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Region M Solid Waste Management District |
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Four State Home Page [Going Green] Videos
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Why Reuse and Recycling Present Viable Business Opportunities Just about any product on the market today can be made out of recycled materials. Instead of using virgin materials that have been mined or harvested from natural areas, recycled products are made from materials that have already been used. Many small-scale, locally-based manufacturers can provide economic and social benefits to their communities. Recycling-based manufacturing can involve complex and expensive technology, but it can also be low-tech and labor intensive, providing a variety of training and employment opportunities to communities. Search for value Solid waste only becomes "waste" when people lose sight of its value. Virtually everything in the "waste stream" has residual value for someone or some business in the community. Start upstream If we think of solid waste as a flow of materials entering the community at different places, traveling through the community as they are used one or more times, and ending up in other places, we can use the analogy of a river or stream. Intercepting a wouldbe waste item as far "upstream" as possible after its * It often has more value left in it; Minimize handling, transportation and processing The earlier in the "waste stream" an article or material can be intercepted and returned or diverted to its next use, the more money the community saves in hauling and handling costs -- including vehicle fuel and its polluting effects, labor, and equipment costs. Measure results in a meaningful way: The "total quality" philosophy in business are "Measure, Measure, Measure."In order to monitor the success of a rural community's solid waste management strategies, solid waste managers must first measure results against the objectives the community intended to achieve . Secondly, it must measure the total costs and benefits in some agreed-upon way . |
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Missouri Southern State University in Joplin received 100 ALCOA recycling bins, while Purdy Elementary School located in Purdy received 150 bins to expand their recycling efforts. These bins provided by ALCOA, a world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa. A special thank to Angie Gehlert of the Missouri Recycling Association (MORA) for making this possible. Angie put in many hours to distribute these bins throughout Missouri. Also special thanks to MoDOT for use of their facilities for distribution of the bins. |
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The Region M Solid Waste Management District uses its share of Missouri's Solid Waste Fund to support and enhance the expansion of best practices that reduce the flow of recoverable material from Missouri's waste stream. The scope of activity that the district aims to support includes these goals: Waste Reduction/Source Reduction: Practices which avoid or reduce the amount of waste produced by changing a product design, making consumer goods repairable and/or more durable, changing processing methods and/or consumer behavior and buying habits. The above goals are pursued via the district's grant program. Grant dollars generated by the Missouri Solid Waste Fund which allocated to the district are utilized to support projects that have these goals as objectives. The district's Board has adopted a set of priorities for the district grant program that includes the district's targeted materials list and program targets. |
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Targeted Materials List Special Program Target Area: County Litter Control Programs, City or County Facilities, Illegal Dump Cleanup, Landfill-Banned Wastes (Major Appliances, Yard Waste, Waste Oil, Lead-Acid Batteries) |
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12th Annual MORA Conference 2009- was held June 8 -10, 2009 Sheraton St. Louis City Center. Our own Henkel’s Ace Hardware of Webb City won the MORA Recycling Collection Program Award.
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"Only when the last tree has died and |
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MSSU Earth Day celebration held April 22, 2009, was a great success. Local businesses and agencies were invited to come and display how they are trying to protect the environment and promote "Earth healthy" practices amongst the community. |
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The Region M Board meeting will be held at 11:30 am Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 24943 Demott Drive in Airport Drive, Missouri.
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Debris collection sites closing All but one of Joplin’s debris drop-off sites for residents to dispose of trees and limbs from a wind storm last month will close by Sunday. Debris may be brought to the Public Works Center, 1301 West Second St., until dusk Sunday. Sites at Dover Hill and McClelland Park have already been closed. Debris can be taken next week to the site where the city makes wood chips at Snowball Hill, north of Belle Center Road on North Schifferdecker Avenue. That site will be open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and will be closed to drop-off after that. City pickup of debris continues in an area east of Main Street. Staff estimates it will take about two more weeks to clear that area. “The city did have quite a bit of damage from the storm,” said Tim Nyander, public works operations manager in a written statement issued by the city. “We do appreciate everyone’s patience as we finish this last area of town.” Nyander said tree limbs can also be put out with trash if they are cut to less than four feet and bundled. Tree limbs also may be taken to the Allied Waste Services Transfer Station on Old Route 66, in Galena, Kan. There is a fee of $10 for Joplin residents and landlords. |