*WasteCap Wisconsin’s 2007 Annual Report is now available at www.wastecapwi.org/about. Scroll to the bottom of the page for annual report links.*

Two public sessions of the Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling Training and Accreditation Program available in spring
Dates/locations: April 30 in Chicago, June 25 in St. Louis
WasteCap Wisconsin will be offering two public sessions of the full-day Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling Training and Accreditation Program. Across the state and nationwide, owners are requiring construction waste recycling as a part of sustainable building. Contractors who know how to recycle will be at a market advantage. There are now more than 250 WasteCap Accredited Professionals who now have the skills to develop, manage, monitor, document and promote a successful recycling program for construction and demolition debris. Reduction, reuse and recycling is allowing contractors and owners to use projects funds for building instead of waste disposal. The training also provides training to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) points for MR 2.1 and 2.2. For more information on these two current training programs, click here.

Sign up now for your free listing in WasteCapDIRECT
WasteCap Wisconsin has been hired by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to develop an online searchable database of haulers, processors and end markets for Wisconsin’s construction and demolition debris. During the construction of this tool, we are looking for Wisconsin companies (haulers, processors and end markets for construction and demolition debris including asphalt, brick, cardboard, carpet, ceiling tiles, concrete, drywall, scrap metal, pallets, shingles and wood) who want to sign up early to be included in this directory which will be available for public use in mid-2008. Basic listings are free and upgraded listing opportunities are available to better highlight your business (some upgraded listings are free for WasteCap Wisconsin members). To signup for your listing, please email Shannon Delaney for more information.

WasteCap reuses executive director
WasteCap Wisconsin is reusing its past Executive Director, Jenna Kunde as its current director, Susan Buchanan resigned on March 4. Buchanan has made numerous contributions to WasteCap Wisconsin since she joined the organization in September 2003. To read the full article, click here.

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2. UPCOMING CONFERENCES / GRANTS / JOB OPENINGS
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Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries' 2008 Convention and Exhibition
Date: April 6 – 10, 2008
Location: Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas
Exhibit space at the 2008 ISRI Convention and Exposition is sold out, breaking records for both the amount of exhibit hall space and number of exhibitors. The ISRI convention runs April 6-10 with the Exposition, the largest scrap recycling industry trade show and exposition, set for April 8 and 9. For more information, visit here.

WasteExpo 2008
Date: May 5 – 8, 2008
Location: McCormick Place, Chicago
WasteExpo is North America’s largest solid waste and recycling tradeshow serving both the private and public sectors. With over 500 exhibitors, WasteExpo is your opportunity to see and compare all of the latest equipment and technology in the industry, all under one roof, saving you time and money. For more information, visit http://www.wasteexpo.com/wasteexpo2008/public/enter.aspx.

Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Training Program hosted by The City of Chicago Department of Environment
Date: April 30, 2008
Location: The Chicago Center for Green Technology, Chicago
The City of Chicago requires contractors to recycle at least 50% of the construction or demolition debris (C&D) from their projects. Other municipalities in the metropolitan area are considering similar ordinances as well. This training will provide contractors with the skills needed to meet the requirements of this ordinance and help you reduce project costs by reusing and recycling of C&D debris. Contractors who are trained in C&D recycling will no doubt have a market advantage. The training also provides training to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) points for MR 2.1 and 2.2. For more information, click here.

Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Training Program at Greening the Heartland 2008
Date: June 25, 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
Across the state and nationwide, owners are requiring construction waste recycling as a part of sustainable building. Contractors who know how to recycle will be at a market advantage. There are now more than 250 WasteCap Accredited Professionals who now have the skills to develop, manage, monitor, document and promote a successful recycling program for construction and demolition debris. Reduction, reuse and recycling is allowing contractors and owners to use projects funds for building instead of waste disposal. The training also provides training to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) points for MR 2.1 and 2.2. Registration will be available soon. For general information on the training and a link to information on Greening the Heartland, click here.

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3. RECYCLING NEWS THAT AFFECTS YOU
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CONSTRUCTION / DEMOLITION

Removal is just the beginning: What do you do with that pile of leftover C&D?
Source: MSW Management, March 2008
So you have brought down a building and torn up a foundation. What was once a complicated structure of brick, concrete, steel, drywall, wood, and a dozen other materials has been reduced to a pile of rubble by explosions, wrecking balls, and simple crowbars. Now what? Treat it as waste and haul it off for final disposal in a landfill? Or do you process it further and use it to create new building materials and other useful byproducts? This article focuses on the last alternative and examines the equipment and the processes that are needed to properly recycle bulk quantities of construction and demolition (C&D) debris in a cost-effective and timely manner. To read the full article, visit http://www.mswmanagement.com/mw_0803_removal.html.

Asphalt shingle recycling documents shared by CMRA
Source: American Recyclers, March 2008
The Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) has released two important documents relating to asphalt shingle recycling: A Best Practices Guide and the Environmental Issues Associated With Asphalt Shingle Recycling. Both documents were created under a grant from Region 5 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). To read the full article, visit http://www.americanrecycler.com/0308/asphalt.shtml.

