Global Recycling Council/California Resource

Recovery Association

INTERNATIONAL DIALOG

San Francisco, California August 26 & 27, 2004

Resource Management

in the New Millennium

Richard V. AnthonyRichard Anthony Associates

Why Resource

Management

??

Ancient Culture

Code of Hammurabi

Old and New Testament Rules

Early Civilization

American Culture 1800

American IndianPioneer EthicQuilting BeesRefillable Glass

Containers, Mason Canning Jars

American Culture 1900

Junk Yards, Yard Sales

Hog Farms and Collection of Putresables

Required Source Separation prior to the End of WWII

It Should be the Law

Navigable Rivers Act, Late 1800

Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

Open Burning Dumps, Untreated Sewage and Industrial Discharges into Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Air

Clean Air and Clean Water Acts

Federal Law Solid Waste Management Act, Resource

Recovery ActResource Conservation and Recovery Act

(1976) Hazardous WasteStandards for Land DisposalSpecial Wastes (Medical, Tires)Resource Recovery and Recycling Education

and Training

International Law

Montreal Protocol

Kyoto Agreement

It Makes Good Sense

Thomas Malthus the consequences of the increasing gap between rich and poor

Karl Marx the ultimate result of the gap is revolution and the redistribution of wealth.

Club of Rome Study, Meadows

Mend our ways or nature will force us

Managing Our Resources

Old Way extracts from environment and dump waste back into the environment.

New Way is to close the loop and make environmental dumping illegal or expensive

Close the Loop

Black Hole

Close the Loop

Black Hole

Efficiency in Managing Resources

Matter and energy are constants E=MC2

There is no “away”No such thing as a free lunch

Zero Waste

Zero Waste goals (efficiency)Create Jobs from DiscardsEnd Welfare for Wasting (level the playing

field)

Responsibility

Consumer Responsibility (what you buy)

Producer Responsibility

New Millennium Rules

6 “R’s”Reduce (source reduction)

RedesignRepair (fix)

Reuse (durable vs. Single use i.e., cameras, napkins)

Recycle (everything else)

Regulate