Brief History of Some RAM Successes
  1. Set a high standard for studying issues by touring over 200 facilities in 19 states and Ontario. 1989-present.
  2. Conducted first series of 2-stream wet/dry recycling/composting pilots in southeast U.S. (to our knowledge) and tabulated statistics (78%-98% recovery), 1991-93.
  3. Helped inspire Tennessee Department of Corrections wet/dry recycling/composting program, 1991-95.
  4. Calculated economic impact of recycling all easily available basic materials in basic Davidson County, Tennessee, 1993.
  5. Successfully argued against allowing landfills in wetlands in Tennessee via an Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit (ARAP), 1993-final vote, Oct. 4, 1994.
  6. Led an effort that resulted in Tennessee being the first U.S. state with soil-based compost quality standards as an incentive class (Type A), 1993-final vote June 2, 1998.
  7. Achieved world's first and only, to-date (to our knowledge),voluntary closure of a large, financially viable waste-to-energy plant with up-to-date air pollution control equipment (Nashville Thermal Transfer Corp), 1993-Metro Council vote Jan. 15, 2002 and closure May 23, 2002.
  8. Eliminated permitting of treated incinerator ash as loose construction fill material in several states, 1993-present.
  9. Supported closure of an unlined Bordeaux landfill in Davidson County, Tennessee, accomplished March 19, 1994.
  10. Supportive material sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was successfully used to end consideration of an incineration and ash reutilization proposal, 1994.
  11. Successfully advocated for a permanent household hazardous waste facility in Davidson County, Tennessee, 1994-96.
  12. Successfully persuaded Davidson County, Tennessee to try co-collection, 1996.
  13. Guided Davidson County to separately monofill fly ash and bottom ash, 1997-2002.
  14. Documentation sent to Boulder, Colorado, helped city choose nonprofit Ecocycle to design and operate a new MRF instead of a for-profit proposal, 1998.
  15. Successfully argued against use of incineration ast as a plastic wood filler in Spokane, Washington, 2001.
  16. Helped mobilize successful opposition to a construction and demolition landfill proposed for a former quarry off McCrory Ln., Davidson County, Tennessee, Council District 35, 2006.
  17. Helped stop construction and demolition landfill and outdoor transfer station proposed in Davidson County, Tennessee, Council District 22, 2012.
  18. Helped stop permitting of a transfer station in Davidson County, Tennessee, Council District 5, 2012.
  19. Calculated an appropriate disposal tax levels in eight different ways, 2012.
  20. Submitted legislation to achieve an independent disposal tax valuation and applications of such a valuation, 2012.
  21. Successfully lobbied to change Tennessee state law to allow Davidson County to include all costs associated with solid waste disposal in assessed fees, 2015, signed into law 2016.
  22. Successfully persuaded the Davidson County Solid Waste Region Board to call for a Zero-Waste Plan in its 10-year update, for the first time, March 2017.
  23. Efforts (19 and 20 above) resulted in Scope of Work for plan (22 above) including "Triple Bottom Line" economic assessment of recycling benefits, approved March 2019.
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