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The
ReNews A Newsletter promoting Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Restore and Beyond Fall 2004 Volume 28, Issue 3 Changing the world, one recycled bottle at a time... |
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The
starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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SRP Offices (with worms in tow) Getting a New Home! As of November 1st Summit Recycling Project will have a new office space. We will reestablish our "zero waste meeting hall" experiment in the new building and set up shop in a bigger office. Come and visit us (office warming gifts of cookies and other treats will be gratefully accepted) at the old Frisco Recreation Building (110 3rd Street- just one block behind our old office). |
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Green CRAFTERS & Green ARTISTS wanted! Summit Recycling Project's first annual REFINED. RENATURED. RECYCLED. An Arts & Crafts Fair will be held on November 20th from 10am to 4pm at the Summit County Senior and Community Center in Frisco. The Fair is being held in honor of America Recycles Day (celebrated each November 15th). Arts and crafts that are made with natural and/or reclaimed material (yes, "trash") will be on display and up for sale- perfect timing for holiday shopping! We will also offer workshops, taught by interested crafters, on how to create similar arts & crafts yourself! As booths and workshop schedules are finalized our website will post information on each. Check back often! If you are a crafter or artist working in such material we encourage you to take part in the event. Booth space is still available, but is going fast so call (668-5703) or email us for an application today! |
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Don't
miss your chance to be listed in the
The first edition of the Summit County Green Pages was printed in 2003 and it was a hit! We have looked it over and found ways to make it even better- and it is time to update it anyway, so here we go... If you know of a business that is "green," meaning they support reducing, reusing, recycling, restoring, renewing, rejuvenating or otherwise caring for the planet and ourselves in a sustainable manner, be sure to let us know about them! All listings are free!!! The Green Pages will once again be printed standard size (in other words a page is 8.5 x 11"). To have a
listing bolded it is just $10 And of course if you know of a company that should be listed let us know about it! We are open to suggestions on new sections for the Green Pages too! Let us assure that our Green Pages get read, passed on, reread and used up -so an advertisement in it is money well spent! And you are supporting a non-profit (us) through your ad- and helping to make Summit County greener! Contact us for details, 668-5703 or by email We will also be having an art contest to design the front cover of the Green Pages- see further down for details! |
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2004 Bluegrassroots Festival: A Celebration of Colorado Beer, Bluegrass, and Biodiesel October 22nd, 6:30pm Silverthorne Pavilion Summit Recycling Project closed down the 1st Annual BlueGrassroots Festival last year with a cheering crowd begging for more. And we have made the event even better this year! We are providing the alcohol, so you can bet on the presence of your favorite Colorado microbrews, we learned our lesson on this aspect with the first annual event, don't worry. The entertainment lineup looks like this: 7:45 Single Malt Band and at 8:30 headliners, Shanti Groove Band Not only will there be bands and beer this year, but a press conference, forum and presentation (with time for Q&A) on the opening of a biodiesel pump in Silverthorne (at the Acorn station)! This will be held from 3pm to 5pm and is free to attend. And we encourage you to join us! It is an event sure to be talked about around the water cooler on Monday, so get your tickets now! Call us at 668-5703 or email us to reserve your tickets today ($15 each or $12 for members). |
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Seasonal Changes at Summit Recycling Project Soggy Recyclers: October brings snow, rain, and mud back to the Frisco drop-off center and preparations for winter from our staff. Please know that we appreciate your patience during this soggy time before the ground freezes and that we do our best to keep puddle-free paths to the recycling bins. But, we know that the mud and sloppy snow will never deter our hardy breed of mountain recycler! Wet Paper: Please remember that our paper needs to be kept dry to be recycled for its best use and to generate the revenue necessary to support its collection. Our staff tries to keep the lids to the paper bins closed and ask that you join us in this effort during the winter. Dry Electronics: Summit Recycling Project (SRP) just finished the final used electronics collection event of the year. So far this year, SRP has collected close to 20 tons of old TVs, computers, and other electronics – keeping thousands of pounds of potentially hazardous materials (like lead, mercury, cadmium, and zinc) out of our local landfill and local waterways. Unfortunately, this material really needs to be kept dry to be recycled properly, so if you missed the three collection events this year or that brand new computer dies this winter – hold onto it until Spring when we hold our next e-waste collection