Just heard that today's "Marketplace" segment on National Public Radio will be
on Zero Waste!

In Sacramento, that will air @ 3 pm PST.

Gary Liss
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:23:09 -0800
Subject: Rethinking Plastics - powerful upcoming conference in Marin
From: Green Mary <green.greenmary@...>

Dear green friends,
Here is a very educational, comprehensive upcoming educational event focused on plastics.  Sorry for the late send, it's this Thurs-Sat, with Saturday's all day event in San Rafael a full-day, powerful exploration of plastics in our lives and environment, including a session on bioplastics. It's being put on by Green Sanga's Rethinking Plastics, a committee formed out of this larger SF Bay Area-based spiritual community dedicated to environmental action, and sponsored by several Bay Area organizations.  Read on for full details.

 

Green Sangha is pleased to announce a major conference on plastics in Marin County this month, one of our premiere events of the year.  The program is rich and diverse – with outstanding presenters, ideas, and conversations.  You can go to our website for the latest description of the event:  http://greensangha.org/rethinking-plastics-201/ (also copied below.)  The website also has bios of speakers.

You may attend one or all of the sessions as your schedule allows.  Please pass this along to everyone you know with an interest in sustaining our planet.  This conference will provide much-needed information, inspiration, and a springboard for effective action.

 

Yours in peace,

Stuart Moody

Rethinking Plastics Campaign Director

 

RETHINKING PLASTICS 201

You are invited to a conference for concerned citizens in Marin County and the Bay Area.  Our goal is to increase understanding of the plastics plague and to empower citizen-activists, business leaders, and civic officials to make changes at home, in the marketplace, and in the halls of government. 

Rethinking Plastics 201 is generously supported by the Marin Community Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, and individual donors to Green Sangha.

Schedule:

Thursday, Jan 21, 7:00-9:30 pm. Symposium: Awakening the Dreamer: an introduction to the challenges and opportunities of our age. Led by the Pachamama Alliance. Environmental Classroom, Marin Sanitary Service, 535 Jacoby Street, San Rafael, CA.  Donation requested (all donations over $11 will receive a copy of the newly released Sustainable World Sourcebook published by Vinit Allen).

Friday, Jan 22, 7:30-9 pm. Public lecture: Rethinking Plastics, Rethinking Our Lives. Speakers:  Debbie Raphael, San Francisco Department of the Environment, toxics expert; Eben Schwartz, Marine Debris Program Manager, California Coastal Commission.  Sponsored by Whole Foods Market.  Free.

Saturday, Jan 23, 10 am – 5 pm. Workshop: Ending the Plague of Plastic Pollution. Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership, 555 Northgate Drive, San Rafael.  Fee: $50.  Partial scholarships available; ask when you call to register.

About Thursday's Symposium:

Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream, explores the current state of our planet from a broad perspective and connects participants with the powerful global movement to reclaim our future. 

If you are ready to be disturbed, inspired, moved to action, and introduced to a thriving community of committed citizens, then please join us in exploring the most critical concerns of our times.  You will discover new opportunities to make a real difference -- accelerating the emergence of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet.

For more information on the symposium, please visit www.awakeningthedreamer.org.

Saturday Conference Agenda:

·         10:00      Plastics in Our Ocean:  A Report from Midway Island

·         10:20      Plastics Chemistry, Waste-to-Energy, and Global Climate

·         11:00       Toxicity of Plastics

·         11:15        Bio-sourced Plastics:  Their Nature and Their Potential

·         12:00      The Heart of Sustainable Activism:  Awakening and Purpose

·         12:40      Zero-waste Lunch (Whole Foods)

·         1:30         Blueprint for Change:  Four Steps to End the Plague

·         1:45         Extended Producer Responsibility

·         2:40        Cradle-to-Cradle:  How Do We Close the Loop?

·         3:30        From Personal Journey to Systemic Change

·         4:15         Putting It All Together

·         4:45        Meditation

·         5:00        Networking

 

Saturday speakers:

Manuel Maqueda, Environmental Strategist, Co-founder Plastic Pollution Coalition

Solvig Palm-Nicholls, Chemistry instructor and past president Environmental Forum of Marin

Stuart Moody, Director, Rethinking Plastics

Glen Baldwin, Bioplastics Specialist, CalRecycle

Jonathan Gustin, MFT, founder of Green Sangha

Chrise de Tournay Birkhahn, Executive Director, EcoMom Alliance

Heidi Sanborn, co-founder and director, California Product Stewardship Council (www.calpsc.org)

Thomas Wright, Sustainable Business Practices ( www.sustainablebiz.com)

Beth Terry, Green Sangha board of directors and web activist (fakeplasticfish.com)

Eliminating plastic pollution in California

Green Sangha is working with County and city governments on plastics reduction measures such as polystyrene bans and green purchasing policies. We are also promoting a state-level Extended Producer Responsibility framework as a linchpin to sustainability. This winter our primary action is a county-wide collaboration with the County of Marin, EcoMom Alliance, iReuse.com, and Teens Turning Green to ban single-use bags at all retail stores. BYOBag Marin is the name of this collaborative effort, which includes Bring Your Own Bag Day each third Saturday of the month until Earth Day 2010.

Rethinking Plastics 201 is our major event in January – a time to bring citizens, business owners, and policy makers together to consider the implications of plastic pollution and chart our path to a sustainable world.

To register, please contact Elizabeth Little at (510) 532-6574 or send a message via our Contact Form.

 

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"Zero In on Zero Waste" Business Conference
San Diego - February 24, 2010
Marina Village Conference Center
www.earthresource.org

In today's economy, when customers and employees are asking "How green are
you?", you can't afford to miss this unique opportunity to learn from the
companies that have been making zero waste a reality - and reaping the profits
from those efforts!

The San Diego Zero Waste Conference will be held on February 24, 2010, at the
Marina Village Conference Center. Business and environmental experts will show
how reducing your waste stream adds dollars to your bottom line, improves your
image and helps you attract and keep customers and key employees.

Save $75! Register by February 5th.
Register here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

Keynote Speaker: Ryan McMullan, Toyota Motor Sales

Could you imagine your company diverting 90% of its waste from landfill,
incineration and the environment? Toyota Motor Sales did it, and they actually
reused more materials than they recycled last year - and have already saved
literally millions of dollars! Ryan McMullan, Environmental Resource Specialist
at Toyota will explain how.

