Expert recyclers leave an imprint on the world.Byline: RECYCLING By Lorraine Boose For The Register-Guard In an August 2003 survey, 200 Lane County residents were asked: "Personally, how important do you think it is to minimize the amount of material going into Short Mountain Landfill?" Ninety-three percent of the respondents said they considered the issue important. But what can an individual do about it? Take action and become a volunteer. Volunteerism is a decision to help others, a desire to leave an imprint on the world and make a difference, a chance to learn and grow in new experiences, the desire to feel appreciated and to be part of a group. Many organizations of different causes depend on volunteers to share their sense of concern and to strengthen the fabric of a community. The Lane County Master Recycler Program is now signing up potential master recyclers to learn more about recycling and waste reduction, and apply that knowledge to our community. The eight-week Master Recycler Program training is free to anyone who is willing to donate 30 hours of their time to educate others and reduce waste at home and in the workplace. Classes are taught by community experts in waste reduction, recycling and reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. ; some of them include BRING Recycling, city of Eugene solid waste specialists, household hazardous waste Household hazardous waste (HHW) is the term for common household chemicals and substances for which the owner no longer has a use. Exhibiting many of the same dangerous characteristics as fully regulated hazardous waste, HHW is not regulated by the EPA. analysts, campus recycling staff, Sanipac and Weyerhaeuser Recycling representatives. Field trips help to round out the experience and give participants up-close exposure to operations that process recyclable material. After the training, master recyclers implement projects of their own or participate in established waste reduction/educational activities, such as event recycling at Art in the Vineyard vineyard, land on which cultivation of the grape—known as viticulture—takes place. As many as 40 varieties of grape, Vitis vinifera, are known. , Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its Folk Festival A Folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. Regional Denmark
Additionally, master recyclers help staff waste reduction education booths at the Lane County Fair The Lane County Fair is an annual celebration held in Eugene, Oregon every August featuring food, music and other entertainment. It is held at the Lane County Fairgrounds. , Earth Day and the Eugene Celebration The Eugene Celebration is an annual community celebration and civic event held in downtown Eugene, Oregon, United States. Featuring bands and performers from throughout the Pacific Northwest, the three-day festival is held in early September and attracts more than 40,000 attendees . Master recyclers write advice columns in their neighborhood newsletters, have created databases on bulk food shopping and have volunteered for school presentations with BRING Recycling and Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts. A recent Eugene study indicates that 25 percent of the materials thrown into our landfill consist of recyclable paper, even though our community has an established paper recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. infrastructure. This presents an opportunity to target paper as a material to be reclaimed from our waste stream. In response, some master recyclers have identified recycling opportunities in their workplaces and are setting up paper, aluminum and plastics recycling stations as a way to save their business' money, preserve natural resources and keep recyclables out of Short Mountain Landfill. Master recyclers classes are offered twice per year, fall and spring. Spring training begins March 24, with classes from 6 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. each Wednesday through May 12. For more information, call Lorraine Boose, Master Recycler Program coordinator, at 682-2059. Or, stop by and ask about the program at the BRING Recycling booth at the Lane County Home and Garden Show (Thursday through March 14) at the Lane Event Center. Lorraine Boose is the Master Recycler Program coordinator for Lane County Waste Management. |
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