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	<description>Beneficial Reuse ~ Discoveries and Inspirations</description>
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		<title>Milestone Achieved, Awareness Brings Shift in Industry Behavior</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month, the ZeroLandfill project team notched a significant goal&#8230;the 100th ton of materials recovered from the construction industry has been repurposed.  That&#8217;s 200,000+ pounds of expired specification samples diverted from the waste stream and returned to the community as essential materials for local arts programs, classrooms and recyclers.  What makes this figure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2009/07/21/milestone-achieved-awareness-brings-shift-in-industry-behavior/</link>
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		<title>Spring Becomes Summer &#8211; 2 Successful Pilot Programs Launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZeroLandfill successfully launched two Ohio based pilot programs in 2009 that yielded nearly 9 tons of expired specification samples from local architects and interior designers in Akron and Toledo.  100% of the materials
were connected to arts educators and local artists in each market.  Although 18,000 pounds of carpet tiles, stone
samples, and wallcovering books [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2009/05/30/spring-becomes-summer-2-successful-pilot-programs-launched/</link>
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		<title>ZeroLandfill Waay Busy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back with updated data and stories from a very busy winter in ZeroLandfill world.
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		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2009/03/03/zerolandfill-waay-busy/</link>
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		<title>Preliminary Results &#8211; ZeroLandfill 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the year 75% behind us, a pause in the action to review the data from ZeroLandfill 2008.  The NE Ohio project has recently closed
and the totals are no less than amazing :  
~31.5 tons of specification materials diverted from the NE Ohio waste stream
~ 866 pounds of collected materials actually entered the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2008/09/19/preliminary-results-zerolandfill-2008/</link>
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		<title>Waste Gets the Boot at Timberland Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Known for producing rugged footwear and outdoor gear, Timberland faced a challenge in aligning their product R&#038;D and manufacturing goals with their commitment to environmental stewardship.  Couched in their relentless pursuit of excellence in every phase of the operation, Timberland took it upon themselves to develop a sustainability protocol that focused on green product [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2008/09/10/waste-gets-the-boot-at-timberland-company/</link>
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		<title>ZeroLandfill&#8217;s impact &#8211; an arts educator&#8217;s perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mission of ZeroLandfill is two-fold: 1) disrupt the flow of viable materials entering the solid waste stream unnecessarily and 2) return the materials to the community where they hold value for other processes and audiences.  Three supply constituencies have stepped forward as the source to this stream (now a river) of creative items: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2008/08/26/zerolandfills-impact-an-arts-educators-perspective/</link>
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		<title>ZeroLandfill on the move</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZeroLandfill visits groups in Kentucky and Ohio this week to present the evolving story of industry driven beneficial reuse to the city centers of IIDA (International Interior Design Association) in Lousiville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo, and Cleveland.  All five markets are in various stages of organizing or managing a ZeroLandfill project.  A report from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2008/08/18/zerolandfill-on-the-move/</link>
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		<title>The Averages Accrue Opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The data collected during ZeroLandfill programs this summer is compelling and raises several key questions as the work continues.
To reset the dashboard, ZeroLandfill 2008 has distributed nearly 70,000 pounds of recovered materials this summer to local artists, arts educators, and arts education programs in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Boston.  Other audiences have joined in to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2008/08/11/the-averages-accrue-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>Busy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next couple of days are busy at ZeroLandfill.  
Will post on the other side.
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		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2008/08/07/busy/</link>
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		<title>An X-Ray of the ZeroLandfill waste stream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, ZeroLandfill NE Ohio has distributed over 37,000 pounds of materials and samples donated by 50 local architecture and interior design firms as well as interior product manufacturers.  Some findings yielded by the close handling and sorting of this viable material stream :
~THE THREE RING BINDER remains the largest classification of materials (by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerolandfill.net/blog/2008/08/04/an-x-ray-of-the-zerolandfill-waste-stream/</link>
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