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WASTE TO WEALTH:
BRINGING RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING JOBS TO BALTIMORE

 

Wed, March 11th, 2015
7pm – 9pm

Bal­ti­more City Com­mu­ni­ty College

2901 Lib­er­ty Heights Ave, Bal­ti­more, MD 21215 (map)

The Waste to Wealth = Green Jobs event is being held to present the poten­tial for devel­op­ing small minor­i­ty-owned com­pa­nies in the reuse, recy­cling and com­post­ing sec­tors in the Bal­ti­more area.

Expert Pan­el Includes:

• Adri­enne Houel — Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Park City Green, oper­a­tor of a mat­tress recy­cling plant in Bridge­port, CT
• Shabaaz Jack­son — Prin­ci­pal, Green­way, com­post­ing design­er and oper­a­tor, Pough­keep­sie, NY
• Mark Fos­ter — Direc­tor, Sec­ond Chance, build­ing decon­struc­tion, resale, Bal­ti­more, MD
• Sid­ney Wil­son, Jr. — Pres­i­dent, Dox­i­com­Glob­al, recy­cling hard to recy­cle mate­ri­als, Jack­son, TN
• Justen Gar­ri­ty — Founder, Vet­er­an Com­post, Aberdeen, MD

PARTICIPATION IS FREE TO ALL!

Refresh­ments will be served

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PANEL OF EXPERTS WILL DISCUSS REUSE, RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK

EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF COMPANIES INCLUDE:

• Decon­struc­tion of build­ings and resale of recov­ered materials
• Repair and resale of com­put­ers, mat­tress­es, tex­tiles, auto­mo­biles and more
• Com­post­ing and food pro­duc­tion in small green houses
• Repur­pos­ing of hard to recy­cle materials

ALLIED PARTNERS INCLUDE:

• Amer­i­can Sus­tain­able Busi­ness Council
• Chesa­peake Sus­tain­able Busi­ness Council
• Clean Water Action
• Ener­gy Jus­tice Network
• Insti­tute for Local Self-Reliance

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Robin at 301–836-1405 or email robin [@] energyjustice.net

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BACKGROUND:  BRINGING ZERO WASTE BUSINESSES TO BALTIMORE!

The Waste to Wealth event is being held to present res­i­dents and city lead­ers to the poten­tial for devel­op­ing small minor­i­ty-owned com­pa­nies in the reuse, recy­cling and com­post­ing sec­tors. Busi­ness­es such as these are pop­ping up all over the U.S., includ­ing many owned and oper­at­ed by minor­i­ty busi­ness peo­ple and com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment companies.

Some of these busi­ness­es are already oper­at­ing in and around Bal­ti­more. Oth­ers would like to cre­ate joint ven­tures with local com­mu­ni­ty devel­op­ment cor­po­ra­tions and social ser­vice agencies.

Oth­er mid-sized man­u­fac­tur­ing firms want to locate in Bal­ti­more, tak­ing advan­tage of acres of idle indus­tri­al­ly zoned land. One such com­pa­ny is Greys Paper Com­pa­ny of Edmon­ton, Cana­da. This com­pa­ny pro­duces 100% recy­cled high grade paper sta­tionery, copy paper, envelopes on a five acre site that needs 120 work­ers. The com­pa­ny has asked the Insti­tute for Local Self-Reliance to sug­gest sites for sev­er­al plants to be built in the U.S. in the next few years. Bal­ti­more is an ide­al site giv­en the avail­abil­i­ty of land and loca­tion near Wash­ing­ton, DC – the high grade paper cap­i­tal of the world. City offi­cials in charge of eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment should attend this event to find out more.

The com­bi­na­tion of small com­pa­nies and mid-sized man­u­fac­tur­ing based on mate­ri­als and used prod­ucts that can be recov­ered from the Bal­ti­more waste stream can lead to over 1,000 new jobs in the city, each pay­ing a min­i­mum of $14/hour, some with health insur­ance benefits.

Infor­ma­tion about these com­pa­nies will be pre­sent­ed by their oper­a­tors and rep­re­sen­ta­tives at this Bal­ti­more Zero Waste pan­el and net­work­ing event.