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by Peter Anderson, Executive Director Center for a Competitive Waste Industry

Grassroonts Recycling Network National Recycling and Zero Waste Conference Devens Massachusetts• October 2009. by Peter Anderson, Executive Director Center for a Competitive Waste Industry. Lies, Damnable Lies and Landfills. A tale of two futures. Where do compostables belong.

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by Peter Anderson, Executive Director Center for a Competitive Waste Industry

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  1. Grassroonts Recycling NetworkNational Recycling and Zero Waste ConferenceDevens Massachusetts• October 2009 by Peter Anderson, Executive Director Center for a Competitive Waste Industry Lies, Damnable Lies and Landfills

  2. A tale of two futures

  3. Where do compostables belong

  4. Greenwashing

  5. Greenwashing

  6. Ignored • Most Uncontrolled.More than 3/4th of the gases produced or mobilized in a landfill are, over its life, released uncontrolled into the atmosphere • Source of methane.There would not be substantial volumes of uncontrolled methane produced from garbage were we to discontinue disposing of our organic discards deep in lined landfills

  7. and reducing methane is vital to avoid crossing irreversible tipping points • “[F]easible reversal of the growth of [methane] would provide a vital contribution toward averting dangerous anthropogenic interference with global climate...[Methane] deserves special attention in efforts to stem global warming...Given the difficulty of halting near-term CO2 growth, the only practical way to avoid [dangerous interference] with climate may be simultaneous efforts to reverse the growth of [methane].” • ─James Hansen Greenhouse gas growth rates, Nov 16 ‘06 PNAS

  8. A tale of two landfills

  9. Landfills’ true impact on greenhouse gases

  10. The other future is to stop burying organics • European Commission 1999 Landfill Directive “Waste and treatment not acceptable in landfills. “1. Member States shall set up a national strategy for the implementation of the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfills …not later than 15 years after the date laid down in Article 18(1), biodegradable municipal waste going to landfills must be reduced to 35% of the total amount (by weight) of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 or the latest year…”

  11. and, in North America,124 Cities …

  12. California (42) • Alameda (City of) • Albany Arvin • Berkeley • Beverly Hills • Castro Valley • Cloverdale • Cotati • Danville (Pilot) • Dixon • Dublin • Emeryville • Fremont

  13. Hayward • Healdsburg • Livermore • McFarland • Modesto • Morgan Hill • Newark • North Hollywood • Oakland • Oro Loma Sanitary District • Petaluma • Pleasanton • Portola Valley • Rohnert Park

  14. San Fernando • San Francisco • San Juan Bautista • San Leandro • San Lorenzo • Santa Rosa • Sebastopol • Sonoma (City) • Sonoma County • Stockton • Union City • Walnut Creek • Windsor • Woodside

  15. Midwest (4) • Ann Arbor, MI • Carver County, MN • Cedar Rapids, IA • Dubuque, IA • Hutchinson, MN • Linn County, IA • Wayzata, MN • Northeast (5) • Cambridge, MA • Central VT Waste Mgt. District • Greensboro, VT • Lewistown, ME • Northeast Kingdom, VT

  16. South (1) • Plano, TX • Sarasota, FL • Washington (12) • Bellevue, WA • Bellingham, WA • Bothell, WA • Carnation, WA • Issaquah, WA • King County, WA • Kirkland, WA • Newcastle, WA • Redmond, WA • Sammamish, WA

  17. Seattle, WA • Woodinville, WA • British Columbia (1) • Mission • New Brunswick (2) • Moncton • Fredericton • Nova Scotia (41) • Annapolis County • Annapolis Royal • Antigonish • Argyle • Baddeck • Barrington

  18. Berwick • Bridgetown • Bridgewater • Cape Breton • Chester District • Clare • Colchester County • Cumberland Co. • Digby • Greenwood • Halifax Regional • Hants Co. • Inverness Co. • Kentville

  19. Kings County • Lawrencetown • Lunenburg • Mahone Bay • New Glasgow • New Minas • Parrsboro • Pictou Co. • Port Hawkesbury • Queens County • Richmond County • River John • Shelburne • Town of Amherst

  20. Town of Berwick • Town of Oxford • Trenton • Victoria County • Windsor • Wolfville • Yarmouth • Ontario (8) • Bracebridge • Caledon • Guelph • Kingston • Markham • Niagara Region

  21. St. Thomas • Toronto • Quebec (3) • Regie Argenteuil • Chertsey • Laval

  22. Carpe diem

  23. Contact Information • Peter Anderson • Center for a Competitive Waste Industry • 313 Price Place ∙ Suite 14 • Madison, WI 53705-4964 • (608) 231-1100 • Fax (608) 233-0011 • Cell (608) 444-2817 • Toll Free (800) 449-1010 • anderson@competitivewaste.org

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