backhaul summit 2012 kawerak backhaul report
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BACKHAUL SUMMIT 2012 KAWERAK BACKHAUL REPORT. KAWERAK BACKHAUL. The Bering Strait Region. KAWERAK BACKHAUL. Kawerak is our regional non-profit corporation, incorporated under State Law in 1973, to provide services throughout the Bering Strait Region. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BACKHAUL SUMMIT
2012KAWERAK BACKHAUL
REPORT
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TheBering Strait
Region
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Kawerak is our regional non-profit corporation, incorporated under State Law in 1973, to provide services
throughout the Bering Strait Region.
Kawerak received an EPA IGAP consortia grant in 2010to help coordinate regional backhaul & recycling issues.
KAW
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We collect!
we stage!
…and we backhaul!
KAW
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do community education!
KAW
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e-waste, batteries,scrap metal, white goods,
fluorescents, ballasts,Freon, aluminum…
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To make that happen we partner with
local, regional and statewide entities.
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A regional airlines backhauls our materials from the villages to Nome, non-revenue & space available.
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ANCHORAGESEATTLE
From Nome we fly the materials to Anchorage (year round) or we wait for summer
and barge them to Seattle.
REGI
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Tapped into the various statewide RESOURCESavailable for environmental programs
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Sought a partnership with the City of Nome to help improve their
Recycle CenterBEFORE AFTER
How can YOU build a regional
backhaul program?
(glad you asked!)
Identify Transportation CompaniesRE
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• Airlines • Rail companies• Barge lines• Road system• Ferry• Other?
What works
best for you?
What are your options?
REGI
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S Identify Recycling Companies• What types of materials are
you working with?
Metals, e-waste, paper, plastics, lead-acid batteries
• Where do your transportation carriers go?
Anchorage? Seattle?
• Is the recycler community-oriented?
Alaskans for Litter PreventionAnd Recycling
REGI
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SInvolve Your Community
Educate!
Raise Awareness! Planning!
Ladies in Wales taping
household batteries.Community members in Teller sharing vision drawings.
Youth group makingrecycle boxes out of
cardboard.
REGI
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SIdentify LOCAL/REGIONAL partners• Tribal governments • Municipalities (City)• Native corporations• National Park Service• Health corporation • College branch• Schools• Fisheries• Non-profits• Other?
• Pick up the phone!• Send an email• Ask questions• Research online• Learn about what systems are in place• Tap into Alaska’s tribal environmental family• Host a meeting
How do you start a relationship with those agencies?
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• Encourage hub community to coordinate the effort
• Host quarterly teleconferences with all communities invited
• Take advantage of conferences – meet with each other
• Encourage your hub community to apply for EPA Consortia
• Communicate challenges to see if someone has found a solution
• Share success stories
• Share, share, share!
REGI
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APP
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BACK
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MAN
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Read theYukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council’s
Backhaul Manual!
www.yritwc.org
Advantages to a regional program
• Strengthens everyone’s program
• Networking creates opportunity
• Information sharing (research, stats, anything!)
• Resource sharing (share costs, purchase equipment together)
•Helps workers to feel supported = happy workers = longevityREGI
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(Possible) Responsibilities of a Regional Coordinator
• Keep in contact with village program coordinators
• Coordinate receiving and shipping of materials (backhaul)
• Negotiate with transportation & recycling companies
• Bring in trainers (HAZMAT, Freon removal, water testing…)
• Pass on information between communities
• Regional planning (TEP, QAPP, ISWMP, etc.)
• Host teleconferences
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How do you let your community know about your program?
• Events (Clean Up Day, aluminum can drive)• Present at school assembly• Articles in the newspaper• Newsletters• Get on the radio• Host a potluck• Create flyers or posters• Other?
COOR
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TIONAGREEMENTS
MOAMemorandum of Agreement
MOUMemorandum of Understanding
LOULetters of Understanding
LOSLetters of Support
Resolutions
Show your appreciation!
“Those who don’t appreciate,
depreciate,” ~ Anahma’s dad.