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Annabel Khouri 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

Added by Annabel Khouri on March 3, 2010 at 9:35am — No Comments

Victoria International E-Waste Design Competition

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Added by Victoria on February 23, 2010 at 10:12am — No Comments

Annabel Khouri 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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Added by Annabel Khouri on February 18, 2010 at 12:10pm — 1 Comment

Victoria Berea Printing Company is Near Zero Waste

Berea Printing Company in Berea, OH merges history, innovation and endurance. The Dettmer family has been in the printing business since 1967. Since its inception the company culture has been about efficiency and resourcefulness. The first thing that impresses me is the location of only two trash cans in the whole building - one in the office and one in the shop. The rest of the "waste" containers are for recyclable paper, plastic, glass, metal, shrink wra… Continue

Added by Victoria on February 12, 2010 at 3:48pm — 1 Comment

Victoria Job Opportunity!

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Added by Victoria on February 11, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Jeffrey Bowen Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity ReStore on YouTube

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Added by Jeffrey Bowen on February 10, 2010 at 8:17pm — No Comments

Annabel Khouri 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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Added by Annabel Khouri on February 10, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Chloe Carter CBC Magazine Features The Taylor Companies

The Taylor Companies, located in Bedford, Ohio, is the oldest furniture manufacturer and the 28th oldest family business in the United States. In their February 2010 issue, CBC (Cleveland Business Connects) Magazine placed the spotlight on the company for their sustainability practices. They have revitalized a 50-acre Bedford brownstone, use energy-efficient equipment, and have cut their natural gas consumption by 59 percent.

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Added by Chloe Carter on February 9, 2010 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Annabel Khouri 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

Added by Annabel Khouri on January 27, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Jennifer Goetchius Green Plus Award for Businesses

Would you like the chance to gain national recognition for your business? The Institute for Sustainable Development has extended its eligibility deadline for the Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards to January 31, 2010. To be eligible, participating small businesses and non-profits must sign up and complete the Green Plus triple bottom line diagnostic exam no later than midnight, January 31st, 2010.… Continue

Added by Jennifer Goetchius on January 25, 2010 at 3:11pm — No Comments

Chris Newman More Federal Grants

Grant Opportunities This message announces the availability of more than $523 million in funding opportunities for state, local, and tribal governments from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that can be used to support climate and energy initiatives including public transit, source reduction, energy efficiency, and community education. For full eligibility and application details, please visit the link… Continue

Added by Chris Newman on January 7, 2010 at 9:12am — No Comments

Chris Newman EPA Source Reduction Assistance Grants

Source Reduction Assistance - $1.3 million The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requests proposals for the Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program, for environmental projects that reduce or eliminate pollution at the source. National areas of interest include projects that encourage greenhouse gas reduction, toxic and hazardous materials reduction, resource conservation, efficient business practices and P2 integration activities. Eligible entities include states, territories, local govern… Continue

Added by Chris Newman on January 7, 2010 at 9:12am — No Comments

Bridget Schmitz Furniture-maker Haworth Inc. has achieved zero-landfill status!

The 10 U.S. manufacturing facilities of furniture-maker Haworth Inc. have achieved zero-landfill status, meaning that all waste is reused or recycled. " By using blankets, straps, bars and plywood tiers, the company was able to fit an average of about 65 percent more products into its trailers, reducing the number of loads needed and eliminating cardboard waste." Here is the article from Environmental Leader:… Continue

Added by Bridget Schmitz on January 6, 2010 at 4:05pm — 1 Comment

Annabel Khouri 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

Added by Annabel Khouri on December 18, 2009 at 10:04am — No Comments

Victoria Brita Water Filter Recycled by Preserve

Here is a link to drop off locations - http://www.brita.com/us/support/filter-recycling/ The closest drop off location to E4S is in University Heights Whole Foods. They ship them to a New York company that makes products out of #5 plastics. We are one step closer to zero waste in our office!

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Added by Victoria on December 16, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Victoria Counting to Zero // Community-wide zero waste goals

COUNTING TO ZERO JUL 1, 2009 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL FICKES Several communities have adopted zero-waste goals, but exactly what they are trying to achieve can vary. For years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has advised waste disposal operations to use landfills only as last resorts. Today, some municipal solid waste departments are taking that advice to heart and have intro… Continue

Added by Victoria on December 14, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Annabel Khouri 3 Tons Diverted Through Downtown Composting Pilot

After months of planning and negotiating with participants and vendors, a group of organizations in downtown Cleveland went through a 3 week composting pilot program aimed to divert pre-consumer food scraps from going to landfill. Approximately 3 tons of food scraps, waxed cardboard and paper packaging were composted. Landmark, a local waste solutions provider and servicer, played the role of the hauler and Sagamore Soils, which… Continue

Added by Annabel Khouri on December 10, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Annabel Khouri Cleveland Summit 2019 Report Out - Waste to Profit Group

On Tuesday, November 17th the Summit Steering Committee, a group of representatives from the 20 working groups that developed at the Sustainability Summit in August, met to share highlights of what each group is doing. The waste to profit group shared updates on three different projects: 1) The Regional Zero Waste Collaborative is a core group of people that support the idea of Northeast Ohio working towards being a zero waste region by 2019. This core group, started in October 2008 and… Continue

Added by Annabel Khouri on November 19, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Brooke Cowdin New Developments in the Carpet Recycling Industry

(reposted from the Carpetrecovery.org website) Dalton, GA - November 11, 2009 - More than 60 representatives from 47 different organizations met October 28 in Atlanta for the sixth annual Entrepreneurs' Meeting of the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE). The meeting offers a chance for entrepreneur carpet collectors and others with vested interests in the carpet recycling industry to discuss the needs of and issues affecting post-consumer carpet collectors and processors. Key issues this yea… Continue

Added by Brooke Cowdin on November 18, 2009 at 2:43pm — No Comments

Annabel Khouri E4S Celebrates Champions of Sustainability

This evening E4S hosted the seventh annual E4S Champions of Sustainability awards ceremony. A selection committee composed of past award winners chose the most inspiring, highest impact, easily translatable stories from among 55 nominations. The eight award winners are: • Ed Aghajanian, EZ Brite Brands; • Sister Mary Eileen Boyle, Esperanza Threads; • Ed Gordos, Western Reserve Foods and Middlefield Original Cheese; • Nancy Hughes, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo; • Jessie Jacobson & Jill Ziegler,… Continue

Added by Annabel Khouri on November 17, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

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