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United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Region 7
Office of Public Affairs
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
May 1991
Administrator's Awards Program
Region 7 Recycling
Projects Summary
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Response to the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency
Administrator's Awards Pro-
gram, with a focus this year on
recycling, has been tremendous
in Region 7. In the first year of
this annual national program, our
office received more than 50
nominations of innovative recy-
cling programs. We have listed
these programs in this brochure
to recognize the types of recy-
cling projects being conducted
by individuals, communities,
schools,govemments, and busi-
nesses. These recycling programs
represent ways to make a positive contribution toward protecting
our environment. We applaud these recycling achievements, and
encourage each of you to help prevent pollution by supporting recy-
cling programs in your community.
Morris Kay
Region 7 Administrator
Recycling Is Making A Difference!
As a nation, we are generating
more trash than ever before. In
1988, the United States generated
ISO million tons of trasn. This is
13 percent more garbage than
was produced just two years
before. At this rate, by the year
2010, our country will generate
more that 250 million tons of
paper, bottles, cans, plastic, yard
waste, furniture, tires, and other
items each year.
Across the nation, individuals,
organizations, businesses, and
governments are making recy-
cling work. Recycling is becom-
ing increasingly attractive be-
cause it reduces the amount of
waste that must be disposed of in
landfills, and decreases potential
risks to human health and the en-
vironment, in addition to con-
serving natural resources.
Because of the many benefits of
recycling, more and more indi-
viduals, communities, schools,
and businesses are producing and
buying goods made of recycled
materials, as well as recycling
their trash. Recycling is a practi-
cal way for people to make a
positive contribution toward pro-
tecting the environment.
To recognize and commend those
efforts, EPA has chosen to focus
on recycling achievements dur-
ing the initial year of its
Administrator's Awards Pro-
gram. Through this program,
EPA will place the spotlight on
creative successful approaches
that are diverting valuable com-
modities from the waste stream
to the marketplace.
We are proud to list these
programs.
Q Eagle Grove, Iowa - "The
Greening of Eagle Grove" is a
volunteer project involving the
planting of trees 100 feet apart
between the communities of
Eagle Grove and Goldfield.
Daryl R. Watts
410 S.E. 3rd Street
Eagle Grove, IA 50533
(515) 448-3358
Q Gothenburg, Nebraska- The
Youth Community Improvement
Program is a non-profit organi-
zation sponsored by the Cham-
ber of Commerce with a volun-
teer membership of over 260 high
school students, currently work-
ing with the city government to
promote use or recycled paper
products.
Cathy Healey
1205 20th Street
Gothenburg, NE 69138
(308) 537-2106
Q Inman, Kansas - The Lions
Club coordinates a recycling
project for the community, which
includes diverting yard wastes
from the city landfill.
R. Bill Williams
P.O. Box 177,104 North Main
Inman, KS 67546-0177
(316) 585-2122
Q Independence, Missouri - The
Community Services League
initiated a volunteer staffed recy-
cling collection program to
educate people about recycling
and to generate funds to assist
needy citizens.
Dorace J. Wilson
P.O. Box 4178
Independence, MO 64051-4178
(816) 254-4100
Q Kansas City, Missouri - As a
buyer of supplies for Research
Medical Center, Susie Sheuer-
man reduced the use of polysty-
rene by 40 percent and devel-
oped an overall pollution preven-
tion program to recycle paper and
reduce waste.
Kevin Mines
2316 E. Meyer Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64132
(816) 276-4121
Q Kansas City, Missouri - The
Heartland All Species Project is
a non-profit, eco-educational
organization that approaches
environmental education through
hands-on celebrations of nature,
such as having children build
massive sculptures from recycla-
bles.
Stan Slaughter
3517 Virginia
Kansas City , MO 64109
(816) 523-2784
Q Kansas City, Missouri - The
Surplus Exchange is Kansas
City'sclearinghousefor donated
surplus goods which are redis-
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tributed to local charities. The
Surplus Exchange currently
works with over 370 charities
and receives donated materials
from hundreds of businesses.
