Jackson Community Recycling Newsletter

ISWR MISSION STATEMENT Reduce, reuse, recycle, and manage municipal solid waste A program of Teton County throughout Teton County, Wyoming, Integrated Solid Waste & Recycling in an efficient and environmentally-sound manner. Summer 2011

Contact Information: Yes, They Can! Recycling Center: 733-7678 Transfer Station: 733-7172 Snake River Brewing Joins Growing Number of Fax: 733-7616 Microbrewers to Produce Beer in Aluminum Cans [email protected] www.tetonwyo.org/recycling Brewery Favors Eco-Friendly Option for Consumers www.howdoyourrr.org Hours: ith Jackson Hole style and Recycling Center W gusto, Snake River Brewing Monday-Friday: 9am-6pm (SRB), rolled out two microbrews in With bins out 24/7 aluminum cans on June 1 after a cere- Trash Transfer Station monial christening on the SRB loading Monday-Friday: 7am-3pm dock. To help celebrate the new pack- Saturday: 9am-1pm aging, SRB held a ―Get Loaded on the Summer Hours Loading Dock‖ party to introduce the Household Hazardous Waste canned beer to local patrons, and, with Collection Facility help from volunteers, delivered the new Open by appointment only, products to local retailers via bicycle. April—October 733-7678 ―We are really fired up to be using ISWR Advisory Board this new package and we hope our cus- Herb Brooks, Chair tomers are too!‖ said Chris Erickson, Director of Brewery Operations at Dan Buchan, Vice-Chair & Treasurer SRB. At the party, the brewery intro- Gina MacIlwraith, Secretary Did you know that three times as duced two microbrews in cans out of Annie Jack many cans fit in a semi truck as their product line of 44 microbrews – glass bottles? Nate McClennen Pako’s India Pale Ale and Snake River Sue Morgan Pale Ale. Doug Sobey ―The Pako's has never been pack- ―The cost of inbound freight for Lindsay Travis aged before and will only be available aluminum vs. glass is another considera- Lynne Wagner in cans. The Pale has been in bottles tion for SRB,‖ adds Erickson. ―Because Chris Finlay, Ex-Officio since day one and in Jackson will be the cans are so much lighter, there are ISWR Staff available in both cans and bottles. approximately three times as many cans Heather Overholser, Division Chief Ideally we will add other styles to cans on a pallet as there are glass bottles. Caroline Sheahan, Finance Manager and perhaps phase out glass bottles Reducing inbound truck trips by 2/3 will go a long ways toward greening things Kent Jasperson, Program Operations entirely in the future,‖ added Erickson. up around here.‖ Manager ―The addition of cans fits perfectly within our Jackson Hole lifestyle", he ―The cans are actually built right Lane Raper, Recycling Center Foreman (continued on page 2) Jill Callaway, Scale Master said. "Not only are cans a better pack- Ed Heron, Scale Operator age for preserving the quality of the beer itself, but they are more recycla- Chris Crook, Recycling Center Staff ble, highly portable, lighter to ship and Bill Hannel, Recycling Center Staff made in Wyoming, making them a Ray Hatfield, Recycling Center Staff much better eco-friendly option for our Shane Taylor, Recycling Center Staff consumers.‖ Muriel Blaha, Administrative Assistant

Page 1 (continued from page 1) here in Wyoming, up in Worland, versus the glass we buy, which comes from Portland. The proximity further reduces the amount of fuel used to supply us with packaging.‖ Aluminum glass Canned beer is becoming the buzz word among micro- in recycling market brew beer drinkers and brewers of the beverage. The website www.craftcans.com charts the nationwide status of canned Earns most money per craft beer. The latest report from the website database shows ton for Teton County that 329 beers are now being produced in cans in 122 different breweries. Snake River Brewing and Wind River Brewing Company in Pinedale are the only Wyoming breweries on the list. On the resale market, aluminum earns the most money per ton of the recyclables collected at Jackson Community Recycling. The price paid for aluminum has been steadily climbing following a dip in 2008 when the economy bottomed out. The average price per ton paid to Teton County ISWR for aluminum is $1,625 per ton—81 cents per pound— based on FY2011data to date. This average is up 24% over the same period last year. Caroline Sheahan, Finance Manager at Teton County ISWR, typically ships two semi-loads of aluminum to the recycle market per year. So far this fiscal year, Sheahan has sent 42.2 tons of aluminum for $61,862 in revenue. During the same period, Shea- han sent 648 tons of glass to Coors for recycling with a meager profit of $1,500. ―The cost of shipping glass cuts into our profits, and we have a difficult time finding trucks to haul glass to Colorado,‖ Sheahan said.

