass uses only about 21 percent less energy-but it still comes out ahead, according to a study by Washington-based environmental consultant Jeffrey Morris. Recycled plastic bottles use 76 percent less energy and newsprint about 45 percent less, he found. Across the board, the key factor is the energy intensity of extracting virgin materials, which is an order of magnitude higher than that of recovering the same material through recycling. "Even if you doubled the emissions from collecting recyclables, it wouldn't come close," Morris says. Overall, he found, it takes 10.4 million Btu to manufacture products from a ton of recyclables, compared to 23.3 million Btu for virgin materials. And all of the collecting, hauling and processing of those recyclables adds just 0.9 million Btu.
Most telling, though, is a recent study that found that about 90 percent of the material going to landfills has a market value. Given today's economy, we won't keep burying that value for long. ....................................................................................
EPA Updates Definition of Solid Waste From WIH Resource group On October 7, 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule updating the definition of solid waste. This ruling would change the definition so that hazardous materials sent to recycling or reclamation facilities would not be considered solid waste, and thus would be exempt from the Subtitle C hazardous waste regulations. The goal of this rule is to encourage recycling of hazardous materials and the US EPA estimates that this change would exclude 1.5 million tons of hazardous materials from the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act's hazardous waste regulations. It is not clear what impact this change would have on municipal solid waste management facilities such as Subtitle D landfills, transfer stations, Waste-to-Energy facilities or Material Recycling Facilities. If these excluded materials actually go to bona-fide hazardous materials recycling operations there would be no impact on municipal solid waste management facilities. If, however, this creates a loophole through which hazardous materials escape regulation, they may find their way to municipal solid waste facilities or, even worse, be open dumped. This rule makes waste screening at municipal solid waste facilities even more important. Municipal solid waste managers need to know where their wastes are coming from and need to put in place practices to detect and screen out prohibited materials. The materials targeted are "hazardous secondary materials" and are generated mostly through metals and solvents recycling. The rule excludes materials from the federal hazardous waste system that are: * Generated and
legitimately reclaimed under the control of the generator; Not regulating them would save the US EPA millions in regulatory costs and would ease the regulatory burden on legitimate recyclers. However, we need to be vigilant to assure that they do not have an unintended adverse effect on the municipal solid waste practices. The rule will become effective on December 29th, 2008. ....................................................................................
The Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award is awarded annually by the National Environmental Education Foundation to an outstanding educator who has successfully integrated environmental education into his or her daily education programs. The award is given to a 5th-12th grade educator who can serve as an inspiration and model for others. A $5,000 cash award is provided for the recipient to continue their work in environmental education. Do you know a teacher who stands out among the rest? If so, please nominate him/her for the 2009 Richard C. Bartlett Award. Nominations will be accepted through January 31, 2009. To learn more or submit your nomination visit http://www.neefusa.org/bartlettaward.htm. ....................................................................................
Michael Grandjean, GranCor Enterprises; Gib Waide, Bernalillo County; Sheli Keyes, Robert Cohen Sports Surfacing; Amanda Skarsgard and Harold Harrison, Northwind Inc; Peter Wood; Vivian Martinez, City of Santa Fe; Tracy Blackburn; Novella Trujillo, Albuquerque Convention Center and Visitor Bureau; Joe Ramirez, City of Tucumcari; Charles Greenwood, GreenPlanet Recycling; Tom Heck; Alex Aragon; Arlene Clemena, Steven Adams, Taylor Roehl, & Rusty Hiers - Jaynes Corporation; Darin Sand, Goodman Realty Group; Greg Hawrylyshyn & Tim Coughenour, Gerald Martin; Carol Wight, NM Restaurant Association; Hyatt Regency Albuquerque; Bill Greenhalgh, Lockwood Construction; Danford Wadsworth, Hopi Solid Waste Management; Lisa Lee, South Central Solid Waste Authority; Sally Padilla, Santa Fe SW Management Agency; Elizabeth Alongi; Liz Foster, Modulus Design; Sally Rutledge, Beautiful Spaces; Daniel Abram, Village of Tijeras; Kristy Moyer, Build Green New Mexico; Michael and Ed Lingnau, Ed's Recycling Center; Carol Chavez, USFS Sandia Ranger Station; Sharon Marks, High Mountain Homes; Carlsbad SWCD; Patrick Jenkins, Holloman AFB; Dennis Davis, Star Construction; Steven Schwartz, Albuquerque Marriott; Doug McLeod, Catalyst Paper; Johnny Pena, City of Albuquerque; Paul Roszel, RecycleNet; Kariann Sokulsky, Richard Backer & Larry Crotts, Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Co.; Gary Estepp, ResourceAD; Pete Grogan and Shawn Tackitt, International Paper; Rudy Rivera, City of Albuquerque; Brian Fitzpatrick, NM Computer Recyclers; Toby Collins, GRIND, Inc., French Espinoza, Town of Taos ...................................................................................
