Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Manufacturing

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

MAD RIVER BREWING COMPANY BLUE LAKE, CA Contact: Bob Ornelas Mad River Brewing Company 195 Taylor Way Blue Lake, CA 95525(707) 668-5409 Mad River Brewing Company’s commitment to the principles of conservation has allowed the company to grow at an annual rate of 50% per year while reducing its potential solid waste production by 97%. The … Read More

Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Government Facilities

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GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION CENTER JACKSON, GA Contact: Boyd Leake Vice President Community Environmental Management, Inc. 770 Wesley Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30305(404) 355-8770 fax (404) 355-8799 The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, a 1,600-inmate facility, was chosen as a solid waste management pilot project for the Georgia Department of Corrections in 1992. The facility implemented … Read More

Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Office Buildings

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THE GREEN WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT BOARD SECRETARIAT, TORONTO, ONTARIO Contact: David Sparling The Green Workplace 900 Bay Street, Room M2-59 Toronto, Ontario M7A 1N3(416) 585-7541 The Green Workplace program was introduced to Ontario Government Offices in 1991. This program set waste reduction targets of 35% by 1992 and 50% by 1995. The new Maximum Green Program attempts … Read More

Recycling Record Setters Program Profiles: Residential Programs

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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

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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

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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

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