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The EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge removed a huge amount of electronic waste and pharmaceuticals from eight states.
The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills.
These goals were exceeded many times over.
A few examples:
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In Milwaukee, WI: 32 tons of electronic waste and 3.5 tons of pharmaceuticals were turned in.
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At the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin near Green Bay: Approx. 4 tons of e-waste was collected plus thousands of pounds of other trash cleaned from reservation Tribal members turned in ver 23 pounds of medicines including 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers; televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries.
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In Traverse City, MI: Over 28,750 pounds (over 12.5 tons) of computers and other e-waste was collected.
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The electronic waste is recycled, and the pharmaceuticals are incinerated in state-of-the-art EPA -license facilities.
So why is this important?
The old and broken electronics - like computers, cell phones and TVs - contain heavy metals that can leach into the groundwater if dumped into landfills.
The unused pharmaceuticals can end up in your drinking water if they are flushed or poured down the drain.
That’s because most wastewater treatment facilities are not designed to remove chemicals from these pharmaceuticals including hormones, narcotics, seizure medication and many more - that end up back in your drinking water.
In an April 2008 press conference in Milwaukee, EPA and other officials explained why the Great Lakes Challenge and similar projects are important to protect the environment and your health.
Pharmaceutical chemicals are sent back out into the Great Lakes, rivers and other places were people recreate and are the intakes for drinking water.
Studies show that the chemicals are appearing in the nation’s drinking water in small amounts - the long term effects are not known - however they have been linked to mutations in fish and other wildlife.
Also - these medicines can be stolen, diverted or accidently ingested by children - if they languish in your medicine cabinet.
Around the country many e-waste and pharmaceutical take back programs have been developed by governments and local businesses.
Please check with your local officials to find out details for your area.
Because every day should be Earth Day.
This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office also in Chicago in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette MI
The EHI involves American Indian tribes and ”a coalition of churches synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal protect and defend the environment” said EHI founder Rev Jon Magnuson of Marquette Michigan
I’m Greg Peterson and you’re watching Earth Healing TV
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Supers:
Bill Graffin
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Voice of:
Dr. Susan E. Boehme
EPA Coastal Sediment Specialist
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
EPA Milwaukee Medicine Collection Photos/Video by Dr. Susan Boehme
EPA Milwaukee e-waste video by John Perrecone
Bharat Mathur
EPA deputy regional administrator
EPA Region 5 Office in Chicago
Tom Barrett
Milwaukee Mayor
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EPA Region 5 Office Chicago, Illinois
http://www.epa.gov/region5
EPA Flow of the River blog final post:
http://flowoftheriver.epa.gov/greatlakeschallenge/2008/05/so-long-and-tha.html
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative:
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org
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City of Milwaukee Dept of Public Works
Rick Meyers, Recycling Manager
414-286-2334
Milwaukee DPW
http://www.mpw.net
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Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District
Steve Jacquart
414-225-2138
MMSD
http://www.mmsd.com
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Traverse City, Michigan
Kim Duane Elliott
231-995-6075
Grand Traverse County Resource Recovery:
http://www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us/departments/resource_recovery.htm
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha’i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas:
http://www.interfaithresources.com
1-800-326-1197
1-847-733-3559
Author: EarthDayChallenge08
Keywords: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge Environment Recycle electronics e-waste pharmaceuticals medicine earth fish
Added: May 24, 2008
Instead of tossing your cell phone into a landfill, watch this episode of Real World Green to learn about recycling mobile phones. If you like the episode, be sure to rate, comment and favorite - and remember to visit http://www.green-house.tv
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Added: May 26, 2008
Good Deed’s Cell Phone Recycling Program makes great use of old cell phones.
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Added: May 28, 2008
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Added: June 6, 2008
Western U.P. electronic waste collections set: June 21 in Houghton and Keweenaw counties; July 12 in Baraga County; dates for other areas TBA
The Western Upper Peninsula Electronics Recycling Program, a project of the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), provides households with an environmentally and economically sound solution to disposing of electronic waste.
Residents of Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties, who have generated electronic waste in their household, may bring their items to e-waste collection sites on the specified collection dates in their area.
The initiative received grants and/or other assistance from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The northern Michigan collection is connected to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that involves over 100 projects in eight states across the Great Lakes Basin.
More than a dozen previous collections since 2005 have garnered nearly 48 tons of e-waste from over 850 participants.
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2005: 8 collections, 26.5 tons
2006: 4 collections, 15 tons
2007: 1 collection, 6.25 tons
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Commonly called e-waste, electronics waste includes old and broken computers, cell phones, TVs and other items found in many homes.
The collection for Houghton and Keweenaw counties will be on June 21 from 9 am to noon at the health department offices in Hancock.
An e-waste collection will be held in Baraga County on July 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at a site to be announced.
Collection events for other Copper Country counties will be announced in the future.
The cost to drop off e-waste is 10 cents per pound.
