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