Advancing Waste Prevention in Benton County
Jeanette Hardison
Hello, Waste Prevention Action Team members!
- In 2021, WPAT members Marge Stevens and I served on a small sub-committee of the Benton County Solid Waste Advisory Council (SWAC), called the "Materials Management/Waste Prevention Working Group."
- The working group's purpose was "to develop recommendations to SWAC to increase waste prevention activities in Benton County, in accordance with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality goals that call for a 'Materials Management' approach that goes beyond recovery."
- We met for over a year, and helped develop the attached document: Recommendations for Advancing Waste Prevention in Benton County.
I AM RE-SENDING to keep the results in mind as WPAT moves forward with our own priorities and activities. For example, at our WPAT meeting tonight, there was a suggestion for "Repair" as a possible future theme of a Recycling Block Captain handout... which goes perfectly in-line with Initiative #2 below, as recommended by the committee.
The report is long, but key sections are local program research pages 5-8, Recommendations on pages 12-15, and the following Recommended Initiatives on page 15:
E. Initiatives
1. County-wide
collaboration for green businesses: Partnership of Saving Green and County
program (i.e. Marion County’s Earthwise)
2. Durable Goods
Reuse Center and Repair Mall
3. Expansion of
Benton County/City of Corvallis “Library of Things” including event servingware
4. Construction &
Demolition Waste Task Force
5. Reusable Take Out Food Container Service
It's exciting that the County has already co-funded the Coalition's Benton To Go program, which IS initiative #5 above!
Anyway, again just wanted to re-share this to keep it on our minds.
Thank you for reading!
Jeanette
Jeanette Hardison
Co-Team Leader, Waste Prevention Action Team
Annette Mills
Thank you, Jeanette. Great reminder – and a great suggestion for the upcoming Recycling Block Captains handout!
Annette
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Waste Prevention Action Team | Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
VISION: Corvallis is a waste-free community that fosters behaviors to reduce consumption of material goods.
sustainablecorvallis.org/what-we-do/action-teams/waste-prevention
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