Keynote Speaker: Capt. Charles Moore, Algalita Marine Research Foundation

A luncheon keynote address will feature Captain Charles Moore, founder of
Algalita Marine Research Foundation, the man who discovered what has been called
the Pacific Garbage Patch. Fresh from his recent appearance on The Colbert
Report, Captain Moore will discuss his research and highlight the importance of
creating Zero Waste companies in relation to the plastic pollution in the oceans
that is negatively affecting our health, economies and the environment. 
www.algalita.org

Much more!
Other presenters will describe details of Zero Waste programs in the hospitality
industry, special event venues, and office and administrative facilities. You
will walk away with the tools you need to start an effective Zero Waste program
immediately!

Don't miss this unparalleled opportunity to learn from the experts! Register
today and take advantage of savings with early bird registration discounts at:
http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

The San Diego Zero Waste Conference is co-hosted by Zero Waste San Diego and
Earth Resource Foundation, two non-profit organizations whose collective mission
is to empower businesses and the public with the tools needed to make
environmentally sustainable choices and changes where people live, work and
play.

Sponsorship Opportunities
The Conference will also feature exhibits by some of the San Diego area's
leaders in waste reduction products and services. A limited number of exhibit
spaces are still available. This rare opportunity allows you to showcase your
company's commitment to sustainability and the community as well. For
information, please visit
http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/zerowastesponsor.html

For information, please visit www.earthresource.org or contact Dix Henneke,
Conference Director at (949) 645-5163 or dix.henneke@...

Thank you to our sponsors:
Silver Sponsor – EDCO Disposal
Silver Sponsor – San Diego Earthworks
Bronze Sponsor – Allied Waste Services
Bronze Sponsor – Sunset Waste Systems

To: <JTRProfessionalRecyclersNetwork@yahoogroups.com>
From: "Jacobs (Glansberg), Linda" <LJACOBS@...>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:23:15 -0500
Subject: [JTRProfessionalRecyclersNetwork] Buffalo Reuse deconstructs a home on Exteme Makeover: Home Edition

For anyone who missed it, last night's episode of Extreme Makeover:Home Edition featured the first time ever that the show deconstructed rather than demolished a home.  The episode took place in Buffalo NY and can be viewed here, including the

http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition   The 15 hour deconstruction (collapsed into all of three seconds of time lapse photography!) and related interviews are in the first half.

Buffalo Reuse, a not-for-profit deconstruction, building materials reuse and neighborhood preservation organization deconstructed the house and much of what was salvaged was diverted to their store for sale back into the community.

http://www.buffaloreuse.org/Extreme/Extreme
http://www.buffaloreuse.org/

WasteCap Resource Solutions was also on site in Buffalo to assist with recycling the C&D material calculating the overall recycling rate: http://www.wastecapwi.org/

Linda (Jacobs) Glansberg
Environmental Services Unit
Empire State Development
30 South Pearl St.
Albany, New York  12245
(518) 292-5346
(518) 292-5886 fax

"Zero In on Zero Waste" Business Conference
San Diego - February 24, 2010
Marina Village Conference Center
www.earthresource.org

More speakers just added!

In today's economy, when customers and employees are asking "How green are
you?", you can't afford to miss this unique opportunity to learn how companies
like Toyota, Hewlett-Packard, and Hilton, as well as the Del Mar Fairgrounds
have been making zero waste a reality - and reaping the profits from those
efforts!

At this Conference, you will learn how to:
• Reduce your waste management costs
• Save on consumption of energy and materials
• Lower distribution costs
• Improve your image among regulators, customers and the public
• Establish a framework for continual environmental performance improvement

Join more than 200 of your peers for the San Diego Zero Waste Business
Conference on February 24, 2010, at the beautiful Marina Village Conference
Center in San Diego, California.

You will walk away with the tools you need to start an effective and profitable
Zero Waste program immediately!

Save $50! Register by February 5th.
Register here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

View conference program and register

Keynote Speaker: Ryan McMullan, Toyota

Imagine your company diverting 90% of its waste from landfill, incineration and
the environment? Toyota Motor Sales did it, and they have already saved
literally millions of dollars! Ryan McMullan, Environmental Resource Specialist
at Toyota will explain how.

Keynote Speaker: Capt. Charles Moore, Algalita Marine Research Foundation

Charles Moore, founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation and the man who
discovered the Pacific Garbage Patch, will discuss his research and highlight
the importance of creating Zero Waste companies in relation to the plastic
pollution that is increasingly choking our oceans. www.algalita.org

Sue Beets, SBM Site Services

As Corporate Sustainability Manager for SBM Site Services, LLC, Sue Beets has
designed and implemented large and complex recycle programs for several Fortune
500 companies including Hewlett-Packard. With more than 17 years of solid waste
management experience, Beets has overseen the recycling of more than 212 million
pounds of material.

Jo Licata, San Francisco Hilton

As Community Projects Manager for the San Francisco Hilton, Jo Licata founded
the San Francisco Hotel/Non-profit Collaborative whose goal is to take usable
discards from the waste stream of hospitality organizations and divert them into
a steady stream of in-kind support for non-profit agencies.

Much more!
Other presenters will describe details of Zero Waste programs at large event
venues and office/administrative facilities and discuss the regulatory
environment relative to commercial solid waste.

Don't miss this unparalleled opportunity to learn from the experts! Register
today and take advantage of savings with early bird registration discounts.
Register here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

The San Diego Zero Waste Business Conference is co-hosted by Zero Waste San
Diego and Earth Resource Foundation, two non-profit organizations whose
collective mission is to empower businesses and the public with the tools needed
to make environmentally sustainable choices and changes where people live, work
and play.

Many thanks to our supporting sponsors:
Silver level:
- EDCO
- Waste Management
- San Diego Earthworks
- ERA Communications

Bronze level:
- Allied Waste
- Sunset Waste Systems

Sponsorship Opportunities
The Conference will also feature exhibits by some of the San Diego area's
leaders in waste reduction products and services. A limited number of exhibit
spaces are still available. This rare opportunity allows you to showcase your
company's commitment to sustainability and the community as well. For
information, please click here:
http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/zerowastesponsor.html

Friends of Zero Waste
- City of Chula Vista
- Solana Center

For information, please visit www.earthresource.org or contact Dix Henneke,
Conference Director at (949) 645-5163 or dix.henneke@...

