Category — WASTE & POLLUTION

Log on to the Summer Butte County Recyling E-Newsletter  for information on how to keep Butte County clean and green.

This month newsletter deals with:
- RECYCLING ON THE TRAIL, in the boat or tubing on the river
- ONCE IN THE BIN, THEN WHAT ?   The path your curbside recycled materials take
- SPECIAL WASTE: recycling USED OIL & OIL FILTERS
- RECYCLING PROFILE: Chico State Assoc. Students Recycling program

Read the full newsletter at :  http://www.buttecounty.net/RecycleButte.aspx

Questions, comments, suggestions ?  E-mail us at < recycle@buttecounty.net

Both ARC Stores (Chico & Oroville) recycle EWaste in accordance with Calif regulations.  Drop off any old electronics that have been gathering dust in your garage!  Computers, TVs, VCRs, monitors…anything with a plug!!

Sat, July 17th, 9am-1pm

Chico ARC Store: 2020 Park Ave
Oroville ARC Store: 2745 Oro Dam Blvd.

Have questions?? Call 343.3666 or 532.1272 or visit www.thearcstore.org

Money raised by this recycling event benefits the ARC of Butte County’s Family Support Programs, which now serve approx 900 special needs children and adults with developmental disabilities in Butte & Glenn Counties. www.arcbutte.org

Hello breathers,

Next thursday, May 27th, the board of the Air Quality District will decide whether to support a letter requesting suspension of California’s landmark Global Warming Solutions law AB 32.   This Global Warming  law, opposed by big oil and some of Butte County’s elected officials, grants the state the rights to set emission standards and implement greenhouse gas guidelines. Additionally, the state will be able to promote alternative fuels and technologies by way of rebates and other incentives.   The focus of A.B. 32 is to drive down harmful emissions statewide with a goal of turning back the clock to emissions levels seen decades ago.

Unfortunately, this effort to suspend AB 32 seems to have some traction here in Butte County. If you don’t think that our Air Quality Board (or any Air Quality Board) should be opposing a statewide law that reduces harmful air pollution

1. Come speak up at the meeting. Chico City Council Chambers, 10.15 am thursday May 27th.

2. Write to the local papers and make some noise about how absurd this is.

Also, we are in need of some letters, emails and phone calls to Maureen Kirk and Jane Dolan.  At the moment, the county is refusing to even consider supporting the city’s efforts to reduce woodsmoke on the most polluted winter days.  What it will mean if the county doesn’t support the city ordinance is that whole sections of the city that happen to be unincorporated will continue to burn as usual.  This will make the process a real mess and make it very hard to reduce the particulate levels in the city as a whole.

Please email or call Maureen and Jane to let them that as Chico’s representatives on the Board of Supervisors, we would appreciate their support on this. Maybe they are concerned about losing votes in the upcoming election by supporting the city’s new air quality ordinance? Let them hear from people who vote for them that air quality is a priority

jane@janedolan.com Phone: (530) 891-2830

MKirk@buttecounty.net Phone: (530) 891-2800

Thanks for being active

Luke Anderson
Chico Healthy Air Alliance

In Los Angeles, I attended an event where free cloth shopping bags were given for free in exchange for a pledge to use them. 

Then I was pondering the gyres and feeling like I HAD to contribute. Then I found 350.org and heard their call for participation in a worldwide work event to be held on 10/10/10.

Sunday morning, before the Spiritual Activism meeting up at the Goddess Temple, the vision began.

I would like to coordinate a collaborative community project to make 10,000 cloth bags and distribute them to the community free of charge on 10/10/10.

I want to include students from K-college level so that they can learn, first hand, the ways in which they can effect change, educate the oldsters on how to shift their habits, and become conscious of what plastics are doing to our world.

It will involve lots of community education, fun, and raising awareness.

I have begun writing down a plan of action.  The first step is to see who in the community wants to work on this with me.  I want to have an organizational/action meeting asap…hopefully next week to get the ball rolling.  October is not far away and this is a big project. But I know Chico cares and that we can accomplish this if there’s interest. 

Please contact me here in comments or my email at pammanda at yahoodotcom if you want to participate or have any questions. Thanks. 

Also if you have an interest, please spread the word via twitter, Facebook, blogs, talking, etc.  Chico is a town of connections and I’ve found the best way to spread the word here is to…spread the word. 

Blessings!  -  Pamm Larry

The Spring 2010 Recycling E-newletter is now available.   Get the latest on what is happening to reduce waste in Butte County.

In this issue:
- IN THE HOME: the proper disposal of pharmaceuticals
- AROUND THE COUNTRY: Illegal dumpings, the causes & the cures
- COUNTY NEWS: Butte County’s Recycling Report Cards
- MORE COUNTY NEWS: New road recycling and waste facility update
- RECYCLING PROFILE: an interview with a recycling leader

http://www.buttecounty.net/~/media/County%20Files/RecycleButte/E-News_Spring_2010.ashx