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<br />F'RAMEW'OR,K FOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITT WASTE MANAGEMENT
<br />Wh�at, is a citizens advisory com umi i ttee on waste,, manag_e1ment?
<br />Citizens commiit,tees on waste management are groups of people concerned
<br />about or interested in how, trash in their community, is handled. They deal
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<br />wli'th issues like recycling, trash collectionj composti�ng, and reuse and
<br />reco�very of resources from tria,shl.
<br />Committees, may also focus on buildin-g cc�mm�u support for waste
<br />mangyagielment activiti- es* Promoting recycling and com,pi os t i n g and circulating
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<br />informiation to help people get involved are f'irst steps to responsible
<br />management of a communilty's, trasho ,
<br />What iroups, should he represented on citizens committees?
<br />Groups that are now part of recycling, efforts—fo�� r ................................. e x'ample,, scout troops
<br />that pick up relcyclables, redemptio�n centers, scrap dlealers,
<br />Groups that c�oluld become a, part, of eff'olrts to riecyclel, or compost, like
<br />Church groups, bus in�ess, clubs, Ja,ycee�s.
<br />Groups with an i'ntere�st in waste m�anagement, lossues—the League of Women
<br />Voters, the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, the Citizens League.
<br />Trash hauling firms. ,
<br />Private groups that process trash or are interested in processing trash.
<br />Local bins ,ineisses that, could, contribute time or resources to waste
<br />management efforts—by print ing and circulating brochures on recycling, for
<br />instance,.
<br />Local government, school pa,riks ari�d public works Officials and staff,
<br />'Whom can com�m�it,tele members contact for -help setting up, proqrams?.
<br />county waste managiemen�t staff.
<br />County, agri'cultiura,l extension agent,
<br />Metropolitan C'o�unci'l Solid Waste Assistance Team. To contact call team
<br />leader, Kat,y, Boone 291-6421 or Lucy Thommpson at 291-165211,
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