event in mid-May in conjunction with Town Clean Up Days. Frozen Toxic Goo: Our new, on-going Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Program has been a tremendous success. Thanks to a generous grant from The Summit Foundation, we were able to shift this program from a single day event held each June to a year-round program. HHW drop-off is available by appointment only on most Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. However, our new specialized HHW storage shed at the landfill is just that – a shed. It’s not heated and our paint and other toxic materials will freeze this winter, which makes it really difficult to bulk and store the material properly. So, we’ll be pairing down the program and minimizing appointments from December to February. If you have any paint, pesticides, cleaners, mercury thermometers or other potentially hazardous material stored in your home that you’d like to get rid of before winter – call us now at 668-5703 for an appointment! |
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Town of Breck's Kid's Calliope & Nancy Cook promote recycling On August 10th, the Town of Breckenridge held another one of their popular and fun Kid's Calliope events at the Riverwalk Center. The place was packed with throngs of youngins' waiting to boogie down to a great set of Nancy's tunes. Prior to the concert kids showed up in droves to take part in the Mountain Top Children's Museum's workshop on making recycled instruments, held on the lawn of the Riverwalk. And Summit Recycling Project handed out the popular recycled content frisbees to any child able to answer some tough Recycled Trivia questions. The whole event was a hit and Nancy Cook's continued efforts to support SRP and the waste reduction message in general is awesome- THANKS NANCY! |
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Sign Safari goes above and beyond! As reported in the last issue of the ReNews, the Compost Display Garden was finally opened in June. At the opening we had yet to put up the signs or even have them ordered. As an educational garden the lack of signs was a bit of a problem. A call to Sign Safari solved that issue though. I was barely through my spiel on who we are and the project that we are working on, when the voice on the other end of the phone said, "sure, we'll do it!" They donated the materials, labor, design work and installation for the three signs and even the "help me compost" stickers on the tumbler. Shortly after the installation, some random act of nature caused one sign to crack (not any fault of the sign makers). Another call to the Sign Safari solved the problem, instead of just telling us how to fix it they came and got it and repaired it in their shop and had it back up in the garden in no time! The garden is truly complete now and the signs look great! We owe a big thanks to Sign Safari and we encourage you to call them the next time you need help with your signs. They do a great job! The Garden sits outside of the fence at the Frisco Drop-Off Center, right next to the Frisco Fire Station on 8th Avenue. In preparation for winter the signs will be taken down shortly and replaced in the spring- hope you get to see them before our fall garden clean-up begins. |
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Putting the Green into the Publishing Industry Green Press Initiative is a non-profit organization encouraging the use of post-consumer recycled paper and an elimination of the use of old growth fibers by publishers nationwide. In fact, with the help of the EPA the group has created a challenge for the book industry to be utilizing 30% post-consumer recycled fiber and working to ensure the elimination of Endangered Forest fibers by July 2008. So far nearly 60 publishing companies have signed on to making the commitment to meeting the challenge. As members of the organization, publishers agree to implement policies to increase the use of recycled fiber and to phase out of fiber from endangered forests. So far these publishers are mostly the small and medium sized companies, but GPI is pressuring bigger publishers to come on board too. With 1.1 million tons of paper (the equivalent of 25 million trees) being consumed by book publishers in 2000 alone, obvious environmental benefits come from a change. Currently the industry averages 5% post-consumer recycled fiber. The increase to 30% would carry the annual benefit of saving 4.9 million trees, 524 million pounds of greenhouse gases, 2 billion gallons of water, 388,137 pounds of hazardous air pollutants, and reduced pressure on rare and threatened forests. Many companies argue that a change to recycled content paper would be too expensive. But studies have shown that the use of 30% post-consumer recycled paper would increase the cost of a book by zero to 4 cents only and a 100% post-consumer recycled paper book would only cost zero to 17 cents more. And other studies found that 86% of consumers are willing, on average, to pay up to one dollar more for a book printed on recycled content. Several authors have joined in on the challenge too. As members of the organization, authors agree to require post-consumer recycled paper stock as part of their book contracts. Alice Walker, Julia Butterfly Hill, Paul Hawken, E.O. Wilson and Barbara Kingsolver are all on the list of committed authors. You can learn more about GPI at www.GreenPressInitiative.org |
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Vote FOR Renewable Energy:Vote YES on Amendment 37!!!
