Round Valley Indian Tribes Tribal Environmental Department. Summer Newsletter 2017 WHY RECYCLE?

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1 Round Valley Indian Tribes Tribal Environmental Department Summer Newsletter 2017 WHY RECYCLE? EPA has been trying to get the community along with other departments to recycle properly so we made our own recycling corner in our building. We have garbage cans set up for plastics, aluminum and glass as well as boxes for batteries, printer ink and cell phones. several reasons exist as to why we should promote recycling. Recycling helps us to convert our old products into new useful products. In other words, it is good for the environment. Since we are saving resources and are sending less trash to the landfills, it helps in reducing air and water pollution Listed below are few reasons why we should all recycle old products Reduce pollution: The more you recycle old products the less you will require the need of buying new products. Reduction in the harmful gasses will not only help in cleaning the environment but will also clean the air we breathe. The more clean air we breathe the more positive impact it will have on our life Reduction in Landfills: Size of the landfills can be significantly reduced if we reduce our daily waste and recycle more. If we don t recycle the product the landfills site will become more common around the city which will certainly affect wildlife and environment. So to reduce it we must recycle as much as we can Conservation of materials: All the new products are made from the raw materials which are procured from harvesting the earth s natural resources. For e.g.: you need wood to make paper and wooden products. If more trees are cut down to make such products it will affect wildlife and environment in a significant way. This can be reduced if recycle more and more paper and rely less on new products. Save Energy: When there will be less demand for new products then of course less products will be produced which will help in saving the energy. Conservation of energy is the key element for the fight against climate change. Save Money: When you will recycle old products and have less dependency on new products the obviously you will end up in saving some money. That money can then be used for some other purposes. When recycling is done on large scale the money saved can have huge impact on your monthly expenditure.

2 We were invited to join Cahto EPA in a snorkel survey on Friday July 14. We had no clue on what a snorkel survey was or what we needed to do. But we came prepared with our snorkels ready to swim. It was an awesome experience going under and seeing all the different evasive fish. We learned how to identify the steel head, what features the Coho have how they react when your under water. Also learned the correct way to do a stream assessment and Also this was a new in our own streams. 106 Clean Water Act experience that we cant wait to try out Inter Tribal Environment Youth Campout TEPA along with the Health Centers Diabetes Outreach staff volunteered to cook a full day for the youth at the campout on Wednesday June 28. While cooking and serving we had a chance to speak with the youth about recycling. Also we helped out with the registration, we also delivered a couple loads of wood so they can have fire going. We asked local Tribal Member elder Fred (Coyote) Downey if he would be interested in coming to the campout for a day and do story telling and he said yes he would love to. After dinner and clean up all the youth gathered around the fire and listened to Fred Coyote Downey tell some stories, the kids really enjoyed it. Also the Feather Dancers agreed to come out and dance. And TEPA was glad they could help out and bring some entertainment since we are not an program that can take a group of youth over for the week to camp. But we are making plans to team up with building horizons or at least get some chaperones to take a group of children from round valley next year.

3 Illegal Dumping Illegal dumping is still an ongoing issue and it s getting worse. So how do we get people to stop? We can continue our efforts to collaborate with the community on clean up days it just takes a day or two to be filled with trash again. Epa is looking for any ideas, feel free to stop by our office and help us come up with ideas to STOP the Illegal Dumping

4 319 Clean Water Act/319 Competitive Grant As the newly hired 319 Water Tech my duties are to oversee the 319 Competitive Grant. So for the past month I have been out on field planting left over cottonwood, willow some buckeye out at lower mill creek which is our current restoration site. TEPA has been doing this project for a couple years now and our focus is to keep the newly planted trees alive. We continue to water, loading a water cube into the back of our trucks to the site and water by a hose. Coming this fall we are looking to hire a crew to start cleaning out the green house and getting ready to cut and sprig for our tree planting project once again. We will be looking for cottonwood, willow and buckeye. Since we have been doing this project for sometime now it s getting harder and harder to find cottonwood trees. So if you know of any trees or if you have one and need it cut please don't hesitate to call our (707) Heather Downey 319 Water Tech epa319@rvit.org

5 What is intended within this page is information for recycling in your home. Websites, addresses, and other information have been checked out by the Tribal Environmental Department. Round Valley Indian Tribes does not endorse, promote or benefit financially from any information that is posted. Pills are dangerous especially if they fall in the wrong hands or children get a hold of them, this can be fatal. Please take all of your old pills or any unknown and unused pills to the R.V. Indian Health Center they will accept and dispose of them correctly with no questions asked. For more information contact: (707) Round Valley Indian health Center Accepts your sharps in the Biohazard infectious waste container for free. Please dispose of these sharps correctly to avoid any infectious accidents to others. If you need a container go to the RV Indian Health Center for a new one. Solid Waste Services (800) MY-GARBAGE csr@solidwasteservices.net 350 Franklin Ave. Willits, CA or Refuse Road Site Covelo Gallon Can $ Per Cubic Yard Motor Oil is free for first 20 gallons a day. Tires depend on size $4.00-up Batteries free disposal Cell phones and batteries free Medals $10.00 a yard Electronics free Paint latex only limited amount PAPER AND CARDBOARD White & Pastel Office Paper Opened Mail Magazine & Catalogs Newspapers & Inserts Corrugated Cardboard, Flattened Paper bags File Folders Phonebooks Paper Egg Cartons Blueprints Paperback Books CONTAINERS Empty Screw-top plastic bottles, jugs & jars Empty plastic tubs #1-7(No lids, no# 7 PLA compostable Glass bottles & jars (remove lids) Aluminum, steel & tin cans (Do not crush) Clean, balled aluminum foil 2 or larger and pie pans Paper milk & juice cartons (no caps) Juice boxes & drink boxes (no foil pouches) Metal jar lids & steel bottle caps (loose) Items that are not recycled: Plastic bags Loose plastic caps and lids Frozen food boxes & ice cream containers Paper & Styrofoam to go containers Paper & plastic cups Plastic clamshell containers for berries, etc.. Plastic microwave trays Hazardous Waste Hotline (707) M&M Feed recycles batteries. Please place in a bag or a box depending on how many. No charge for disposal. REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE Please remember to recycle this newsletter. If you do not want to keep them toss in your paper recycling. Thank you for helping reduce solid wastes in the ground. Any questions about items to be recycled, the internet is a great place to look or you may call RV Indian Tribes EPA and we will assist you with any information we can. (707)