Comments on: Recyclable waste: too precious to burn? http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/2010/02/20/recyclable-waste-too-precious-to-burn/ CSR and Sustainability in the Meetings and Events Industry Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mårten Lind http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/2010/02/20/recyclable-waste-too-precious-to-burn/#comment-396 Mårten Lind Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:47:25 +0000 http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/?p=733#comment-396 Nice post. I also liked the article about waste incineration. I would think the city of Stockholm and perhaps Sweden in general is proud about its waste incineration. It was certainly displayed as a success story for the European mayors during the Eurocities meeting before christmas, and was probably one of the reasons Stockholm was awarded environmental captial of the year. The article and your post certainly puts this into perspective. I think the simplicity of incineration is an unfortunate threat to recycling and reusing. Nice post. I also liked the article about waste incineration. I would think the city of Stockholm and perhaps Sweden in general is proud about its waste incineration. It was certainly displayed as a success story for the European mayors during the Eurocities meeting before christmas, and was probably one of the reasons Stockholm was awarded environmental captial of the year. The article and your post certainly puts this into perspective. I think the simplicity of incineration is an unfortunate threat to recycling and reusing.

]]> By: Helen Pierce http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/2010/02/20/recyclable-waste-too-precious-to-burn/#comment-390 Helen Pierce Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:10:26 +0000 http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/?p=733#comment-390 Hi This may not be the site to ask about your recycling site and if it is not - thanks for reading my question. I came to your site on Saturday, March 13th, to drop off some recycling material and found your gates locked. From a friend, I understood that on the second Sat of the month, you took in items like magazines, paper that is not acceptable in our 'blue' dumpsters, etc. Could you let me know what your schedule is or perhaps you've discontinued this service. I will be very disappointed because I was glad to be able to recycle my magazines instead of throwing them into the thrash can. Thanks Hi
This may not be the site to ask about your recycling site and if it is not – thanks for reading my question.

I came to your site on Saturday, March 13th, to drop off some recycling material and found your gates locked. From a friend, I understood that on the second Sat of the month, you took in items like magazines, paper that is not acceptable in our ‘blue’ dumpsters, etc.

Could you let me know what your schedule is or perhaps you’ve discontinued this service. I will be very disappointed because I was glad to be able to recycle my magazines instead of throwing them into the thrash can.

Thanks

]]> By: Michael http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/2010/02/20/recyclable-waste-too-precious-to-burn/#comment-355 Michael Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:47:31 +0000 http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/?p=733#comment-355 You're so good, Shawna, thank you. I 're´tweeted´the MeetGreen Twitter entry which mentioned the brilliant post (readers: see the greendestinations.blogspot com site), and plan to write a follow article here inspired by your findings and shared thoughts. Thank you for building on those thoughts here and sharing/recommending concrete actions for planners. ongoing thanks for leading the charge toward sustainable events, michael You’re so good, Shawna, thank you. I ‘re´tweeted´the MeetGreen Twitter entry which mentioned the brilliant post (readers: see the greendestinations.blogspot com site), and plan to write a follow article here inspired by your findings and shared thoughts.

Thank you for building on those thoughts here and sharing/recommending concrete actions for planners.

ongoing thanks for leading the charge toward sustainable events,

michael

]]> By: Shawna McKinley http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/2010/02/20/recyclable-waste-too-precious-to-burn/#comment-354 Shawna McKinley Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:47:09 +0000 http://lessconversationmoreaction.com/?p=733#comment-354 Great post Michael, thanks. I posted about a related topic a few days ago having had two incidents highlight the issue to me last week. The first related diversion goals for the 2010 Olympic Games and the second about a venue we are working with for a pending event (http://greendestinations.blogspot.com/). I can't underline enough how important it is to specifically ask about what is included in facility diversion rates. I'm finding more and more venues are including 'waste-to-energy' in their diversion from landfill streams. Ask for documentation and verify what streams get included in recycling diversion. Know clearly how you intend to handle a situation where it might be included. Even where you have a stream that appears to go to a recycling facility be aware that some companies in North America may divert some of that stream to incineration. Some of them even have a financial interest to do so. It's a good cautionary note for all of us who plan meetings about how much weight we put in recycling diversion metrics. Even where you measure this, how you measure it creates the potential for greenwash. It also underlines how important it is to try to capture how much you are reducing as a first course of action. Cheers :) Great post Michael, thanks. I posted about a related topic a few days ago having had two incidents highlight the issue to me last week. The first related diversion goals for the 2010 Olympic Games and the second about a venue we are working with for a pending event (http://greendestinations.blogspot.com/).

I can’t underline enough how important it is to specifically ask about what is included in facility diversion rates. I’m finding more and more venues are including ‘waste-to-energy’ in their diversion from landfill streams. Ask for documentation and verify what streams get included in recycling diversion. Know clearly how you intend to handle a situation where it might be included. Even where you have a stream that appears to go to a recycling facility be aware that some companies in North America may divert some of that stream to incineration. Some of them even have a financial interest to do so.

It’s a good cautionary note for all of us who plan meetings about how much weight we put in recycling diversion metrics. Even where you measure this, how you measure it creates the potential for greenwash. It also underlines how important it is to try to capture how much you are reducing as a first course of action.

Cheers :)

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