1. Session 1: Initial Steps May 19, 2015

2. Why Don’t People Recycle???? Recycling? Who Cares! Recycling? Where Can I Recycle? Recycling? How am I Going to Benefit From That? What Can I Recycle?

3. Why Don’t People Recycle??  They don’t know what to recycle  They don’t know where to recycle  It is not convenient for them  Its too confusing or complicated  They don’t realize the benefits  They don’t care

4. Benefits to Recycling  Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators  Conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals  Prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials  Saves energy  Reduces greenhouse gas emissions  Helps sustain the environment for future generations  Helps create new well-paying jobs in the recycling and manufacturing industries in the United States

5. Benefits of Recycling  Recycling Saves Natural Resources: Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees  Recycling Saves Energy: It takes 95% less energy to recycle aluminum than it does to make it from raw materials Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.  Recycling Saves Landfill Space: When recycled materials go into new products they don’t go into landfills.

6. Options to Recycle  Paper…All types including shred, cardboard, paperboard except laminated and waxed  Plastics 1-7 ~ plastic bags  Aluminum  Tin  Scrap Metal / Wire  Glass  Light bulbs  Electronics  Batteries  Kitchen / Motor Oil  Sharps  Printer / Toner Cartridges

7. Tribal / Municipality / State Benefits  Landfills last longer  Reduce costs to run / maintain landfills  Reduce transportation costs to haul materials to landfills

8. Benefits to Choctaw Nation  Landfill Diversion (Tons): over 4,000  Green Jobs Created: 13  Able to Partner with Shelter workshop  Reduction in waste tipping fees Community Center!!

9. Setting Goals  Start Small – Plan Big – Keep within Budget First one – Easy to achieve but enough to so accomplishment  How do you eat an elephant??  Things to Consider: Weight Types of material Events – how many events, how many people attend, how much “stuff” do you want to collect???? Cost Ease of collecting and “disposing of” Quantity of material available

10. Waste Audit A formal, structured process used to quantify the amount and types of waste being generated. Information from audits will help identify current waste practices and how they can be improved. http://www.epa.gov/Region2/webinars/pdfs/022310_haye s2.pdf

11. Waste Audits  Being waste-wise can mean: a more efficient and effective organization reduced waste management costs better use of limited natural resources  Types of waste audit Audits can be done on any type of waste e.g. paper and office waste, municipal waste, commercial and industrial waste, construction and demolition waste etc. There are a number of ways to conduct a waste audit, such as visual waste audits, waste characterization, desktop audits and others. The type of audit you use depends on the type of waste, where it is and what you want to get out of the audit.

12. Waste Audits  How do you do an audit? Audits can be done either in-house (using own staff), contracted out or a combination of both. Before launching into an audit a number of issues need to be considered:  What are the objectives of the audit? The audit's objectives will largely determine the waste types and physical locations to be audited. Some examples of audit objectives could be: ○ to determine composition and quantity of waste being generated ○ to measure effectiveness of existing waste management system ○ to identify opportunities for improving waste management systems and strategies ○ to collect baseline data for measuring the effectiveness of waste minimization strategies.

14. What to Recycle??

16. Small Group Activity: Doing a Waste Audit