Welcome to Waste-CAN.org
– working to address environmental, medical and policy issues related to burning solid waste in the Covanta / Marion County incinerator in Brooks, Oregon.
WHAT'S NEW
LWV Community Forums
The League of Women Voters of Marion/Polk Counties will hold three community forums in early 2009, open to the public at no cost, to inform citizens on issues of solid waste management in Marion County and to solicit involvement in the decision making process:
Location: Willamette University, School of Law, Wm. Paulus Lecture Hall
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Forum One – Jan. 22, 2009
Oregon DEQ Waste Reduction Strategies
– Cathie Davidson, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Recycling Efforts in Marion County
– Alan Pennington, Waste Reduction Coordinator for Marion County Environmental Services
Creating Jobs and Saving Recources through Recycling
– John Matthews, Garten Services
Forum Two – Feb. 26, 2009
Incineration Dangers: From Nanoparticles to Nonsustainability
– Dr. Paul Connett, renowned expert on zero waste and waste incineration by-products.
Covanta/Marion County Waste-to-Energy Facility as an Integrated Part of the County's Waste Management System
– Jeffrey Hahn, Environmental Director for Covanta Energy Corporation
Forum Three – March 26, 2009
Marion County's Solid Waste Master Plan
– Jeff Bickford, Marion County Environmental Services and Doug Drennen, J.R. Miller Consultants
League of Women Voters of Marion/Polk Counties Waste
Study: presentation of the League 2-year study including questions raised by the committee and response to the MCSW Master Plan recommendations.
– Deanie Anderson, Susann Kaltwasser, David Phelps, and Sharon Johnson
Forums Cosponsors:
- League of Women Voters of Marion/Polk Counties
- Friends of Marion County
- Health Care Without Harm
- Oregon Center for Environmental Health
- Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Oregon Toxics Alliance
- Salem City Club
- Willamette University – Sustainable Communities
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