The renewable energy proposal requires that the major electric utility companies in Colorado generate defined percentages of their electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar power. The levels start at 3% in 2007 and reach 10% by 2015. Legislatures in 16 other states have passed similar requirements, and many of those states are ahead of schedule in meeting their target levels. The implementation of a renewable energy portfolio in Colorado will:
For more information go to www.RenewableEnergyYes.com Want to support Amendment 37 with a yard sign? Come pick one up at the Frisco Recycling Drop-Off Center. You can find them stacked up in the Information Center/Kiosk! Get one while supplies last! (And then reuse it after November 2nd like you would poster board!) |
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A rt Contest!!!!Kids design the front cover to the latest GREEN PAGES- and win a prize! We are holding the Green Pages Cover Design Contest with entries due on November 19th (a Friday) by 5pm in our office (110 3rd Street in Frisco). Anyone 18 and under can enter- with no limit on the number of entries per artist. All entries should be on a standard 8.5 x 11" piece of paper using only green, black and white for colors. We encourage children to enter on their own or for teachers to use the contest as a class activity with entries from each student. The winner will receive $100 and will appear on the cover of 2005-06 Green Pages! Honorable mentions will appear as section dividers inside of the Green Pages. Honorable mentions will be awarded prizes as well. Entries can be mailed to us at Summit Recycling Project, PO Box 4506, Frisco, CO 80443 or hand delivered to our new office at 110 3rd Street (Frisco Recreation Building) in Frisco. Note: we will not be in this office until November 1st, prior to this date, come to our old office at 300 Main Street, Frisco. Be sure to include your name, phone number, mailing address, email address and age on the back of each entry. Entries will not be returned. |
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CO2 & You "The average U.S. citizen is responsible for nearly 12,000 pounds of CO2 emissions a year. A third comes from power generation, another third from internal combustion-powered vehicles and the rest from other activities. 'Energy use is embodied in everything that we use and buy,' notes [US Department of Energy's] Oak Ridge [National Laboratory] researcher Gregg Marland. 'Just because you may not be burning the fossil fuel yourself, don't kid yourself into thinking that someone isn't burning it on your behalf.'" ~National Wildlife, Aug/Sept 2004 |
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Green Product/Business Showcase- Innovative Energy Innovative Energy provides
sales, service, design and installation of eco-friendly energy
alternatives in Summit and Park counties. |
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Request an Absentee Ballot! It's simple! Go to electionimpact.votenet.com to get an absentee ballot (who knows November 2nd could be a powder day!). Time is running out so do it now! |
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Bottlecap Bonanza and the Illustrious Carly Wier in San Francisco Recycling should be fun, and the Recycled Pulp Fashion Show put together by Nancy Judd from the New Mexico Recycling Coalition and held each year at the National Recycling Conference is the perfect showcase for recycling fun. Check out SRP director, Carly Wier, in her handmade recycled outfit sponsored by New Belgium Brewing Company from Fort Collins, Colorado by clicking here That's her in pictures 10 & 11 (and a couple more). |
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TAKE ACTION: Once in a while, something so absurd comes along that we have to ask you to help us take action…say, something like The Great Post Office Paper Recycling Fiasco of 2003. This new absurdity is just as bad: recently, Epson, makers of fine affordable printers and intentionally designed NON-refillable/NON-reusable ink-jet cartridges announced that they’d be collecting used ink-jet cartridges for recycling through the Funding Factory. Sounds good, eh? Here’s the really absurd catch: they aren’t recycling them (turning them into new products), and they aren’t refilling them (reusing them) – they are INCINERATING THEM! Yes, that’s right, their new “recycling” program actually burns the cartridges in incinerators cleverly called “waste-to-energy” plants. Epson claims that this is the best technology available to handle the spent cartridges and they seem to be really confused about the definition of recycling. Technology exists to refill ink-jet cartridges (it happens all the time and Epson’s competitors do it). And modern incinerators (by any name) create serious human health, environmental and social justice problems. Call or e-mail us for more information about this absurd program or the dangers of incinerators. Or better yet see this website. Please take a moment and click here to send an email to Epson. Tell them that incinerating is NOT recycling, and that maybe you won’t buy their printers or cartridges until they stop burning used cartridges and calling it recycling. Or write your own letter to:
Shelby Houston
