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Welcome to Josephine County Master Recyclers 2010

Welcome to Josephine County Master Recyclers 2010. Britta Beckstead, Coordinator. When you sit down, please take a few minutes to fill out the “Waste Quiz” sitting on the desk. Don’t worry – these will not be graded! . Introductions. Find a partner that you don’t know

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Welcome to Josephine County Master Recyclers 2010

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  1. Welcome to Josephine County Master Recyclers 2010 Britta Beckstead, Coordinator When you sit down, please take a few minutes to fill out the “Waste Quiz” sitting on the desk. Don’t worry – these will not be graded!

  2. Introductions • Find a partner that you don’t know • Introduce yourselves to each another • Provide the following information for your partner • Your name • What you do or something you like to do • Why you are taking the class • Introduce your partner to the group

  3. Syllabus and Expectations • Readings due the next class • Attendance is required at all lecture sessions and field trips unless you have a VERY important reason • 30 service hours over 9 months (Graduation and title of “Master Recycler” awarded in December)

  4. What is waste? And you thought this was a class about recycling…Most recycling will eventually end up as waste, even though it does help with reducing waste. More on this point in a later class.

  5. Waste is… • The failure to use something wisely, properly, fully, or to good effect. • Something we have purchased and reduced to a value of zero or less. • Actions that don’t create or add value. • A sign of inefficiency. • Resources that can no longer support life or our current standard of living.

  6. Why should we care?

  7. Waste is connected to almost every major environmental issue… Toxic substances Water Pollution Habitat Loss Climate Change Ecosystem Disruption Resource Depletion Air Pollution And therefore many human issues.

  8. In the U.S. we use… 77 billion tons of packaging waste per year 60,000 plastic bags every 5 seconds 200 billion plastic bottles in a year

  9. Where does it all go?

  10. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Roughly the size of Texas • The concentration of plastics is 7 times the concentration of phytoplankton

  11. Exported to developing countries A Chinese child sits on e-waste, containing harmful chemicals such as mercury and lead, likely exported from the United States. Buried in a landfill 10 acres cells fill up quickly and cost millions of dollars to construct and operate. We won’t have this much open space forever.

  12. Or it can end up in your own backyard… • Waste and your present health and well-being right here in Josephine County Brad Carlson Environmental Public Health Specialist from the Josephine County Department of Environmental Health Member of the Solid Waste Agency

  13. How else do we deal with waste here in Josephine County? • What is the Solid Waste Agency? • What projects are going on currently and for the next year? Terry Haugen Public Works Director from the City of Grants Pass Member of the Solid Waste Agency

  14. OR Department of Environmental Quality Sets recovery rate goal (total recovered/total generated) for wasteshed and state Reports to DEQ on progress towards recovery rate goal, use Environmental Program Fee to pay for programs to help meet that goal Local governments (Josephine County, the City of Grants Pass, and the Solid Waste Agency) Pay franchise fees to local governments, create educational and promotional materials to help with progress towards recovery rate goal Franchised Waste Haulers Southern Oregon Sanitation (Picks up on the other side of the river) Allied Waste Services (Picks up on one side of the river)

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