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Recycling and Art meet in Mears Park
For additional information about the program, visit www.recyclinginmearspark.org
Eureka Recycling measures the carbon footprint of composting
The energy saving benefits of recycling has been touted for years—for example, making a new aluminum can from old cans results in 90-97% energy savings compared to making a new can from bauxite and other raw materials—but calculations about the benefits of composting are just surfacing.
We now have a full report prepared on the environmental benefits of recycling and composting. You can read it to learn more or simply take the Minnesota Energy Challenge to see how you can make a difference by recycling and composting.
For additional information about the impacts of wasting in terms of climate change, read Stop Trashing the Climate, a report issued in June 2008 by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, the Global Anti-Incineration Alliance, and Eco-Cycle.
In a zero waste system, materials are designed and managed to be conserved and recovered, rather than destroyed, buried or transformed in ways that limit our ability to safely reuse them for productive purposes. Communities and businesses currently in the process of adopting zero waste goals look to examples of ecological systems, where the output of one system becomes the input for another system, the way decomposition and decay form the basis of nourishment for new organisms. Recognizing the need to provide all communities clear and concise examples for crafting zero waste policies and strategic plans to achieve zero waste, Eureka Recycling has compiled a Zero Waste Ordinance Resource Guide with nearly 70 examples from communities that are leading the way! The Zero Waste Resource Guide was first presented at the Alliance For Sustainability’s “Local Government Sustainability Workshop – Using Model Sustainability Ordinances to Implement your City’s Sustainability Goals” in Saint Paul, MN on April 16th, 2008.
You can engage in the friendly competition between these teams to see whose loyal customers can reduce the most carbon dioxide. Show your support for composting by joining their Minnesota Energy Challenge teams by December 9th, and the next time you go out to eat make sure you are making dirt not waste by eating at one of these restaurants.
Log on and take the Challenge today (or update your pledge if you've taken it already). You can also stop by any of these five restaurants or the Wedge Co-op to take the challenge.
To learn more and to view an updated list of restaurants joining the composting program, visit Eureka Recycling's new composting website www.makedirtnotwaste.org
2009 Backyard and Worm Composting Workshops Eureka Recycling is offering Backyard Composting workshops throughout the year. Come learn how you can easily reduce waste in your own backyard or worm bin. The friendly staff at Eureka Recycling will explain why composting is so
2009 Guide to Recycling now available! Eureka Recycling is proud to be the nonprofit recycler for Saint Paul, Roseville, Maplewood, Lauderdale, Arden Hills and St. Louis Park. Recycling from White Bear Lake, Lakeland and Lakeland Shores, and residents serviced by Troje's and Maroney's is also brought to our facility. Download the 2009 Guide to Recycling For your recycling collection day, or to learn how to get a recycling bin, please call the recycling hotline (651) 222-7678 or follow the link to your city above. If you would like free reminder stickers for your calendar, please call the hotline (651-222-SORT) or contact us via email. The Guide to Recycling in translation: ESPAÑOL: Información en español está disponible en nuestro sitio web. También se puede llamar nuestro servicio al cliente (inglés solamente). HMOOB: Ntawv qhia txog tej khoom siv uas zoo kho siv dua muaj ua lus Hmoob nyob online lossis hu tau peb tus xovtooj Lus-Askiv. SOOMAALI: Macluumaadka alaabtaa dib loo warshadeyn karo waxaad ka helaysaa bogga internetka isagoo Soomaali ku qoran amase waxaad soo wacdaa khadka degdegga ah ee luqadda-Ingiriiska. Looking to Recycle Your Electronics?
You can recycle your electronics at many locations. Click here for locations in Ramsey County. If your electronics still work and someone else can use them, consider listing them on the Twin Cities Free Market, a great way to give and get free stuff!
The City of Saint Paul sets goal to be zero-waste city by 2020 In 2005, residents from throughout Saint Paul participated in the Saint Paul Environmental Roundtable to help set Saint Paul's policy direction on six environmental issues: zero waste, food systems, cleaner energy, green building, open space, and water stewardship. In 2006, as a result of the Roundtable recommendations, the City of Saint Paul adopted the goal of being a zero waste city by 2020 and created Sustainable Saint Paul to carry out the city's environmental work. Eureka Recycling works closely with the City to craft zero-waste policies and strategic plans to achieve zero waste. In addition to the specific zero-waste recommendations presented to the city, Eureka Recycling has compliked a Zero Waste Ordinance Resource Guide with nearly 70 examples from communities that are leading the way!
Last Update: March 2009
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