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Annabel Khouri
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Regional Zero Waste Coll…
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Downtown Cleveland Compo…
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Food Waste Composting St…
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Zero Waste by 2019 @ Work
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Annabel Khouri's Discussions
Ohio sets waste reduction, recycling goals
Started Mar 8
Northeast Ohio businesses adopt zero waste plans
Started Mar 5
How to Work with Your Vendors to Go on a Packaging Diet
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Millis Mar 2.
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matters at Great Lakes Science Center
March 23, 2010 from 7:30pm to 9pm
• 2.6 billion people lack the most
basic thing that human dignity requires.
• Four in ten people in the world
have no toilet.
• Every 15 seconds a child dies
from diarrhea—usually brought on by
fecal-contaminated food or water.
On Tuesday, March 23…
More discussion on 90.3 WCPN Trash-To-Energy Proposal Draws Skepticism this morning about the waste to energy project the city of Cleveland is pursuing. Interested in hearing thoughts from this network on this project....what do you think?
March 5 – New waste reduction and recycling goals have been set for all of Ohio’s 52 solid waste management districts."I challenge all of Ohio’s residents, communities and businesses to
increase recycling efforts so our state can become a leader in…
The NORTHERN OHIO FOOD TERMINAL houses a large segment of northern Ohio's wholesale food industry, covering an area of 34 acres from E. 37th to E. 40th streets between Woodland and Orange avenues. More
Profile Information
- Your organization
- Entrepreneurs for Sustainability (E4S)
- Your website
- http://www.e4s.org
- What attracts you to the concept of zero waste?
- There is no concept of waste in nature. Everything that is waste to one organism is food to another. Imagine what we can learn from nature to eliminate waste from our lives?
- What is your organization doing to eliminate waste?
- E4S has goals surrounding zero waste. We compost all our food/organic waste using an outdoor compost and a worm bin. Our building recycles paper, plastic, bottles, cans and cardboard. We only have one waste basket in our office located in the common area.
- What motivated you to join ZeroWasteNEO.org?
- Learn best practices, Share resources, Network with others, Find ways to save money, Find potential clients
- What do you need to learn to be able to take action towards Zero Waste?
- How to engage organizations in concept of zero waste and what organizations are doing to get there. How can we share best practices to help all of us advance on our journey?
- Please describe your organization's waste reduction goals (i.e. zero waste by 2019).
- E4S has set a BHAG to be zero waste by 2019.
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Waste Management Recycle America - Oakwood Village Facility
On a recent tour of the recycling facility at Oakwood Village, I learned what happens to the bulk of the recyclable materials from the 27 cities around the region. Built in 1993, WM Recycle America processes about 4000-5000 tons of recyclable materials every month. The facility handles single stream recycling, which allows participants to place all recyclables into one container. Automated sorting technology at Oakwood Village separates the material streams so they can be baled and remarketed.… Continue
Posted on March 3, 2010 at 9:35am —
Local Supermarket Starts Composting!
Heinen's, a locally owned and operated grocery chain with 17 stores, has partnered with Rosby to begin composting food scraps in its Mayfield Village, Middleburg Heights, and Brecksville stores. The program, which started last fall, has been successful and the company plans to continue to roll this out to its remaining stores. Heinen's is also looking at its entire waste stream for opportunities.
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Posted on February 18, 2010 at 12:10pm — 1 Comment
Working Towards Zero Waste: Local Leaders Share Their Success
At the 2nd Annual E4S Zero Waste Best Practices and First Steps event, participants learned the benefits of setting a BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) of zero waste. Guest speakers shared how they are saving money, reducing their environmental footprint, being more socially responsible and creating a great story to market their products.
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Posted on February 10, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments
Waste Management Composting Technology
Waste Management (WM) owns a landfill in Solon that no longer accepts municipal solid waste. Since 2001, Stouffer's, located nearby, has used methane gas from this landfill. This fuel source meets about 80% of Stouffer's processing and plant heating needs. WM uses a recovery, compression and treatment system to capture the methane.
The Solon WM site currently accepts construction and demolition waste. The wood… Continue
The Solon WM site currently accepts construction and demolition waste. The wood… Continue
Posted on January 27, 2010 at 9:00am —
Turtle Plastics - Recycling Byproducts Into Usable Goods
Tom Norton, President of Turtle Plastics in Lorain, OH knows a thing or two about recycling materials. He has been in the business of recycling since 1980, having developed the first MRF in the state of Ohio. The process of recycling materials evolved into making products from the materials. Specifically, Turtle Plastics makes modular matting and industrial plastic cribbing from PVC. The PVC primarily comes from the automobile industry… Continue
Posted on December 18, 2009 at 10:04am —
Comment Wall (30 comments)
- At 10:58am on March 10, 2010,
Mark Langan said… - Starting a new art project today that would love for you all to see here soon when complete. I had my local Buehler's Store in Brunswick save for me a stack of Campbell's soup corrugated boxes. I am working on a rendition of a Campbell's tomato soup can liken to Andy Warhol's. My version of course being three dimensional but utilizing the corrugated can cartons directly into the art piece. Always loved his art piece and I'm a perfectionist with graphics. Should be fun, I'll send a pic over once completed.
