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BACKHAUL SUMMIT 2012 KAWERAK BACKHAUL REPORT

BACKHAUL SUMMIT 2012 KAWERAK BACKHAUL REPORT. KAWERAK BACKHAUL. The Bering Strait Region. KAWERAK BACKHAUL. Kawerak is our regional non-profit corporation, incorporated under State Law in 1973, to provide services throughout the Bering Strait Region.

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BACKHAUL SUMMIT 2012 KAWERAK BACKHAUL REPORT

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  1. BACKHAUL SUMMIT 2012 KAWERAK BACKHAUL REPORT

  2. KAWERAK BACKHAUL The Bering Strait Region

  3. KAWERAK BACKHAUL Kawerak is our regional non-profit corporation, incorporated under State Law in 1973, to provide services throughout the Bering Strait Region. Kawerak received an EPA IGAP consortia grant in 2010 to help coordinate regional backhaul & recycling issues.

  4. So what do we do? we stage! KAWERAK BACKHAUL We collect! …and we backhaul!

  5. We host regional trainings and do community education! KAWERAK BACKHAUL

  6. We help our villages backhaul! e-waste, batteries, scrap metal, white goods, fluorescents, ballasts, Freon, aluminum… KAWERAK BACKHAUL

  7. KAWERAK BACKHAUL

  8. To make that happen we partner with local, regional and statewide entities. KAWERAK BACKHAUL

  9. VILLAGES NOME REGIONAL LEVEL A regional airlines backhauls our materials from the villages to Nome, non-revenue & space available.

  10. From Nome we fly the materials to Anchorage (year round) or we wait for summer and barge them to Seattle. NOME STATEWIDE LEVEL ANCHORAGE SEATTLE

  11. Seek partnerships and build working relationships with local TRIBAL governments REGIONAL LEVEL

  12. Tapped into the various statewide RESOURCES available for environmental programs STATEWIDE LEVEL

  13. STATEWIDE LEVEL

  14. FEDERAL LEVEL

  15. Sought a partnership with the City of Nome to help improve their Recycle Center BEFORE AFTER LOCAL LEVEL

  16. How can YOU build a regional backhaul program? (glad you asked!)

  17. Identify Transportation Companies • Airlines • Rail companies • Barge lines • Road system • Ferry • Other? REGIONAL PARTNERS What are your options? What works best for you?

  18. Identify Recycling Companies • What types of materials are • you working with? • Metals, e-waste, paper, plastics, lead-acid batteries • Where do your transportation carriers go? • Anchorage? Seattle? • Is the recycler community-oriented? REGIONAL PARTNERS Alaskans for Litter Prevention And Recycling

  19. Involve Your Community Planning! Raise Awareness! REGIONAL PARTNERS Community members in Teller sharing vision drawings. Ladies in Wales taping household batteries. Youth group making recycle boxes out of cardboard. Educate!

  20. Identify LOCAL/REGIONAL partners • Tribal governments • Municipalities (City) • Native corporations • National Park Service • Health corporation • College • branch • Schools • Fisheries • Non-profits • Other? REGIONAL PARTNERS

  21. How do you start a relationship with those agencies? • Pick up the phone! • Send an email • Ask questions • Research online • Learn about what systems are in place • Tap into Alaska’s tribal environmental family • Host a meeting REGIONAL APPROACH

  22. How can we work together to create a regional program? • Encourage hub community to coordinate the effort • Host quarterly teleconferences with all communities invited • Take advantage of conferences – meet with each other • Encourage your hub community to apply for EPA Consortia • Communicate challenges to see if someone has found a solution • Share success stories • Share, share, share! REGIONAL APPROACH

  23. Read the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council’s Backhaul Manual! BACKHAUL MANUAL www.yritwc.org

  24. Advantages to a regional program REGIONAL APPROACH • Strengthens everyone’s program • Networking creates opportunity • Information sharing (research, stats, anything!) • Resource sharing (share costs, purchase equipment together) • Helps workers to feel supported = happy workers = longevity

  25. Keep in contact with village program coordinators • Coordinate receiving and shipping of materials (backhaul) • Negotiate with transportation & recycling companies • Bring in trainers (HAZMAT, Freon removal, water testing…) • Pass on information between communities • Regional planning (TEP, QAPP, ISWMP, etc.) • Host teleconferences (Possible) Responsibilities of a Regional Coordinator REGIONAL APPROACH

  26. How do you let your community know about your program? • Events (Clean Up Day, aluminum can drive) • Present at school assembly • Articles in the newspaper • Newsletters • Get on the radio • Host a potluck • Create flyers or posters • Other? COORDINATION

  27. AGREEMENTS LOU Letters of Understanding MOA Memorandum of Agreement COORDINATION LOS Letters of Support Resolutions MOU Memorandum of Understanding

  28. Show your appreciation! “Those who don’t appreciate, depreciate,” ~ Anahma’s dad.

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