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2007 Kansas Environmental Conference
The 2007 Kansas Environmental Conference will be held August 21-23, 2007 at the Grand Prairie Hotel and Convention Center in Hutchinson, Kansas.
To register online, go to: www.kdheks.gov/sbcs/environment_conf.html.
Questions? Call KDHE BEFS at 785-296-6603
The E-Scrap 2008 conference will be September 17th and 18th, 2008 in the Phoenix, AZ area. Mark your calendar.
2008 WORKS! Conference on Recycling, Composting and Household Hazardous Waste will be held in Overland Park, Kansas, March 25-28th, 2008. Town Hall Meeting, Concurrent Sessions, Roundtable Discussions, Kansas Green Team, Tours, Exhibit Hall. Save the date!
Waste Expo 2007
The 2007 Waste Expo Conference will be held May 7-9, with Exhibits held May 8-10th 2007 in the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. Contact Information is: www.wasteexpo.com, email wasteexpo@ttgonline.com, phone 800-727-2467.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RECYCLED RUBBER
The Dept of Environmental Health & Safety of South Carolina, The Asphalt rubber Technology Service at Clemson University and the Rubber Manufacturers Association will present "From Scrap to Profit" an International Symposium on recycled Rubber in Plastics and Rubber Products, April 16-17,2007 in Charleston, South Carolina. For more information or to register visit WWW.scraptoprofit.com , phone 864-656-6799 or email arts@ces.clemson.edu.
Waste Expo 2007
National Gardening Association Grants
The National Gardening Association (NGA) supports programs across the country that actively engage kids in the garden and improve the quality of life for all. To be eligible for most of these grants, applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 kids between the ages of 3 and 18. Your school or organization may apply for more than one grant. For more information, visit the NGA website or call 800-538-7476.
Resources on plastics recycling available
The American Plastics Council has several resources on plastics recycling available including:
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"All Plastic Bottle" - answers to common questions about all plastic bottle recovery programs. A web site is also available www.allplasticbottles.org.
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Plastic Film Recovery Guide - a guide designed to help businesses, recyclers and local governments evaluate opportunities for recovering plastic films for recycling.
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A complete listing of more than 1,500 products made from recycled plastics - everything from garden and landscape to building and construction products.
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A summary report on plastics recovered from residential electrical and electronics equipment.
For copies of these resources contact the America Plastics Council at: www.plastics.org or 1-800-243-5790.
Thanks to funding from Toyota, one copy of the Tree Planting Resource Kit for Volunteers is available free of charge to organizations and communities to assist in volunteer tree-planting efforts. The kit includes a leadership guide, reproducible packet, Arbor Day guidebook and video. It assists in providing specific advice and information on the best way to plant trees as well as tips on how to motivate and inspire volunteers.
Visit the website for more information or send your contact information to:
National Arbor Day Foundation
Volunteer Kit
P.O. Box 85784
Lincoln, NE 68501-5784
KU Residential Recycling Drop-Off
In order to better serve KU students, faculty, and staff, KU Recycling will have recycling trailers available to drop off your recyclables from home. Trailers will be parked east of Memorial Stadium from 10 AM to 4 PM on the following Saturdays:
February 25
March 18
April 29
May 27
Materials must be sorted according the KU Recycling guidelines, which differ slightly from curbside services and community recycling centers. Click here for details.
**Information from the University of Kansas website
National Environmental Education Week
National Environmental Education Week will be April 16-22, 2006.
Visit www.eeweek.org/partners.html for more information about the week.
America Recycles is a national awareness program to promote the social, environmental, and economic benefits of buying recycled and recycling.
For information on the national program visit: http://www.americarecyclesday.org.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has launched a new marketing campaign including many prominent Kansans. The goal is to reinforce the recycling behavior of Kansans who currently recycle and encourage those who don't recycle to join. KDHE plans to share its message, along with program materials, to other state and local recycling programs.
The campaign, including the TV commercials, is available for viewing on the web at www.getcaughtrecycling.org.
The Pollution Prevention Award is presented by KDHE annually to individuals, communities, businesses and industries who have made a significant impact in protecting our environment by preventing pollution. Award categories include Recycling, Technology Innovation and Pollution Prevention. For an application or more information, visit the website.
**Information from Kansas Environmental News, Winter 2006
eBay has created a recycling initiative, called Rethink, promoting the reuse, recycling and donation of old computers. The website, http://rethink.ebay.com/, shows consumers and businesses how to properly get rid of old electronic equipment. It promotes reuse and recycling, facilitating the selling and donating of working computers by offering tools to aid selling and including a safe data destruction utility. The initiative also provides information on third-party companies that can pick up computer systems and peripherals and sell them on behalf of the owners. Another directory helps businesses find a local asset recovery specialist to handle the disposition of multiple computer systems.
Numerous electronics companies are members of the program, including Intel Corp., Apple Computer Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., along with other participants, including the U.S. Postal Service.
**Information from Waste News, September 1, 2005
T-Mobile Wireless Phone Recycling
T-Mobile now offers wireless phone, battery and accessory recycling or reuse at all nationwide retail stores. Proceeds will benefit a charity like the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. For the nearest store visit www.t-mobile.com/stores.
Office Depot Offers Free Recycling
Office Depot has partnered with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. to offer free cell phone and battery recycling at all of its North American locations. The company will accept outdated cell phones as well as rechargeable batteries used in various portable electronic devices. The types of batteries accepted include nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, lithium ion and small sealed lead rechargeable batteries weighing less than 2 pounds.
**Information from Waste News, December 22, 2004
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Some 127,093 cans are recycled every minute nationwide
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According to the US EPA, aluminum cans represent less than one half of one percent (0.4 percent) of the nation's solid waste stream.
