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In partnership with
Mecklenburg County LUESA Air Quality and
Solid Waste Divisions, and
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities
Sponsored by the
Environmental Assistance Office (EAO) for
Small Business at UNC Charlotte, The Environmental Corner
is designed to serve as an environmental
management and pollution prevention resource
SUMMER 2006
The
newsletter topic is recycled products, recycling,
and waste exchange. There are many sources of
information on recycled products and recycling
possibilities including the use of a waste or
material exchange for reuse of business and industry
byproducts.
Recycling provides our society with several major
benefits:
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Recycling cuts pollution and conserves natural
resources.
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Recycling conserves energy.
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Recycling programs that are sensibly designed
and implemented can be cost-competitive with
solid waste landfilling and incineration.
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Recycling creates jobs and reduces costs in
manufacturing sectors that are an important part
of our economy.
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Materials and waste exchanges are markets for buying
and selling reusable and recyclable commodities.
Some are physical warehouses that advertise
available commodities through printed catalogs,
while others are simply Web sites that connect
buyers and sellers. Some are coordinated by state
and local governments. Others are wholly private,
for-profit businesses. The exchanges also vary in
terms of area of service and the types of
commodities exchanged. In general, waste exchanges
tend to handle hazardous materials and industrial
process waste while materials exchanges handle
non-hazardous items.
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North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and
Environmental Assistance provides informational
business guide for developing a program for buying
recycled products at
www.p2pays.org/ref/02/01987.pdf
The
Buy Recycled Resources guide provides
a comprehensive product lists or references
to organization- and industry-sponsored information
and educational materials. For each listing, an
Internet address is included where the
materials/information referenced can be accessed.
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EPA's WasteWise voluntary partnership program
provides guidance for commitments to achieve
measurable environmental results in a timely and
cost-effective way.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wstewise/wrr/prevent.htm
Program partners include small and large businesses,
citizens groups, state and local governments,
universities, and trade associations. Focusing on
pollution prevention, organizations set and reach
environmental goals such as conserving water and
energy, or reducing greenhouse gases, toxic
emissions, solid wastes, indoor air pollution, and
pesticides.
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Upcoming Event: SWANA Conference
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
annual conference will be held in Charlotte this
September.
WASTECON 2006
9/19/06 - 9/21/06, Charlotte, NC
For more information, visit
www.swana.org/sections/wastecon.
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Land Use and Environmental
Services Agency (LUESA) has great information on
their site (http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/LUESA/Solid+Waste/Home.htm)
about how to recycle in the Charlotte area.
Information detailing the materials that can be
recycled and how to go about recycling for both
business and home efforts is addressed on their
site. Some of the materials that can be recycled in
the Charlotte area include: paper, metals, plastic,
glass, wooden pallets, yard waste and textiles among
others. Details about how to recycle these
materials is available at
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/LUESA/Solid+Waste/Business+Recycling/Recycling+Service+Providers.htm
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The Environmental Assistance Office for Small
Business provides non-regulatory,
client-confidential pollution prevention assistance
to small businesses in the greater Charlotte region.
The EAO is designed to assist regional businesses in
their efforts to voluntarily prevent pollution. The
EAO staff can provide timely assistance for
pollution prevention planning, including information
about industry-specific case studies, waste-specific
case studies, and new technologies. The office
provides links of resources to needs between the
region's business community, government,
municipality, and university. If there is a
particular issue or question you would like to see
in an upcoming edition, please send an e-mail to
EAOforSB@email.uncc.edu.
Contact Information:
Environmental Assistance Office for Small Business:
9201 University City Blvd. 258 Cameron Building, UNC
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28233-0001
Phone number: 704-687-3968 Fax number: 704-687-3115
Email:
EAOforSB@email.uncc.edu
Services:
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Assistance with Air Permits - Assistance for small
businesses in completing paperwork for EPA air
permits.
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Educational Materials - Educational pamphlet,
brochures, flyers, and other materials to relate
facts on pollution prevention.
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Educational Outreach - Develop educational outreach
campaigns and presentations for the public or
employee training.
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University Resources - Library information, faculty
expertise, student projects and research at both
graduate and undergraduate levels.
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