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San Diego, Feb. 24. Early-bird discounts end Wed., Feb. 10! www.earthresource.org 

Just added: Our morning keynote address will be from Margo Reid Brown. Ms. Brown was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Chief Deputy Director and designated as Acting Director of CalRecycle, California's new Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. She will discuss the current and pending regulatory environment and show how business, government, and waste/ recycling firms can work together to reap the financial and environmental benefits of moving toward a zero-waste economy.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn how companies like Toyota, Hewlett-Packard, and Hilton, as well as the Del Mar Fairgrounds have been making zero waste a reality - and generating huge additional profits from those efforts!
 

You will walk away with the tools you need to start an effective and profitable Zero Waste program immediately!

Hurry! Early-bird registration discount ends February 10^th.
Register here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

View conference program here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/zerowastespeaker.html

Other Featured Speakers:

Ryan McMullan, Toyota Motor Sales
Imagine your company diverting 90% of its waste from landfill, incineration and the environment? Toyota Motor Sales did it, and they have already saved literally millions of dollars! Ryan McMullan, Environmental Resource Specialist at Toyota will explain how.

Luncheon Keynote: Capt. Charles Moore, Algalita Marine Research Foundation

Charles Moore, founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation and the man who discovered the Pacific Garbage Patch, will discuss his research and highlight the importance of creating Zero Waste companies in relation to the plastic pollution that is increasingly choking our oceans. www.algalita.org

Sue Beets, SBM Site Services (Hewlett-Packard)
As Corporate Sustainability Manager for SBM Site Services, LLC, Sue Beets has designed and implemented large and complex recycle programs for several Fortune 500 companies including Hewlett-Packard. With more than 17 years of solid waste management experience, Beets has overseen the recycling of more than 212 million pounds of material.

Jo Licata, San Francisco Hilton

As Community Projects Manager for the San Francisco Hilton, Jo Licata founded the San Francisco Hotel/Non-profit Collaborative whose goal is to take usable discards from the waste stream of hospitality organizations and divert them into a steady stream of in-kind support for non-profit agencies. 

Much more!

Other presenters will describe details of Zero Waste programs at large event venues and office/administrative facilities and discuss the regulatory environment relative to commercial solid waste. 

Don't miss this unparalleled opportunity to learn from the experts! Register today and take advantage of savings with early bird registration discounts. Register here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

The San Diego Zero Waste Business Conference is co-hosted by Zero Waste San Diego and Earth Resource Foundation, two non-profit organizations whose collective mission is to empower businesses and the public with the tools needed to make environmentally sustainable choices and changes where people live, work and play.

Many thanks to our supporting sponsors:

Silver level:

- EDCO

- Waste Management

- San Diego Earthworks

- ERA Communications

Bronze level:

- Allied Waste

- Sunset Waste Systems

Sponsorship Opportunities 
The Conference will also feature exhibits by some of the San Diego area's leaders in waste reduction products and services. A limited number of exhibit spaces are still available. This rare opportunity allows you to showcase your company's commitment to sustainability and the community as well. For information, please click here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/zerowastesponsor.html

Friends of Zero Waste

- City of Chula Vista

- Solana Center

- San Diego County

- Sea World San Diego

For information, please visit www.earthresource.org or contact Dix Henneke, Conference Director at (949) 645-5163 or dix.henneke@...

"Zero In on Zero Waste" Business Conference

San Diego's Marina Village Conference Center

February 24, 2010 

www.earthresource.org 

On February 24 in San Diego, business experts from the likes of Toyota, Hewlett-Packard, Hilton, and the Del Mar Fairgrounds will share with you the information and tools you need to start an effective and profitable Zero Waste program immediately! We are so confident of this that we offer you this…

100% Money-Back Guarantee 

This conference is guaranteed to teach you to reduce costs through waste stream reduction and diversion. Your entire registration fee will be refunded if you do not save at least five times the registration fee within six months of implementing the Zero Waste tools presented at this conference.

Don't miss this unique opportunity!

Register here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

Learn best practices in how to:

·      Reduce cost of waste management;

·      Increase savings in consumption of energy and materials;

·      Lower distribution costs;

·      Prepare to be in compliance with county and upcoming state commercial source separation requirements;

·      Improve corporate image of environmental performance among regulators, customers, the public and your employees.

View conference program here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/zerowastespeaker.html

Morning Keynote: Margo Reid Brown – CalRecycle Acting Director

Ms. Brown was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Chief Deputy Director and designated as Acting Director of CalRecycle, California's new Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. She will discuss the current and pending regulatory environment and show how business, government, and waste/ recycling firms can work together to reap the financial and environmental benefits of moving toward a zero-waste economy.

Luncheon Keynote: Capt. Charles Moore – Algalita Marine Research Foundation

Charles Moore, founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation and the man who discovered the Pacific Garbage Patch, will discuss his research and highlight the importance of creating Zero Waste companies in relation to the plastic pollution that is increasingly choking our oceans. www.algalita.org

Other Featured Speakers:

Ryan McMullan, Toyota Motor Sales
Imagine your company diverting 90% of its waste from landfill, incineration and the environment? Toyota Motor Sales did it, and they have already saved literally millions of dollars! Ryan McMullan, Environmental Resource Specialist at Toyota will explain how.
 

Sue Beets, SBM Site Services (Hewlett-Packard)
As Corporate Sustainability Manager for SBM Site Services, LLC, Sue Beets has designed and implemented large and complex recycle programs for several Fortune 500 companies including Hewlett-Packard. With more than 17 years of solid waste management experience, Beets has overseen the recycling of more than 212 million pounds of material.

Jo Licata, San Francisco Hilton

As Community Projects Manager for the San Francisco Hilton, Jo Licata founded the San Francisco Hotel/Non-profit Collaborative whose goal is to take usable discards from the waste stream of hospitality organizations and divert them into a steady stream of in-kind support for non-profit agencies. 

Much more!

Other presenters will describe details of Zero Waste programs at large event venues and office/administrative facilities and discuss the regulatory environment relative to commercial solid waste. The Conference will also feature exhibits by the San Diego area's leaders in waste reduction and recycling services.  

Don't miss this unparalleled opportunity to learn from the experts! Register today: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/sdzwcreview.html

The San Diego Zero Waste Business Conference is co-hosted by Zero Waste San Diego and Earth Resource Foundation, two non-profit organizations whose collective mission is to empower businesses and the public with the tools needed to make environmentally sustainable choices and changes where people live, work and play.

