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
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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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