Recycling Picture Of The Week: Ireland

This week’s picture from Ireland is being shared with you courtesy of Craig Benton. Thanks for sending in all your worldly pictures Craig! - Brian

Here’s his message:

Hope all is going well in Eastern Washington. Here’s a picture for the DTN if you like from Ireland. The attached photo is an overview shot of the new Dungarvan Recycling Centre and Transfer Station. At the location of Waterford County’s closed landfill (Yes it was on a river), the council has installed a small transfer station for waste, a small composting facility and a small drop off centre for recyclables, household hazardous waste, bulky waste and just plain old garbage. The composting facility combines drop-off landscape materials with commercial food scraps collected in the County seat, Dungarvan. The compost facility consists of a tractor/mixer, loader, two-in-vessel digesters (roll-off compatible), an aerated curing pad and a screen (on loan from Waterford City). In the background is a staffed drop-off site with roll-off containers for mixed recyclables (the MRF is just up the street), electronic goods, hazardous waste, batteries, glass, appliances, soil, wood, metal, bulky waste and regular household waste. They take it all. It is one of the best in the country that is beginning to embrace the recycling ethic.

2007 WSRA Conference Call for Abstracts

Dan Cantrell sent the following message to WSRA Members on 9/7/06 and we’re sharing it with you!

“We’ve begun planning for WSRA’s 27th Annual Recycling Conference and Trade Show, Sunday May 6 though Wednesday May 9, at the Vancouver Hilton and Convention Center in Vancouver, Washington. We are excited to be having our conference in a beautiful new facility that is expected to earn LEED certification.

We invite you to review the attached document and consider submitting a presentation proposal for our 2007 agenda. Feel free to forward this to industry experts/leaders that you believe may have an interest in presenting at our event. Both WSRA members and non-members are welcome to provide proposals for session topics. If you are not prepared to submit a proposal, but have a topic or speaker you would like us to pursue, please let us know. Ideas, suggestions and comments are always welcome. Abstracts must be received by October 16, 2007 for consideration.”

Here’s a link to the Abstract Submittal Form in .doc format.