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Global Recycling Council/ California Resource Recovery Association INTERNATIONAL DIALOG

Global Recycling Council/ California Resource Recovery Association INTERNATIONAL DIALOG. San Francisco, California August 26 & 27, 2004. Resource Management in the New Millennium. Richard V. Anthony Richard Anthony Associates. Why Resource Management ?. Ancient Culture. Code of Hammurabi

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Global Recycling Council/ California Resource Recovery Association INTERNATIONAL DIALOG

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  1. Global Recycling Council/California Resource Recovery AssociationINTERNATIONAL DIALOG San Francisco, California August 26 & 27, 2004

  2. Resource Managementin theNew Millennium Richard V. Anthony Richard Anthony Associates

  3. Why Resource Management?

  4. Ancient Culture • Code of Hammurabi • Old and New Testament Rules • Early Civilization

  5. American Culture 1800 • American Indian • Pioneer Ethic • Quilting Bees • Refillable Glass Containers, Mason Canning Jars

  6. American Culture 1900 • Junk Yards, Yard Sales • Hog Farms and Collection of Putresables • Required Source Separation prior to the End of WWII

  7. It Should be the Law • Navigable Rivers Act, Late 1800 • Rachel Carson, Silent Spring • Open Burning Dumps, Untreated Sewage and Industrial Discharges into Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Air • Clean Air and Clean Water Acts

  8. Federal LawSolid Waste Management Act, Resource Recovery Act • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976) Hazardous Waste • Standards for Land Disposal • Special Wastes (Medical, Tires) • Resource Recovery and Recycling Education and Training

  9. Montreal Protocol Kyoto Agreement International Law

  10. It Makes Good Sense • Thomas Malthus the consequences of the increasing gap between rich and poor • Karl Marx the ultimate result of the gap is revolution and the redistribution of wealth. • Club of Rome Study, Meadows • Mend our ways or nature will force us

  11. Old Way extracts from environment and dump waste back into the environment. New Way is to close the loop and make environmental dumping illegal or expensive Managing Our Resources

  12. Close the Loop Black Hole

  13. Close the Loop Black Hole

  14. Efficiency in Managing Resources • Matter and energy are constants E=MC2 • There is no “away” • No such thing as a free lunch

  15. Zero Waste • Zero Waste goals (efficiency) • Create Jobs from Discards • End Welfare for Wasting (level the playing field)

  16. Responsibility • Consumer Responsibility (what you buy) • Producer Responsibility

  17. 6 “R’s” Reduce (source reduction) Redesign Repair (fix) Reuse (durable vs. Single use i.e., cameras, napkins) Recycle (everything else) Regulate New Millennium Rules

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