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Hi Anastasia,</div>
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I haven't heard of a library conducting a waste audit without sorting the trash to figure this out. But please feel free to reach out to your mentor to figure out a path forward, there is always wiggle room!</div>
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Goals to keep in mind:</div>
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Be well,</div>
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Rebekkah</div>
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Rebekkah Smith Aldrich</div>
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Co-founder & Board President, Sustainable Libraries Initiative </div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What has your library done to meet the Waste Audit requirement? We are trying to find a way to do this that will not involve laying all our trash out on a tarp, since our
managers have strongly requested that we not do that. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I started with conversations with our custodians who collect our trash to see if we can determine how many recyclables are being thrown away. Does that fit the goal of the
action item? </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks for any input!</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Anastasia Tuckness</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Resource Services Cataloging Clerk</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Ames Public Library</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Phone: 515.239.5665</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Address: Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Ave. | Ames, IA 50010</span></p>
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<a href="http://www.AmesPublicLibrary.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.AmesPublicLibrary.org</span></a></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black; background:white"> Ames Public Library has recently updated our email addresses. Please update your records with my new contact details:
<a href="mailto:anastasia.tuckness@amespubliclibrary.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">anastasia.tuckness@amespubliclibrary.org</span></a>
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