FW: Zero Waste Update - October 2024
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Sent: Friday, October 18, 2024 12:47 PM
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Subject: Zero Waste Update - October 2024
Zero Waste Update
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Disclaimer: Some of the events, articles and websites listed in this email are not sponsored by EPA. EPA Region 9 is listing them for informational purposes only, is not responsible for their content and does not endorse any commercial product, service, enterprise, training, or policy that may be included.
Wishing you a Happy Zero Waste Month and Children’s Health Month!
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Congrats EPA 2024 Region 9 Pollution Prevention Award Waste Reduction Winners!
Zero Waste San Diego; San Diego, CA, for offering free Fix-It Clinics that brought local tradespeople together with the community to share skills and teach neighbors to repair broken electronics, appliances, clothes, and other household items. They have hosted over 100 clinics across eleven neighborhoods in San Diego, kept 30,000 pounds of material out of landfills through repair, and built a dedicated and skilled volunteer team of twenty technicians and tradespeople, including many veterans. Fix-it Clinics expanded into Los Angeles County, demonstrating the scalability and demand for a community repair framework that other communities can adapt.
Salem Boys Auto; Tempe, AZ, for installing a water bottle filling station in their lobby to prevent the use of 5,089 single-use water bottles or cups. The company’s employees brought in reusable water bottles instead of using multiple disposable cups or single-use plastic water bottles. They also installed new turf landscaping to reduce the amount of water they were using and switched to LED lights.
La Nova Beauty; Carson City, NV, for using organic, eco-friendly, and ethically sourced beauty products; plastic-free products and equipment made of bamboo, aluminum, and straw; Paper Not Foil -- a sustainable alternative to hair foil made of construction waste; and rapidly renewable fiber bath tissue and paper towels. They also repurposed their glass jars and bottles to reduce waste. To curb resource consumption and save on utility bills, they installed LED lighting, sun-blocking window film, and low-flow faucet aerators throughout their salon.
Carson City Toyota; Carson City, NV, for purchasing recycled paper, switching to LED lighting, using non-toxic cleaning and building maintenance products, and installing low flow plumbing fixtures. They also adopted spill-kit procedures, avoided chlorinated solvents whenever possible, and adopted best practices for the storage and disposal of hazardous waste.
The Pad; Henderson, NV, for developing an environmental policy that covers waste, pollution prevention, energy, water, and transportation best practices. This climbing gym upgraded to energy-efficient lighting fixtures, switched to eco-friendly paper products and nontoxic cleaning supplies, swapped out their plumbing fixtures for low-flow aerators and showerheads, and offered a place to charge electric bikes.
Read all of the EPA P2 Award summaries: https://www.epa.gov/p2/2024-regional-pollution-prevention-recognition-awards
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