The plastic six pack top used by SRB is superior to the standard plastic six-pack Aluminum recycling in energy savings rings used in the canning industry. Six- pack rings, if washed into the ocean, Using recycled material in new aluminum beverage cans uses lakes, or streams can choke, suffocate, 95% less energy and emits 95% less greenhouse gas or disable aquatic life. The Brew Pub will emissions than manufacturing cans from virgin materials. provide a recycling bin for collection of Source: Can Manufacturers’ Institute the plastic tops, as they can be reused Energy costs drop about 2-3% for every 10% recycled glass several times. used in the glass making process. Using Coors Bottling Company’s glass bottle mixture—20% recycled glass/80% raw material– Coors gains only 5% energy efficiency as com pared to making glass bottles with no recycled content. Source: Glass Packaging Institute

R ecognizing that sales of carbonated beverages had dropped in the U.S. for four straight years, Coca-Cola launched the aluminum contour bottle in 2005. The bottle holds only 7.5 ounces, appealing to consumers concerned about calorie and sugar intake.

Aluminum Recycling Fact Graphic designer Scott Wood, Wood Design Studio, was the creative force Recycled cans are back on store shelves as new cans behind the can designs. in as little as 60 days.

Page 2 Jackson Hole Resorts Recycle Soap To Help Save Lives Local Efforts Divert Tons of Discarded Soap, Shampoo, Lotions from the Landfill

Four Seasons Resort Jackson Hole, Snake River Gary Prechter, Director of Engineering at Snake River Lodge & Spa, and The Wort Hotel have joined the hospital- Lodge & Spa, keeps a database that tracks soap collection for ity industry in a nationwide effort that is reaping benefits on the resort. The resort joined the program in February of both the home front and in impoverished countries. These 2011. Prechter projects that Snake River Lodge will recycle Jackson Hole resorts are putting a dent in the amount of soap 3,780 pounds – almost 2 tons – of amenities in one year, based and bottled bathroom amenities that would otherwise be sent on number of rooms and occupancy rates. Bar soap received to the landfill, and in the process, are making life cleaner and from the Snake River Lodge & Spa in just one day will supply healthier for hundreds of people in need, most of them chil- 37 families with enough soap for one week. dren. Can a bar of soap save a life? ―Yes,‖ says Clean the World, a non-profit corporation based in Orlando, Florida. Founded in 2009 by two enterprising individuals, Shawn Seipler and Paul Till, Clean the World is dedicated to promoting proper hygiene and reducing landfill waste caused by discarded hotel amenities. Clean the World works with hotels and bed-and-breakfasts through an innovative recy- cling program that helps ensure a steady flow of otherwise- discarded soaps and shampoos to the people who need them most. In a press release dated May 18, Clean the World Foun- dation, had collected, recycled and distributed more than 8 million soap bars to children and families in need in the United States and more than 40 countries. ―It's a pretty incredible program,‖ said Laura Cuddie, Director of Residences at Four Seasons Resort. ―We are the first Four Seasons and first property in Wyoming to join. This program has enabled us to recycle our soap, shampoo, Every day in North America, thousands of hotels discard conditioner (bathroom amenities) and thus keep thousands of millions of pounds of soap and shampoo. Impoverished peo- plastic bottles out of the landfill. The soap will be used to ple around the world die every day from acute respiratory infection and diarrheal disease because they have no soap. help save the lives of children around the world who are at Studies have shown that simple hand washing substantially risk of diseases that can be prevented by hand-washing.‖ reduces the spread of these diseases. Since signing up last summer, the Jackson Hole Four Seasons has recycled 953 pounds of soap and 1,468 pounds Clean the World is com- of bottled shampoo, conditioner and lotions. Through these mitted to maintaining an donations, 858 children have received assistance. environmentally and hy- Cuddie said room attendants collect the leftover soaps gienically safe recycling and shampoo/conditioner bottles on each floor and bring to a process. As the world’s central location where they are stored in bins provided by first high-volume soap Clean the World. There is a constant turnaround. As soon as recycler, Clean the World ensures that all bars of bins are shipped off, new collection bins arrive. soap recycled and dis- Rodney Braman, Director of Housekeeping at The Wort, tributed domestically and says he ships about 150 pounds of soap and 50 pounds of abroad are completely shampoo and conditioner to Clean the World per month. safe and will not harm the end user due to disease or patho- That amounts to 2,400 pounds - a little over one ton - of gens that can be transmitted if proper re-purposing does not products sent out by The Wort per year. ―In all my time in exist. To learn more about the soap recycling process, visit the hotel business I have never seen a program like this,‖ he the Clean The World website at: said. http://www.cleantheworld.org/operations.asp