FOOD WASTE RECOVERY / COMPOSTING

Organics recovery expands in Wyoming’s Tetons; Pilot food waste composting
Source: BioCycle, February 2008
The resort community of Jackson, Wyoming moves towards sustainable waste management with new food waste composting project. As with many resort communities located in relatively remote regions, solid waste management and recycling for the Tetons is costly, complicated by long distances to disposal facilities and markets. Despite these challenges, Jackson has a successful volunteer recycling program, including organic waste management, which is now being expanded with a 12-month pilot food waste collection and composting program. To read the full article, visit http://www.jgpress.com/archives/_free/001580.html.

COMPUTER / ELECTRONICS RECYCLING

Cascade Asset Management introduces secure storage rental service
Source: Recycling Today, February 2008
Madison-based Cascade Asset Management, a provider of full-service IT asset retirement solutions, has introduced a new secure storage rental program that includes a suite of collection containers in which customers can collect their retired assets. To read the full article, visit http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=12728&SubCatID=32&CatID=8.

Samsung launches new printer recycling program
Source: GreenBiz
Samsung Electronics America launched a recycling program Wednesday geared toward helping businesses dispose of their printers. Samsung, which bills itself as the world's second largest laser printer manufacturer, is offering the PrintCycle program for buyers of seven professional laser printers. Samsung also offers a toner purchase and recycle program. To read the full article, visit http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=55726.

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4. WELCOME NEW & RETURNING MEMBERS
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WasteCap thanks American Family Insurance, Bradley Corporation, Construction Waste Management, HGA Architects, Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, La Londe Contractors, Marcoe’s Recycling, Pellitteri Waste Systems, Pepin County, Tri-North Builders, for their continued support of WasteCap Wisconsin and for sharing the vision of transforming waste into resources.

For a complete list of WasteCap's current members please visit www.wastecapwi.org/members.htm.
Sign up as a member or read about member benefits at www.wastecapwi.org/join.htm.

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5. LEGISLATIVE / REGULATORY UPDATE
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Wisconsin Solid Waste Legislative Update, March 2008
Source: John Reindl, Dane County Recycling Manager, reindl@co.dane.wi.us
Three solid waste measures were recently adopted by both houses, with four adopted by one house only, and several of these latter bills likely to be back on the legislative agenda after its next session in January 2009. AB 266 allows landfill owners to invest in the obligations of federal agencies for their financial responsibilities. AB 546/SB 284 would provide DNR with citation powers for open burning and the storage of scrap tires without a license or in violation of an approved plan of operation. SB 397 would require manufacturers of specific electronic products to set up recycling programs for them and ban specific products from being disposed of in landfills. To read the full legislative update, visit www.wastecapwi.org/b_mar08leg.

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6. USEFUL TOOLS / RESOURCES ON RECYCLING
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Demolition Convention: Managing the C&D debris stream
Source: Recycling Today, February 2008
Many environmental and economic factors are driving an increase in interest C&D debris recycling, according to Dr. Kimberly Cochran of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Solid Waste, who addressed attendees of a session on national initiatives addressing C&D recycling at the National Demolition Association Annual Convention, held recently in Las Vegas. To read the full article, visit http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=12712&SubCatID=31&CatID=7.

Sustainability execs moving up the ladder
Source: GreenBiz Radio
Does your company have a chief sustainability officer? Do you think it needs one? For more and more companies, the answer is yes. That's according to Terry Chuah, a principal with the recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles. The company recently released a white paper, "The Emergence of the Chief Sustainability Officer," which details the growing prominence of this new brand of top-level executive charged with thinking about sustainability strategically. To listen to the radio program, visit http://www.greenbiz.com/radio/radio_third.cfm?NewsID=55727.

State of Green Business 2008
Source: GreenBiz
In this landmark report, Joel Makower and the editors of GreenBiz.com answer the question: How are U.S. businesses doing in their quest to be greener and more environmentally responsible? It introduces the GreenBiz Index, a set of 20 indicators of progress, tracking the resource use, emissions, and business practices of U.S. companies: carbon, materials, energy, and toxics intensity, clean-tech investments, e-waste recovery, paper use, employee commuting, and more. To read the full article, visit http://www.stateofgreenbusiness.com/.

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WasteCap Wisconsin thanks its sources for the news, information, and ideas in this issue. WasteCap Wisconsin is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide waste reduction and recycling assistance through business-to-business peer exchange, demonstration, and education for the benefit of businesses and the environment. To further this mission, we have developed these e-mail bulletins to provide you with information about the latest resources, recycling technologies, case studies, legislation, and other matters helping us transform waste into resources. You can view a collection of WasteCap Wisconsin's archived bulletins at http://www.wastecapwi.org/bulletin_archive.htm. To unsubscribe, send an email to wastecap@wastecapwi.org with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. If you have been forwarded this email and would like to subscribe directly, send an email to wastecap@wastecapwi.org with "subscribe" in the subject line.

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Shannon Delaney, Communications Director & WasteCap Wisconsin Bulletin Editor
Kimberly Rauwald, Research Assistant
WasteCap Wisconsin
www.wastecapwi.org