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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rebecca Toews 612-808-0689 – Rebecca@ilsr.org Zero Waste and Economic Development in the 21st Century: A Speaking Tour by Urban Ore Principals Dr. Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer WASHINGTON, DC– Contentious plans to build garbage incinerators in the DC metro area are not the only way to deal with trash. That\u2019s … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[622]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/h2>\n

CONTACT:<\/strong> Rebecca Toews 612-808-0689 – Rebecca@ilsr.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Zero Waste and Economic Development in the 21st Century: A Speaking Tour by Urban Ore Principals Dr. Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, DC– Contentious plans to build garbage incinerators in the DC metro area are not the only way to deal with trash.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the message two national experts are bringing to Prince George\u2019s and Carroll County leaders this week.\u00a0 Presentations will be made in Prince George\u2019s County, MD, Washington, DC and Stafford County, VA, where approaches to solid waste management are being hotly debated.<\/p>\n

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) welcomes Dr. Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer of Urban Ore to the DC Metro area from June 10-13 to discuss alternatives to incineration; including transfer station design and implementation of composting and reuse facilities. The two have led the fight for more than 35 years to keep garbage incineration out of the communities all over the United States and present plans for economic development alternatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cCity and county planners need to know that there are state-of-the-art recycling and compost developments,\u201d says Neil Seldman, co-founder of ILSR. \u201cCitizens can press local governments to pursue ways to increase recyclable and compost collection. Dr. Knapp and Ms. Van Deventer offer information that supports citizens in their fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tour is part of a yearlong series of events celebrating ILSR\u2019s 40th anniversary.\u00a0 Both ILSR and Urban Ore understand that recycling is as much an economic development issue as an environmental one. In its 40-year history, ILSR has found that linking reuse and recycling within community development programs sustains 10 times more jobs than landfilling and incineration. (Recycling Means Business!<\/a>)<\/p>\n

WHO:<\/strong> Dr. Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer of Urban Ore
\nWHAT:<\/strong> Speaking tour to discuss alternatives to incineration
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