Many thanks to our supporting sponsors (see their exhibits at the conference):

Silver level:

- EDCO

- Waste Management

- San Diego Earthworks

- ERA Communications

Bronze level:

- Allied Waste

- Sunset Waste Systems

Exhibitor/Sponsor Opportunities 
A limited number of exhibit spaces are still available. This rare opportunity allows you to showcase your company's commitment to sustainability and the community as well. For information, please click here: http://www.earthresource.org/zerowaste/SD2010/zerowastesponsor.html

Friends of Zero Waste

- City of San Diego

- City of Chula Vista

- San Diego County

- Solana Center

- Sea World San Diego

For information, please visit www.earthresource.org or contact Dix Henneke, Conference Director at (949) 645-5163 or dix.henneke@...

Apologies for Cross-Postings.  Please forward to colleagues who may
be interested.

CRRA Zero Waste classes in San Francisco, March 29-30

Rick Anthony and I will be teaching a class on March 29 on
Introduction to Zero Waste, the Foundation for Resource Management.
See description below. For more details on this class, go to:
http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/101B_expanded.shtml

Stephanie Barger will be teaching a class on March 30 on Beyond
Recycling: How Businesses Get to Zero Waste. See description below.
For more details on this class, go to:
http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/beyond_recycling.shtml

I hope that you or a colleague may be able to join us for one of
these classes to help move California forward towards the State's
adopted goal of Zero Waste.

These classes are part of a CRRA program aimed at training and
certifying recycling and resource management professionals. For more
details on the overall certification program, please go to:
http://www.crra.com/certifications/index.shtml

>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:20:10 -0500 (EST)
>From: "Judi Gregory, CRRA Certification Manager" <info@...>
>Subject: Resource Management: Certification and Training in San Francisco
>
>Mark your calendar to join CRRA on March 29 - 30, 2010 in San
>Francisco.  CRRA will be providing a training series for individuals
>enrolled in the Resource Management Certification Program, as well
>as for those seeking additional training in the fields of Zero
>Waste, Recycling, Composting and Resource Management.
>
>Register by March 15, 2010 and save $25 on each course (see
>earlybird rates below). Check the schedule of courses below for more
>information.  See you in San Francisco!
>
>Location:
>EPA Buidling
>75 Hawthorne St.
>San Francisco
>
>Introduction to Zero Waste the Foundation for Resource Management
>Monday, March 29, 2010 - 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
>Instructors: Gary Liss & Richard Anthony
>This workshop is intended to provide a solid foundation of
>understanding the broad features and issues of zero waste, the
>foundation to resource management. The impetus in the industry is
>towards zero waste management, and practitioners need to know and
>understand the history, technology, socio-economics, communications,
>ecology, and application of zero waste principles to real world
>problems of wasting. Zero Waste Businesses are leading the way for
>Zero Waste and have diverted over 90% of their waste from landfill
>and incineration. Zero Waste Communities have adopted Zero Waste
>goals and plans to implement those goals. Join us to understand how
>Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business
>sustainability plans and help contribute to reducing greenhouse
>gases and global
>cooling.
><http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/101B_expanded.shtml>Click
>  Here for More Information on this Course
>
>Beyond Recycling
>Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
>Instructor: Stephanie Barger
>"Beyond Recycling: How Businesses Get To Zero Waste" class (aka
>"Zero Waste Business" class) will build on the introductory
>information provided in the CRMTI Clean Production class and
>Introduction to Zero Waste courses. In particular, this class will
>review the Zero Waste Business Principles, then go into detail on
>how to implement those principles for a particular business to
>achieve Zero Waste. Examples will be given of how different
>companies have addressed different issues that have come up in
>pursuing Zero Waste.
><http://www.crra.com/certifications/courses/beyond_recycling.shtml>Click
>Here for More Information on this Course
>Course Credit: 4 Hours  -  Prerequisites: Intro to Zero Waste or
>Clean Business
>
>Registration Info:
>To register, go to:
>http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=827248
>
>2010 Course Fees
>The following fees will apply.
>Earlybird Rates: Register by March 15, 2010
>    * Member 4-hour Course: $125
>    * Member 6-hour course: $195
>    * Non-member 4-hour Course: $155
>    * Non-member 6-hour Course: $250
>    * Testing & Certification fee $15 per course
>  Late Registration: After March 15, 2010
>Add $25 to each course.
>
>The current cost to complete certification is $980 for CRRA members
>and $1210 for non-members.
>
>Save 20%
>Membership in CRRA has its' benefits.  Become a member of CRRA and
>automatically save 20%  on all certification courses.  Members also
>receive discounts to the Annual Conference, access to the members
>listserv, a membership directory, and MUCH, MUCH more.
>
>Registration Opens 30 minutes prior to the course starts. Please
>plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of your
>class.  NO ON-SITE PAYMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED AT THE EPA
>BUILDING.  PRE-PAY REQUIRED.
>
>About Our Program
>CRRA has developed a program aimed at certifying and training
>recycling and resource management professionals.  This program is
>one that will benefit individuals working in the recycling,
>composting, reuse, resource management and solid waste management
>fields.  The coursework will provide individuals with training
>valuable for enhancing employable skills.  Whether a person is new
>to the industry, or a seasoned professional, this program is
>designed to give an in depth understanding of the skills and
>technical expertise required for success in the recycling and
>resource management fields.
>
>For More Information
>Contact:
>Judi Gregory
>Certification Manager
>916-441-2772 ex 1
><mailto:judigregry@...>judigregry@...
>
>Other Classes Also being Held in San Francisco:
>Business Recycling Tools
>Monday, March 29, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
>Instructors: Richard Gertman & Tracie Bills
>Integrated Resource Management (IRM) has replaced Integrated Waste
>Management (IWM) as the way of managing materials use, from
>purchasing practices, through use to finding alternate uses for
>no-longer-wanted materials. By using resources efficiently,
>businesses can achieve significant savings and reduce the amount of
>waste generated. Business systems should be designed and implemented
>that reduce the amount of resources used to deliver a given amount
>of products or services to their customers. This course will
>evaluate how Cities can design and implement programs to help
>businesses, and how businesses can take advantage of the systems
>available to them.
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>Course Credit: 4 Hours  -  Prerequisites: NONE
>
>Introduction to Organics Management and Composting
>Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
>Instructor: Matthew Cotton
>Introduction to Organics Management & Composting is designed as an
>introduction to the organic components of the waste stream and how
>to manage them. Over 50 percent of what is landfilled is generally
>comprised of organic materials and may be appropriate for composting
>or other diversion. There are important differences in the
>collection, processing and economics of organic materials (leaves,
>grass, brush, food scraps, etc.) and inorganic materials (i.e.,
>bottles and cans). Concepts to be covered include the organic
>components of the waste stream, the basics of separating and
>collecting organics, the basic principles of composting, and markets
>for diverted organic materials. The course will cover the importance
>of beneficial reuse of organics, reasons for diverting organics,
>principles and practices of composting, and other organic waste
>diversion methods, and a review the major markets or diverted
>organics.
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Apologies for Cross-Postings.  Please help get EPA to adopt improved
protocols for GHG inventories!

