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Weird Recycling
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○Two HazWaste facilities, plus Roundups = 60K customers for 4 million pounds of waste per year. ○Disposal costs are in the ballpark of $1 per pound. ○Reuse program diverts 200K pounds per year.
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●$3.00 per cylinder. ●Green Key 2008 - 2009. ●Drywall anchor: 11,000 - 12,000 per year. ●Dignity Village: 7,000 - 8,000 per year.
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Mike Suri - Artist
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63 FR 11084
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125,000 per year
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Jake Rankin Artist
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1500 pounds of used Tyvek per year. Garment Recovery Systems
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Wires/Electronics: Free Geek Printer Cartridges: Recycle First (WM) Cell Phones: Volunteers for America
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www.medicalteams.org Hospitals in the U.S. produce more than 5.9 million tons of waste annually. ●Weird Recycling: A New Freakonomics Radio Podcast 12/2011 In 2012, MedWish diverted about 400,000 pounds of usable medical surplus from disposal.
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Centennial High School Metal Shop Mark Watts
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Thank you! Andrew Judkins Weird Recycler andrew.judkins@oregonmetro.gov
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