State Loans NMED Constructions Programs Bureau offers low-interest loans for solid waste projects: http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/cpb/rip.html . ....................................................................................
Submit your community's news by emailing english@recyclenewmexico.com . We love to hear about news from around the state! ....................................................................................
Recycled Glass Countertops Take Home CleanTech Award
The recent 2008 CleanTech Open showcased some of
the most exciting and new innovations in the
world of sustainability. Among the winners
walking away with a prize package worth $100,000
in cash and business resources was BottleStone,
a Los Altos Hills company that makes ceramic
stone countertops out of recycled glass. It
takes about six wine bottles to create a square
foot of BottleStone, which is a wonder to think
used wine bottles do more than to serve as
evidence of one's drinking habits. What's more
interesting is BottleStone's durability. In
tests, the material proved to be just as strong
as 1.5" thick brick or 2.5" thick concrete paver.
The glass waste used is direct from
post-consumer sources, meaning it's the same
stuff that's on the side of the curb during
morning trash pickup, and comprises 80% of the
surface material. There is no special processing
done to the glass, and therefore there are zero
emissions in the production of the new surface
material. BottleStone comes in a variety of
colors. If you want to customize the material
yourself, it can be glazed, stained, and/or
waxed to any color. Not to mention the types of
bottles you use to make it, putting to good use
clearish
Local Governments in Vermont Form Product Stewardship Council Local governments in Vermont have formed the Vermont Product Stewardship Council (VTPSC) to shift waste management costs and responsibilities to manufacturers. The council’s goal is to give manufacturers incentives to redesign their products so they are less toxic, more durable and repairable, and easier to recycle and compost. Dell Customers Can Recycle For FreeDell and Staples are making it free to recycle any Dell computer product at Staples stores nationwide, according to a Nov. 12 press release. Customers can now responsibly recycle any amount of Dell branded computers, printers, monitors, or peripheral items for free at Staples' 1,500 U.S. store locations, without having to make a purchase. Staples is the first and only national retailer to offer Dell customers an everyday, free drop-off recycling option for their office technology. The new service expands Staples current in-store technology recycling program, which lets customers recycle cell phones and smaller electronics for free, larger office technology such a non-Dell branded computers and printers for a small fee, and ink and toner cartridges in return for $3 back in Staples Rewards. Staples is a member of the EPA's Plug-in to eCycling Partnership. In 2007, Dell collected 102 million pounds of IT equipment from customers, a 20 percent increase over 2006. The companies are working with Eco International to handle recycling of the equipment, following guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . The program adheres to Dell's recycling policies, which prohibit export of waste and the landfill of any environmentally sensitive materials. RBRC Partners with US Forest Service The Atlanta-based Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to provide RBRC Call2Recycle collection boxes in nearly 500 USFS offices. The boxes allow members of the surrounding communities to dispose of used rechargeable batteries and old cell phones.
.................................................................................... **January 8, NMRC Board Meeting, Rio Rancho, 1-4 PM. RSVP to english@recyclenewmexico.com ....................................................................................
Recycling and Composting Facility Operator Certification Class Schedule for 2008
Recycling Facility Operator Certification Course December 9-11, Santa Fe
To register, please go to www.recyclenewmexico.com/cert_classes.htm .................................................................................... 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 (505) 983-4470
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