S.C. Resource Conservation Challenge
The S.C. Resource Conservation Challenge (Challenge) is about new and improved ways for state agencies, colleges/universities, local governments, schools and school districts to conserve natural resources, protect the environment – and perhaps save money in the process.
It is modeled after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA) Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) and customized for South Carolina, can be met in a variety of ways. Those ways include implementing and expanding initiatives on waste reduction, recycling, buying recycled and energy conservation as part of an overall sustainability program.
Each of us must accept and meet the Challenge. Each of us must have a resource conservation ethic. Each of us must operate more efficiently. Each of us must purchase more wisely. If each of us meets the Challenge, South Carolina will have a safer, cleaner environment.
Below are PDF files of presentations from the sixth annual S.C. Resource Conservation Workshop that was held on October 22, 2008 in Columbia. Click on the titles below to view each presentation.
- The Many Parts of Sustainability – Bryan Cordell
- Pollution Prevention Tools – Steve Smith
- Recycling Assistance – Elizabeth Rosinski and Amanda St. John
- Electronics Recycling – Eric Melaro
- Getting Serious About Energy Conservation – Catherine Vanden Houten
- Water Efficiency and WaterSense – Carol Roberts
- Air Quality: It’s Up to You – Marian Nanney
The Green Step Schools is an environmental education initiative that encourages individual schools to take annual steps toward becoming more environmentally responsible. Schools are assisted by a statewide network of mentors and share their results with other schools. Projects include recycling, habitat and butterfly gardening, composting, indoor and outdoor air quality, water and energy conservation, waste reduction, forestry and many others. Green Step Schools was established in 2003 with Keep the Midlands Beautiful, Sonoco Recycling, and the Office as part of the S.C. Resource Conservation Challenge. For more information about Green Steps and to get started, click here.
For other information about the Challenge, click here or call 1-800-768-7348.
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For more information about recycling in South Carolina, please call 1-800-768-7348.
This Web page was last updated on December 9, 2008.