Listserves The following are listserves that are open to the public (some may be limited to public/government employees or organizations, and not businesses).  If you know of any other great listserves, let us know, and we will consider adding them below. Recycling     Waste Reduction   Household Hazardous Waste   Composting Recycling For sign up for this listserve, contact: Charles Heizenroth at Heizenroth.Charles@epamail.epa.gov  (EPA's national Jobs Through Recycling (JTR) team) or Beth Grim (Eastern Research Group) at bgrim@erg.com. The purpose of this list server is to provide an open discussion forum primarily for public and non-profit recycling market developers. Topics that are discussed include: market development program design, services, techniques, management, publicity, measurement, feedback solicitation, lessons learned, finance, technical assistance, resources, reviews, announcements, et cetera. When sending messages, please avoid the following: (1) Sending a personal reply to all 200 subscribers instead of the message originator. (This is a feat easily accomplished by simply hitting the "Reply" button and neglecting to make the important change in the "To" box before sending.) (2) Forwarding a JTRnet message to a fellow subscriber and have that person then make mistake (1) above. (3) Cutting and pasting anything into a message that is not ASCII text. (Also avoid sending a message originally typed on lines longer than 72 characters. They end up looking like this the whole way through.) Back to the top Waste Reduction The Waste Prevention E-Mail Forum is a project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition.  This forum, or "listserv," has more than 300 subscribers, mostly in the U.S. but in several other countries as well.  Most of the agencies, organizations and businesses that are leaders in the waste prevention movement are represented on the forum.  The forum was started in June, 1996. We define waste prevention loosely as reduction and reuse.  Recycling will not be discussed in this forum, except when directly relevant to waste prevention.  If your main interest is recycling, there are other mailing lists available for that (see above).  This mailing list is aimed primarily at people whose work deals with waste prevention.  We invite everyone's participation.  Ask questions.  Offer insights.  Pass along news.  Our goal is to advance waste prevention. To submit a comment, question or news item to the list, just e-mail Tom Watson, National Waste Prevention Coalition Coordinator.  Please include your name, your organization (if any) and city. A searchable archive of past postings is located on the Internet at this address: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive/  This address is also given at the top of every installment. Back to the top Household Hazardous Waste R7hhwnetwork is provided by Region 7 of the U.S. EPA. Please contact John Shidler, 913-551-7888 or  David Flora, 913-551-7523, if you need assistance in using the listserv. Back to the top Compost - submitted by David Flora, U.S. EPA Region 7 I thought that the Composting Discussion Group managed by the United States Composting (USCC) was open only to USCC members only. However, I found out that the USCC discussion group is no longer restricted to members of the USCC. I spoke to Jim McNelly, the List Manager, and he encouraged me to promote it. To join, go to http://mailman.cloudnet.com/mailman/listinfo/compost and complete the subscription information section. You can view the archives by clicking on "Compost Archives" at that address. I reviewed them and found that 20-40 messages are posted each week. That's quite a few but you can make it more manageable by receiving a daily digest: only one message a day! Simply check this option when you subscribe. Here's a sampling of the types of questions that are posted: "I am the recycling coordinator for the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. I am seeking assistance in process design for an operation processing non-source separated C&D debris. I was wondering if any one is being affected by the changes the CIWMB made in its exemption policies for schools-allowing only 100 cubic yards. . . as the upper limit of compost before permitting is required. Can anyone refer me to a defined procedure or analytical methodology for determining how much elemental sulfur (or similar material) to add to compost to lower its pH? We make a dairy manure compost." Recently there have been reports from of compost causing damage to vegetable gardens and crops. Investigation has revealed that two persistent herbicides were the causes of the damage: picloram and clorpyralid.  Please note, this list is for policy makers and professionals. "How to" questions for home composting are better directed to the public home composting discussion list not affiliated with the Composting Council located at compost@lyris.cahe.wsu.edu. Jim McNelly, the List Manager, provided the following information on the listserv: "You are invited to join the Internet based Composting Discussion Group managed by the US Composting Council. This is a moderated list under the administration of the Communications Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the US Composting Council. This list is designed to serve the needs of professionals in the organic material management industry. It is open to guests that are not members of the Composting Council. The topics on this list are limited to subjects impacting the composting industry such as policies, standards, technical matters, etc. Discussions related to composting methodologies, environmental protection and the beneficial use of organic materials are welcome. Backyard composting, land application, vermiculture, mulching and sustainable agriculture are all appropriate topics when addressed in the arena of public policy. This is a "members only" list, meaning that messages sent by non-subscribers to the list will be held for approval by the list manager. This is a way to keep unsolicited mail "spam" off the list and to keep the discussions "on-topic". List policy has a zero tolerance for "me too" messages, private messages, "thank you" messages, viruses, list administrative discussions, advertisements, off-topic messages, chain letters, auto-reply messages, hoax warnings, home composting "how to" questions, messages posted to multiple discussion groups, off-topic jokes, trademark infringements, copyright violations, illegal messages, libel, slander, overmuch quoting, personal news, attachments, an attachment that should have been included as text in a message, attacks on individuals, and any other message deemed not appropriate to a forum of composting professionals. If you are going to be away from the office, do not send "auto-reply" messages to the list. Offenders will have their subscription immediately switched to "read only" status. The list management software may also remove individuals from the list on its own if their e-mail account is disabled. In order to keep this a friendly list, we ask that the members maintain civility in their communications. Challenging ideas is appropriate; attacking persons or businesses is not. This is a private list owned by the US Composting Council and is not a public forum. You are free to be off-topic and exercise your rights to free speech somewhere else. You can only submit messages from the e-mail account you subscribed under. If you wish to submit messages from multiple accounts, you may consider subscribing to the list under both accounts and set one to "no mail" to avoid duplicate messages. This is not a forum for selling goods and services. Some latitude is allowed, including business information in signature files and conversation relevant to the discussion. Attachments are not allowed because they may contain viruses. Long messages or photos are not welcome by some of our members, some of whom are overseas or have accounts that restrict the volume of incoming attachments. If possible, please include the information in the body of your e-mail message instead. Minor breaches of etiquette will be responded to with a private, personal warning. Severe or multiple warnings can result in a thirty day suspension from the list. Repeated or an extreme violation will result in permanent removal from the list. Opinions expressed by participants and members of the US Composting Council, List Managers, or the Board are their own and not necessarily those of the Council, its Foundation, Executive Committee, Trustees or the Board of Directors. Thank you for your interest. Jim McNelly; The Compost Man; http://www.composter.com Back to the top