Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Practices of the City of Chicago and Beyond. Presented in March at the Women's Thealogical Institute Intensive on the Environment, March 2011
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- 1. Reduce, Reuse and RecyclePractices of the City of Chicago and Beyond By Amy Christensen Women’s Thealogical Institute Intensive on Environment March 2011
- 2. Part 1 Recycle One woman’s trash, is another woman’s treasure. Recycling just one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours, power a computer for 30 minutes, or a television for 20 minutes As per 2010 WM Sustainability Report
- 3. Does Chicago Recycle? Blue Cart Program Drop Off
- 4. Wolf Lake Drop Off Center The 2010 City Budget did not allocate funds towards expanding the Blue Cart Program.
- 5. Chicago does not operate it’s own sorting or processing facilities. Chicago Utilizes private Waste Management to process the bulk of it’s waste, both recyclable and non-recyclable. Where Does the Recycling GO? Recycling Bins used by the Chicago Police Department come from Premier Recycling; now under the parent company Waste Management, Inc.
- 10. Helping Communities Achieve “Zero Waste” Goals “Think Green” and “Think Green from Home” Greenopolis The Future of Waste Management
- 11. Chicago, the City that Works Waste Management is bound by decisions made by individual Municipalities. In Chicago, city sanitation trucks are responsible for the collection before it is out-sourced
- 12. Not-for-profit Offers commercial and Residential recycling A decided difference is their claim that 90% of the materials gathered are in fact, recycled Alternative and Local Options The downside: Resource Center has only four locations, all on Chicago’s North Side, and only one accepts plastics.
- 14. Utilizes compost made from local restaurants
- 15. Offers a wide variety of vegetables
- 16. Manages a fresh farmers market
- 19. Reading Media via the Internet
- 20. Washable Cloth
- 21. Napkins
- 22. Towels
- 27. Magazine Holder: Cardboard cereal boxes
- 28. Butterfly Broaches: Plastic Soda Containers
- 29. Lanterns: Glass Spaghetti JarsThese and more crafts can be found at www.allfreecrafts.com
- 30. Eat Your Greens! Many local restaurants are committed to environmental sustainability. In addition to Chicago’s Guaranteed Green listing, consumers can consult The Green Restaurant Association and Green Seal Many municipalities also have local listings.
- 32. This program has become the model for the rest of the country
- 35. “Blue Cart Recycling Program.” City of Chicago. 2010. 03 March 2011. http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/streets/provdrs/san/svcs/blue_cart_recycling.html
- 36. Chicago Recycling Coalition. 09 February 2011. http://www.chicagorecycling.org/index.htm
- 37. “Dine Green.” Green Restaurant Association. 03 March 2011. http://dinegreen.com/default.asp
- 38. Earth911. 2011. 09 February 2011. http://earth911.com/
- 39. “Greenopolis.” WM GreenOps LLC. 2010. Waste Management, Inc. 02 March 2011. http://greenopolis.com/
- 40. “Green Restaurant List.” Green Chicago Restaurats Co-op. Lackner/Andrews. 2011. 09 February 2011. http://buygreenchicago.org/guaranteed-green/green-restaurant-list/
- 42. “Private Sector and Business Recycling.” 2010. City of Chicago. 09 February 2011. http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/streets/provdrs/san/svcs/private_sector_recycling.html
- 43. “Recycling Crafts and Projects.” All Free Crafts. 2011. 03 March 2011. http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/index.shtml
- 44. Resource Center. 2009. 09 February 2011. http://www.resourcecenterchicago.org/
- 45. Think Green. Waste Management, Inc. 02 March 2011. http://www.thinkgreen.com/home
- 47. Waste Management, Inc. 2011. 02 March 2011. http://www.wm.com/residential.jsp
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Blue Cart“Single Family Units” or buildings with 4 or less units are serviced by the Blue Cart Program.But only in those shaded areas.Single Stream: all items placed into the same collection binItems sorted later at a processing centerShown to increase recycling rates nearly 30% (according to Waste Management, Inc.)
- FundingCosts were supposed to be off-set by savings in disposalSorting Facilities pay the City for materialsthe Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is providing assistance in the form of a four year, $8 million grant
- Processing Facilities: Most recycled materials are shipped to Asia for processing.
- Controlled CombustionCompacts 90% of waste which saves landfill spaceCleaner than fossil fuels
- The methane gas is recovered via a series of wells drilled into the landfill. These wells are connected by a common pipe system that collects the gas and transports it to a nearby compression facility. At the compression facility, the landfill gas is de-watered, filtered and pressurized. The gas is piped to an electricity generating plant, onsite or offsite, where it is used as fuel to turn engines or turbines to generate electricity.
- Materials are pre-sortedNon-recyclables are pulled off by handThis includes plastic bags and they have a special way to collect thoseThen there is a screen that pulls off the cardboardA screen pulls out newspaper, which is later checked by handTechnology is programed to spot plasticsThen uses air to sort them by typeMagnets collect any metals
- In addition to energy conversion of trash, Waste Management has developed large scale compost sites To help the communities that they serve and their individuals, WM created the “Think Green” websites to offer educational materials on recyclingStudent ProjectsResources for recycling centersAt home solutions for recycling offered for sale.There is even a member feature that allows people to track their recycling contributionsGreenoplisAn interactive social network dedicated to sustainability Individuals learn and teach each other how to be more environmentally responsible in their daily lives. The site promotes issues such as conservation, recycling and renewable energy awareness. Again there is a member feature that actually gives rewards for environmental activism. Points are administered for recycling at Greenopolis Kiosks and site activitity. Points can be redeemed for coupons to a host of participating businesses.
- Members contribute funds, and then receive a weekly share of the harvest
- The City of Chicago has announce plans for a composting heap using scraps from commercial restaurants.The chosen location is just off of 118th street and Avenue O in the 10th Ward.
- Travel Wisconsin offers a searchable database of tourism related products and services which can be defined narrow results with listing that carry the Travel Green certification.