Boulder Colorado Zero Waste Field Trips
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Caroline Eader
www.zerowastetrips.com
Boulder Outlook Hotel
Boulder County Recycling Center
Eco-Products, Inc.
CHaRM (Center for Hard to Recycle Materials)
Zero Waste discussion with Eric Lombardi, Executive Director of Eco-cycle Inc.
City of Boulder Environmental Affairs Office
Boulder County government – Boulder County’s Zero Waste Resolution
Western Disposal Inc.
ReSource (A used building materials reuse facility)
Boulder County Jail Compost center.
Eco-cycle's award-winning school recycling program
University of Colorado at Boulder
St. Julien Hotel: Sustainability discussion and tour of a luxury hotel.
Lunches - Zero Waste box lunches and/or dining at Zero Waste restaurants.
Evenings - Recommendations provided for Zero Waste restaurants of your choice.
Boulder's first Zero Waste hotel
www.BoulderOutlook.com
Eric Lombardi, Executive Director of Eco-Cycle Inc.
www.ecocycle.org
http://www.ecocycle.org/centers/boulder.cfm#dropof
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http://www.ecocycle.org/centers/boulder.cfm#dropoff
http://www.ecocycle.org/centers/boulder.cfm#dropoff
Eco-Products, Inc.
Steve Kurowski,
Marketing Manager
for Eco-Products, Inc.,
www.ecoproducts.com
www.ecocycle.org/charm/index.cfm
Electronics
Athletic shoes,
Textiles, etc.
#6 White Block Foam
Packaging
Big Durable #2
Plastics
NEW! Bicycles and
Bike Parts
Books & Manuals
Toilets, Sinks and
Urinals
“Landfills are like black
holes, where resources go in
and never come out… as the
world's population explodes
and its resource base
shrinks, we can't afford
that.”
Eric Lombardi
Executive Director of
Eco-Cycle
www.newsweek.com/id/130625
www.ecocycle.org/charm/index.cfm
www.ecocycle.org/charm/index.cfm
www.ecocycle.org/charm/index.cfm
Discussion with Eric, "If not an incinerator, then what?"
www.oldchicago.com
Lunch at Old Chicago, a Zero Waste restaurant
Meet with the restaurant manager & tour the kitchen
www.oldchicago.com
Policy discussion and tours
Jonathon Koehn,
Environmental Affairs Manager
http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/
http://www.bouldercounty.org/recycling/
Will Toor, Boulder County Commissioner and former mayor of
Boulder who was instrumental in the implementation of Boulder
County's Zero Waste Resolution.
Sustainability issues of Boulder County
The role of government in promoting ZW concepts and programs
http://www.bouldercounty.org/newsroom/templates/?a=1149&z=1
Hauler's regulations
Business Practices
Tour of composting
operations, transfer
stations, etc.
www.westerndisposal.com.
Western Disposal, Inc.
Bryce Isaacson, VP of
Marketing and Sales and Gary
Horton, President
www.westerndisposal.com
www.westerndisposal.com
www.westerndisposal.com
Used building materials
reuse facility
Spencer Villwock, Deputy Director for the
Center of Resource Conservation
www.resourceyard.org
Construction & demolition waste
takes up 25% - 30% of area landfill
space.
ReSource accepts donations of
reusable building materials and
then resells them to the public at
great prices.
Everything at ReSource has been
donated by homeowners,
businesses, contractors or
deconstruction experts. Because
ReSource is a 501c3 non-profit,
donations are tax-deductible.
ReSource promotes waste reduction
through innovative landfill
diversion programs.
www.resourceyard.org
Boulder County Jail compost center
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Achievement_Awards&Template=/cffiles/awards/program.cfm&SEARCHID=2007ener12
The program provides for the
collection of recyclables from all
53,000 students and staff in 85
Boulder Valley and St. Vrain
Valley public schools (two
districts).
Educational presentations are
given to over 38,000
kindergarten through 12th
grade students in
approximately 1,400 Boulder
and Broomfield County
classrooms annually.
www.ecocycle.org/atschool/school_info.cfm
GREEN STAR SCHOOLS:
Launched in 2005
Boulder County and
Broomfield County schools are
the first in the nation to move
towards Zero Waste by
addressing every aspect of
each school’s waste stream.
Large scale composting of food
waste and non-recyclable
paper from the kitchen,
cafeteria, classrooms, offices
and bathrooms (paper towels)
has cut participating schools’
trash by one third.
Another third is diverted by
the recycling program.
www.ecocycle.org/atschool/school_info.cfm
A Waste-Free Lunch campaign
Extensive and ongoing training for staff and students is integral to the
program.
Currently, 17 schools are part of the program and more will be added
each year.
www.ecocycle.org/atschool/school_info.cfm
Ralphies Green Stampede
80-90% diversion
No public trash cans
~ 25 attended zero waste stations
All recyclable or compostable packaging
concession contract requirements (5 points)
Portion control, bulk condiments, souvenir cups
Finished compost returned to CU
Fry oil refined locally
Scoreboard visuals/press box announcements
Campus Building Standards:
“design for recycling”
Recycling container space provided in:
offices
copy/computer rooms
vending areas, lounges
classrooms
storage rooms
loading areas/outdoor storage
Combination of litter & recycling
receptacles
secured to the ground with a removable
liner
available at convenient points on campus
Floor plans reviewed by Recycling Office
prior to approval of plans
http://fm.colorado.edu/construction/standards/v2007/arch/documents/appendix-7.pdf
http://www.stjulien.com/pdf/initiatives.pdf
Zero Waste Box lunch at
Chautauqua Park
www.dishgourmet.com
www.folsomstreetcoffee.com
Berry Best Smoothie Company
www.villageboulder.com/berrybest.html
Caroline Eader
www.zerowastetrips.com
Thanks to Kai Hagen and the University of Colorado for photo contributions.