GreenClips.4 08.03.94 GEORGIA-PACIFIC INVESTS IN ENGINEERED WOODS In 1993 and 1994,Georgia-Pacific Corp plans to spend $800 million to produce engineered woods, intending to relieve pressure on tropical and old-growth forests. Engineered woods include medium-density fiberboard made from wood scrap, waste and sawdust. -Atlanta Constitution, July 27, 1994. ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND DEVELOPER AGREE ON WETLANDS RESTORATION PLAN Friends of Ballona Wetlands have agreed not to oppose Maguire Thomas Partners' plan to develop a 1,087 acre Los Angeles site into 13,000 residential units and five million square feet of commercial office space. In exchange, the developer has agreed to pay $10 million to restore a freshwater marsh and saltwater tidal pool. - The New York Times, July 31, 1994, Section 1, p. 13. EXPERTS ASSESS WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS Twelve experts comment on the question of whether win-win solutions should be the foundation of a company's environmental strategy. The discussion responds to Noah Walley and Bradley Whitehead's article in Harvard Business Review's May-June issue. Comments included: "It is not surprising that tougher environmental standards impose costs on companies. The aim of such standards, after all, is to force polluters to internalize costs previously inflicted on society." And, "Policymakers should aim to establish environmental priorities and goals that are consistent with the real trade-offs that all regulatory activities inevitably require." -Harvard Business Review, July-August 1994, P. 37. WHOLE HOUSE RECYCLING PROGRAM WINS RESEARCH AWARD Researchers in Portland, OR demolished a whole house by hand, and recycled lumber, metal, concrete, brick, doors, windows, and a tub at a cost competitive with typical mechanical demolition. Progressive Architecture magazine recognized the project's pioneering documentation of labor, energy and salvaged material values involved in "defabricating" the house. -Progressive Architecture, July 1994, p. 92. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO. BUILDS SUSTAINABLE EXAMPLE In January the Gas Company's new Energy Resource Center will open in Downey, demonstrating roughly 400 tons of recycled and reused materials. An existing Gas Co. office building, dismantled piece-by-piece, is the source of most of these materials. Remaining materials include Douglas fir beams and posts from an old warehouse reused as flooring, recycled tempered glass as a reception desk, tires melted and reused as coating for the parking lot, and submarine and weapons metal recycled into reinforcing bars. The facility will also demonstrate super-insulated windows and digital lighting sensors. -The Los Angeles Times, July 27, 1994, p. D1. RECYCLED PAINT Even when paint is collected on household hazardous waste collection days, it usually ends up at a landfill or industrial furnace. Green Paint Company, Rasmussen Paints, Major Paint Company, and E Coat re-mix discarded paint and turn it into color tones ranging from whites to grays to browns. -E Magazine, July/August, p. 44.