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Educating Employees
Sharing information and ideas to help us make better decisions at work, at home and at play
When we, as citizens, learn about an environmental issue – whether
it’s trash, 
energy consumption, or water pollution,
we can more clearly see the impacts of our choices. With
increased awareness and understanding, we’re better able
to make informed decisions.
As an environmental regulatory agency, EPA works to ensure that the businesses, government agencies and citizens of New England have access to the information they need to be good environmental stewards and to comply with their regulatory obligations. At EPA New England, our Green Team is working to ensure that the EPA regional employees also get the information they need to be good stewards and make environmentally sustainable choices in their daily lives.
Our Green Team is using several approaches to help us educate ourselves.
Green Notes
Since 2004, we’ve been writing Green
Notes to provide
EPA New England staff with information on a wide range of issues.
Sent as regular e-mail messages, more than 20 Green
Notes have provided practical tips and resources
on such topics as green ideas for the holidays, reducing your
heating bill, green travel, composting, green landscaping, and
stopping unsolicited mail.
Green Expo
Our annual Green Expo is a showcase of environmentally preferable
products and services. First held on Earth Day in 2003, the
fair has become a very popular event. Our April 2006
Green Expo brought together more than 75 exhibitors and 300
regional
EPA employees to:
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Learn more about environmentally preferable products and services
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Collect items for reuse or recycling. In 2006, 88 lbs of batteries and 6 lbs of electronic waste (e.g. CDs, cell phones) were collected.
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Learn how to use office tools that help us reduce paper use (scanning, double-sided functions, and electronic file storage)
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View educational information and displays on such topics such as home composting and mercury in the environment.
If you‘re a vendor of an environmentally preferable product or service and would like more information about this event, please contact us.
Get the information you need to make informed choices. Share
it with others.
Here are some places to start:
Climate Change
What You Can Do
Energy
Energy and New England’s Environment
Energy, EPA New England: Greening our Operations
Green Buildings
EPA New England Green Buildings
Green Buildings, EPA New England:
Greening our Operations
Pesticides & Integrated Pest Management
Transportation
Transportation and Fuels
Transportation, EPA New England:
Greening our Operations
Clean Marine Engines
Waste Reduction and Management
Solid
Waste in New England
Recycling and Reuse,
EPA New England: Greening our Operations
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