Tag: ZWAC

Time to Ditch Your Toxic Black Plastic Kitchenware, 12/10

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Unveiling Hidden Risks in Your Kitchen. Join us for an eye-opening session with Lydia Jahl, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Green Science Policy Institute on the surprising dangers of black plastic kitchenware.⁠ 
 
Research indicates that black plastic may harbor toxic chemicals like flame retardants, potentially leaching into food during cooking. This alarming issue traces back to recycled e-waste plastics, often poorly labeled, leaving consumers in the dark about the risks.⁠ ⁠ Discover how to protect your health and make safer choices for your kitchen. Don’t miss this critical discussion on sustainable materials and their hidden challenges!⁠ 
 
 Date: December 10, 2024⁠
 Location: Zoom
⁠ Time: 5:00 PM (Networking) 5:30 PM (Interview)⁠ ⁠
 No Recycling Archive reading this month
Let’s rethink what’s safe and sustainable for our kitchens!⁠

Circular Solutions with Deconstruction, 6/23

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Join ZWAC on June 13 for another informative ZWAC Show. This month features former RU Speaker and NCRA member, Nicole Tai of GreenLynx, Bay Area Deconstruction Group and Reuse Alliance.

GreenLynx is a construction and deconstruction contractor with a reclaimed building materials facility in Santa Rosa. They specialize in small remodel salvage and full deconstruction projects, and ground up construction as well as remodels. Their two stores sell reclaimed building materials from commercial and residential buildings.

The Recycling Archives will feature a reading by Executive Director Susan Kinsella, about Recycling Pioneer Mark Gorrell discussing about Berkeley’s ecohousing initiative.

Agenda:

  • 5:00 PM – Social Hour
  • 5:30 PM – Recycling Archives Reading
  • 6:00 PM – Interview

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Illuminating Change with Zero Waste, 5/23

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Join the Zero Waste Advocacy Committee (ZWAC) for its interview with Metro Lighting Founder and former RU Speaker, Lawrence Grown accompanied the Lead Designer, Christa Rybczynski.

This company was founded on it’s core value of using lighting fixture design as a mode of self-expression, with a deep appreciation for the arts. Lawrence and Christa’s extensive experience in the lighting industry, and the team of local artisans, all work with customers to design beautiful and timeless solutions to enhance every space. They do all of this as sustainably as possible, moving towards Zero Waste.

 Many of their products contain recycled, repurposed, or salvaged materials. They are proud recipients of multiple environmental awards, including the the Climate Leader Award by CoolCalifornia and the Acterra Businesses Environmental Award.

Agenda:

  • 5:00 PM Virtual social hour – snacks, cocktails, networking
  • 5:30 PM Recycling Archives reading of Mike Anderson of Sonoma
  • 6:00 PM Featured Interview with Metro Lighting

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SB 1383 Compost Procurement Updates, 4/23

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Please join our ZWAC show on Tuesday, 4/11 where we will talk about updates on California’s SB 1383 organics procurement requirement and the implications that has on carbon sequestration as a tool for soil renewal and drawing carbon out of the atmosphere. Anyone in zero waste unfamiliar with carbon sequestration should attend.
In our Archives segment, we will celebrate this time of year and its theme of renewal across many religions, whether it be Passover, Easter, Ramadan, or the joy of the Goddess Demeter that her daughter Perspehone can join the planting season for 6 months. The archives will present some of the many stories of spirituality in zero waste, such as Will Bakx’ feelings towards the compost that he made. 
 
Agenda:
5:00 PM virtual social hour with snacks, cocktails, and stories
5:30 PM Show starts with Recycling Archives Segment
6:00 PM Interview with Ruth Abbe

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People Over Plastic Interview, 3/23

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ZWAC Show on March 14th @ 5:30 PM PDT. We will meet Shilpi Chhotray a plastic pollution activist on a mission to change the future of #environmentaljustice storytelling.

Currently, she is the co-founder and executive director of People over Plastic (PoP), a new BIPOC-led media platform dedicated to uplifting the #intersectional stories behind environmental racism.PoP prides itself in developing platforms and safe spaces for #frontlineleaders to share their lived experiences in an unfiltered context. She previously served as #BreakFreeFromPlastic’s (BFFP) Global Communications Lead, where she got her chops in challenging and shifting the pro-industry narrative on plastic pollution and developing counter-narratives with frontline leaders around the world.

Pairing this interview with the theme of environmental catastrophes based on bad recycling decisions,  I will interview Shilpi Chottray the founder and CEO of Oakland-based People Over Plastic https://www.shilpichhotray.com/  and https://peopleoverplastic.co who will discuss the environmental consequences of the East Palestine release of PVC and other bad plastic chemicals that burned.

For the Recycling Archives, we are trying a new format that includes Q&A about the archives. For this month, Jerry Rust who will discuss the explosion of a WTE facility in Lane County, Oregon in the 1970s.

Agenda:

  • 5 PM PDT – Social Hour
  • 5:30 PM PDT – Show Starts
  • 6:00 PM PDT – Interview with Shilpi Chhotray, People Over Plastic

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