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It is estimated that since 1972, some 17 million tons of aluminum cans have been recycled. These 852.4 billion aluminum cans placed end to end would stretch to the moon more than 270 times.
**Reprinted from the Recycler's Digest published by the Kentucky BIRP program.
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The can industry contributes more than $8 billion to the US economy by providing jobs, paying taxes and purchasing local goods and services.
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Approximately 133 billion cans are produced each year in the US.
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There are more than 200 can manufacturing plant in 38 states.
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More than 35,000 Americans are directly employed by the can industry.
**Reprinted from the Recycler's Digest published by the Kentucky BIRP program.
NAPCOR produces PET recycling process video
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), the trade association for the PET plastic industry in the US and Canada offers a hands-on educational kit.
Visit http://www.napcor.com/kidscorner.htm for more information.
Vehicles being accepted as donations
The American Lung Association of Kansas is accepting donations of used vehicles. Those donating their vehicles are eligible for a tax deduction equivalent to the vehicle's current value. The donations help to fund the associations various programs. To donate a vehicle call 1-800-577-LUNG (5864).
The National Kidney Foundation is also accepting donations of cars, vans, trucks or
boats. Proceeds from Kidney Cars help fund research, professional
education, public health education and patient and community services.
Kidney Cars offers nationwide, year-round pick-up service. Simply call 1-800-488-CARS and
give them the information about your vehicle.
Rock Springs 4-H Center is accepting donations of good vehicles including cars, vans,
trucks, A.T.V.'s, tractors and golf carts which can be used to serve the conference
center's needs. If you have a vehicle you would like to donate to Rock Springs and
the Kansas 4-H Foundation please call 785-257-3221. Arrangements can be made to
pick up your vehicle and donations to the center may be tax deductible.
Donated Vehicles support public television
KTWU/Channel 11 has joined forces with Vehicles for Charity, a non-profit organization based in Denver. Vehicles for Charity arranges for the vehicle to be picked up and delivered to an automobile auction service to be sold. Proceeds from donated vehicles benefit KTWU and developmentally disabled citizens. If you have a vehicle you would like to donate, call 800-833-3006 (be sure to mention KTWU) or visit ktwu.washburn.edu/vehicles/ for more information.
Cell Phones
A report on the waste issues posed by wireless phones and other wireless electronic devices is available at: http://www.informinc.org/wirelesswaste.php.
Computers
Hewlett-Packard computer recycling
Hewlett-Packard Company now offers consumers and businesses a way to recycle unwanted computers and equipment from any manufacturer.
HP's Planet Partners Program includes pick-up, transportation, evaluation for reuse or donation, and environmentally sound recycling for products from PCs and printers to servers and scanners.
Access HP's Planet Partners Program via the web at www.hp.com/go/recycle.
Several other national corporations also have programs available for computer recycling. Please check out their web sites for more information.
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.
A new free computer take-back program was announced March 6, 2007. The company will recycle its notebook computers at no cost to the consumer with no obligation to buy a new Toshiba computer. It will also take back other brands of notebook computers for the cost of shipping.
More information is
available at www.toshibadirect.com.
Dell Recycling Programs
Customers can order home pickup of unwanted computers, laptops, monitors and others equipment. Dell will accept any brand of computer and does not require the purchase of a Dell product for the service. More details can be found at: www.dell.com
Gateway Trade In Programs
www.gateway.com
IBM Asset Recovery Solutions
www-1.ibm.com/financing/dispose/
Micron Green Recycling Program
www.micronpc.com
On-line equipment exchange
The Kansas City Surplus Exchange offers an on-line listing of equipment available to be donated or for sale to non-profit organizations and schools. Businesses with furniture or equipment they no longer need or want, but is still useful can be donated to The Surplus Exchange, Inc. Those pieces of furniture and equipment are then available to not-for-profit organizations and schools to purchase at lower cost
than new items. The on-line exchange can be found at
www.surplusexchange.org under
Merchandise.
Ceiling tile recycling program
Armstrong World Industries has re-launched its ceiling tile recycling program. Business owners interested in the program should contact Armstrong to verify that their tiles can be recycled. For more information call 1-800-ARMSTRONG or visit the website. Armstrong pays freight costs for shipping the old ceilings (30,000-square-foot minimum). Contact Armstrong Techline for details specific to your area bpotechline@armstrong.com.
This website features a directory of e-mail lists, organized by city, for individuals who are interested in either giving away a usable, but unwanted, item or finding something they need for free. The FreeCycle site provides a brief overview of how it works, a listing of cities that have a FreeCycle list that you can join and instructions on how to start a new FreeCycle list.
TARC, Inc. has entered into a new business venture with the "Vehicles for Charity Donation Program." TARC, Inc. will accept donated vehicles (cars, motorcycles, RV's, boats) that they will then sell at public auction. The donator is allowed a tax write-off for the value of the vehicle and TARC, Inc. receives 75% of the profit generated from the sale of the vehicle. For more information call 1-866-628-2277, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. You can also visit TARC's website, www.TARCInc.org.
**Reprinted from The Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, March 2003 edition.
Kansas Solid Waste Management Plan
You can view the state of Kansas' Solid Waste Management Plan online at www.kdhe.state.ks.us/waste.
Reduce your unsolicited telemarketing calls
To reduce the number of unsolicited telemarketing calls you receive at home, you can register with Telephone Preference Service (TPS), a free service. Send a letter asking to please register your name with Telephone Preference Service. Include in the letter your name, address, telephone number and signature. Mail to:
Telephone Preference
Service
Direct Marketing Association
P.O. Box 9014
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
To reduce the amount of junk mail you received, write:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
P.O. Box 643
Carmel, NY 15012-0643
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