Managing Waste
Conference - Still Time to Register
There is still time to
register for the conference! Go to
www.recyclenewmexico.com/conference06.htm
Full
Agenda Announced!
You can now view the full conference agenda and
speaker sessions online at
www.recyclenewmexico.com/conference_agenda06.htm.
More than 60 speakers on a wide range of subjects will present over the 3-day
conference!
Recycling Awards:
The conference includes a New
Mexico Recycling Awards ceremony honoring dedicated individuals, organizations,
municipalities, tribes and businesses for their efforts to divert and recycle.
Don't miss this inspiring event on Wednesday, June 14 at 4:00 PM in the main
ballroom!
Construction and Demolition Brainstorming Session:
How can we get C&D waste
handling kick-started for Albuquerque and New Mexico? Krysten Gardner, with the
LEED-Certified architecture firm, Environmental Dynamics, and Norm Gabel, the
President of the NM Building Branch of the Associated General Contractors, will
host this round-table idea-sharing session on how to create a waste handling
initiative for C&D materials. This session is open to the public and is
scheduled for Wednesday, June 14 from 1:30-3:00 PM. RSVP your attendance to
english@recyclenewmexico.com
Tribal
Roundtable:
Tribal members from around
the region are invited to spend Monday, June 12 from 1-4:00 PM in a roundtable
session hosted by Navajo Nation. Information will be shared and discussed on
everything from waste handling, drop-offs, recycling programs, illegal dumping
and everything else in between. Special guest, Heather White, from EPA Region 9
will be part of this workshop as well!
Public
Education Roundtable:
Calling all educators! If
your job includes the need to reach out to the public to educate them about your
solid waste or recycling program, then this will be time well-spent to share
ideas on what has worked (and what hasn't) in efforts to reach the public and
gain their involvement. Tackling small population communities, changing values,
and other promotions will be discussed. Scheduled for Monday, June 12, from
1-4:00 PM.
Other
Conference Highlights!
Native American Flair for Opening Reception and Welcome. The Apache
Crown Dancers from Arizona will grace the Garden Evening Reception on Monday,
July 12 with their beautiful costumes and traditional dance and music. On
Tuesday morning's welcome, Jim Littlesinger from Navajo Nation will start the
day with a blessing. Miss Navajo Nation, Rachelle James, will then share some
thoughts.
NM Environment
Department Cabinet Secretary Ron Curry and
Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez Kick-Off Conference on Tuesday
Morning as well. After the Navajo welcome, local leaders will give attendees
some words to start off the conference.
Take
Monday Off and Go Golfing! Enjoy the
best golf deal in town and enjoy the new Sandia Golf Club. Tee time is at 8 AM
and will take you through an 18-hole course into mid-afternoon. Transport to and
from the hotel is provided. Go to
www.nmswana.com
to register for this today!
Thursday Tours to Santa Fe and Albuquerque Facilities:
Room is still available on both tours!!
Spend the day
on Thursday up in Santa Fe touring the Recycling Transfer Station and
under-construction Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). See how they handle their
year-round electronic waste collection and check out the construction and
equipment for the recycling processing facility. The tour will then turn to
cultural and will take you to downtown Santa Fe for lunch and afternoon free
time to enjoy the museums and shopping. The Albuquerque facility tour is
scheduled for Thursday afternoon and will take you to three of the city's
facilities: IPF (Intermediate Processing Facility for recycling), composting
facility and the landfill.
Recycling and Trash Converge: Two national leaders on their subject
matter will share the stage and discuss how to "Ramp Up Recycling Rates"! Kate
Krebs, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition and John Skinner,
director of the national Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) will
discus and debate how best to divert more material, run landfills and transfer
stations more efficiently, and to continue moving in the direction of valuing
waste as a resource. Skinner and Krebs do not often have the opportunity to
share a plenary session and share their views - so this will not be a talk to
miss! Wednesday, June 14, Lunch.
Thank you
to our conference sponsors:
New Mexico Environment Department: Solid Waste
Bureau (co-host)
Roadrunner Chapter of SWANA (co-host)
Weyerhaeuser Recycling
Dex
Intel New Mexico
Waste Management New
Mexico
Waste Management Recycle America
Whole Foods
Gordon Environmental
Waste Connections
New Mexico Clean and Beautiful
Earthstone International
New Mexico Department of Transportation
Cascade Engineering
Steel Recycling Institute
NM Building Branch, Associated General Contractors
Keep New Mexico Beautiful
Zia Engineering
Can Manufacturers Institute
Intera Incorporated
Hydro Geo Chem Inc
SWANA Road-E-O: June 3 in Santa Fe
Calling all equipment operators! And Volunteers
too!
The New Mexico Road-E-O has moved to the Caja del
Rio Landfilll in Santa Fe and is seeking registrants and volunteers for
Saturday, June 3. As well as folks who can help set-up on Friday, June 2.
For more information on how to volunteer or to
register go to
www.nmswana.com
November's
Recycling Awareness Month Set to Offer Recycling Bin Contest Again!
Start letting schools around
the state know that the School Recycling Bin contest will return this year and
will be able to offer recycling bins for help schools continue or expand their
programs. Last year initiated the offer for schools to apply to the contest with
a complete layout of how they will implement the bins, how they would recycle
the materials, educate the school, etc. and we had a great turn-out with 13
schools receiving bins.
