RE: {Green CP Plus} Mid-April Kojo Show on Recycling

[Virginia Johnson]

Dear All,
 
I am going to be "testifying" at an Adams Morgan ANC subcmte meeting on May 25. By testifying, I just mean speaking in favor of the idea in front the ANC subcommittee, in order to get members on board with facilitating household hazardous waste recycling for those without cars.
 
A little while ago, I suggested a shuttle from the metro to the Ft Totten recycling center - to this Subcommittee, but then the idea for a roving neighborhood truck to pick up the actual recycling (not people) was proposed by the chairman of the overall ANC. The chairman of this particular subcommittee (of which the ANC chair is a member) is now saying it's not officially an initiative of the ANC. So, sigh - I'm going to try to get them back on track, and try to get their buy-in. Again.
 
I realize this is a long shot with the CP group, especially as this would be (perhaps) an Adams Morgan-only initiative, but if you are interested in strengthening the numbers, here are the details:
 
ANC 1C Public Services Subcommittee Meeting
Wednesday - May 25, 2011
7:00 pm
Kalorama Park Recreation Center
Columbia Road at Belmont Street NW

The meeting will be mostly about other things - just this.
 
-Virginia


 

> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 18:02:42 -0500
> From: pets...@silent.net
> To: green...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: {Green CP Plus} Mid-April Kojo Show on Recycling
>
> Virginia, thank you so much for pushing for household hazardous materials
> to be picked up from more locations than just Fort Totten! Not only is it
> difficult to get to Fort Totten without a car, a lot of people (including
> me) have just a few tiny items for household hazmat collection, and it'd
> be ridiculous to travel for more than an hour each direction to drop off
> something that weighs only a few ounces. If the city doesn't set up an
> official program to collect hazmat from around the city, I wonder whether
> businesses, houses of worship, or other non-governmental entities might be
> willing to organize something.
>
> I hadn't been aware of the Kojo show on recycling electronics. For the
> benefit of anyone else who didn't hear the show, here are links to the
> audio and transcript:
> Audio: http://thekojonnamdishow.org/audio-player?nid=19059
> Transcript:
> http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-04-12/afterlife-your-electronics/transcript
>
> To me, the most interesting part was the discussion of the Basel
> Convention, which limits the exportation of hazardous materials to less
> developed countries. (Unfortunately, the United States didn't ratify it.
> Wikipedia says that "Of the 175 parties to the Convention, only
> Afghanistan, Haiti, and the United States have signed the Convention but
> not yet ratified it." How embarrassing for our country!)
>
> Another transcript that may be of interest to green-minded people is that
> of the April 27, 2011 DPW chat on recycling and household hazardous waste.
> It can be found at:
> http://dpw.dc.gov/DC/DPW/Live+Chat
> One of the things said by DPW during that chat contradicts what's
> previously been said, so I don't know whether all the information is
> accurate, but presumably most of it is. Some of it is confusing. For
> example, virtually all hard plastic items are recyclable, but the black
> plastic containers that are often used for carry-out food are not.
> Another example: Even though grocery, produce, newspaper, and dry cleaning
> bags are recyclable, plastic sheeting is not. I'm not sure what happens
> when people put prohibited items in their recycling bins, which must
> happen often.
>
> Jen
>
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