Mrs. Green's World Podcast

O Christmas Tree, How Great You Are for the Planet!

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:16:52 +0000

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 52, Is a Christmas tree part of your holiday decorating traditions? Live trees are the environmentally sound choice. While they are growing, they produce oxygen, draw down carbon, provide shelter for wildlife and are a renewable resource as seedlings are planted to replace those that are harvested, and they can be recycled! Listen to learn how to recycle your tree in the desert.Click here to access the full show notes!

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Welcome to Our Neighborhood! Importance of Community Efforts to Manage Waste Sustainably and Responsibly

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 01:00:00 +0000

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 47, Think globally act locally is never more powerful than when it comes to managing our personal waste and the waste stream of our community. This episode illustrates the steps Tucson Arizona is taking to promote neighborhood clean-up programs and helps us all understand the problems related to illegal dumping in our community. Join us for another highly informative episode about waste from the City of Tucson!

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Do More Purple! How a Community Develops Sustainable Solutions to Waste

Mrs. Green's World — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:45:03 +0000

Cristina Polsgrove, Public Information Officer, City of Tucson Department of Environmental and General Services

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 37, The City of Tucson, Arizona is moving from a glass recycling program to a program that promotes reusing glass locally. How did this change come to be and what can the Tucson community expect from a locally sourced glass reusing program? It is all about keeping on track to build a sustainable, resilient community. We have many questions and Cristina Polsgrove has the answers on this episode – join us!

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Low Waste Life: Taking a Closer Look at the 3 “Rs” of Sustainability

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:15:07 +0000

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 27, In this episode, Kendra Hall, Public Information Specialist City of Tucson and Claire Kaufman, Southern Arizona Sustainability Program Manager and Circular Economy Advocate Local First Arizona, dive deep into living a low waste life and take a closer look at the 3 “Rs”.

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Household Hazardous Waste: Partnerships that Benefit the Community

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 08:00:03 +0000

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 12

Kendra Hall, Public Information Specialist, City of Tucson

Jim Campbell, Senior Project Manager Beacon Group

Household Hazardous Waste: Partnerships that Benefit the Community Kendra Hall is the Public Information Specialist for the City of Tucson’s Environmental and General Services Department (EGSD). She was born and raised in Tucson and went to the University of Arizona where she received her B.A. in Journalism. Kendra previously worked as a local television news reporter in Texas and in Tucson at KVOA. She is able to bring her love of storytelling to EGSD. She focuses on telling EGSD’s story. She primarily does video, photography, graphic design and social media for the department.

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24 Years of Recycling Christmas Trees Back to Earth

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:01:40 +0000

Sparking Sustainability in the Desert: Tucson as a True Energy Efficient City

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 07:01:50 +0000

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 6

Michael Catanzaro, Energy Manager City of Tucson

Sparking Sustinability in the Desert: Tucson as a True Energy Efficient City , Michael Catanzaro became the first Director of Sustainability for the University of San Diego (USD) in 2010. He helped the university achieve an energy consumption reduction of more than 28% (10M kWh), water consumption reduction of more than 30% (38M gallons) and carbon emissions reductions of 15% (4873 MTCO2E). He also opened the first full-time Electronics Recycling Center on a college campus, which diverted more than 4 million pounds of electronic waste from landfills. He helped develop the university’s first climate action plan and was a founding member of the San Diego Climate Collaborative. This work led to a top 10 ranking in 2017 for US university sustainability programs. He is currently the Energy Manager for the City of Tucson and is installing more than 14 megawatts of solar across City of Tucson facilities and recently started a revolving loan fund for the City.

