Mark Your Calendar for NERC’s Fall ’09 Conference – October 27-28

Highlights from the Most Recent Email Bulletin: Solid Waste Master Plan Comparison Updated — Now Includes Climate Change & Product Stewardship Environmentally Preferable Purchasing in the Northeast States Green Hotels Program Includes Waste Sorts & Composting

Once again, NERC’s Fall Conference will be held at the Hotel Northampton in Northampton, Massachusetts.  The Conference will include one and half days of sessions, followed by the NERC Board of Directors Annual Meeting.  The agenda will be posted on NERC’s website by the end of May.  Check the site then for information on sessions and speakers.

Significant Climate Change Benefits Accomplished by Government Agencies in the Northeast

The State Electronics Challenge (SEC) is assisting state, regional, and local governments in the Northeast to reduce the environmental impact of their computers.  In its inaugural year, 24 government agencies, ranging from Maine’s state government to cities such as Keene, New Hampshire, joined the SEC as Partners, making a commitment to purchase “green” computers, lower the energy consumption of computers in use, and reuse and recycle equipment at the end of its life. 

Their efforts are reaping benefits for the Northeast.  In 2008, Partner actions resulted in:

• Energy use reductions of 21.8 million kilowatt hours, equivalent to the electricity to power 1,823 households for a year. 
• Greenhouse gases reductions of 2,333 metric tons of carbon equivalents.  This is equal to removing 1,566 cars from the road for a year.

In addition:

• Purchasing more environmentally friendly computer equipment — defined by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, also known as EPEAT ® — avoided the use of 781 pounds of toxic materials such as lead and mercury in the manufacture of new computers.
• Reusing and recycling computers at the end-of life avoided the generation of 65 metric tons of hazardous waste and reduced municipal solid waste equivalent to the amount of trash generated by 78 households annually.  

Read more about this in NERC's latest email bulletin.




Northeast Newspaper Publishers' Agreement — Progress Report Calendar 2008



The most recent Progress Report required a different approach to data collection as a result of changes in the newsprint industry. The Bulletin article details the methodology and the results.

Most Recent Update: April 30, 2009



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