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Environment
 Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Program
The Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program in Southeast
Alaska began in the summer of 1993 as a unique partnership between
the Southeast Conference, nine member communities, and the Alaska
Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). Carson and Dorn,
an environmental consulting firm was hired by Southeast Conference
oversee collections. Harmful wastes are collected from communities
and transported for proper disposal, rather than being left to contaminate
community landfills. Many of these wastes include everyday products
used in homes and small businesses that include small quantities
of harmful chemicals. Examples include paint, solvents, cleaning
fluids, batteries, used oil. The State/ Conference cooperative project
collects approximately 13,000 gallons of hazardous waste each year.
Read
the 2002 DEC HHHW Report
Read
the 2001 DEC HHHW Report
Solid Waste Management
Southeast Conference has undertaken an initiative to form a workgroup
to seek solutions to the increasingly expensive solid waste disposal
problems throughout the region. We will work with other groups to
collect various studies and data together, to evaluate current methods,
and to conceptualize ways to consolidate, recycle and dispose of
wastes. We will explore the state of the art in waste management,
including incineration, and consider sites for a regional landfill.
Fish waste utilization
In cooperation with ADF&G, ADEC, and Juneau Economic Development
Council, SEC will administer a SSF grant to explore the feasibility
of new technologies to enhance the value of fish waste products.
Go
To JEDC Southeast Alaska Value Added Salmon Byproduct Project
Cruise
Ship Issues
In the wake of recent incidents relating to pollution from the many
large cruise ships operating in our region, the Conference participated
in a series of meetings and workgroups. The purpose was to try and
find a way to bring the industry, regulators and the concerned public
into agreement on policies, methods, and compliance measures to
insure that the ships operate in an environmentally responsible
manner. We will continue to monitor this process to help balance
the increasingly significant economic benefit of the cruise industry
business in the region, with the potential environmental impacts
of the growth in the business.
Community Watershed Stewardship Program
Southeast Conference is in the initial stages of setting up a watershed
program to support salmon sustainability through the promotion,
initiation, and implementation of programs that restore, maintain,
and enhance watersheds in SE Alaska in order to protect the economic
and social well being of the region and its local citizens.
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Phone: (907) 523-2310
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