Community Partnership: NELA & the NC Cooperative Extension Service Office

Gonzalo Miguel Pitpit Northeast Leadership Academy

Keep informed on local, national, and world events.

As A County Extension Worker

Timeline
July 28-29, 2011: 4-H Curriculum

July 29, 2011: Last Day of Internship Sharing of Filipino/Asian Food

July 25, 2011: Staff Meeting Grant Proposal Writing In Progress July 19, 2011: Cotton Insect Scouting School Soybean Insect Scouting School July 12, 2011: Managing Weed Resistance July 11, 2011: First Day of Internship Staff Meeting Black Light Trap Visit with the Farmers

July 20, 2011: Northampton Nature Trail Granulation, Plastic Pesticide Containers
July 15, 2011: VIP Camp J.W. Faison Senior Center July 12, 2011: 2011 Visually Impaired People (VIP) Camp Orientation Grant Proposal Writing Begins

Grant Proposal: Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling Program

US Agriculture uses nearly 40 million plastic containers each year. Most of these containers go into landfills that cause Americas landfill capacity to be decreasing.

Why Recycle?

Care to guess how many pounds of pesticides the Nation used in 1964? How about in 1993? National use of pesticides grew from about 540 million pounds in 1964 to about 1.1 billion pounds in 1993.

Excavation showing soil contamination at a disused gasworks. FACT: The effects of past and present land-use practices may take decades to become apparent in ground water. FACT: Pesticides are mostly modern chemicals. There are many hundreds of these compounds, and that leads us to ask just how concerned we should be about their presence in our drinking water.

2. To set up a
collection site to inspect and store properly cleaned containers so that they can be granulated.

Farmers @ Northampton during the Cotton Insect Scouting School on July 19, 2011.

Main Goals of the Recycling Program

How do we recycle plastic pesticide containers?

They are granulated.

They are used in synthetic fibers; beverage, food and other liquid containers; thermoforming applications; and engineering resins often in combination with glass fiber.

Grant Proposal Components

Total Grant Request: $ 9, 864.00

Purchase of two 40 x 8 x 8 Used Cargo Containers

Purchase of two Informational Signs

Purchase of twelve 6 x 6 x 8 Posts

T $ 9,030.00

$ 600.00

$ 234.00

Program Logic Model

INPUTS
Existing Resources
Planning Phase Conduct Baseline Research Hold Meetings with Farmers, Pesticide Dealerships, Commercial Applicators Develop Strategic Partnerships Enhance Community Involvement and Awareness Schedule of Programs Programming Phase Develop and carry out informational campaigns/meetings using different forms of media: print - newsletters, news articles, brochures, and broadcast TV, radio, videos/movies Attend community events to promote awareness on plastic pesticide containers recycling program Educate children of local farmers at Northampton County Schools and Emphasize the Importance of Recycling in the District Evaluation Phase Annual Evaluation of Program Impacts Gather/Collect Data Analysis of Data Prepare and Submit Annual Report to the Department of Agriculture

OUTPUTS Activities Short Term

(Years 1-2)

OUTCOMES Intermediate
(Years 3-5) (beyond Year 5)

Long Term

Northampton County Network including Public Works and Solid Waste Management NC Cooperative Extension Staff and Administration Funding Research and Evaluation Expertise Experience on recycling pesticide containers Key partners and future funders Farmers, Pesticide Dealerships, Commercial Applicators

Increased awareness of the plastic pesticide containers recycling program of Northampton County Increased awareness of protecting the environment Increased relations between community partners and the district/state government

Continued awareness on the plastic pesticide recycling program of Northampton County Enhanced involvement of partners in our communities Increased parent engagement in youths academic lives Increased community and school relationships with positive goals

Increased landfill capacity Protected environment Safer communities Increased number of school children realizing the importance of recycling Increased availability of resources on plastic pesticide container recycling

Timeline / Process Chart