Thanks!
WasteWise wants to thank all the partners who submitted
annual data and applied for awards this year. We
received a lot of good information on the various
waste reduction activities that partners undertook
in 2004. Your annual data are available for review
in the Electronic
Reporting (This feature is currently unavailable) section of the WasteWise Web
site,* so that you can track your progress over
the upcoming year. Keep up the good work!
Upcoming
Events
- WasteWise
Annual Conference—October 24-25, 2005
Join us to celebrate our
partners' success! This two-day conference will
include sessions exploring how WasteWise is
contributing to the goals of EPA's Resource
Conservation Challenge. There will also be awards
ceremonies and other exciting events. Invitations
will be mailed later this summer.
- Climate
Partner Forum—Date TBA
Want to understand the connection
between climate change and waste? Stumped on
how to communicate this message and your waste-related
greenhouse gas emission reductions to upper
management, employees, and the general public?
This partner forum aims to answer all these
questions and more. This teleconference, with
special guest speakers, will be held this summer.
Announcements will be made in upcoming eBulletins
and the Partner
Forum page on the WasteWise Web site.*
Partner
Spotlight
In addition to their successful
waste reduction efforts, many WasteWise partners
also achieve outstanding results in other areas
of environmental stewardship.
Staples,
Inc. participated in EPA's
Plug-In to eCycling program by sponsoring
a pilot take-back program at its retail stores
located in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and from commercial
customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and
Connecticut. The company used its existing product
distribution network to collect and recycle more
than 100,000 pounds of electronic equipment during
a six-week period in 2004 from May through July.
For more information on this pilot program, please
see the Final
Report  .
For more
partner news, please go to the Partner
Spotlight page on the WasteWise Web
site.
If
you have implemented an innovative approach to
waste management or other environmental problem
and would like to be featured on the Partner Spotlight
page or eBulletin, please contact the Helpline.
Please note: featured activities must be waste-related;
not all activities will be featured on the Web
site.
*To access
this section of the WasteWise Web site, please
enter the username: partner and the password:
iamwise.
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