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The Dream MRF in Summit Thanks to the overwhelming support of voters in 2003, the Summit County Government will be building what we at SRP refer to as “the dream MRF” in early 2005. While we don’t have any details available on the design/build team that will take charge of this project, we are certain that the final design will contain some fantastic “green building” components, including a focus on energy efficiency and recycled content materials. We will keep you informed as this project gets rolling, as it really is a dream-come-true for recyclers in Summit County. The MRF will allow us to substantially increase and change the way we collect materials for recycling in Summit County. After the facility is open, probably in October of 2005, Summit County recyclers will be able to mix all of their containers and eventually all of their papers, too. Curbside recycling will become a reality for most of our mountain community! |
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The World Pledge Project The Center for Peace & Conflict Studies at Wayne State University in Michigan has developed The World Pledge Project. They clearly explain that the purpose of the World Pledge is not to replace the US Pledge of Allegiance but to supplement it. They hope that the poster and accompanying study guide they have developed will encourage children "to gain better understanding about the planet on which they live, the people who inhabit it, and the ecosystem of which they are a part." The study guide, which is appropriate for teachers and parents and counselors alike, costs a mere $5 and the poster is $10. Order yours by clicking here. The poster would look great in a classroom or child's bedroom with animals and people and plants bordering the pledge, which reads: I
pledge allegiance to the world,
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Watch us Grow… We’ve come a long way since Tim McClure founded Summit Recycling Project in 1976. Simply put, recycling is now an institution in Summit County - thanks to dedicated and supportive recyclers like YOU. But, we’ve got a long way to go and we’re ready to keep growing…With the MRF coming on line next year, and stable support from the Summit County Government, Summit Recycling Project is going to be able to be more aggressive in finding markets for new materials and helping to get new reuse and conservation programs off the ground in our community. Topping our list of priorities is: Plastic Bag Recycling (you’ll be hearing more about this soon…); forming a Green Building Workgroup; creating a Reused Building Materials Store; and Energy Conservation Demonstration & Advocacy. As a mission-driven nonprofit organization, we need your support to address these needs that you have identified for our community. Our annual Fall Giving Drive is coming up, so please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Summit Recycling Project this month. You’ll be receiving a mailer from us soon, or send a contribution to us right now at: Summit
Recycling Project Thanks for your support! We couldn’t do it without you! |
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Upcoming Events October 22nd - 2004 Bluegrassroots: A Celebration of Colorado Beer, Bluegrass, and Biodiesel at the Silverthorne Pavilion. Doors open at 6:30. Bands include Frying Pan, Single Malt and Shanti Groove. Tickets $15 ($12 for SRP members).November 15th- America Recycles Day- how will you celebrate? If you do your recycling at the Frisco site to celebrate you'll surely see us selling canvas bags and giving out treats and coffee. November 19th- Art Contest entries due by 5pm- design a cover for the 2005-06 Green Pages. Must be 18 and under to enter. See above for more details. November 20th- Refined. Renatured. Recycled. An Arts & Crafts Fair 10am to 4pm at the Summit County Senior/Community Center on County Rd 1005 in Frisco. Entry is free and beautiful and unique arts & crafts will abound- as well as homemade treats! |
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SRP Drop-off Centers & Materials Accepted Monday-Saturday 8-5, Sundays 10-2, closed on Holidays: Breckenridge – located on County Road 450, one block past 7-11 on the left. Monday-Wednesday 9-5 only: Dillon- Town Hall Parking Lot each Waste Management operates a drop-off center in Silverthorne, on Brian Ave (between 3rd & 4th Ave) The following materials are accepted at all of Summit County’s recycling centers Aluminum Cans and Foil Corrugated Cardboard Glass Bottles and Jars Paper (Newspaper, Magazines, Office Pak, White Ledger, Phone Books) Plastics (#1 and #2 bottles only– no tubs) Tin (Steel) Cans (metal lids/caps OK) The following are only accepted at SRP’s drop-off centers: Batteries (auto and household) **Paperboard (cereal boxes, 12-pack boxes, etc) Used Motor Oil and Oil Filters Scrap metal is only accepted at the Frisco drop-off center ** Appliances are now accepted at the Summit County Landfill only(Freon must be removed from refrigerators before drop-off, call SRP for options. Call the landfill for hours 468-9263. $10 drop-off fee per appliance) Household Hazardous Waste accepted for a fee and by appointment ONLY. Call SRP 668-5703 for details.Anything not listed here, but still useable should be offered on SummitFreecycle |
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Recycling Collection Snowy Peaks 389-1747 The Summit Recycler 390-0958 Timberline Disposal 800-787-5137 Waste Management, Inc. 468-2475 |
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Wish List New gloves and work boots Producer responsibility Passing of Amendment 37 A newer laptop computer |
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Change one habit.
Change one light bulb in your home to a compact florescent lightbulb (CFL) and save energy- and money. (The initial expense is more but they last significantly longer and use less electricity, which costs you less!)
Individual Action does support a collective change! |
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