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PBT Reduction Opportunities

This webinar included four presentations on reduction opportunities for persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals, with a focus on lead. Presentations Harold R. Charles, US EPA Office of Solid Waste, Waste Minimization Branch: Waste Minimization Lead Team Ihab H. Farag, Hamel Professor of Innovation and Technology, Chemical Eng Dept., University of New Hampshire: PBT Profiler Helps […]

Green Building Standards and Practices

Compendium of Speaker Presentations Barbra Batshalom, Executive Director, The Green Roundtable: Overview of LEED Standards Steve Guettermann, Peaks to Prairies P2 Information Center: Homes Across America Kim Trella, CT DEEP: The CT Green Building Council (CTGBC): Moving CT Toward Green Brian Quinn, NJ DEP: Green School Construction in New Jersey

Roundtable on Successful Strategies for Promoting Environmental Management Systems

Compendium of Speaker Presentations  Terri Goldberg, NEWMOA: Introductions and review of the agenda Martha Curran, EPA Region 1-New England: National Environmental Performance Track: Successes and Challenges Bob Minicucci, NH DES: Environmental Management Systems: Do They Improve Performance? Ann Lowery, MA DEP: Environmental Management Systems in Massachusetts Eric Fahle, MA DEP: Massachusetts Municipal Environmental Stewardship & […]

E-Waste Reduction

The webinar included the following presentations: Eric Most, INFORM: Results of INFORM's recently published study on cell phone waste Mary Ann Remolador, NERC: New e-waste tool http://www.nerc.org/documents/aboutcalc1003.html Carole Cifrino, ME DEP: ME DEP's proposal to the legislature for e-waste management in Maine Gary Gulka, VT DEC : VT DEC forthcoming report on e-waste in Vermont […]

Pharmaceutical Waste Reduction & Discharge Issues

The webinar included the following presentations: Charlotte Smith, Pharmecology: Managing Pharmaceutical Waste in Healthcare Ann Pistel, Maine DEP: Legislative and pilot project proposal for pharmaceutical waste management in Maine Drug Disposal Group - Interested Parties Meeting Minutes, December 16, 2003 Press Release: Senator Bromely Introduces Bill to Deal with Unused Medications Talking Points: L.D. 1826, […]

Green Building Successes & Opportunities at Campuses & K-12 Schools in the Northeast

The webinar included the following presentations:  Doug Sacra, HMFH Architects, Inc.: Capuano Early Childhood Center Connie Leach Bisson, Middlebury College: Green Building Design at Middlebury College Kirk Stone, Consultant to the Kendall Foundation: Advancing High Performance School Design and Construction In New England and Atlantic Canada: A Summary of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation?s Role […]

Environmentally Preferable Cleaners

The webinar included the following presentations: Steve Ashkin, Ashkin Group: Environmentally Preferable Cleaners Scot Case, Center for a New American Dream: Helping You Clean Green: Power in Groups Dmitriy Nikolayev, MA Operational Services Division: Cleaning the Green Way: Massachusetts Experience Purchasing Green Cleaners Useful Websites & Information Resources: (provided by the speakers) The Ashkin Group […]

Climate Change

The webinar included the following presentations: Connie Mendolia, CT DEEP: Innovative Efforts to Implement Connecticut's Climate Action Plan Judy Greenwald, Pew Center on Climate Change: Innovative Projects Underway Outside of the Northeast Dan Bakal, Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics (CERES): CERES Climate Initiatives: Working with Shareholder Groups and how that is Affecting Corporate Interest in […]

Models for Working with Municipalities – What Works for Assistance & P2 Programs

The webinar included the following presentations: Abby Swaine, EPA Region 1, New England: EPA New England Experiences in Municipal Assistance John Daly, VT DEC : Municipal Compliance Assistance Program; A Work In Progress Eileen Gunn, UMass Lowell, Toxics Use Reduction Institute: Examples of Successful Collaboration with Municipal Organizations on Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and Toxics Use […]

Applications of Social Marketing Methods for Environmental Assistance

The webinar included the following presentations: Peter Cooke, ME DEP: Successful Efforts to Develop Social Marketing Electronic Tools to Communicate with Agency staff and Others Jan Aceti, Aceti Associates The Oakdale Neighborhood Recycling Campaign: Promoting Recycling Using Community-Based Social Marketing Doug Kievit-Kylar, VT DEC Consumer Chemicals in the Marketplace: Using Community-Based Social Marketing Strategies to […]

Achieving Mercury Reductions in Products & Waste

In April 1997, a milestone was set — The Great Lakes Basin Bi-National Toxics Strategy called for virtual elimination of mercury. One year later — The New England Governors & Eastern Canadian Premiers 1998 Mercury Reduction Plan launched mercury reduction efforts in the Northeast. It's been five years since — the Baltimore 2000 Mercury Reduction […]

Survey Design & Administration for Assistance & P2 Programs

The webinar included the following presentations: Andrew Stoeckle, ABT Associates Survey Design & Administration Tool to Estimate Sample Size Given a Specified Confidence Level That You Want to Achieve, MA DEP The user enters: Whether you want to be correct 80%, 90%, 95%, 99% or what ever % of the time (the confidence interval) Your […]