- At 10:53am on March 10, 2010,
Mark Langan said…
- Thank you Annabel. It is ironic that you wrote by email yesterday, as I was wondering if you had ever received my message, Thanks for taking the time to do so and I do appreciate the info obviously for this site as I am now a member...yeah! This is a wonderful venue to show my work, network, learn about what others are doing, etc. In Brunswick we have a "Green" committee that meets monthly. I'm not actually a member yet as having children can make for extra curricular activities difficult sometimes. You have to chose of course what fits in the schedule. I have however been a guest speaker at their events, attend meetings when I can and do keep in touch. One of the more enlightening things we did was take a field trip of sorts to our waste facility in Medina with the team. My kids went as well and we truly were impressed by it and learning about what happens to our waste. I bring up only as because I seen some of the pics from your WM trip as well. Thank you again for all, My best!
- At 1:06pm on February 3, 2010,
p.j. doran said…
- thanks annabel
was good to see you and also was an awesome meeting! yes, matt and apoc hooked up and it has helped us cut down our shop waste by almost 80%! that is huge for me, thanks for the hook-up. hope to see you soon!
best
p.j.
- At 12:59pm on February 3, 2010,
Fida A Aziz said… - Hello Annabel,
I did attend the Beyond Copenhagen event sponsored by E4S a couple weeks ago. I am unsure if we had time to meet and talk directly, but I'm sure we can remedy that in the near future. I am a renewable energy systems designer & installer and am fairly new to the Cleveland, OH market (start-up was actually last summer). Our team at YellowLite are extremely excited about the potential that this wonderful city has to offer and are determined to lead the residential and commercial sector for renewable energy products and services. Unfortunately, I will be unavailable next Tuesday for the Zero Waste event, but greatly do appreciate the invitation. Perhaps, whenever your available we can discuss in greater detail how our organizations can work together for a greener and cleaner future.
- At 11:56am on January 11, 2010,
TreeMaster Tree Care Service said…
- Hello Annabel,
Happy New Year, good luck to everyone in 2010 for Zero Waste.
Annabel you are the power of networking and making things happen for all that strive for Zero Waste.
I did recieve your information and I sent over a email to find out more about the wood waste and amounts.
Thank you, for keeping me in mind TreeMaster
- At 9:03am on January 6, 2010,
Ron Smith said…
- Hi Annabel
I definitely want to collaborate with you and folks in your network. Lending assistance to organizations who are trying to reduce and hopefully eliminate their waste streams is our primary business. There is a wealth of information I can learn from you and your network members, that I can share with businesses all over Ohio and beyond. I am excited to be here!! As always let me know how we can help you!
Thanks,
Ron
- At 4:14pm on January 4, 2010,
Ken Schneider said… - Hi Annabel
Thanks for the information, I'll contact them -- maybe I can generate some interest from a few Lorain County companies, too. We're a little behind the times out here.
Take care
- At 3:55pm on December 15, 2009,
Marianne Eppig said…
- Hi Annabel! Thanks for the invite. Yep, the photo was taken in the summer outside of Presti's in Little Italy :)
See you at SASA!
Marianne
- At 10:31am on December 15, 2009,
Lori Sprosty said… - Based on the past 2 years, the BVGT probably won't know the results of our 2009 waste reduction goal of reducing waste 10% from '08 levels until early January 2010 - that's when the service dept will be releasing 2009 results of waste management & recycling stats. I'll let you know then Annabel. Thanks to you and Victoria for hosting the meeting last Friday, I am excited to be a part of zero waste neo!
Lori
- At 7:26pm on December 9, 2009,
Linda Sekura said…
- Annabel - Can I get your email? And Ibrahim's and Lori's? I'd like to invite whoever is involved with this Waste-to-Profit project to our Advanced Energy Generation meeting (and to come to theirs). We will be meeting at NASA Glenn in January (to tour and hear from energy engineers) with a meeting before that possibly. Would also like to talk soon. Thanks. Cell: 216-598-0113. Email: Linda.Sekura@grc.nasa.gov.
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