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Milwaukee, Wisconsin hosts two Earth Day 2008 events: Pharmaceutical and e-waste collections planned as part of EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day ChallengeThe EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge is underway with about 100 projects in hundreds of communities across eight states including two events in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is expanding its third annual Medicine Collection Day to include four counties.Named “A prescription for clean water and safe kids,” the pharmaceutical collections will be held on April 19 in Milwaukee, Racine, Ozaukee, and Washington counties.Meanwhile - the city of Milwaukee is hosting an electronic waste collection for its residents on Saturday, April 26, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The e-Waste collection will be held in a parking lot just south of Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee.City of Milwaukee residents are invited to bring their unwanted televisions and computer equipment to this event to get them recycled.Material will be recycled at no charge to residents of Milwaukee. Officials added the event is not for business waste - just residents.The contact is Rick Meyers with the City of Milwaukee Dept of Public Works. Call Meyers at 414-286-2334The Earth Healing Initiative has put our local interfaith liaison in touch with Milwaukee officials.He’s Rev. Brad Brown, campus pastor at Marquette University Lutheran Campus Ministry - in Milwaukee, WisconsinThe MMSD has distributed nearly 200,000 postcards promoting the event that has been widely publicized by area media.The Earth Healing Initiative offered to help distribute the final 5,000 cards to interfaith contacts in the Milwaukee area.The MMSD’s Steve Jacquart said “the recent Associated Press investigation on drinking water helped create a lot of public interest in the issue.” Jacquart added that this event will be the district’s “first truly regional Medicine Collection Day to help protect Lake Michigan, prevent childhood poisonings, and reduce substance abuse.”The Milwaukee events are among about 100 projects involving hundreds of communities across eight states around the Great Lakes basin that are participating in an Earth Day 2008 challenge from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge is collecting and recycling one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) and the collection of one million pills for proper disposal.The Earth Healing Initiative is assisting by offering interfaith liaisons to volunteer and encouraging members of local churches and temples to participate in the Earth Day related events in their area.The Earth Healing Initiative is also offering media services like this video.Greg PetersonEarth Healing Initiative TV---Milwaukee event #1---Date: April 19, 2008Type of Event: Unwanted MedicationsDetails: This year's 3rd annual Medicine Collection Day (A prescription for clean water & safe kids) on April 19th will collect and safely dispose of medicines in Milwaukee, Racine, Ozaukee, and Washington counties.This will be our first truly regional Medicine Collection Day to help protect Lake Michigan, prevent childhood poisonings, and reduce substance abuse.---Sponsor/Contact:Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District260 West Seeboth St.Milwaukee, WI 53204Steve Jacquart, Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District414-225-2138 (wk)---Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District:http://www.mmsd.comMilorganite - How do we make this stuff?http://www.mmsd.com/news/detail.cfm?id=114---Milwaukee pdf flyer - scroll down pdf to bottom to see mini-version:http://www.mmsd.com/images/programs/MedicineCollection_041908.pdf---Milwaukee event #2City of MilwaukeeApril 26, 2008From: 10 am to 2 pmType of event: e-WasteContact: City of Milwaukee Dept of Public Works Rick Meyers (414-286-2334)Held in parking lot just south of Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., MilwaukeeCity of Milwaukee residents are invited to bring their unwanted televisions and computer equipment to this event to get them recycled. Material will be recycled at no charge to residents of Milwaukee. No businesses please.Milwaukee Dept. Of Public Works:http://www.mpw.netMilwaukee DPW e-Waste event page:http://www.mpw.net/Pages/escrap.htmlCity of Milwaukee e-Waste event flyer:http://www.mpw.net/docs/escrap_flyer.pdfCity of Milwaukee e-Waste advertisementhttp://www.mpw.net/docs/escrap_ad.pdfCity of Milwaukee event map:http://www.mpw.net/docs/escrap_map.pdf---Related Stories:WISN News Milwaukee, WI:http://www.wisn.com/news/15902308/detail.html---Milwaukee Earth Healing Initiative page:http://www.earthhealinginitiative.org/milwaukee.html---Earth Healing Initiative Milwaukee interfaith liaison:Rev. Brad Brown, campus pastorMarquette University Lutheran Campus Ministry - Milwaukee, Wisconsin414-288-3691email:bradley.brown@mu.eduPastor Brown’s blog:http://www.mulutherans.com/index.phpMarquette University Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) website:http://www.mulutherans.com---Marquette University MinistryAMU 2361442 W. Wisconsin Ave. P.O. Box 1881Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881922 South 29th StreetMilwaukee, WI53215---website:http://www.marquette.edu/umhttp://www.marquette.edu/um/staff/http://www.marquette.edu/um/worship/documents/1018107web.pdfPhone: 414-288-6873 Fax: 414-288-3696---

• Release Date

  Apr 17, 2008

• Runtime

  03:17