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“paper or plastic?” Plastic #1 and #2 Recycling Just say only the bottle, please… Summer brings picnics, lunch on “GREEN PLEASE” the go, river trips, soccer and baseball JCR’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle reusable tote bag campaign has put a dent in games, barbecues, and with all these local plastic bag use in the valley. outings—plastic packaging: fruit Since March 2006, JCR has sold over trays, yogurt packs, sandwich contain-

12,000 RRR bags at local markets. ers. While convenient, these items Help keep Jackson Community Every person who purchases an RRR are not accepted at Jackson Recycling running! Old Bill’s Fun Run bag and uses it regularly will eliminate Community Recycling. for Charities will take place Saturday, the consumption of over 1,000 plastic “Plastic #1 and #2 bottles are rela- September 10, 2011. A contribution to bags during the lifetime of each tote tively easy to recycle, they are worth JCR through Old Bill’s will help us bag. quite a lot in the secondary market, maintain and expand recycling in Jack- Take your bag to the grocery store and there are many good and reliable son Hole. JCR relies on the contribu- and retail stores. Use it when you go markets that buy them,” says Heather tions of generous donors like you to to the gym or the Rec Center. Pack Overholser, ISWR Division Chief. maintain and improve recycling and your gear in it when you go camping, “Other plastic containers, such as hazardous waste collection programs. on road trips or river float trips. yogurt tubs, strawberry pints, and #3- To contribute, please fill out the RRR bags are made in the United #7 plastics are much more difficult to form that you receive in the mail and States out of recycled and organic recycle and are worth very little - if indicate JCR as the non-profit to whom cotton. JCR can even find a market for them.” you would like to give. You may also go They are available at these When glass, paper and cans are to http://www.oldbills.org. retailers: recycled, they become similar prod- Donations will be accepted by the ucts that can be used and recycled Albertsons Community Foundation of Jackson over and over again. With plastics Aspens Market Hole beginning July 4 through Septem- recycling, there is usually only a single Creekside Meats Market & Deli ber 16, 2011. Thanks so much for re-use. Dornan’s remembering Jackson Community Most bottles and jugs aren’t made Hoback Market Recycling. Together, we’re making a into food and beverage containers difference! Hungry Jack’s General Store again. For example, pop bottles might Smith’s be manufactured into carpet, stuffing Try Back Yard Composting for sleeping bags, polar fleece, or tote

Catalogs and Junk Mail Piling Up? bags. Milk jugs are made into plastic Composting is easy and Try www.catalogchoice.org/ This lumber, recycling bins, drainage pipe, the results are signifi- website offers and toys. cant. Garden Gourmet an easy, free Any non-recyclable plastic that is compost bins are avail- service to stop put into a recycle bin will be land able at JCR for $85 delivery of mail filled and JCR will have to bear the (includes tax). Dimen- order catalogs cost of disposing of it. So, please don’t sions are 22”x 22” x 40.5”. and junk mail. “slip it in.” Capacity is 11 cubic feet. Just sign up, search for the publica- The composters are made of 100% tions you want to stop, and enter your post consumer plastic with UV stabiliz- mailing information. You can keep ers. track of the progress of your requests. JCR also sells worm composters. It may take up to six weeks until the Stop by the Recycling Center for free request has been fully processed. handouts on back yard composting and Catalog Choice is a non-profit worm composting. corporation based in Berkeley, Cali-

fornia. Its mission is to help people

reduce unwanted mail, save natural Unacceptable plastics pulled out of bins at

resources, and protect their privacy. Recycling Center

Page 4 E-waste half-price recycling event resounding success! Recycling Center takes in 7,625 pounds of e-waste during Spring Clean-Up Week