>From: "Bill Sheehan" <bill@...>
>Subject: [GreenYes] Sign-on letter to USEPA -  Include Products &
>Packaging in
>         US GHG Inventory - by April 8th
>Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:40:09 -0400
>
>EPA has published a draft update of the US Greenhouse Gas Inventory (1990 -
>2008).
>
>This is a great opportunity for your voice to make a difference and get
>systems/ consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions  -- the impacts of
>consumption of products and packaging -- added to the US Inventory! Please
>encourage US EPA to include products and packaging in the
>
>Sign on at http://www.productpolicy.org/sign-on/greenhouse-gas-analysis
>
>SIGN ON BY APRIL 8, 2010!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Bill Sheehan
>Product Policy Institute

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As part of our continuing commitment to inform members about best thinking on recycling and materials management, NRC has launched a monthly series of Learning/Briefing Webinars with thought leaders.  We hope you can join us and let your colleagues know of this rare opportunity to learn about an emerging issue from a recognized leader in the field.   What is the role of recycling in an era of Extended Producer Responsibility?   Join us on April 15!     Space is limited for this Free Webinar -- Register Now. Reserve your Seat at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/847911424   Looking at current trends in Europe and Canada, state and local governments across the nation are considering policy-based approaches as a way to deal with the full environmental and waste costs of manufacturing decisions. Following the wildly successful launch of our free webinar series with a session on LCA, the NRC has once again secured a national expert to discuss an emerging issue affecting the recycling world:  Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Join NRC in a rare opportunity to learn more about EPR from one of the top leaders in the field.  What is it?  How does it differ from Product Stewardship?   How does it relate to your recycling program?  What are its challenges and successes? Speaking on the subject will be Sara Hartwell, a Senior Policy Advisor to the US EPA, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.  Sara is a highly respected analytical chemist focused on materials management issues. She manages EPA’s Waste Reduction Model (WARM), a life-cycle perspective tool for estimating the energy conservation and greenhouse gas emissions reduction benefits of five alternative materials management scenarios. She developed a derivative tool, the individual Waste Reduction Model (iWARM), a consumer-aimed life-cycle perspective tool for estimating the energy conservation benefits of recycling over landfilling for individual products. Sara is on the Executive Committee of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, and the Steering Committee for Wal-Mart’s Packaging Sustainable Value network.  Currently, much of her work is focused on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) discussions with State governments and producers of consumer packaged goods. We hope you'll join us in this free opportunity to hear from one of the thought-leaders in EPR and packaging.   Title:   What is the Role of Recycling in an Era of Extended Producer Responsibility?   Date:   Thursday, April 15, 2010   Time:   1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT   After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.      System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2000   Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

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April 23-25 - Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability

Woodbury University and the Arid Lands Institute

April 27 - San Francisco, CA
Ode Salon Series, Fort Mason Center

April 29, Stevenson, WA
Social Venture Network

Sept. 13-17, Honolulu, Hawai’i
The World Congress on Zero Emissions Initiatives Launching The Blue Economy, http://www.zeroemissionshawaii.org/index.php
 
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Background on The Blue Economy

• Reviewed 2,231 best nature-inspired technologies that could effect the economies of the world, while sustainably providing basic human needs - potable water, food, jobs and healthy shelter
• The Blue Economy, the book, explores 100 innovations, many of them benchmarked around the world
• Inspired by the Blue Sphere of Earth seen from space
• Blue Economy offers a roadmap to a new economic paradigm that enfolds business, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship
• Utilize renewable materials and sustainable processes to create multiple cash flows, increase social capital, and shift us from an economy of scarcity to an economy of abundance

************************
To: ZERI_Practitioners@yahoogroups.com
From: Erin Sanborn <joy_n_divinity@...>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:00:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ZERI_Practitioners] Gunter Pauli's schedule in the US - April 2010

Dear colleagues,

I wanted to let you know that Gunter Pauli of ZERI will be in the US for many different events. I hope you will pass the word and attend one of the events if you live on the west coast or the southwest. Gunter's new book will be available at www.TheBlueEconomy.com. You can read the books sampler now. Click on the upper right hand corner and download the pdf.

Erin Sanborn

**Building the Blue Economy, with Gunter Pauli**
~ April 23, 24, 25, 2010 ~
Santa Barbara City College Campus, Santa Barbara, California
Hosted by the SBCC Center for Sustainability

~Evening Talk & Book-Signing, Fri, April 23, 7:30 - 9:30pm, SBCC Fe Bland Auditorium $15~

~Building the Blue Economy Workshop with Gunter Pauli, plus guests*** ,
SBCC Campus, Sat, April 24, 9am - 5pm, $120 ($100 early registration/April 3)~

~Retreat with Gunter Pauli, Sunday, April 25, 10am - 4pm  $300 ($250 early registration/April 3)~

How a new generation of entrepreneurs can bring innovations to the marketplace, secure basic needs for all, and make sustainable businesses competitive.

***Saturday Workshop with Gunter Pauli/Afternoon break-out sessions with:

 Woody Tasch, President of Slow Money Alliance

 Kreigh Hampel, City of Burbank , Public Works, Recycling Coordinator

 Randy Grissom, Director of the Santa Fe Community College Sustainable Technologies Center

Sponsored by the Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability
Co-sponsors: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & SBCC Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Event Info, www.sbpermaculture.org, margie@..., (805)962-2571
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**April 26, 2010 – Burbank , CA**

Arid Lands Inst @ Woodbury University

Woodbury University and the Arid Lands Institute will host a reception, talk and book signing for Dr. Gunter Pauli, April 26, 2010, starting with a reception at 5:30 pm, talk at 6:30 pm, and a book signing at approximately 7:30 pm.

7500 Glenoaks Boulevard Burbank , CA 91510

http://aridlands.woodbury.edu/

Please contact Kreigh Hampel at (818) 238-3900 for more information.