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Reducing Single Use Items: An Earth Day Gift

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:01:56 +0000

As a global community, emphasis has been placed on the importance of recycling and sharing a collective pride about recycling efforts. What is more important and to which we need to shift the spotlight is the first “R” – REDUCE. It is no secret that plastic is polluting our oceans and rivers, taking over our landfills and what many people are not aware of, impacting the food we eat and, in turn our health. What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by educating ourselves about the overuse of single use items – especially plastic and by committing to practicing the first “R” to reduce our use. With Earth Day just a few days away, join us to get your green on and get ready to take your next steps in working towards a healthier planet, a healthier community and a healthier YOU! This show made possible due to the generous support of the City of Tucson Department of Environmental and General Services .

Building a New Landfill: The Inside Scoop

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:01:03 +0000

When it comes to building a new landfill, there are more moving parts than one can imagine. The environmental regulations are stringent, and any new landfill has a myriad of issues to address. Placement of landfill facilities, use of screening elements along the property boundaries, and drop-off areas for recyclables are just a few that top the list. Given that amount of waste that the City of Tucson produces, combined with population growth, leaders must plan for the future. Join us to learn what goes into building a new landfill and how we can all work together to keep the operation moving smoothly in the years to come. This show made possible due to the generous support of City of Tucson Department of Environmental Services.

Tis the Season to Treecycle

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 07:01:29 +0000

Join the Treecycle movement! The City of Tucson's Christmas tree recycling program is in its 20th year. This is not your ordinary recycling program. The Department of Environmental Services (DES) puts effort into “recycling” your tree and turning it into something useful. Join me and our friend, Cristina, who will give you all the details: what they do with the trees, which dates the recycling begins, where there drop off locations are and what you need to remove from your tree before you gift it back to Mother Earth. We need you to spread the word, encourage people to participate and invite your friends to join the recycling party. You might even want to volunteer to bring your neighbor’s tree to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions – talk about bringing a smile to Mrs. Green’s face! This show made possible due to the generous support of City of Tucson Department of Environmental Services.

The City’s Got Solar!

Mrs. Green's World — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 02:15:32 +0000

Jason Laros , Energy Manager, City of Tucson There is a LOT of news about solar and the City of Tucson and this show will cover it all! The City of Tucson is committed to leading the way with solar installations on City properties and are truly walking the walk. Since 1999, Tucson has installed 25 photovoltaic arrays and 7 solar hot water heaters on City properties, including community centers, the Tucson Convention Center, the City’s Price Service Center, police substations, a parking garage, a reservoir deck, etc. There are currently about 4.7 MW (megawatts) of solar power at these locations. The solar hot water installations are at a community center, two fire stations, a swimming pool and the police/fire training academy. Tucson purchases nearly 10MW of solar power from Tucson Electric Power’s Bright Community Solar Program, which means that the City has closer to 14.5MW of solar energy we use or purchase, which amounts to about 12% of Tucson’s electricity. Join us to hear all about it! This show made possible due to the generous support of City of Tucson Environmental Services. INSIGHTS

For over 20 years, the City of Tucson has employed a full time Energy Manager.
The Tucson community as a strong advocacy for addressing climate change. There is a new commission developing within the city: The Commission on Climate, Energy and Sustainability – the members will be made up of representatives from around our community and will serve as an advisory board for the Mayor.
Jason shares a number of highlights that are happening right now within the City to continue moving the sustainability needle forward in Tucson – listen to learn more!
What is a neighborhood scale water-harvesting program? Jason gives us the details in this podcast!
The faceless villain of climate change can strike in many ways – and the natural disasters we are facing these days is giving climate change a face. What is your city doing to create a sustainability plan around climate change?
Jason shares what The City of Tucson is doing currently, around renewable energy, and what the plans are for the future – and what is happening to reach one of the major goals: save money for the City of Tucson.
Solar energy has a history of challenges but a future of possibility! Jason gives us insight into solar energy and how it has become affordable and a strong renewable energy option. This podcast is packed with great information – listen today!
Really important that your home or business is energy efficient, in partnership with it’s solar use! The Energy Specialist in Tucson is a partner of Mrs. Green’s World and can assist you with your energy efficiency and solar use!

