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• Available Recycling Resources for Town Offices, Schools, & Businesses
• Manure Management Workshops in Vermont & New Hampshire
• Green Computer Purchases Cut Energy Use & Reduce Pollution

Available Recycling Resources for Town Offices, Schools, & Businesses
NERC has completed work on the USDA-funded project “Recycling Makes Sen$e.”  This two-year project included implementing 18 workshops and providing technical assistance to 38 town offices, schools, and businesses on developing or expanding their recycling programs.   All of the resources developed for this project - including state specific information - are available on the Recycling Makes Sen$e webpage.  For more information about these resources or the project, contact Mary Ann Remolador, NERC’s Assistant Director.

Manure Management Workshops in Vermont & New Hampshire

The Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. is offering free manure management workshops for small farm livestock operations in November. A workshop will be held on Saturday, November 1 at 2 p.m. at the Cheshire Horse in Swanzey, NH. The workshop is co-sponsored by the New Hampshire Horse Council.  There will be a small scale in-vessel composting demonstrations in conjunction the workshop from 1- 4 at the same location.

Three additional workshops will be held in Vermont:

• Wednesday, November 5, 6:30 p.m. at Winchester Stables in Newfane,
• Saturday, November 8, 2 p.m., will be a special workshop designed for horse owners at Evergreen Equine, West Windsor, and
• Thursday, November 13, 6:30 pm at Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock.

These workshops are open to the public and offered at no charge.   These workshops are a component of NERC’s Manure Management Project, an educational effort to assist small and hobby farmers and livestock owners in understanding and adopting best management practices for handling and utilizing manure. It is funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Solid Waste Management Grant.  Resources for manure management are posted on NERC’s Manure Management webpage. For more information contact Athena Lee Bradley, NERC Projects Manager.

Green Computer Purchases Cut Energy Use & Reduce Pollution

Purchases of environmentally preferable computer equipment – that is EPEAT™-registered products - by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State University are producing significant savings in electricity consumption and reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, municipal solid wastes, hazardous wastes, and toxic materials. 

Through a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, NERC has been working with the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) and the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center to encourage the use of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT™) as the standard for computer purchases.  As a result of these efforts, the DGS and Pennsylvania State University system have both committed to purchasing EPEAT™ products. 
In 2008, the combined purchases of 73,171 EPEAT™-registered computer components by Penn State and the Pennsylvania DGS will result in the following environmental benefits:

For more information about EPEAT™, contact Lynn Rubinstein, NERC Executive Director.