Bay View Waste Share
Each Milwaukee Community ought to collect and consolidate its own recycled waste resources. Waste has value. Value that can be shared in and among a community and its members. Either through material sale, through swap or donation, or even as an educational tool. Waste is a useful asset for local communities.
Recycled material is an asset that can be easily obtained, collected and recycled. Urban environments such as Bay View, the Third Ward, and Downtown Milwaukee all have relatively simple access to recycling facilities eager to pay for their recovered waste.
Recycled waste generates revenue. Revenue that can be used to kick-start the building of small businesses and neighborhood assets. Waste generates jobs. Twice as many jobs are created when waste is recycled rather than disposed.
Given the current value and demand for recycled material, Bay View Curbside proposes the formation of a Community Waste Share Program. A local co-operative, a curbside coalition, a collaborative exchange of resources between Bay Viewers, residents, small businesses and non-profits alike. For the primary purpose of leveraging community assets while maintaining control of our valuable recycled waste stream.
No time is better than now for Milwaukee neighborhoods to "lean into" the growing market of recycled material. "Community space for recycled and usable waste". A novel idea for an on-line waste space for gently used gadgets and material, coupled with the option to add a second space, a complimentary physical place, for the interpersonal exchange or sale of recycled material and usable waste. Mixing the virtual with the physical. Connecting the power of the internet with the unity of community.
We propose the development of new economic arrangements for Milwaukee communities. Inclusive to artists and craftsman, to hackers and makers, to networks and local institutions.
Let us take control of our recycled waste. Let us form our own collection and distribution networks. Let us donate within our community, and share among members. Let us intelligently design our own waste to resource infrastructure and take advantage of this unique opportunity for Bay View to do well and to do good.
Recycled material is an asset that can be easily obtained, collected and recycled. Urban environments such as Bay View, the Third Ward, and Downtown Milwaukee all have relatively simple access to recycling facilities eager to pay for their recovered waste.
Recycled waste generates revenue. Revenue that can be used to kick-start the building of small businesses and neighborhood assets. Waste generates jobs. Twice as many jobs are created when waste is recycled rather than disposed.
Given the current value and demand for recycled material, Bay View Curbside proposes the formation of a Community Waste Share Program. A local co-operative, a curbside coalition, a collaborative exchange of resources between Bay Viewers, residents, small businesses and non-profits alike. For the primary purpose of leveraging community assets while maintaining control of our valuable recycled waste stream.
No time is better than now for Milwaukee neighborhoods to "lean into" the growing market of recycled material. "Community space for recycled and usable waste". A novel idea for an on-line waste space for gently used gadgets and material, coupled with the option to add a second space, a complimentary physical place, for the interpersonal exchange or sale of recycled material and usable waste. Mixing the virtual with the physical. Connecting the power of the internet with the unity of community.
We propose the development of new economic arrangements for Milwaukee communities. Inclusive to artists and craftsman, to hackers and makers, to networks and local institutions.
Let us take control of our recycled waste. Let us form our own collection and distribution networks. Let us donate within our community, and share among members. Let us intelligently design our own waste to resource infrastructure and take advantage of this unique opportunity for Bay View to do well and to do good.
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