Waste Characterization Training

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Hello Everyone, Space is still available in this free waste characterization training! As a note, this training is open to all tribes in EPA Region 9, and the waste characterization methods covered in this training are applicable to all waste streams, whether you have a casino or not.

If you are interested in attending the training, or have questions, please contact me. Thank you, Nova
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Nova Blazej |Tribal Solid Waste Team | Waste Division Press Liaison
415.972.3846 | blazej.nova@epa.gov
US EPA Region 9 | 75 Hawthorne St. (WMD-7) San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.epa.gov/region9/waste/tribal/index.html


From: BLAZEJ, NOVA
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Subject: FREE Tribal Waste Characterization Training (Casino Waste): April 23, 2013

Save the Date! Tuesday, April 23, 2013
FREE Tribal Waste Characterization Training: Focus on Casino Waste (Sacramento)

On Tuesday, April 23 the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation and Cache Creek Casino Resort, in coordination with Waste Management, Inc. and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are hosting a Waste Characterization Training focused on Casino Waste. Knowing what is in your trash is critical to determining how to sustainably manage your waste for the long-term through waste reduction programs, such as recycling and composting. This training is ideal for tribes that are in the process of developing or updating their Integrated Waste Management Plans.

This all-day training will be held at Waste Management’s Sacramento Recycling and Transfer Station. The training includes both classroom and “field” elements where we will learn the methodology of waste characterization, how to conduct a waste characterization on your own, sorting through Cache Creek Casino Resort waste, and findings from the day’s analysis. We will also take a tour of Waste Management’s facility.

Space is limited and available on a "first come, first serve" basis. Please note that anyone who participates is required to provide and wear their own safety equipment: long pants, long-sleeved shirt, steel-toed boots, and work gloves. Additional safety equipment may be required. EPA will provide a complete list of needed safety equipment before the training.

If you would like to take advantage of this training opportunity, please email me by April 15.

Where: Waste Management’s Sacramento Recycling and Transfer Station, 8491 Fruitridge Rd, Sacramento, Ca 95826

Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

For those looking for more information on waste characterization CALRECYCLE has a useful page: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/wastechar/

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Nova Blazej |Tribal Solid Waste Team | Waste Division Press Liaison
415.972.3846 | blazej.nova@epa.gov
US EPA Region 9 | 75 Hawthorne St. (WMD-7) San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.epa.gov/region9/waste/tribal/index.html