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Being a Good Neighbor – the Pros and Cons of Neighborhood Recycling Centers

Mrs. Green's World — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:01:03 +0000

Cristina Polsgrove, Public Information Officer, City of Tucson Environmental Services In this show, we cover the good, the bad, the ugly and the weird when it comes to the surprises one finds at dumping sites and the potential consequences from a legal standpoint. Cristina even shares some of the shocking “surprises” workers have found. We cover it all. Cristina discusses neighborhood recycling centers reorganization and what it means to the consumer. I can assure you of two things – you will learn some good, useful “stuff” and we will have fun because there are times when living green can be fun! This show made possible due to the generous support of City of Tucson Environmental Services. INSIGHTS

The City of Tucson has been a forerunner on recycling early on and the city set up neighborhood drop off sites for recycling.
In 2013, the blue bin curbside recycling program was rolled out for city residents. Over the years, the city is seeing their neighborhood drop off sites becoming a dumping ground for all types of garbage – not recyclables (2/3 of the items found in the bins are trash and 1/3 is recyclable).
Want to know what items they have found in the bins that are not recyclable? You might be shocked to hear the list! Listen to this podcast to learn more.
There are changes in the future of neighborhood recycling centers. There will be a total of seven centers around the city – one in each ward.
The neighborhood recycling centers are intended for use by individuals living in an apartment complex or those times of the year (holidays) when we might have more items to recycle.
Did you know that toothbrushes are not recyclable? What is the current status of glass and recycling? What to do with the medications you no longer need? What is the most popular program the City of Tucson Environmental Services offers? Cristina covers the most commonly asked trash and recycling questions that Mrs. Green gets on a regular basis.
Is Mother Earth worth all of us being a little inconvenienced? #InconvenientTruth Reduce your consumption because that is the first “R” – not recycling.

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Treecycle: Will You Be Naughty or Nice?

Mrs. Green's World — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 07:00:48 +0000

Cristina Polsgrove, City of Tucson Environmental Services Public Information Officer Millions of Christmas trees will be dumped in the landfill, left in alley ways, dropped off randomly in the desert. Will yours be one of them? After you hear this show, we certainly hope not. Cristina will share with us why you should recycle your Christmas tree, where the many locals for drop off are throughout the City of Tucson and what you need to do to get your tree “recycle ready.” And not to be forgotten? What does the City do to further recycle when you recycle your tree? You will love the answer and you might want to participate in getting some “leftovers.” Let’s get excited about spreading the good, green word this holiday season by recycling your tree and knowing just where to throw it. Please join us. SHOW NOTES: WAYS TO REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON! INSIGHTS - Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, Americans produce 25% more trash than any other time of year - that's 1 million tons of trash! - 600,000 tons of trash into the Tucson landfill alone. That's more than enough to fill the Arizona stadium! - Many people do not notice how much food and materials they waste during the holidays, and it adds up very quickly! - Americans also tend to use more light and energy during the holidays! WAYS TO TAKE ACTION: - BYOB (bring your own bag) - Thousands of plastic bags end up in landfills during the holidays! - Recycle! - But it’s also important to be sure there's absolutely no food residue on anything, including aluminum foil and baking pans and do not throw styrofoam, tissue paper, tinsel or film plastic into the recycling bin. - Buy Rechargeable Batteries - Almost 40% of all battery sales occur during the holiday season. Switching from regular batteries to rechargeable batteries can help save a ton of money and energy and reduce waste! - Use LED Christmas lights - they might be a little bit more expensive but they will last longer and you'll save on your energy bills! CREATIVE FUN IDEAS FOR REDUCING WASTE! Instead of giving people things or stuff, here are some green gift ideas: - Put together a family recipe book of all your family favorites to be past on to generations to come! - Buy some experience tickets to do something together. This creates #Connection and #Community! - Give the gift of your time and treat them to an evening out. - Support a LOCALLY owned restaurant by giving them a gift certificate to one! - Bake some homemade goodies! Who doesn't love some cookies? - Give them a framed photo or put together a photo album (they'll have it forever) - Pinterest has LOTS of great ideas! - And check out the Trash is for Tossers Zero Waste Holiday Gift Guide for some cute ideas TREE RECYCLING: -Last year between 17,000 to 20,000 Christmas trees were recycled last year in Tucson alone! - Recycle Your Christmas Tree! Take all the ornaments, lights off, and stand off. - “Tree Pool” - when dropping your tree off, bring your neighbor’s tree too. Fewer trips means cleaner air! - Tucson Residents - Here's all the tree recycling info on the City of Tucson Treecycle page - Non-Tucson Residents - Google will help find your local resources SHARE THE LOVE! Are you going GREENER this holiday season? Take pictures and/or share with us your reduce, reuse or recycling story and email it to info@mrsgreensworld and we just might feature you and your #greentip Thanks, Cristina Polsgrove, from City of Tucson Environmental Services, for a fun and informative Down to Earth show!