Thanks Jackson Hole recyclers! Your response to JCR’s half-price recycling event during Spring Clean-Up Week was awesome. “We are thrilled that our advertis- ing efforts paid off and Jackson residents were so responsive,” said Heather Overholser, ISWR Division Chief. The price was right. During Clean-Up Week, E-waste awaiting shipment residents were charged 20 cents per pound—half-off to Electronic Recyclers the regular rate of 40 cents per pound for e-waste International® (ERI) in Denver. recycling. In a typical week, Jackson Community Recy- cling receives about 3,000 pounds of electronic waste. The sale prompted residents to more than double the Did you know? amount of e-waste collected. Electronics have been banned from the Teton County Trash Transfer Station since 2003. Throughout the week, people commented that the sale reminded them to gather their unused/out-of-date electronics and bring them to the recycling center. JCR sends e-waste to Electronic Recyclers Interna- Many said “it felt good” to clean out their homes of tional® (ERI) in Denver. The largest electronics recycler old, heavy, dusty televisions, computer monitors and in North America, ERI specializes in the environmentally other electronics. safe and socially responsible dismantling of electronic JCR accepts all electronics, Monday-Friday, waste. 100% of all material sent to ERI is recycled into 9am-6 pm year-round — no appointment needed! JCR three main commodities: metals, plastics and glass. ERI requests that businesses pay the full cost of 40 cents is a member of the Basel Action Network (BAN) - an in- per pound for e-waste recycling and asks residents to ternational organization that monitors the international pay as much as they can toward the recycling costs. JCR trade of electronic wastes. ERI has signed the BAN receives support from the Teton Conservation District pledge which states, “We will not engage in the export- and the Brinson Foundation to help defray the cost of ing or dumping of e-waste, or in the use of prison labor e-waste recycling. in our recycling processes.” Please be kind— don’t leave your hazardous waste behind!

If you are moving from a home or bring your waste to the HHW facility what it costs to safely dispose of haz- apartment, please make an effort to when the facility opens in April. ardous waste, and asks that resi- use up, give away, or dispose of your Be aware that moving companies dents pay as much as they can to household hazardous waste at the are not allowed to transport hazard- help offset ISWR’s disposal costs. Teton County Household Hazardous ous materials. Thank you for being a The HHW Collection Facility oper- Waste facility before you leave. This thoughtful neighbor and citizen! ates in cooperation with the Brinson simple gesture will make it easier for Foundation, Teton Conservation the new tenant/owner to move into The Teton County Household District, Teton County Weed & Pest, your former residence with one less Hazardous Waste Collection Facility is and the Wyoming Department of task to do. open the first and third Tuesday Agriculture. If you are moving in the off season of each month by appointment For more information, for hazardous waste collection from only from April-October. Call 733- download the 2011 HHW brochure November – March, please ask a rela- 7678 to make an appointment. at: http://www.tetonwyo.org/ tive, neighbor, friend or co-worker to ISWR charges businesses only recycling/ocs/2011HHWBrochure.pdf

Page 5 From the grocery shelf to the Interstate... Terracyle Project or to the new Hoback River Bridge? Continues…

Thanks to the recyclers who Steel cans recycled in Jackson Hole have brought items to the might end up as rebar in the nation’s Recycling Center to support a interstate highways. Or they might end young student’s school service up as angle iron in the new Hoback learning project. River Bridge. Jackson Community Recy- Forrest Bucholz, a Journeys cling sells steel cans recycled in Jackson School student, has placed bins at to Western Metals in Plymouth, Utah. the Recycling Center for collecting At the processing plant in Plymouth, items that he sends to Terracycle, the steel cans are melted down to make an eco-friendly manufacturer that reinforcing bar (rebar) and angle iron. “upcycles” . Rebar is used to strengthen concrete What is upcycling? It is the used in highway and building construc- process of converting waste tion. Angle iron, a metal bracket shaped materials or useless products into like the letter L, is used in construction innovative, unique materials and to provide structural support. products. All steel manufactured in North Terracycle pays at least $.02 America contains a minimum of 28 per- per item. Forrest will donate all pro- cent recycled content, according to the ceeds to Jackson Community Re- website http://www.recycle-steel.org/ cycling. “I have established the When one ton of steel is recycled JCR account to benefit the entire 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds community,” he said. of coal and 120 pounds of limestone are Bins for the following items are conserved. located inside the main door of the Recycling Center:

Candy Wrappers

Chip Bags

Cookie Wrappers

Corks

Drink Pouches

Energy Bar Wrappers

Kashi Packaging Flatbed semi truck loaded with 33.5 tons of steel cans headed to (paperboard from cereal, cookies, etc.) Plymouth, Utah from the recycling center. Coffee Bags In 2010, Jackson Hole recycled 65 tons of steel! Forrest recently sent his first shipment to Terracycle, which in- Let’s play ball! cluded 17 pounds of coffee bags. Attention—fans and participants in men’s slow pitch Look for updates on the project in softball summer leagues, and anyone else using the future JCR newsletters. Cow Pasture ball fields off Gregory Lane! Look for Visit www.terracycle.net to see recycling bins located near the grandstands. The bins what this company does with are for glass, plastic and aluminum. Please do not put trash! trash in the bins. Enjoy!!!! Page 6