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**Ode presents the launch of the Ode Salon Series:

An evening with Dr. Gunter Pauli, author of the book, The Blue Economy: Cultivating a New Business Model for a Time of Crisis, with special guest: Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics and The Science of Leonardo.

Dr. Gunter Pauli will speak about the world beyond green and sustainability: The Blue Economy.  He will explain how a new generation of entrepreneurs can bring innovations to the marketplace, secure the basic needs of all, and make sustainable businesses competitive.  

Fritjof Capra will comment on Dr. Pauli’s findings and Ode's Editor-in-Chief, Jurriaan Kamp, will moderate while taking questions from the audience on this very interesting and perfectly timed subject.

We invite you to join us for the first in a continuing series of Ode Salon’s throughout the year. 

WHEN: Tuesday, April 27th - 5-8PM
WHERE: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
COST: $35*
*This fee includes a free copy of the The Blue Economy 
(retail value of  $29.95) and organically grown wine and food supplied 
by our generous sponsors. Gunter Pauli will be on hand to personally sign your copy of his book.

******************************
Social Venture Network Spring Gathering
The 2010 SVN Spring Member Gathering will bring together a vibrant community of social entrepreneurs to explore new ways to create a just economy, strengthen our collective impact, and share resources and experiences in leading sustainable enterprises. We invite you to share your ideas and gain insights and support from fellow entrepreneurs.
April 29, 2010 - Opening Plenary Session: The Blue Economy - 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs with Gunter Pauli, author and founder of Ecover and ZERI (Zero Emissions Research Initiative) 7:15 pm
 
The Blue Economy began as a project to find one hundred of the best nature-inspired technologies that could effect the economies of the world, while sustainably providing basic human needs - potable water, food, jobs and healthful shelter. Starting with 2,231 peer-reviewed articles Dr. Pauli found 340 innovations that could be bundled into systems that function the way ecosystems do. Further reviews by corporate strategists, expert financiers, public policy makers, entrepreneurs, financial analysts, business reporters and corporate strategy academics reduced the list to one hundred. Many of the innovations inspired by nature are so interesting by themselves it is easy to forget that the key is their integration with real world economies as ways to provide sustainable benefits to the commons.

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**Oahu, Hawaii, Sept. 13-17, 2010 Please check out the conference, Launching The Blue Economy, at http://www.zeroemissionshawaii.org/index.php

THE WORLD CONGRESS ON ZERO EMISSIONS INITIATIVES
LAUNCHING “THE BLUE ECONOMY”
HAWAII CONVENTION CENTER
HONOLULU, HAWAI�I FROM SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2010

Erin Sanborn

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To: gary@...
Subject: Tomorrow is the Last Day for Earlybird Registration Savings!!

CALIFORNIA RESOURCE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION
Certificate Program in Resource Management

Courses Offered
Organics Management & Composting
Introduction to Zero Waste
Clean Business
Zero Waste Community Planning Quicknks

 

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CRRA has developed a program aimed at certifying and training recycling and resource management professionals.  This program is one that will benefit individuals working in the recycling, composting, reuse, resource management and solid waste management fields.  The coursework will provide individuals with training valuable for enhancing employable skills.  Whether a person is new to the industry, or a seasoned professional, this program is designed to give an in depth understanding of the skills and technical expertise required for success in the recycling and resource management fields.
 

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Dear Gary,

Mark your calendar to join CRRA on May 3-4, 2010 in the Inland Empire/Chino.  CRRA will be providing a training series for individuals enrolled in the Resource Management Certification Program, as well as for those seeking additional training in the fields of Zero Waste, Recycling, Composting and Resource Management.
Tomorrow, April 20, 2010 is the last day for Earlybird savings.  Register and save $25 on each course (see earlybird rates below). Check the schedule of courses below for more information.  See you in Chino!
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Introduction to Organics Management and Composting
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Instructor: Matthew Cotton
Introduction to Organics Management & Composting is designed as an introduction to the organic components of the waste stream and how to manage them. Over 50 percent of what is landfilled is generally comprised of organic materials and may be appropriate for composting or other diversion. There are important differences in the collection, processing and economics of organic materials (leaves, grass, brush, food scraps, etc.) and inorganic materials (i.e., bottles and cans). Concepts to be covered include the organic components of the waste stream, the basics of separating and collecting organics, the basic principles of composting, and markets for diverted organic materials. The course will cover the importance of beneficial reuse of organics, reasons for diverting organics, principles and practices of composting, and other organic waste diversion methods, and a review the major markets or diverted organics.
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Course Credit: 4 Hours  -  Prerequisites: NONE
Introduction to Zero Waste the Foundation for Resource Management
Monday, May3, 2010 - 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Instructors: Gary Liss & Richard Anthony
This workshop is intended to provide a solid foundation of understanding the broad features and issues of zero waste, the foundation to resource management. The impetus in the industry is towards zero waste management, and practitioners need to know and understand the history, technology, socio-economics, communications, ecology, and application of zero waste principles to real world problems of wasting. Zero Waste Businesses are leading the way for Zero Waste and have diverted over 90% of their waste from landfill and incineration. Zero Waste Communities have adopted Zero Waste goals and plans to implement those goals. Join us to understand how Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business sustainability plans and help contribute to reducing greenhouse gases and global cooling.
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Clean Business & Triple Bottom Line
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Instructor: Michael Huls
This advanced course is intended to provide participants with an advanced understanding of Clean Production principles including the triple bottom line.  As a vital component of zero waste, clean production represents best practices utilized by a growing number of businesses to avoid wasting and achive local, state, and federal legal requirements including international ISO 14001 environmental standards. Many companies in California have adopted these clean production principles, and are making money while protecting the environment.  In this course, students will be introduced to why it is necessary to more fully understand four areas that impact the successful implementation of clean production. 1)Economics; 2)Education and training 3)Private and public policies and regulations; 4)The ecology of wasting (why waste happens)  Click Here for More Information on this Course
Course Credit: 4 Hours  -  Prerequisites: Intro to Zero Waste
Zero Waste Community Planning Workshop
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Instructors: Linda Christopher & Gary Liss
What is Zero Waste? How is different than Recycling?
Garbage is not inevitable. It is the result of bad design. It can be designed out of the system. Learn Community Organizing & Political Strategies for Zero Waste. Zero Waste is systemic change. Change comes from the outside.