Bruce T. Holland
1107 Hickory
Kansas City, MO 64101
(816) 472-0444
Q Moundridge, Kansas - The
Better Farms 4-H Club began
collecting newspapers in 1985 and
has expanded this fund raising
project to include recycling glass,
plastic and aluminum.
Clare Galle, Route 2, Box 17
Moundridge, KS 67107
(316) 345-2781
Q New Prague, Minnesota -
"RECLAEVT stands for Rural
Community Assistance Aimed at
Improved Management of the
environment. The project con-
ducted in Missouri, Nebraska and
North Dakota, is designed to
help local government officials
better address solid waste man-
agement concerns.
Paula Liepold
Midwest Assistance Program Inc.
P.O. Box 81
New Prague, MN 56071
(612) 758-4334
Q Ottawa, Kansas - The six-
county Lake Region Resources
Conservation and Development
Council initiated educational
efforts on waste management in
June 1989, followed by the first
pilot recycling program in
Franklin County in October
1990.
Joan Vibert
121 East 2nd
Ottawa, KS 66067
(913) 242-2073
Q Panora, Iowa - The General
Federated Women's Club,
Women for Panora's Future co-
ordinates an environmental edu-
cation campaign as well as a
paper recycling program for the
community.
Gloria Baker
202 S.W. 15th Street
Panora,IA 50216
(515) 747-8383
Q Parkville, Missouri - The
citizens established a Recycling
Center staffed by volunteers and
in the first year doubled the vol-
ume of aluminum, tripled the vol-
ume of newspapers and collected
about five times the amount of
glass.
Meg Harding
6924 N.W. Highway 9
Kansas City, MO 64152
(816) 741-4978
Q Emporia, Kansas - As man-
ager or the Pizza Hut, Rebecca
Samuelson instituted a recycling
program that reduced bulk waste
at Pizza Hut by 80 percent.
Rebecca Samuelson
P.O. Box 1446
Emporia, KS 66801
Q St. Charles, Missouri - Re-
cycle Roundup's primary intent
is to promote recycling through-
out the community through envi-
ronmental education programs.
Sandra Greiwe
14 Willowbrook Place
St. Charles, MO 63301
(314) 946-4048
Q Shawnee, Kansas - Bill
McCallop collects aluminum cans
as a funaraising project for the
Shawnee Community Center. He
was named "citizen of the year"
by the Community Center.
Evelyn VanKemseke
11110 W. 67th Street
Shawnee, KS 66203
(913) 268-7746
Q Shawnee, Kansas - The Com-
munity Center of Shawnee, Inc.
provides recycling education and
maintains a recycling collection
center.
Evelyn VanKemseke
P.O. Box 3072
Shawnee, KS 66203
(913) 268-7746
Q Topeka, Kansas - "Topeka
Project Redirectory" sponsored
by the Topeka-Shawnee County
Litter Control Commission and
Southwestern Bell Telephone
reclaimed more than 100,000
telephone books from area busi-
nesses and organizations.
Kathy Dechand
2231 SW. Wanamaker Road
Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66614
(913) 273-6808
Q Webster Groves, Missouri
Ann Mack, coordinates the Mis-
souri Energy Resources Project.
The Project conducts waste re-
duction and resources workshops
for educators in the state.
Ann Mack
658 Amelia
Webster Groves, MO 63119
(314) 962-7752
Q Cape Girardeau, Missouri -
Southeast Missouri State Univer-
sity implemented its campus
wide recycling program with the
objectives of reducing the cam-
pus waste stream and developing
a model recycling program for
the region.
Kim King
One University Plaza
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
(314) 651-2213
Q Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Dr.
Floyd Sandford has established a
paper recycling program at Coe
College.
Dr. Floyd Sandford
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319) 399-8000
Q Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Dr.
Neil Bernstein coordinates a
paper recycling project at Mt.
Mercy College that resulted in
more than three tons of paper
recycled in one year.
Dr. Neil Bernstein
1330 Ehnhurst Drive NE.
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319) 363-8213
Q Florissant Valley, Missouri -
The St. Louis Community Col-
lege at Florissant Valley has a
Campus Recycling Task Force
to coordinate a voluntary partici-
pation program on campus to re-
duce waste and recycle material.