We have Weyerhaeuser and
Intel to Thank for initial seed money for this statewide event planning process!
NMRC Board Meetings
The next two board meetings
are open to all NMRC Members. To attend, please RSVP to English Bird at
english@recyclenewmexico.com
1) Friday, July 21, 12-3 PM, Ruidoso, Brownbag,
Forest Service office
2) September 22, 12-4 PM, Santa Fe, Location TBA
Grants
EPA Pollution
Prevention Grants Program
EPA seeks grant funding
applications from State and Tribal Governments for projects
that address the reduction or elimination of pollution by
businesses across all environmental media: air, water and
land - EPA has about $4.1 million in grant funds for the
program in FY 2006 - EPA notes that " ... The goal of the
grants program is to assist businesses and industries in
identifying better environmental strategies and solutions
for reducing or eliminating waste at the source. Funds
awarded through the grants program are to be used to support
State and Tribal P2 programs that address the reduction by
businesses of potentially harmful pollutants across all
environmental media: air, water, and land. Programs should
reflect comprehensive and coordinated pollution prevention
planning and implementation efforts within the State or
Tribe. Past P2 Grants have demonstrated that facilities have
ample opportunities to implement pollution prevention and
that source reduction can be a cost-effective way of meeting
or exceeding Federal and State regulatory requirements. For
purposes of this grant announcement, pollution
prevention/source reduction is defined as any practice
which: Reduces the amount of any hazardous substance,
pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or
otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive
emissions) prior to recycling, treatment or disposal;
Reduces the hazards to public health and the environment
associated with the release of such substances, pollutants,
or contaminants; and Reduces or eliminates the creation of
pollutants through: (i) increased efficiency in the use of
raw materials, energy, water, or other resources; or (ii)
protection of natural resources by conservation. Examples of
pollution prevention/source reduction projects or activities
include: equipment or technology modifications, process or
procedure modifications, reformulation or redesign of
products, substitution of raw materials, and improvements in
housekeeping, maintenance, training, or inventory control
... For additional information and guidance about activities
covered by grants issued under the PPA ... see
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/p2home/p2policy/index.htm
... Examples of outcome measures expected to be achieved
under the grants awarded through this announcement include,
but are not limited to: Pounds of pollution reduced, BTUs of
energy conserved, Gallons of water saved, and Dollars saved
through P2 efforts. Examples of output measures expected to
be achieved under the grants awarded through this
announcement include, but are not limited to: Number of
stakeholder groups involved in the process, Number of
assistance visits, Number of workshops, trainings and
courses conducted, and Number of fact sheets developed or
distributed ..." - Details are posted at
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=8786
>
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=8786
Questions may be directed to
Region Six (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX): Javier Balli at 214
665-7261; e-mail:
mailto:Balli.Javier@EPA.gov
See
http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6en/xp/enxp4d.htm>http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6en/xp/enxp4d.htm
Jobs
For the latest job postings,
check out the NMRC listserve conversation at
http://mailman.swcp.com/mailman/listinfo/nmrecycling
Recycling Tidbits
Plastic Bag
Recycling Bill Passes California State Assembly
The California State Assembly has approved a
measure requiring grocery stores and
supermarkets to provide for the recycling of
plastic shopping bags. The bill now faces a vote
in the Senate. If enacted, the legislation would
require merchants to accept used grocery bags
from customers for recycling and to sell
reusable shopping bags as an alternative to
disposable bags. Plastic bag manufacturers would
be required to include print on bags informing
customers of the store recycling service and to
work with stores and recyclers to ensure proper
collection, transportation and recycling of the
bags.
NSWMA
Issues Greenhouse Gas Report
The National Solid Wastes Management Association
(NSWMA), Washington, has issued a new white
paper addressing the efforts of the solid waste
industry to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. According to the report titled
"Municipal Solid Waste Industry Reduces
Greenhouse Gases through Technical Innovation
and Operational Improvements," solid waste
services such as collection, recycling and
landfill operations account for only 0.1 percent
of the total GHG emissions from all sources.
However, despite this percentage, the solid
waste industry is continuing to reduce GHG in
its operations through collection and control of
landfill gas, energy production from municipal
solid waste and the construction of bioreactor
landfills. To download the report, visit
www.nswma.org.
Calendar
**May 20, NMRC Board Meeting,
Albuquerque, Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town. 1-5 PM. All members welcome.
RSVP to English Bird
**June
12-15, 2006
"Managing Waste in
the Wide Open Spaces"; NM Recycling Conference and Arid
Climate Landfill Symposium joint conference, Hotel
Albuquerque at Old Town, Albuquerque
**July 21, NMRC Board Meeting,
Ruidoso, 12-3 PM. All members welcome.
RSVP to English Bird
**August 11, Recycling
Alliance meeting. 9AM-Noon, Albuquerque. Topic will be
legislative opportunities for Recycling and Illegal Dumping.
RSVP to Gretchen Brewer at NMED at
gretchen.brewer@state.nm.us
**September 8, Recycling
Alliance meeting. 9AM-Noon, Albuquerque. RSVP to
Gretchen Brewer at NMED at
gretchen.brewer@state.nm.us
**September 22, NMRC Board Meeting,
Santa Fe. 12-4 PM. All members welcome.
RSVP to English Bird
**October
22-25, NRC Congress, Atlanta
**Dec 8-9, NMRC Board Retreat
at Sevilleta
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
Fax (505)
466-6266