Overview: The Four Keys to Zero Waste - Key #1: New Rules & Economic Incentives, Key #2: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) & Local Producer Responsibility (LPR), Key #3: Purchasing for Zero Waste & EPR, Key #4: Financing & Transitioning to a Zero Waste Future.  Click Here for More Information on this Course 
Course Credit: 4 Hours  -  Prerequisites: NONE
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Sierra Club has drafted a PROPOSED Composting Policy, which is cut
and pasted below.  If you have any comments on this, please send
comments by June 2, 2010 to Ann Schneider at
<SchneiderAnn@...>.  She will compile comments to submit to
Sierra Club for their consideration.

Sierra Club


Proposed Policy on Compost and Composting

In 2009, an estimated 30% of compostable organics (1) ended up in the
nation's landfills.  This green waste could instead be converted into
high quality compost that can safely be used to restore and maintain
healthy farmland, vegetable gardens, parks, playgrounds, and urban landscapes.

The Sierra Club supports:
     * Reducing food waste and reusing grass clippings before they are
composted.
     * Small-and medium size composting of organics, such as home
composting, on site composting on family farms and nurseries.
Small-scale composting operations minimize the use of fossil fuel and
adverse health and environmental impacts. Backyard composting is
layered, watered, and stirred to encourage the growth of
oxygen-loving (aerobic) decomposers.  These aerobic organisms release
CO2 rather than methane; methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas
which is released under the oxygen-starved conditions created by land
filling organic waste.
     * Large commercial composting facilities that are sited and
designed to protect public health and the environment, located within
50 miles of where feedstock is generated, minimize truck traffic, and
fully address community / host concerns, especially in underserved,
disadvantaged neighborhoods.
     * Where composting is not feasible, processing organics in
anaerobic digesters to create methane as a renewable source of
non-fossil fuel energy.
     * Developing national statutory compost standards designed to
ensure a no net degradation of soils and groundwater and prevent
adverse impacts on human and livestock health.
     * Accurate and complete labeling of all compost products.
The Sierra Club opposes:
     * Using contaminated toxics-containing or pathogen-containing
waste as a compost ingredient. Such wastes would include, for
example, coal ash, spent foundry sand, industrial sludges, and
municipal sewage sludges.
     * Decreasing the potential for environmentally responsible
composting by mixing clean compostable waste streams with
contaminated waste streams.
(1)"Organics" refers to food scraps, grass clipping, leaves, brush,
branches, other landscape trimmings, clean wood, and some plant
derived food processing by-products and food-soiled paper products.

Rationale for New Policy

More communities are considering composting or need to include
composting as part of their municipal waste management plans and
consistency in addressing this Club wide is important.  Global
warming impacts of failing to compost properly are significant.

Primary Supporting Data & References

The most comprehensive reference is the
<http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html>Cornell
University web site (http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html).


Background

The <http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html>Cornell
website (http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html) is
a good summary of information related to composting. Further
information can be found there.

There are a multitude of uses for clean compost material and
eliminating organics from landfills resolve numerous issues such as
creating global warming gases, the need to expand landfills, depleted
soil, properly managing toxics  addressing energy related issues and
community concerns such as odors, truck traffic, etc.

Home composting can be done in a small amount of space and there are
many sources of easy to follow information including
<http://www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/videos/sierra-club-composting-video2/>http:/\
/www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/videos/sierra-club-composting-video2/

For getting carbon nitrogen ratio's right and dealing with any
problems like odor, see Home Composting Brochure
<http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/factsheets.htm>http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/factshee\
ts.htm

The US has no statutory compost standards. Instead, 40 CFR Part 503,
the regulations governing the land application of sewage sludge, are
used to regulate all  residuals that are land applied or used as composts.

Milorganite is a compost made from sewage sludge and is not
considered suitable for certified organic agricultural production by
the US Dept of Agriculture.

AEROBIC digestion occurs in the presence of oxygen.

ANAEROBIC digestion occurs in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic
processes can create odors (hydrogen sulfide) and methane, a potent
greenhouse gas.


Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com

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Report Shows Recycling, AB 32 Are Driving Green Jobs In CA

The State Economic Development Department recently completed a study on clean tech jobs in California, and the preliminary results show that shows AB 32 [the Global Warming Solutions Act] and recycling are driving green jobs growth. Currently, there are 500,000 jobs in the green jobs sector, which 3.8% of California's total employment. A quarter of these green jobs (approximately 125,000) can be attributed to recycling (including employees at recycling centers and manufacturers who produce products from secondary materials).

The study also found that companies listed recycling and using recycled products as their top sustainable business practice, citing it is environmentally beneficial and cost saving to being sustainable. There is room for improvement, however, with many businesses identifying a need to target waste minimization efforts.

Sierra Club has drafted a PROPOSED Composting Policy, which is cut and pasted below.  If you have any comments on this, please send comments by June 2, 2010 to Ann Schneider at <SchneiderAnn@...>.  She will compile comments to submit to Sierra Club for their consideration. 

Sierra Club

Proposed Policy on Compost and Composting

In 2009, an estimated 30% of compostable organics (1) ended up in the nation’s landfills.  This green waste could instead be converted into high quality compost that can safely be used to restore and maintain healthy farmland, vegetable gardens, parks, playgrounds, and urban landscapes.

The Sierra Club supports:

• Reducing food waste and reusing grass clippings before they are composted.
• Small-and medium size composting of organics, such as home composting, on site composting on family farms and nurseries. Small-scale composting operations minimize the use of fossil fuel and adverse health and environmental impacts. Backyard composting is layered, watered, and stirred to encourage the growth of oxygen-loving (aerobic) decomposers.  These aerobic organisms release CO2 rather than methane; methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas which is released under the oxygen-starved conditions created by land filling organic waste.
• Large commercial composting facilities that are sited and designed to protect public health and the environment, located within 50 miles of where feedstock is generated, minimize truck traffic, and fully address community / host concerns, especially in underserved, disadvantaged neighborhoods.
• Where composting is not feasible, processing organics in anaerobic digesters to create methane as a renewable source of non-fossil fuel energy.
• Developing national statutory compost standards designed to ensure a no net degradation of soils and groundwater and prevent adverse impacts on human and livestock health.
• Accurate and complete labeling of all compost products.

The Sierra Club opposes:

• Using contaminated toxics-containing or pathogen-containing waste as a compost ingredient. Such wastes would include, for example, coal ash, spent foundry sand, industrial sludges, and municipal sewage sludges.
• Decreasing the potential for environmentally responsible composting by mixing clean compostable waste streams with contaminated waste streams.

