Margaret Weber
Margaret Weber is a long time Detroit resident who has done lots of work on recycling in the city. In April 1990 she started Rosedale Recycles, a monthly drop off site for recyclables, and then in 2006 she helped to found Zero Waste Detroit to advocate against incinerators and for recycling. Zero Waste Detroit has collaborated with the Ecology Center in the fight against incinerators and has also worked to spread recycling education. Margaret also works in shareholder advocacy where she fights for environmental issues from a shareholder perspective.
Interview with Margaret Weber
August 7, 2019
Conducted by Katherine Hummel
Clips
2:43-3:45
Margaret talks about starting Rosedale Recycles and their monthly recycling drop-off program. #recycling #Detroit #RosedaleRecycles
5:45-6:30
Margaret discusses the incinerator in Detroit and how it underminded the movement towards recycling and waste reduction. #recycling #incinerator #Detroit
7:59-9:15
Margaret talks about how a diverse array of people came to the Rosedale Recycles curbside drop-off and how this showed city officials that those of lesser means were interested in recycling. #recycling #Detroit #diversity #RosedaleRecycles
16:42-17:58
Margaret discusses how her and Zero Waste Detroit worked with a coalition of other environmental groups, including the Ecology Center, on writing a report to the Detroit Environmental Justice Taskforce on alternatives to incinerators. #incinerators #EcologyCenter #ZeroWasteDetroit #Detroit
21:21-22:20
Margaret discusses the impact of Zero Waste Detroit and how she believes Detroit's eventual formation of a curbside recycling program was due to their constant visibility and advocacy. #recycling #Detroit #ZeroWasteDetroit
35:14-36:45
Margaret talks about how she advocates to companies for environmental issues as a shareholder and how that approach differs from others. #shareholder #advocacy