Watch the Trailer for Waste Land, a Documentary About Beauty and Trash -... Eric Lombardi's Zero Waste Park. Eric Lombardi, the waste-management guru behind Boulder, Colo.
-based recycler Eco-Cycle, is fighting incinerators around the world with a vision. Although his Zero-Waste Park may never be built, he has been able to use the artistic plan as an effective tool for discussion that has allowed city planners to consider alternative solutions. The Zero-Waste Park was originally conceived by Lombardi when he was working with a Hawaiian community group called Zero Waste Kauai (we originally mentioned the design in our post on Vancouver's RCBC conference). The island of Kauai was facing a landfill closure, and considering building an incinerator to handle waste disposal. The park is sized to handle solid waste from about 300,000 people (about the size of Boulder County, or the entire island of Kauai).
"I pulled together all the ways that the world was handling recycling, composting, etc. and discards, and I put them in once place, because the world likes one-stop shops," says Lombardi. New Bike Bridge in Australia Made From Recycled Printer Cartridges. (photo credit: Justin Brierty) Australia’s National Park Service recently unveiled a new bike path in the West MacDonnell National Park that includes a bridge made out of recycled printer cartridges. The 17 km bike path connects Alice Springs to Simpsons Gap and hopes to encourage more visitors to the park. In keeping with the government’s commitment to sustainable development, they chose low-maintenance, durable and environmentally friendly materials made from recycled plastic. (photo credit: ABC/Kristy Nancarrow) The new bike path upgrades cost $330,000 and includes 17 km of bike path and a viewing platform at Ormiston Gorge. . + Replas Via Treehugger and Centralian Advocate. San Francisco » The Nowtopian: Put it on the Street, A Look at Curbside Recycling.
Ever wonder where your garbage goes?
This is the first stop on the way to the big land fill at Altamont Pass. (Editor's note: this is the latest installment from contributor Chris Carlsson, The Nowtopian) At least once a week all of us in San Francisco schlep our garbage to the curb to be picked up by our local scavenger services, long known as Sunset Scavenger or Golden Gate Disposal, and recently renamed Recology. The familiar blue, black, and green bins clutter the curbs for a night and sometimes a day, blow around in the wind, are rummaged through by the hard-working legions of homeless seeking a way to supplement their meager resources, and are a ubiquitous presence to any urban explorer. Who hasn't woken to the screeching roar of passing garbage trucks in pre-dawn San Francisco?
Free tours of the Recology Transfer and Sorting Stations are held on the last Wednesday of the month. The view from the Sorting Center at Pier 96... not your everyday sourdough-and-cable car view! - webisodes. New web series about reuse « Freshkills Park Blog. America's Least Wasteful Cities - GOOD Blog. Projet d'une politique québécoise de gestion des matières résiduelles assorti d'un premier plan d'action quinquennal : Portail du gouvernement du Québec.