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<br /> <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />125 East 8 Avenue, 2 Floor <br />thnd <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />March 17, 2016 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />CITY WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH BRING FOR ATRIUM WASTE ASSESSMENT <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />City Waste Prevention Program Partners with BRING for Atrium Waste Assessment <br />On Feb. 15, a comprehensive waste assessment was conducted for the City of Eugene’s Atrium Building by BRING’s <br />Waste Assessment Services team. A representative sample of 543 pounds of trash, recycling and food waste was <br />isolated from the building’s shared waste dumpsters over a seven-day <br />period, and detailed reporting on the composition of the material was <br />delivered to the City’s Waste Prevention program. <br /> <br />The sort sampled three different streams: trash, commingled recycling and <br />food waste, gauging contamination rates in each stream. The purpose of the <br />waste audit is to measure the total output of material from the building and <br />to identify additional materials suitable for recycling or composting, while <br />targeting opportunities for upstream impacts. <br /> <br />In addition to providing Atrium Building staff with information that will help <br />identify opportunities to increase waste diversion, the waste assessment <br />project allowed BRING to expand upon its triple bottom line approach to <br />sustainability. To complete the assessment, BRING partnered with, and <br />provided job training and paid positions to, members of Square One Villages, <br />an organization that offers jobs to those who might be homeless or who face <br />other barriers to employment. <br /> <br />A news article about the Atrium Building waste assessment can be found at <br />http://www.kezi.com/news/Waste_Assessment_.html. For more <br />information, please contact Deveron Musgrave at 541-682-6842. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />March 17, 2016 <br />