Know Where to Throw Your Holiday Waste?

Mrs. Green's World — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:10:39 +0000

Cristina Polsgrove, City of Tucson Environmental Services Public Information Officer Trust me when I say Cristina does have the ALL answers and knows where to throw! Between Thanksgiving and Christmas Americans generate 25% MORE trash than other times of the year. Can you recycle tissue paper? What to do with your Christmas tree? What to do with your greeting cards, wrapping paper, cardboard, glass and metal food containers? And oh those packing materials. What can be recycled and what can’t? This show will tell you where to throw and how to do more blue! Join the fun with Cristina and me and learn some helpful hints that can make a big difference for Mother Earth!

Got Household Hazardous Waste?

Mrs. Green's World — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:44:30 +0000

Cristina Polsgrove Public Information Officer, City of Tucson Environmental Services Cristina will be with me to help you get rid of it! We all have products in our home that are labeled toxic, danger, poison, flammable, keep out of the reach of children and the beat goes on. But those warnings are not to be taken lightly as they are potentially harmful to people, pets and the environment. And they should NEVER be poured down the drain. So what should you do with them? Cristina Polsgrove will have the answers so that you know where to drop them off and be assured that everything you give to the Hazardous Waste staff will be safely recycled, reused or disposed of properly. Hope you will join us because this show will be fun too!

FoodCycling: Tucson & Fry’s Foods Lead the Way

Mrs. Green's World — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:05:15 +0000

Sherri Ludlam, Environmental Scientist, Waste Diversion, City of Tucson Environmental Services Department Frys Food Stores have jumped on the food scrap collection bandwagon at all of their Tucson stores to partner with the City. Why is this such great news? Because Tucson’s Environmental Services Department estimates that 80 percent of landfill disposal is compostable or recyclable, and about 50 percent of food thrown away is compostable. Frys stepping up to the plate helps put a dent in that number and moves our City in a more sustainable direction. Join us to learn how this new program is going as well as what the FoodCycle program, one of only two Arizona communities collecting food scraps for composting, is all about and why we should care. Exciting, innovative and fun. Please join us.

Trash Talk

Mrs. Green's World — Wed, 20 May 2015 16:07:06 +0000

Andrew Quigley, Environmental Services Director, City of Tucson. Andy Quigley has a big job and his department has a big mission: to promote a healthy Tucson community by providing innovative and effective waste management as well as environmental protection services. With Andy’s leadership and guidance, ES provides Tucson citizens and businesses with trash collection and disposal, recycling and waste reduction services, operating the City’s Los Reales Landfill (of course in compliance with State and Federal regulations, cleaning up groundwater at old landfills, AND ensuring that the City’s air quality and industrial waste discharge permits are up-to-date. Talk about lots of moving parts! Learn from Andy how he keeps things moving forward as well as some of the biggest challenges he and his staff face. Please plan to join us. This show sponsored by City of Tucson – Department of Environmental Services.