The Western Upper Peninsula Electronics Recycling Program will accept a wide range of e-waste during collection events including cell phones, computer and related equipment like laptops, monitors, towers aka central processing units, printers, scanners, keyboards and computer mice
Other e-waste accepted includes stereo equipment, televisions, VCR and DVD players, copiers, cordless telephones, fax machines, fluorescent light bulbs that are 4 to 8 feet in length, microwave ovens and batteries including alkaline, nickel cadmium, lead acid, lithium, mercury
Organizers said it estimated that between 1997 and 2007, nearly 500 million personal computers will became obsolete. That’s almost 2 computers for every person living in the United States.
TV’s and computer monitors contain an average of 4 pounds of lead, as well as other toxins.
According to Closing the Circle News, the manufacture of one computer consumes 529 pounds of fossil fuels, 49 pounds of chemicals, and 3,307 pounds of water.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency projects that nationwide nearly 250 million computers will become obsolete in the next five years.
For additional information contact the Western Upper Peninsula Electronics Recycling Program or RSVP at 906-482-7382.
The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills. The EPA says those goals were exceeded by 400 to 500 percent.
The Earth Healing Initiative assisted some challenge organizers by offering interfaith liaisons to volunteer and encourage members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.
This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA’s Region 5 office in Chicago, the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office also in Chicago in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.
The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.
I’m Greg Peterson and you’re watching Earth Healing TV
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Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department:
http://www.wupdhd.org
http://www.wupdhd.org/rsvp/e-waste.html
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RSVP:
http://www.wupdhd.org/rsvp/index.html
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Western Upper Peninsula District Health Department and the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
540 Depot Street
Hancock, MI
49930
Barbara Maronen
906-482-7382
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EPA Region 5 Office Chicago
http://www.epa.gov/region5
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Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org
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Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
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Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha’i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com
1-800-326-1197
1-847-733-3559
Author: EarthHealingTV
Keywords: Hancock Michigan RSVP Earth Healing Initiative EPA Great Lakes 2008 Challenge recycle pharmaceutical electronics
Added: June 6, 2008
A leader in electronic waste recycling projects in the northeast is the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) in Syracuse, NY.
The agency held a TV collection on Saturday, April 19 in the Alliance Bank Stadium parking lot as part of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency received an EPA grant to help offset costs of the recycling project.
It was one of over 100 challenge projects across 8 states in the Great Lakes Basin.
Organizers keep traffic flowing smoothly as 964 vehicles arrived with old TVs.
The event took in 1,551 old television sets weighing 97,080 pounds, said Andrew Radin, Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction for the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency.
That means nearly 9 tons of old TVs from central New York were recycled.
The agency also holds ongoing e-waste collections at the Community Collection Center also know as 3-C - located at 6085 Court Street - in Syracuse, NY.
The electronics collection dates and times are:
Tuesdays 4 - 8 p.m.
Thursdays8 a.m. - noon
Saturdays 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
There is no charge to drop off household e-waste and other items at the collection center including old computers & related equipment and fluorescent bulbs, household batteries, cell phones, smoke detectors, tabletop copiers, DVD players, electronic game consoles like Nintendo, and Xbox, fax machines, phones, VCRs & stereos including speakers.
The agency is developing a plan to accept TVs at the center.
Over 60,000 pounds has been turned in at the Community Collection Center so far this year.
Business waste in not Earth Healing: Syracuse holds TV collection accepted. The center accepts books: covers must be removed.
The agency is helping the hungry by asking residents dropping off items to be recycled to also bring canned food and other non perishables for Food Bank of Central New York.
The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency is known as OCRRA for short using its initials
Since 2002 OCRRA has collected over 1,000 tons of e-waste for recycling.
OCRRA has numerous environment projects that benefit the Syracuse area including the Blue Bin It campaign.
Blue Bin It is based on the well-know blue bins that are popular in recycling projects across the country.
OCRRA has a series of radio spots promoting its blue bin it campaign.
The goal of the EPA Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills. The EPA says those goals were exceeded by 400 to 500 percent.
The Earth Healing Initiative assisted by offering interfaith liaisons to volunteer and encourage members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.
This video on Challenge project was made possible by a grant from the US EPA with the EPA Region 5 office in Chicago, the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office in Chicago, with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.
The EHI involves American Indian tribes and a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment.
I’m Greg Peterson and you’re watching Earth Healing TV
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Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) ) in Syracuse, NY recycling page
http://www.ocrra.org/recycling_c3.asp
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Andrew J. Radin
OCRRA Director of Recycling/Waste Reduction
315-453-2866
315-295-0726
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The Food Bank of Central New York
http://www.foodbankcny.org
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York
Syracuse skyline photos & State Tower photo by Joe Grimes
Syracuse skyline & Franklin Park photo by Kai Brinker, (Newkai) WikiProject Syracuse, New York
Syracuse Jerry Rescue Monument photo by Paul Malo
EPA Region 5 Office Chicago
http://www.epa.gov/region5
Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org
Cedar Tree Institute
http://www.CedarTreeInstitute.org
Interfaith graphics by Justice St. Rain (Baha’i Community) of Interfaith Resources - Special Ideas website:
http://www.interfaithresources.com
1-800-326-1197
1-847-733-3559
Author: EarthHealingTV
Keywords: Earth Healing Initiative Great Lakes 2008 Day Challenge EPA Syracuse NY New York electronics Onondaga County
Added: June 9, 2008