(1)“Organics” refers to food scraps, grass clipping, leaves, brush, branches, other landscape trimmings, clean wood, and some plant derived food processing by-products and food-soiled paper products. 

Rationale for New Policy

More communities are considering composting or need to include composting as part of their municipal waste management plans and consistency in addressing this Club wide is important.  Global warming impacts of failing to compost properly are significant.

Primary Supporting Data & References

The most comprehensive reference is the Cornell University web site ( http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html).

Background

The Cornell website ( http://compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html) is a good summary of information related to composting. Further information can be found there.

There are a multitude of uses for clean compost material and eliminating organics from landfills resolve numerous issues such as creating global warming gases, the need to expand landfills, depleted soil, properly managing toxics  addressing energy related issues and community concerns such as odors, truck traffic, etc.

Home composting can be done in a small amount of space and there are many sources of easy to follow information including http://www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/videos/sierra-club-composting-video2/

For getting carbon nitrogen ratio’s right and dealing with any problems like odor, see Home Composting Brochure http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/factsheets.htm

The US has no statutory compost standards. Instead, 40 CFR Part 503, the regulations governing the land application of sewage sludge, are used to regulate all  residuals that are land applied or used as composts.

Milorganite is a compost made from sewage sludge and is not considered suitable for certified organic agricultural production by the US Dept of Agriculture.

AEROBIC digestion occurs in the presence of oxygen.

ANAEROBIC digestion occurs in the absence of oxygen. Anaerobic processes can create odors (hydrogen sulfide) and methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Gary Liss       
916-652-7850    
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com

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 Join the reuse movement, and help create a cleaner environment & a greener economy!

www.ReuseConex.org

Please apply!

EPA strongly encourages eligible agencies and organizations to review and
develop new partnerships to apply for upcoming Federal funding opportunities
that can support Zero Waste and ClimateChange Materials (aka Climaterials) work.
 
Please note that submission though the online system http://www.grants.gov 
<http://www.grants.gov%3e%3cfont%20size=2%20color=blue%20face=/> is required and
registration in the system can take several weeks.
A. EPA Climate Showcase Communities Grants (for Local Governments and Tribes)
  Closing date:  July 26, 2010 (pre-registration and submission via Grants.gov 
<http://www.grants.gov%3e%3cfont%20size=2%20color=blue%20face=/> required - see
above)
  http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/local/showcase/ 
<http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate/local/showcase/%3E%3Cfont%20size=2%20color\
=blue%20face=>
  Funding available:  Approximately $10 million
These priority areas are included:
  - Solid Waste Management
  - Removal of barriers for greenhouse gas management, through the development of
effective programs, policies, or outreach
  - Other innovative activities which generate measurable reductions of
greenhouse gases
For resources on the connections between Climate Change and Materials, visit:
EPA Report:   Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Through Land and Materials
Management: http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ghg_land_and_materials_management.pdf 
<http://www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/ghg_land_and_materials_management.pdf%3E%3Cfont%2\
0size=2%20face=>
  EPA's Waste Reduction Model:   http://www.epa.gov/WARM 
<http://www.epa.gov/WARM%3E%3Cfont%20size=2%20face=>
  EPA West Coast Climaterials Forum:  
http://www.epa.gov/Region10/westcoastclimate 
<http://www.epa.gov/Region10/westcoastclimate%3E%3Cfont%20size=2%20face=>
B. HUD Sustainable Community Planning Grants
 
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/sustainable_housing\
_communities/grant_program 
<http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/program_offices/sustainable_housin\
g_communities/grant_program%3E%3Cfont%20size=2%20face=> (also check
http://www.grants.gov  <http://www.grants.gov/%3E%3Cfont%20size=2%20face=> for
announcement)
  Notice of Funds Availability anticipated 6/24/10
  Pre-registration and submission in Grants.gov is required.
  Funding available:  Approximately $100 million
These large planning grants are being offered to communities and your
community's Sustainability, Smart Growth, or Energy Conservation programs may
already be planning to apply.  The idea behind these grants is to bring new
partners together to collaborate on sustainable planning.
Thanks!
Timonie Hood, LEED AP
  Co-Chair, U.S. EPA Green Building Workgroup
  U.S. EPA Region 9 | (415)972-3282
http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding 
<http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding%3E%3Cfont%20size=2%20face=>
  http://www.lifecyclebuilding.org 
<http://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/%3E%3Cfont%20size=2%20face=>
Follow EPA's Green Building Program on Twitter:
  @EPAgreenbldg
"As the largest consumer of energy in the U.S. economy, the Federal Government
can and should lead by example when it comes to creating innovative ways to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase energy efficiency, conserve water,
reduce waste, and use environmentally responsible products and technologies."
   - President Obama, October 5, 2009
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Adopting A Commercial Recycling Ordinance – How to Get Started
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
10:00 – 11:30 A.M.

REGISTER NOW – FREE WEBINAR FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The “How to Get Started” webinar agenda:

• Welcome and Introduction – Yvonne Hunter, Program Director, California Climate Action Network, Institute for Local Government
• Update from CalRecyle: California’s Pending Commercial Recycling Regulations –Howard Levenson, Assistant Director, CalRecycle
• Questions and Discussion Getting Started: Tips for Engaging the Business Community in the Ordinance Development Process – Brian Moura, Assistant City Manager, City of San Carlos
• Getting Started: Tips for Engaging Haulers and Recyclers in the Ordinance Development Process – Johnnie Perkins, West Region Director of Municipal Services, Republic Services
• Questions and Discussion
• Conclusion

Commercial Recycling Ordinance Webinar Series

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Waste not, want not? Palo Alto's total garbage tonnage fell 44 percent between 2007 and 2009. That decline could rightly be interpreted as resounding proof that the city's "Zero Waste" program is working and that customers are becoming more conscientious about recycling and composting. Palo Alto Weekly, California. 31 July 2010.

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Hawaii Business Magazine - August Edition
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Kirk Matthews Interviews Jill Takasaki Canfield from Pacific & Asian Affairs Council and Mark McGuffie from Enterprise Honolulu.
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What is "The Blue Economy"? It is best illustrated with an example. The video below is about two entrepreneurs that have started a venture, that takes on one of the largest waste streams in America and has turned this into something valuable for the greater community, a brilliant business model that also closes the loop on waste and improves the environment.
 
 
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The Blue Economy - 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs
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