 | Sandra Keil |
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Washington, DC, United States
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VP Gov't & Industry AffairsCompany
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Sandra came to Earth911.com after working as an environmental policy adviser to a Congressman in the House of Representatives. During her time in Washington DC, she developed and negotiated numerous environmental and energy policies that were signed into law and are in effect today. Before her time in DC, she also worked for the Forest Service and Park Service as a fire fighter and a researcher for the Nature Conservancy. She has a degree in Environmental Science from Utah State University.
Sandra develops and maintains relationships with government entities on behalf of Earth911.com, including the Environmental Protection Agency and state and local recycling coordinators
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Response to Mike's Initial Query
Hi Mike, I know I’m jumping into the discussion a bit late, but it seems the debate is still lively. I work for Earth911.com, host of the nation’s largest recycling directory. Every day, we see what people are looking to recycle around the country and provide them with information about what’s available in their area. In fact, we list more than 120,000 recycling resources around the country. With that being said, my answer is probably already stated: recycling is the better option. Plastic recycling is widely available and understood by the public, the systems to support it are already in place and the technology to implement larger scale production and collection for reuse is already developed. While biodegradable products show promise and are an interesting area of innovation, the simple truth is that, currently, there isn’t the infrastructure in place to ensure that biodegradables are actually composted. Even considering all that is available, recycling rates of traditional could still improve dramatically – meaning that biodegradable products will face even more of a challenge. I’m not saying that composting biodegradable products isn’t worthwhile - we love composting (we even compost in our office) and the idea of taking a product and returning it to the soil is fantastic. I’m simply looking at the larger scale impact on the consumer level, which is our area of expertise.