Environmental Impact Reduction
Posted on
January 10th, 2008
by Jim Shannon
WA-BC Chapter is committed to minimizing the environmental impact of the 2008 Annual General Meeting through:
- Decreasing the amount of solid waste produced by the meeting
- Serve liquids in bulk containers (e.g. cream for coffee, water in pitchers [no bottled water], kegs of beer (bring your own mug/glass)
- Minimize paper handouts and promote electronic correspondence
- Encourage participants to reuse name tag holders from previous conferences
- Reducing energy and water consumption at the meeting
- Hotel provides option to not wash sheets and towels every day
- Turn off light in conference rooms when not in use
- Minimizing or off-setting harmful emissions resulting from vehicular transportation and energy consumption associated with meeting
- Promote mass transit (Bellingham Val-U Inn - Transportation)
- Encourage car pool
- Disposing of solid and liquid waste in an environmentally responsible manner
- Recycle paper, plastic bottles, aluminum cans
- Provide containers for recycling in every room
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