Urgent: Please stop Canberra from abandoning "No Waste by 2010" Plan

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Gary Liss

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Mar 27, 2007, 11:09:07 AM3/27/07
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Please send similar emails to the media around Canberra that are listed below ASAP.  See details from Gerry Gillespie below as well. Please send to:
        
         ccn...@capitalradio.net.au, act....@abc.net.au, can...@winnsw.com.au,
         snsw...@sctn.com.au, act....@abc.net.au, ne...@primetv.com.au,
         steve...@parliament.act.gov.au, pr...@parliament.act.gov.au

Please cc: me as well.  Thanks!

Gary Liss

Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:30:43 -0700
To: ccn...@capitalradio.net.au, act....@abc.net.au, can...@winnsw.com.au,
        snsw...@sctn.com.au, act....@abc.net.au, ne...@primetv.com.au,
        steve...@parliament.act.gov.au, pr...@parliament.act.gov.au
From: Gary Liss <ga...@garyliss.com>
Subject: Urgent: Please stop Canberra from abandoning "No Waste by
  2010" Plan
Cc: Gary Liss <ga...@garyliss.com>, zwia...@gselist.org (ZWIA Planning Group)

We need your help. 

We have been advised by our Zero Waste network that Canberra is abandoning its "No Waste by 2010" plan.  Your leadership is desperately needed to help stop greenhouse gas emissions from landfills (landfills are one of the largest single sources of greenhouse gases, particularly methane, which is 23x more potent in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide).

The world was awakened in the mid-1990s from the stupor of its wastefulness by the clarion call from Canberra - the first Zero Waste Community Plan in the world.  That single action has stimulated a world-wide network of governments, businesses (including 2800 in Japan alone)
and activists promoting Zero Waste, as you can see from the following websites: Please highlight how the current direction is misguided.  There are many ways to raise money - committing to waste more and hurt the planet should not be supported.

Gary Liss
Zero Waste Consultant
Member, Zero Waste International Alliance Planning Group
Loomis, CA
916-652-7850
www.garyliss.com

Subject: [zwiaplan] Revolve shut down
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:28:45 +1100
From: "Gillespie Gerry" <Gerry.G...@environment.nsw.gov.au>
To: "Zero Waste International Planners" <zwia...@gselist.org>
Cc: <dr....@urbanore.us>, <tmacd...@svdp.us>, "Sheryl Stivens" <sheryl...@clear.net.nz>, <crn...@crnhq.demon.co.uk>, <ga...@no-burn.org>, <didier...@dil.asso.fr>, <sust...@pl.net>, <jerry....@edmonton.ca>, <jm014...@blueyonder.co.uk>, <ma...@irha-h2o.org>, <marianne...@empa.ch>, <biog...@ethics.demon.co.uk>, <paul...@vcutechnology.com>, <r...@wastewatch.org.uk>, <r...@sustcities.org.nz>, <postm...@ecologika.demon.co.uk>, <robin...@blueyonder.co.uk>, <an...@demos.co.uk>

Dear Zero Wasters around the world,
 
We need your help urgently!!!
 
As some of you will know I am on the board of an organisation called Revolve.
 
Revolve is a non-for-profit charity organisation which takes a range of materials from the waste stream in Australia’s National Capital and sells them back to the public to create jobs.
 
It has operated on the main Landfill in Canberra, Australia for the past 19 years. It was created in 1988 for the sole purpose of creating jobs in the local community.
 
Toward the end of last year Revolve was forced to tender to keep its work going in the local community and to stay on the Mugga landfill. In its tender proposal, Revolve offered to dramatically increase the recycling operations on the site.
 
We have now been informed after five months of delays that the tender has been awarded to a commercial operator from outside the community.
 
The government claims the contract is of no value to them but Revolve currently employs 16 full time staff, whose wages go to the community, it saves around 7000 tons of waste from landfill every year and contributes goods, services and money to other community groups to support their efforts.
 
Revolve is a symbol of recycling in Canberra. During the tender process we collected more than 6000 signatures on a petition in support of Revolve. More than 200 letters of complaint about the tender process have been sent to the Minister, without response.
 
The Canberra Government is backing away from its “No Waste by 2010” strategy – since a new manager took over and Graham Mannall no longer round policy, the “2010” target has disappeared from all of its signs and stationery.
 
The government has become greedy for money and sees the $9.6 million they make form landfill as more important that jobs in the local community.
 
How can you help?
 
We need comments from you and your organisation saying how upset you are to hear of the loss of Revolve to the community.
 
If you have visited the site we would ask that you make your comments more personal.
 
I appreciate that you are all very busy but this is a very desperate situation we are facing – myself and a very tearful manager had to inform our employees yesterday afternoon that we could no longer guarantee their jobs.
 
Please make your comments as elaborate as you may wish, but I need them urgently.
 
We will start a media blitz on Sunday afternoon – I would appreciate from you:
  1. Your comment on the loss of the contract
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