Minimizing Waste in Lamar County, Georgia

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Minimizing Waste in Lamar County, Georgia

• Trisha Walker
• Walden University
• January 2013

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Agenda

• Learning Outcomes
• Why Recycle?
• Benefits of Minimizing Waste
• Reduce Reuse
• Recycle

• Existing Recycling Programs
• Outside-of-the-Box Recycling
• Conclusion
• References Additional Reading

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Learning Outcomes

• Motivate you to reduce, reuse, and recycle
  regardless of how far you live outside of town
• Provide you with a knowledge base of local
  businesses you can support by recycling
• Show you how to promote charity and earn money in
  Lamar County through recycling

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Why Recycle?

• 4.5 pounds of waste/person/day
• 1,642.5 pounds of waste/person/year
• 300,000 tons of landfill waste are plastic bags
• 275 million tires in stockpile
• Breeding sites for mosquitoes

References Clean Air Council. (n.d.). Waste and
recycling facts. Retrieved January 31, 2013,
from http//www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.htm
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References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Wastes Basic information.
Retrieved January 31, 2013, from
http//www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/paper/ba
sic_info.htm
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References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Recycling basics. Retrieved
January 15, 2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/rec
ycle.html
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http//soshable.com/never-waste-a-facebook-post-ev
er/
http//facops.wsu.edu/Recycling/rec_recycling.htm
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Benefits of Minimizing Waste

• Prevents pollution
• Saves energy
• Reduces climate change
• Cleaner environment for your children and their
  children

References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Recycling basics. Retrieved
January 15, 2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/rec
ycle.html United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Reducing and reusing basics.
Retrieved January 15, 2013, from
http//epa.gov/recycle/reduce.html
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Benefits of Minimizing Waste (Cont.)

• Saves money and helps others in need
• Reduces crowding at landfills
• Conserves natural resources
• Creates new jobs

References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Recycling basics. Retrieved
January 15, 2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/rec
ycle.html United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Reducing and reusing basics.
Retrieved January 15, 2013, from
http//epa.gov/recycle/reduce.html
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Reduce Reuse

• Buy and donate used items
• Purchase bulk items or items
• with less packaging
• Maintain and repair

http//www.recyclingbin.com/product.aspx?id51
References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Reducing and reusing basics.
Retrieved January 15, 2013, from
http//epa.gov/recycle/reduce.html
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Reduce Reuse (Cont.)

• Borrow, rent, and share
• Buy reusable over disposable
• Tax benefits
• Federal Trade Commission

References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Reducing and reusing basics.
Retrieved January 15, 2013, from
http//epa.gov/recycle/reduce.html
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Reduce Reuse (Cont.)

• Consignment and thrift stores
• Lamar County Activity Center, Inc.
• Goodwill
• Yard sales/Pawn shops

References Charity Blossom. (2012). Lamar
County Activity Center, Inc. Retrieved January
15, 2013, from http//www.charityblossom.org/no
nprofit/lamar-county-activity-center-inc-barnesvil
le-ga-30204-582010872/ United States
Environmental Protection Agency. (2012).
Reducing and reusing basics. Retrieved January
15, 2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/reduce.html
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Reduce Reuse (Cont.)

• Churches
• Organic Compost
• Building Materials Reuse Association

References Greenco Environmental. (2008).
Solutions for organic recycling. Retrieved
January 17, 2013, from http//greencoenvironmen
tal.com/ United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Reducing and reusing basics.
Retrieved January 15, 2013, from
http//epa.gov/recycle/reduce.html
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Recycling

• 3 Steps
• Collection and Processing
• Manufacturing
• Purchasing new products made from recycled
  material

http//keetsa.com/blog/recycle/the-go-recycle-bin/

References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Recycling basics. Retrieved
January 15, 2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/rec
ycle.html
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Recycling (Cont.)

• Common items from recycled material
• Newspapers/Paper towels
• Aluminum, plastic, and glass containers
• Steel cans
• Laundry detergent bottles

References United States Environmental Protection
Agency. (2012). Recycling basics. Retrieved
January 15, 2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/rec
ycle.html
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Existing Recycling Programs

• LCRSA- Lamar County Regional Solid Waste
  Authority
• Barnesville-Lamar County Recycling Center

http//www.cpschools.com/recycle/index.php
References Lamar County Regional Solid Waste
Authority. (n.d.). Lamar County Regional Solid
Waste Authority. Retrieved January 15, 2013
from, http//lamarcountyga.com/solidwaste.html
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Outside-the-Box Recycling

• Make money from scrap metals
• Forsyth Recycling Center
• Blaze Recycling and Metals, LLC
  http//www.blazerecycling.com/
• Johnson Auto Salvage

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Outside-the-Box Recycling (Cont.)

• Recycle tires at Quality Tire Recycling Inc.
• EZ on the Earth http//ezontheearth.com/
• Go Green Recycling Hauling http//www.gogreenrec
  yclinghauling.com/

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Conclusion

• Clean up the Environment
• Help Community Businesses
• Make Charitable Contributions
• Make Money

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References

• Charity Blossom. (2012). Lamar County Activity
  Center, Inc. Retrieved January 15, 2013, from
  http//www.charityblossom.org/nonprofit/lamar-coun
  ty-activity-center-inc-barnesville-ga-30204-582010
  872/
• Clean Air Council. (n.d.). Waste and recycling
  facts. Retrieved January 31, 2013, from
  http//www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html
• Greenco Environmental. (2008). Solutions for
  organic recycling. Retrieved January 17, 2013,
  from http//greencoenvironmental.com/

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References (Cont.)

• Lamar County Regional Solid Waste Authority.
  (n.d.). Lamar County Regional Solid Waste
  Authority. Retrieved January 15, 2013, from
  http//lamarcountyga.com/solidwaste.html
• United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  (2012). Recycling basics. Retrieved January 15,
  2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/recycle.html
• United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  (2012). Reducing and reusing basics. Retrieved
  January 15, 2013, from http//epa.gov/recycle/redu
  ce.html
• United States Environmental Protection Agency.
  (2012). Wastes Basic information. Retrieved
  January 31, 2013, from http//www.epa.gov/osw/cons
  erve/materials/paper/basic_info.htm

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Additional Reading

• Clean Air Council. Waste and recycling facts.
  http//www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html
• Federal Trade Commission-Donating to Charity
  http//www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0074-giving-c
  harity

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Additional Reading (Cont.)

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2012).
  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. http//epa.gov/recycle/
• Common Recyclable Items Learn how to recycle
  more. http//epa.gov/recycle/how_recycle.html
• Building Material Reuse Association.
  http//www.bmra.org/homeowners

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Questions?