January 2005
Volume 27, Number 1
Happy New Year!
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Palo Alto Adopts Zero Waste |
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New EPA Secretary Appointed |
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CIWMB Update |
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Jobs Available |
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Events Calendar |
CCRC Tours New C&D Recycling Facility in Los Angeles : Downtown Diversion
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The California Collegiate Recycling Council (CCRC) is planning to hold quarterly tours at recycling facilities in Southern California beginning in 2005. Our first tour will take place on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 , at Downtown Diversion, a new construction & demolition processing facility near downtown Los Angeles . The tour will begin at 10:30 am and attendees are invited to join afterwards for a no-host lunch at a nearby restaurant. The Downtown Diversion tour is limited to 20 people, so please rsvp as soon as possible to Madeline Brodie at Santa Monica College BRODIE_MADELINE@smc.edu or Jon Root at CSULB jroot@csulb.edu . |
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Just a reminder - The 2005 CRRA Member renewal notices were mailed in November and became due on January 1, 2005 . So far, 235 renewals have been received, but there are still a large number of them outstanding. As you may remember, last year, CRRA adopted a billing change that put all members on an annual billing cycle from January through December. If you became a member in |
| 2004, your invoice will show a credit for all prepaid 2005 dues. REMEMBER: In order to retain voting privileges, receive Recyclescene, get discounts to the Annual Conference and retain NRC membership and privileges, your membership dues must be current. If you have any questions on the status of your membership, please contact Kym at kymd@4arc.com | |
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July 10-13, 2005 , the Los Angeles Millennium Biltmore Hotel will host the 2005 CRRA Annual Conference.The Call for papers is available. Visit www.crra.com to download the application. If you are interested in Sponsorship contact judigregry@aol.com for the trade show contact ARC at 916-441-2772 or kymd@4arc.com and for program and entertainment ideas please contact RicAnthony@aol.com. |
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As a CRRA member, you are also an NRC member. Don’t forget to take advantage of your NRC benefits. NRC has recently renegotiated the subscription rates for our members with the major recycling trade press publications. NRC members are entitled to discounts on several publications. Learn More |
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Current CRRA Members will receive and be listed in the upcoming CRRA Member Directory. All current members will receive notification of directory publication by February 7, 2005 . The notification will contain information on verifying accuracy of your contact information. Please keep an eye in you mailbox for this very important email. REMEMBER, only current members will be listed in the directory. For more information, contact Kym Dreher at (916)441-CRRA or kymd@4arc.com. |
Bay Area Counties Launch Junk Mail Reduction Campaign
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Every year 100 million trees are cut down to produce 100 billion pieces of junk mail sent to American households. In an effort to address this concern 110 Bay Area cities and 9 counties have joined forces to sponsor a Bay Area Junk Mail Reduction Campaign at www.StopJunkMail.org. The campaign, started in |
January 2005, focuses on easy ways Bay Area residents can substantially reduce junk mail at home and at work. The campaign will distribute a Stop Junk Mail Kit that will help consumers reduce commercial access to their name and address so this information won’t be traded, rented or sold to companies who send unwanted mail. Americans collectively pay $370,000,000 ($370 million) a year to dispose of junk mail that doesn’t get recycled. To learn more about reducing junk mail call the Bay Area Junk Mail Reduction Campaign hotline at 877-STOPWASTE (786-7927) or visit www.StopJunkMail.org. Click here for full text |
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EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response has set aside at least $500,000 to fund creative proposals testing innovative approaches to one or more of a number of priority areas: Proposals can be submitted by EPA employees; public authorities (Federal, State, interstate, intrastate, and local); public agencies and institutions; non-profit private organizations, agencies, and institutions; academia; and federally recognized Tribes. A template is available to aid applicants in the development of proposals. Up to $75,000 can be requested per pilot, average funding per pilot is $47,000. Proposals are due January 14, 2005 . For more information and the full announcement, go to: |
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The Palo Alto City Council unanimously voted in favor of drafting a Zero Waste Goal and crafting a Zero Waste Plan on November 15th. In September the Zero Waste Task Force of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties (ZWTFsBay) adopted a Zero Waste Communities Strategy that it shared with Palo Alto city officials and staff and requested in early November that a resolution be put on the table to begin the process. The Task Force is an ad hoc group with a mission to promote Zero Waste in the South Peninsula/San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area region. For further information or to join the Northern California Zero Waste Task Force contact Michael Closson, Acterra at 650-962-9876 ext. 303, michaelc@Acterra.org, Toni Stein at 650-853-0314, tweil@igc.org or Gary Liss at 916-652-7850, gary@garyliss.com |
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed a longtime air pollution scientist and policymaker to head the state's Environmental Protection Agency. Alan C. Lloyd, the chairman of the California Air Resources Board since 1999, will take over as secretary of the California EPA, replacing Terry Tamminen, who was named Cabinet secretary last month. For the full article click here |
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Electronic Waste Update |
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Waste Board Announces Zero Waste Website Actions from the November Board Meeting |
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County of San Diego – Recycling Specialist I - SALARY: |
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City of Berkeley, Recycling Program Manager , If $69,432 - $83,820 plus 8% additional compensation & excellent benefits, including 2.7% @ 55. City of Berkeley application materials must be submitted by 5 p.m.,1/24/05. Call: (510) 981-6800, or apply at: Human Resources Dept., 2180 Milvia St. , Berkeley , CA 94704 . EOE, www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/hr |
February 8, 2005 – CCRC C&D Facility Tour – see above
July 10-13, 2005 – CRRA 2005 Annual Conference, LA Biltmore. www.crra.com
NEW PRESIDENT LEVEL: City of Los Angeles
CRRA Sponsors
Burrtec, City of Sacramento, CIWMB, San Francisco Department of the Environment, Norcal Services, CA Department of Conservation, Zero Waste Communities of San Bernardino Co., Mojave Desert & Mountain JPA, Alameda County Waste Management Authority, Allen Company, City of Los Angeles, City of Chula Vista EPA, SLO County IWMA, Waste Management, Richard Anthony Associates, City of Thousand Oaks, Gigantic Idea Studio, Bonny Doon Vineyard, PSSI/Stanford Recycling
P.O. Box 276567, Sacramento, CA 95827-6567
Phone: (916) 441-CRRA • Fax: (916) 932-2209
Website: www.crra.com • Email: crra@crra.com