Stephen Brown
3400 Pershall Road
St. Louis, MO 63135
(314) 595-4359
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Q Kansas City, Missouri - The
University of Missouri Extension
Office has developed an educa-
tional resource program de-
signed for consumer education
on household hazardous waste.
Marsha Alexander
1601 E. 18th Street, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 472-0237
Q Omaha, Nebraska - The
Creighton Prep Science Club
recycles newspapers, glass, pa-
per, aluminum and other materi-
als throughout the year to help
finance field trips and enter sci-
ence competition events.
David C. Dow
7400 Western Avenue
Omaha, NE 68114-1878
(402) 393-1190
Q Schuyler, Nebraska - The
"Recycling for a Better Tomor-
row" project, sponsored by the
Schuyler FFA, involves the col-
lection of recyclable materials in
the schools as well as a recycling
education campaign.
Tom Wheeldon
401 Adams Street
Schuyler, NE 68661
(402) 352-5153
Q Springfield, Missouri - The
Springfield Public School's etc.
Center works closely with area
businesses and Springfield's
public schools to use discarded
recyclable materials for projects
in the schools.
Sondra Goodman
901 S. National Ave., Box 108
Springfield, MO 65804
(417) 836-5777
Q Vinton, Iowa - Students at
Washington High School, and
the Shellsburg Community
School have organized a. paper
recycling program as well as an
environmental education cam-
paign in their schools.
Angie Hanson or Becky McKenna
Washington High School
Vinton, IA 52349
(319) 472-4721
Q Hutchinson, Kansas - Dillon
Stores, headquartered in Hutch-
inson, Kansas, establishedaplas-
tics recycling program in its 61
supermarkets throughout Kan-
sas. Plastic containers are taken
to the Training and Evaluation
Center for the Handicapped in
Hutchinson for processing.
John Baldwin
2700 East Fourth
Hutchinson, KS 67501
(316) 665-5511
Q Hutchinson, Kansas - The
Midwest Iron & Metal Company,
in cooperation with other busi-
nesses and community organiza-
tions, initiated a successfulpublic
education campaign and volun-
tary recycling program.
Russell L. Fallis, Jr.
700 S. Main, P.O. Box 70
Hutchinson, KS 67504-0070
(316) 662-0551
Q Lincoln, Nebraska - KOLN-
TV established a recycling pro-
gram for paper, aluminum cans
and newspapers at their facili-
ties.
Kim Thompson
P.O. Box 30350
Lincoln, NE 68503
(402) 467-4321
Q Lindsay, Nebraska - Total
Quality Management is an ap-
proach used at Lindsay Manu-
facturing to minimize waste in
it's manufacturing process. The
company implemented seven
projects to reprocess various
wastes at an estimated savings of
more than one million dollars.
Donald J. Ambrose
P.O. Box 156
Lindsay, NE 68644
(402) 428-7388
Q St. Louis, Missouri The
Monsanto Company has under-
taken a recycling program at its
world headquarters in St. Louis
where more than 3,775 tons of
white paper and over 8,862
pounds of aluminum cans have
been recycled.
Charles B. Henderson
800 N. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63167
(314) 694-8524
Q Sioux Center, Iowa Iowa
Plasticspurchases recycledplas-
tics from communities and re-
cycles the plastic into liners for
livestock facilities, basketball
backboards, shower liners and
other products.
Virgil Houtkooper
322 N. Main
Sioux Center, IA 51250
(712) 722-0692
Q Sioux Center, Iowa Van
Beek Inc., Bio-Mass Energy and
Recycling is a company involved
in research projects to reduce
solid waste in landfills as well as
converting waste to energy. The
company also assists businesses
in marketing recycled goods for
all types of waste reduction pro-
grams.
Norlyn Van Beek
322 N. Main
Sioux Center, IA 51250
(712) 722-3709
Q Carroll County, Iowa - Car-
roll County Recycles is a joint
curbside collection effort of the
Carroll County Solid Waste
Management Commission, New
Hope Village and Carroll Enter-
prise Systems to meet Iowa's
waste reduction goals.
