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October 26, 2007 GODDESS OF GARBAGE: When it comes to the environment, size really does matter and Glenwood's Goddess of Garbage, aka Julie Daniel, will tell you exactly why "less is best." Despite our zealous commitment to recycling, we're producing more waste per capita each year. What's driving the increase? What can we do about it? And what does waste have to do with climate change? During the last year, Julie worked on a task force to draft the Oregon DEQ's waste reduction strategy for the next decade. The group commissioned in-depth research and looked carefully at state, regional and national data on waste. What they discovered may surprise you. It surprised them, and some of the information may challenge your beliefs. It's bound to get you thinking. Julie Daniel is director of BRING Recycling, the non-profit agency that's taken your stuff and sold it back to you for 36 years. BRING's goal is to move first the community, then the region, then the world beyond recycling – to Reuse, Reduce, and Rethink. BRING's new home, the Planet Improvement Center in Glenwood, is living proof that you can do more with less. Our first question will be asked by Jackman Wilson, Editorial Page Editor of The Register-Guard. Participate on the Web! Before the program: After the program:
I have been coming across people lately who have adamantly been NOT recycling & not practicing reusing when given the choice literally right in front of them (i.e. 2 disposal cans right next to each other in a neighborhood park, one marked for recycling the other is trash). I also have heard of people passing by places (Goodwill, St. Vinnie's, Bring, Craig's List freebies, Freecycle, etc.) where they can donate perfectly fine items that can be reused, to then DRIVE FURTHER to PAY to dispose of perfectly fine items at the Glenwood dump. I find this perplexing. How do we reach these people to do the right thing? Obviously, money (in this example of paying to dump) did not influence them to put their items into recirculation for others.// Question #2: Does Bring have an agreement with the dump or EcoSort where they can extract perfectly fine items that people throw away or think are recyclable (but may not be)? I see people throwing a lot away (and much of that is in EcoSort's recycling bins) that could be donated to Bring or elsewhere. Thank you! - N. Cummings <recycled.arts@gmail.com>
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