Zero Waste Sonoma County and the Sonoma County Conservation Council present Turning the Tide on Waste Landfill Issues and Zero Waste Communities Workshop Saturday, March 6, 2010, 1 - 4pm, $15 in advance, $20 at the door Sebastopol Veterans’ Auditorium, 282 South High Street, Sebastopol To register, please send a note [...]
From www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org, circa 2007? 1. How many directories are printed annually in the United States? 540 Million 2. What is the average weight of the directories? 3.62 pounds 3. How much is the directory industry worth to the telephone companies in the United States? $13.58B 4. How much is the [...]
The PD has gotten several calls from readers asking what they can do with unwanted phone books. The quick answer is to place them in your curbside recycling cart. In many cases, the better answer is to opt out or unsubscribe. If you no longer use a phone book or [...]
Dear Santa Rosa City Council, Please consider slowing the waste contracting process down, do an inventory of all local discard related activites and then hold a series of town hall meetings where all voices are welcome. Diversion First: The 2007 Sonoma County Waste Characterization Study reports that 70% of what [...]
The recent Sonoma County landfill divestiture debate brought up lots of questions that weren’t directly answered by the process. Thankfully the Board of Supervisors has embraced a more balanced strategy; one which will involve the whole community and support our sustainability related goals. Before the next round begins, let’s all get on the same page. This preliminary discussion is designed to introduce relevant terms and concepts - such as flow control and indemnify from liability, diversion mandates and material bans, and green purchasing and zero waste. At the same time, we will be discussing how other municipalities are dealing with these issues, and how Sonoma County could further maximize diversion and reduce costs.
Can Courts Get Waste Management to Do What's Right? Posted on the Pacific Sun website by Ed Mainland, a resident of the Bel Marin Keys neighborhood, on Dec 15, 2009 at 10:40 pm Waste Management Inc. (WMI) is the mega-corporation that owns and operates Redwood Landfill, a dump next to [...]
Update: SIGG Recall: Aluminum Bottles Sold Before August 2008 Recalled, posted September 17th, 2009 I just spoke to a tired sounding young man at SIGG USA in Connecticut. Overwhelmed by 34,000 returns, SIGG has outsourced the process to another company. They expect to have all replacement bottles shipped by the end of [...]
Money Management International named the Thursday before Christmas "National Regifting Day", and Adbusters Magazine endorses this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving - the biggest shopping day of the year, as "Buy Nothing Day". In these economic times, I am uncomfortable saying buy nothing, but I do suggest people regift whenever possible, and purchase good quality durable goods that can be reused and repaired. How about Buy No Junk Day instead?
Here are a few ideas to get this "What Next" discussion rolling. Though they may not directly help with landfill repair or closure, these suggestions could reduce system costs and free up money for planning. 1) Apply our existing landfill material bans to our trash carts and out-haul vehicles. 2) Implement mandatory recycling 5 years early. 3) Recycle Better – At Home, Work, School And Play.
Thanks to no votes by our two newest supervisors, Shirlee Zane and Efren Carrillo, the sale of our landfill and solid waste system to Republic Services is off the table. That is great news, but now what? Or as posed by the 10/28 Press Democrat editorial, what next? Here are [...]