Myra Nissen
myracycl@inreach.com
510-873-8777
Robin Salsburg wrote:
>
> Hi All--
>
> Didn't know if you had heard about this yet. Looks like
> a good opportunity for local gov't to join with businesses
> for an informative workshop.
>
> Robin
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On November 9, 1999, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (ET), the U.S.
> Environmental
> Protection Agency will present a national satellite forum entitled Buying
> Recycled: The Real Story About Cost, Availability, and Quality.
>
> For information on hosting a site (there is no charge for the down-link)
> or
> attending
> at a site near you, visit the WasteWise website at
> www.epa.gov/wastewise/wwsf,
> or send an e-mail to wwsf@erg.com or a fax to 703/841-1440.
>
> This free, interactive program is designed to provide governments,
> businesses
> and other organizations with insights on ways to purchase quality,
> competitively
> priced recycled products. This forum is being presented in support of
> America
> Recycles Day by EPA?s WasteWise program and the Buy Recycled Business
> Alliance
> (BRBA). The forum will feature Richard Keller, a nationally recognized
> trainer
> on buying recycled products with Maryland Environmental Service, who has
> conducted over 125 seminars on how to buy products with recycled content.
> He
> will share with the audience suggestions on proven strategies for buying
> recycled products. Viewers will have the opportunity to call in with
> questions.
> Also featured will be government and business members from both the
> WasteWise
> and BRBA programs: Eric Nelson, Environmental Purchasing Coordinator,
> King
> County, Washington; Bob Langert, Director of Public and Community
> Affairs,
> McDonald?s Corporation; Susan McCloskey, President, Office Plan.
>
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