COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 | 9A
Recycle from A1
about the carbon foot-
print of each individual.
EcoGeneration began
two and a half years ago
as a simple Facebook page
created to share informa-
tion and ideas about sus-
tainable ways of living.
Then plastics became
an issue.
Until last year, coun-
tries worldwide had relied
heavily on China for their
plastics recycling. A Chi-
nese ban in January 2018
on the import of plastics,
however, has forced lo-
cal governments and or-
ganizations to scramble
for solutions as domestic
plastics have piled up in
landfills or getting incin-
erated.
As Gardiepy’s Face-
book page grew in pop-
ularity, he began getting
actively involved in more
conservation and recy-
cling efforts such as lo-
cal and countywide litter
pick-ups.
DAMIEN SHERWOOD/COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
Master recycler Shauna Neigh (left) and EcoGeneration founder David Gardiepy
separate plastics over the weekend using storage space loaned by the city.
“In this last litter pick-
up, I picked up the bike
path behind Safeway,”
Gardiepy said. “We got
24 pounds of garbage and
only seven pounds went
to the landfill.”
This was due in large
part to Gardiepy’s pur-
chase of services with the
recycling company Terra-
Cycle.
“At that point I said,
‘You know what? It makes
sense to pay to recycle
them,’” he said. “Most
people don’t realize that
recycling is an expensive
Shauna Neigh had be-
come fed up with the lack
of recycling options.
“I kind of started out
as a citizen who was
frustrated because my
recycling was not being
picked up,” she said.
Neigh joined a master
recycling course and be-
gan getting involved in
educational and collec-
tion efforts at the South
Valley Farmers Market
early this summer
When the county’s
community
collectors
model came along, Neigh
signed up and ran into
Gardiepy.
“I kind of hijacked her
tent space,” said Gardiepy.
tially working against the
county’s
environmen-
tally-conscious efforts -
county officials decided
this summer to replace
the roundup model with
community collectors.
Gardiepy saw a place
for EcoGeneration.
Now operating with a
staff of about 20 people,
EcoGeneration has be-
come an incorporated
nonprofit in the State of
Oregon and is pursuing a
501(c)(3) status.
In this, the group has
launched its first Recy-
cling Take-Back program
as a community collector,
though not without help.
Prior to the adoption of
the community collector
model, city staff worker
See ECO 11A
endeavor.”
Lane County has pre-
viously tried to address
plastics by holding two
plastic roundups, the last
of which attracted 1,043
vehicles. As many were
left idling their engines
during the wait - essen-
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