Sara Bixby
Route 3, Box 17
Carroll, IA 51401
(712) 792-5001
Q Chillicothe, Missouri - The
municipal utilities curbside re-
cycling program sends collected
material to the Hope Haven
Sheltered Workshop to process
material.
Leroy Butts
P.O. Box 140
Chillicothe, MO 64601
(816) 646-1664
Q Des Moines, Iowa - The Des
Moines Metropolitan Area Solid
Waste Agency conducted its
Second Annual Polk County
Toxic Cleanup Day for citizens
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to properly dispose of household
hazardous materials.
Gail Cummings
521 E. Locust Street
DesMoines, IA 50309
(515) 244-0021
Q Des Moines, Iowa - The Iowa
Waste Management Authority
Division, Iowa Department of
Natural Resources, provides non-
regulatory assistance in the form
of public education, grants and
technical assistance to promote
environmentally safe alternatives
to land disposal of solid wastes.
Tom Blewett
Henry A. Wallace Building
900 E. Grand
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 281-8895
Q Jefferson City, Missouri -
The Environmental Improvement
and Energy Resources Authority
(EIERA) provides low-cost fi-
nancing for projects that reduce
and prevent environmental pol-
lution, and encourage research
and development of energy alter-
natives.
Stephen Mahfood
P.O. Box 744
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(314) 751-4919
Q Lenexa, Kansas - The City
became the first community in
the Greater Kansas City area to
start a curbside recycling pro-
gram. More trian3.5 million pounds
of material was diverted from the
waste stream during the first 14
months of the program.
Art Davis
P.O. Box 14888
Lenexa, KS 66215-0888
(913) 492-8800
Q Lincoln, Nebraska - The City
and the Chamber of Commerce
co-sponsored a -workshop on
"Commercial Waste Reduction
and Recycling" to assist area
businesses in reducing and recy-
cling materials.
Gene Hanlon
555 S. 10th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 471-8215
Q Mt. Pleasant, Iowa - "Mount
Pleasant Recycles" involves a
recycling and collection sticker
program that produced a 40 per-
cent reduction in solid waste
generated in the community in a
two-month period.
Scott H. Neal
220 West Monroe
Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641
(319) 385-1470
Q Sedgwick County, Kansas -
The Sedgwick County Depart-
ment of Environmental Manage-
ment coordinated an environ-
mental education campaign to
inform citizens of recycling
opportunities in the community
and the correct methods for prepar-
ing recyclable materials.
Susan Erlenwein
510 N. Main
Wichita, KS 67203
(316) 383-7380
Q Springfield, Missouri -"Proj-
ect ReDirectory "Coordinated by
the City of Springfield, recov-
ered for recycling, more than
207,000 telephone directories.
The project has been expanded to
recover other recyclable material
including: newspapers, yard
waste, glass and plastic.
Steve Burdic
P.O. Box 8368
Springfield, MO 65801
(417) 864-1000
Q Storm Lake, Iowa • The Ha-
rold Rowley Recycling Center
uses a combination of technolo-
gies to achieve a comprehensive
waste management plan. The
program incorporates recycling
and composting at a single facil-
ity.
Norlyn Van Beek
Bio-Mass Energy & Recycling
P.O. Box 1102
Storm Lake, IA 50588
(712) 722-3709
Q West Bend, Iowa - The city
started a voluntary curbside re-
cycling program that has gener-
ated more than 40 percent par-
ticipation by the community.
Mary J. Steil
P.O. Box 348
West Bend, IA 50597
(515) 887-2181
PROMOTE RECYCLING
EPA Region 7 is promoting recycling programs in its four state area of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and
Nebraska. If you want to share your recycling program or projects, please send a summary of your
activities to EPA Region 7, Office of Public Affairs in the following format.
On one 81/2x11- inch sheet of paper, list in the following order:
Qj Title of project or activity.
Name, address, and telephone number (home/ work) of the individual coordinating the project.
Names, addresses, and affiliations of major project participants.
Names of organizations/individuals) that helped the project (for example, a company that provided
funding for a school recycling project) and a description of how they helped.
Project dates (beginning, ending or ongoing).
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