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Caroline Eader. www.zerowastetrips.com. Boulder Outlook Hotel Boulder County Recycling Center Eco-Products, Inc. CHaRM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials) Zero Waste discussion with Eric Lombardi, Executive Director of Eco-cycle Inc. City of Boulder Environmental Affairs Office - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Caroline Eader
www.zerowastetrips.com
Boulder Outlook Hotel Boulder County Recycling Center Eco-Products, Inc. CHaRM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials) Zero Waste discussion with Eric Lombardi, Executive Director of Eco-cycle
Inc. City of Boulder Environmental Affairs Office Boulder County government – Boulder County’s Zero Waste Resolution Western Disposal Inc. ReSource (A used building materials reuse facility) Boulder County Jail Compost center. Eco-cycle's award-winning school recycling program University of Colorado at Boulder St. Julien Hotel: Sustainability discussion and tour of a luxury hotel. Lunches - Zero Waste box lunches and/or dining at Zero Waste
restaurants. Evenings - Recommendations provided for Zero Waste restaurants of your
choice.
Boulder's first Zero Waste hotel
www.BoulderOutlook.com
Eric Lombardi, Executive Director of Eco-Cycle Inc.
www.ecocycle.org
http://www.ecocycle.org/centers/boulder.cfm#dropoff
http://www.ecocycle.org/centers/boulder.cfm#dropoff
http://www.ecocycle.org/centers/boulder.cfm#dropoff
Steve Kurowski, Marketing Manager for Eco-Products, Inc.,
www.ecoproducts.com
Eco-Products, Inc.
Electronics Athletic shoes, Textiles, etc. #6 White Block
Foam Packaging Big Durable #2
Plastics NEW! Bicycles and
Bike Parts Books & Manuals Toilets, Sinks and
Urinals
www.ecocycle.org/charm/index.cfm
“Landfills are like black holes, where resources go in and never come out… as the world's population explodes and its resource base shrinks, we can't afford that.”
Eric LombardiExecutive Director ofEco-Cycle
www.newsweek.com/id/130625
Discussion with Eric, "If not an incinerator, then what?"
Lunch at Old Chicago, a Zero Waste restaurant Meet with the restaurant manager & tour the kitchen
www.oldchicago.com
www.oldchicago.com
Policy discussion and tours Jonathon Koehn,
Environmental Affairs Manager
http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/
http://www.bouldercounty.org/recycling/
Will Toor, Boulder County Commissioner and former mayor of Boulder who was instrumental in the implementation of Boulder County's Zero Waste Resolution.
Sustainability issues of Boulder County The role of government in promoting ZW concepts and
programs http://www.bouldercounty.org/newsroom/templates/?a=1149&z=1
Hauler's regulations
Business Practices Tour of composting
operations, transfer stations, etc. www.westerndisposal.com.
Western Disposal, Inc. Bryce Isaacson, VP of
Marketing and Sales and Gary Horton, President
www.westerndisposal.com
Spencer Villwock, Deputy Director for the Center of Resource Conservation www.resourceyard.o
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Construction & demolition waste takes up 25% - 30% of area landfill space.
ReSource accepts donations of reusable building materials and then resells them to the public at great prices.
Everything at ReSource has been donated by homeowners, businesses, contractors or deconstruction experts. Because ReSource is a 501c3 non-profit, donations are tax-deductible.
ReSource promotes waste reduction through innovative landfill diversion programs.www.resourceyard.org
Boulder County Jail compost center
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Achievement_Awards&Template=/cffiles/awards/program.cfm&SEARCHID=2007ener12
The program provides for the collection of recyclables from all 53,000 students and staff in 85 Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley public schools (two districts).
Educational presentations are given to over 38,000 kindergarten through 12th grade students in approximately 1,400 Boulder and Broomfield County classrooms annually.
www.ecocycle.org/atschool/school_info.cfm
GREEN STAR SCHOOLS:
Launched in 2005 Boulder County and
Broomfield County schools are the first in the nation to move towards Zero Waste by addressing every aspect of each school’s waste stream.
Large scale composting of food waste and non-recyclable paper from the kitchen, cafeteria, classrooms, offices and bathrooms (paper towels) has cut participating schools’ trash by one third.
Another third is diverted by the recycling program.
www.ecocycle.org/atschool/school_info.cfm
A Waste-Free Lunch campaign Extensive and ongoing training for staff and students is
integral to the program. Currently, 17 schools are part of the program and more will
be added each year.
www.ecocycle.org/atschool/school_info.cfm
Ralphies Green Stampede
80-90% diversion
No public trash cans
~ 25 attended zero waste stations
All recyclable or compostable packaging
concession contract requirements (5 points)
Portion control, bulk condiments, souvenir cups
Finished compost returned to CU
Fry oil refined locally Scoreboard visuals/press box announcements
Campus Building Standards:“design for recycling”
Recycling container space provided in:
offices copy/computer rooms vending areas, lounges classrooms storage rooms loading areas/outdoor storage Combination of litter & recycling
receptacles secured to the ground with a
removable liner available at convenient points on
campus Floor plans reviewed by Recycling
Office prior to approval of plans
http://fm.colorado.edu/construction/standards/v2007/arch/documents/appendix-7.pdf
http://www.stjulien.com/pdf/initiatives.pdf
Zero Waste Box lunch at Chautauqua Park
www.dishgourmet.com
www.villageboulder.com/berrybest.html
Berry Best Smoothie Company
Caroline Eaderwww.zerowastetrips.com
Thanks to Kai Hagen and the University of Colorado for photo contributions.