I am a nineteen year solid waste management professional, and currently work at YSU in the recycling and reuse field. We have an interesting project entitled: "re:CREATE" whereby reusable but unwanted art, craft, and theatrical supplies are listed on a database, with a regular newsletter, and those schools and entities that need those supplies are connected with the ones that have them. I give presentations locally on the subject of Voluntary and Environmental Simplicity, as a volunteer and not part of the job. I am dedicated to solid waste reduction through generation source concentration so that other reuse and recycling efforts do not have to occur. I believe we live in a society that has bought the big lie that landfills are a safe method of disposal. We need to take solid waste minimization's destiny out of the control of landfill officials and trash haulers, and place it in the hands of health and environmental professionals.