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DEP Waste
Reduction and Reuse Videoconference and Webcast
This third annual professional development course in videoconference
format is offered by the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania
(PROP) with the support of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP). The program will examine how waste reduction
and reuse strategies can impact recycling and waste management
programs. DEP's Chief of Waste Reduction and Recycling Carl
Hursh will host the two-hour program. The first segment will
focus on Waste Reduction and will feature Greg Harder, Waste
Reduction Specialist with DEP, who will examine recent trends
in waste reduction. Al Fralinger, of PSEG, the Public Service
Enterprise Group, will show how employing resource management
contract techniques has helped to reduce costs for his company's
100 locations in New Jersey.
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The GreenWorks.tv award-winning video "Choose to Reuse"
will lead into Reuse segment of the program. Julie Rhodes
of ReDO, the Reuse Development Organization, will share her
perspective on the national reuse movement. Mark Mazick, Chairman
of the Board of Harrisburg's CHANNELS Food Rescue, and Mike
Gable, manager of Pittsburgh's Construction Junction reuse
center will talk about the challenges their groups face on
a day to day basis. Laura Cohen of the Philadelphia-based
Clean Air Council will display the new "Use it Again
Pennsylvania Guides" and explain their development and
use.
Viewers who wish to participate in the Professional Recyclers
of Pennsylvania PROP professional development program may register
for Penn State University Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits
through PROP. Visit www.proprecycles.org
for more information on course credit or for hosting a satellite
downlink site. Eighteen downlink locations in Pennsylvania will
carry the broadcast. Other locations are welcomed to link to
the satellite. The program will be a live simultaneous webcast
through www.greenworks.tv. Software for viewing the webcast
may be obtained as a free download from GreenWorks.tv. For more
information on Waste Reduction or Reuse, visit www.dep.state.pa.us
(directLINK "Waste Reduction") or (directLINK "Reuse").
Learn More:
Greg's
Top 10 Waste Reduction Tips
DEP
Waste Reduction and Reuse Webpage
Choose
to Reuse
This episode takes us across the state to see how people are
closing the recycling loop by reusing materials in innovative
ways. See textile recycling in action, meet a Philadelphia
sculptor who salvages trash and turns it into treasure, and
experience first hand how others are finding ways to reuse
discarded materials.
Why Pay Your Neighbor's
Trash Bill?
Three Pennsylvania municipalities were featured in this Pay-As-You-Throw
(PAYT) videoconference/webcast sponsored by DEP and the Professional
Recyclers of Pennsylvania.
Home
Products Get a Second Life
Watch this GreenWorks Video to learn about Construction Junction,
a project of the Pennsylvania Resources Council, a store in
Pittsburgh that resells appliances and construction materials
salvaged from old homes or left over from renovation.
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for our help page.
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