Solid Waste Field Trip Opportunity

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From: Karen A. Mendelow (karenm@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 18 2002 - 10:45:45 PDT 

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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:45:45 -0700
From: "Karen A. Mendelow" <karenm@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Solid Waste Field Trip Opportunity

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>Subject: Solid Waste Field Trip Opportunity

>Hi All,
>If you are looking for a field trip to enrich teachers' or students'
>understanding of the recycling industry arrange a trip to the Zanker
>Road Landfill in San Jose located at 705 Los Esteros Road. Back in
>January we took a group of teachers there to see this magnificent
>recycling effort and everyone was amazed at this model landfill--but
>don't let the name fool you because they just about recycly everything.
>
>The Zanker Road Landfill (Zanker) is a model recycling facility that has
>been recognized
>nationally. Zanker currently leads the industry in construction and
>demolition (C&D) debris
>recycling, wood waste recycling, and green waste composting. Through its
>aggressive recycling
>efforts, Zanker achieves nearly a 90% recycling rate. Zanker currently
>recycles concrete rubble,
>wood waste, yard waste, clean and mixed demolition debris, cardboard,
>gypsum, metal and bulky items.
>
>Give Randy a call at 408-263-2383 and he would be happy to set-up a tour
>for either teachers or students. He might even provide a bus there at
>the site for the long ride through the many acres of landfill. He also
>offered free compost to any teacher who is embarking on starting a
>garden at their school site as long as they come to pick it up.
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Karen Mendelow Nelson
Program Manager and Science Educator
Exploratorium Teacher Institute
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
karenm@exploratorium.edu
415-561-0313

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