Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Residential Programs

Date: 14 Nov 1998 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Updated November 1998 Institute for Local Self-Reliance Washington, DC Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Information in these profiles was provided by program contacts. For corrections and updates or to include new record-setters, please contact Brenda Platt at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Residential Programs ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Contact: Tom McMurtrie Recycling Coordinator City of … Read More

ILSR’s U.S. EPA-Sponsored Waste Reduction Project

ILSR’s Waste Reduction Record-Setters project (1996-2000), funded under an U.S. EPA grant, identified and documented record-setting waste reduction programs in the public and private sectors. The project identified 100 communities and nearly 200 businesses, institutions, and other organizations reporting waste reduction — the combination of waste prevention and recycling — rates at 50 percent or higher. … Read More

Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Hotels / Motels

Date: 1 Nov 1998 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

BOSTON PARK PLAZA HOTEL BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Contact: Bob O’Connor Boston Park Plaza Hotel Arlington Street at Park Plaza Boston, MA 02117(617) 457-2274 The Hotel instituted a comprehensive environmental program in 1991. It has recycling programs for cans, bottles, white paper, cardboard, shipping pallets, plastics, and glass. Waste reduction efforts have included eliminating individually packaged toiletries in … Read MoreRead More

Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Retail Shopping Complexes

Date: 1 Nov 1998 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

DUFFERIN MALL TORONTO, ONTARIO Contact: David Hall Dufferin Mall Toronto, Ontario (416) 532-1152 The Dufferin Mall recycling program began in 1992. Corrugated cardboard, glass, cans, newspaper, fine paper, polystyrene, and coat hangers are collected through 64 common area receptacles and specially designed containers in the Food Court. Each store in the mall also has a blue … Read More

Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Multi-Family Residential

Date: 1 Nov 1998 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

LEISURE WORLD RETIREMENT COMMUNITY LAGUNA HILLS, CA Contact: Milt Johns Leisure World PO Box 2220 Laguna Hills, CA 92654 (714) 597-4652 Leisure World is a retirement community of 18,000 residents. The residents of this community recycle newspaper, glass, and aluminum. The management runs a green waste composting operation and construction debris and metals recycling programs. They … Read MoreRead More

DON’T THROW AWAY THAT FOOD: Strategies for Record-Setting Waste Reduction

Date: 1 Nov 1998 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Waste Reduction Record-Setters Project fosters development of exceptional waste reduction programs by documenting successful ones. These programs can be used as models for others implementing their own programs to reduce garbage. The Don’t Throw Away That Food information packet below is oriented toward commercial and institutional food discard generators, and highlights … Read More

Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Recreational and Cultural Facilities

Date: 1 Nov 1998 | posted in: waste - recycling, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

AUTRY MUSEUM OF WESTERN HERITAGE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Contact: Leland Marks Autry Museum of Western Heritage 4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462 (213) 667-2000 The museum’s recycling program recovers traditionally recovered items and unique items such as trees and waste water. Trash pick-up has been reduced from five times a week to just once. … Read MoreRead More

Government and Community-Based Sources and Strategies for Financing Recycling Enterprises

Prepared for the National Recycling Coalition by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, this report discusses recent developments in community and small business financing, identifies barriers and current needs, and outlines steps for linking recycling-based community development and small business financing. Appendices list and survey prominent community development corporations and finance institutions. Download PDF (147 KB)

Don’t Throw Away That Food: Strategies for Record-Setting Waste Reduction Fact Sheet

Date: 19 Feb 1998 | posted in: Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

by Brenda Platt and Joanne Goodwin 1998, fact sheet packet – View Online Download PDF File (1.26 MB) EPA-530-F-98-023 A growing number of food-related businesses are diverting their food discards to useful purposes in place of the dump. This fact sheet packet documents nine programs with record-setting food recovery levels, from a hospital and prison to … Read More

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