Zero Waste Pledge for New Hampshire

This PLEDGE is to promote the attempt to reach Zero Waste by the year 2022. We are adopting the following pledge:

WHEREAS

• The placement of materials in waste disposal facilities, such as landfills and incinerators, causes damage to human health, wastes natural resources and/or wrongly transfers liabilities to future generations, and

• Taxpayers and consumers are currently forced to assume the high financial cost of collecting, recycling, and disposing of materials, and

• The elimination of specified types of waste for disposal, also known as disposal bans, will protect states from waste importation from other nations, and

• Tax subsidies for waste and virgin materials send the wrong economic signals to both consumers and producers, and

• A resource recovery-based economy will create and sustain more productive and meaningful jobs, and

• To look into the increasingly, U.S. and international governments and organizations which are adopting the policy that perhaps the financial responsibility of collecting, recycling, and disposing of materials belongs with producers, also.

• Zero Waste principles promote the highest and best use of materials to eliminate waste and pollution, emphasizing a closed-loop system of production and consumption, moving in logical increments toward the goal of zero waste through the core principles of:
• Improving 'downstream' reuse/recycling of end-of-life products and materials to ensure their highest and best use;

• Pursuing 'upstream' re-design strategies to reduce the volume and toxicity of discarded products and materials, and promote low-impact or reduced consumption lifestyles;

• Fostering and supporting use of discarded products and materials to stimulate and drive local economic revenue and development.

TO DATE - June 30, 2008 - Neither the Warner Board of Selectmen nor Governor Lynch of New Hampshire have signed the Zero Waste Pledge as presented to them. It will not cost anyone anything. In our eyes, the attempt to reach "zero waste" in New Hampshire is the least we can do. Recycling, along with trying to reach the character of the "pledge" is a project that is in the works not only in New Hampshire, but around the world. Believe it or not, New York City has taken the Pledge. It will take the cooperation between businesses, citizens, local and state governments to promote the idea of the extreme importance in recycling and zero waste practices in relation to our earth's future, in conjunction with man's created environments and products. We only have what is around us; the earth, the air and the water. All are important to the survival of living creatures. Being humans, we have control of what we produce, the by-products of production and how we create and dispose of waste. All the ecological problems, created by man, have been known for decades, yet little has been done in looking at the large picture. We believe that it is time for change. It is the idea of making the change locally first and spreading the ideas and systems throughout all communities. Each community will have the choice as to which system will be appropriate for the size of and businesses in their respective communities. One system might be fine for one community, but not for the next. We, also, feel that new products should be made from recycled materials which will reduce waste, yet afford our capitalistic system another outlet. Research and development is very important to this whole concept of zero waste, as is each individual's attitude to this whole concept. This idea can create new industry and employment. Here's to a good idea and a hope of a successful future.

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UPDATES!

This Pledge has also been presented to the Department of Enviromental Services of New Hampshire (DES) and to the Northeast Resource Recovery Association (NRRA) on April 4, 2008.

On April 11, 2008, DES stated that they will not sign the "Pledge" due to its political nature. I was told that the idea is good and that the DES follows most of the points in the pledge, but it will take a long time to achieve. Yet when I spoke of a machine (Please investigate this site - we have no affiliation with this company, just one great alternative in a sea of choices - www.powermastercorp.com) that would help in that process, which was one of the resources I had given them, he did not know about it. My assumption: It was given to legal. Did anybody do the legwork? Is this the result?

If we do not attempt, then we will never achieve. It takes making a stand, to start. How political is this statement? Please read it for yourself and ask the same question. If you agree with the pledge, please do not hesitate to join our group. I now believe that we cannot leave it to the powers to be, it has to be a citizens movement, please do not hesitate to join our group. It takes citizens to get things accomplished! Stop the procrastination!

This problem will not wait, it just grows, literally and figuratively.

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MISSION STATEMENT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE

The goal is to attempt to reach "zero waste" in New Hampshire by 2022, with a review in 2010 (will have to be a later date in not signed soon.

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Please take a moment or two to fill out the form below:

Would you like to join the CZW?	YES NO
Name:
Email Address:
Have you read the Zero Waste Pledge and what are your thoughts?
Where did you hear about Zero Waste?	From the CZW web site. A friend. A publication. The Internet. A member.
What concerns you most about the environment?	Air quality Water quality Recycling Household waste Landfills Incinerators ALL OF THE ABOVE
What are the main reasons that a person should recycle and does recycling create revenue?
Where should recycling and zero waste start?	With the individual As a community effort With local government With state government With federal government
In which town/city do live?
Should recycling be mandatory in your community?	YES NO
Does your town have a recycling center?	YES NO
How do you view recycling?	A source of revenue for your community. A way of helping reduce the waste stream. A bandaid approach to a greater problem. A waste of time.
Would you consider writing your local, state and federal representatives about the municipal solid waste problem?	YES NO

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Please to read and understand the importance of attempting to achieve zero waste and then realize it could happen sooner than you would think. In the near future, this web site will hold more information on how New Hampshire is dealing with our Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and links to alternative methods that might or might not work for this state, its cities and towns. Reducing waste and using recycling as an alternate source of revenue for communities is not a new idea, but should hopefully, be catching on soon. The Town of Warner is a leader in the state in recycling. The extra revenue gained is wonderful and we can do better. Recycling brings in revenue, which helps ease your property tax burden.

Here are some sites to take a look at:

There are about 663,000 sites online.

PLEASE CUT AND PASTE ONE OF THE WEB ADDRESSES INTO YOUR BROWSER AND ENJOY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMYxgsj6JCc - THIS SITE IS AN EYE OPENER

http://www.zwia.org/zwc.htmlhttp://www.grrn.org/zerowaste

http://www.zerowaste.org/case.htm

http://www.ecocycle.org/ZeroWaste/index.cfm

http://www.zerowasteamerica.org/

http://www.emagazine.com/view/?506

http://www.zerowastecommunities.org/

http://www.sfenvironment.org/our_programs/overview.html?ssi=3

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/sws/zerowaste.htm

http://www.consumersunion.org/other/zero-waste/

http://gettingtozerowaste.com/

http://www.seattle.gov/council/issues/zerowaste.htm

http://www.sustainabilitydictionary.com/z/zero_waste

Now if you have the time, scroll down the page to YAHOO! bar and type in "zero waste."

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MORE COMING SOON WHEN TIME ALLOWS

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A FEW OTHER POSSIBLE POINTS OF INTEREST

PLEASE CUT AND PASTE THE WEB ADDRESS IN YOUR BROWSER. DUE TO THE YAHOO TERMS OF USE FOR THIS SITE, I CAN'T CREATE LINKS. NOT COMPLAINING, JUST STATING THE FACTS. I DO APPRECIATE THE SPACE THAT YAHOO PROVIDES.

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id

An artist's look at waste and culture.

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/03278?y=0&x=0

Warner Weather

http://www.oocities.org/warnerrts/index.html

WARNER'S RECYCLING/TRANSFER STATION - Not an Official Warner Site - Just there for information.

http://www.oocities.org/thenewpaper

Warner's New Paper

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LAST UPDATED June 30, 2008

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