Minutes from April 14, 2010 Meeting

Introductions:

• Maria Donaghy, Chairperson
• Margaret White, Co-Chairperson
• Steve North, City of Show Low
• Mark Williams, Larson Waste
• Joel Johnston, Navajo County
• Kay Dyson, Interested Party
• Kent Schysper, Interested Party

Report from Chairperson, Maria Donaghy:

• Events planned for Earth Day on/around April 24th.
• Solar cooking & sustainability workshop held at NPC Snowflake.
• Other activities held at other NPC campuses.
• WMAT celebration held in Whiteriver.
• City of Show Low endorsement of Earth Day celebration at NPC.
• Discussed planned August 28th electronic waste recycling event at Show Low Wal-Mart.  Possible activities to be included:
• tire recycling.
• educational classroom trailer.
• Maria is ever and always updating her list of places and items to recycle and the list of recipients of that list.

Publicity Sub-Committee Report:

• Mary Raines-Montano (not present) is working on newspaper article.

Larson Waste Presentation:

• Mark Williams-Larson Waste Representative
• Larson Waste has containers on their property for cardboard, white paper, and metal. No fee for dumping.
• Larson will also dispose of medical waste items on a fee schedule.
• Larson hauls to St Johns, the Blue Hills site.
• Mark also stated that to make recycling work, it has to be a cooperative joint effort from all parties involved; individual, business, city, and county.

Report from Co-Chairperson, Margaret White:

• Efforts to get NEARA trailer on the Snowflake NPC Campus.
• Working on getting a concrete pad poured for the placement of a cardboard recycling container.
• There is an on-going non-cardboard paper recycling project; spear headed by Keith Webb.
• One of the faculty transport plastic 1 and 2, and aluminum to NPC Holbrook to be recycled there.

Open Discussion:

• Discussed the plausibility of glass recycling.
• There are a few locations to dispose of medical waste in the area.
• Most efforts are hampered by the lack of funds in all areas of recycling; start to finish.
• There needs to be awareness and responsibility taken by all to make this work.
• Discussion on the placement of the NEARA trailers.

Next meeting:

• 2nd Wednesday in June; June 9th.