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Thanks to all who participated in the Coalition's 11th Annual Conference,
which was held on May 9th and 10th in Indianapolis. And mark your
calendars now for the 12th Annual conference, which will be held on Monday
and Tuesday, May 7-8, 2001, at the Radisson at Star Plaza in Merrillville.
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exhibitors, attendees and volunteers who contributed to the success of
the event, the Coalition thanks the following people and organizations,
for their generous support of the Coalition and the 11th Annual Conference:
In the Featured Donor category, the IRC's 11th Annual Conference was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Those in the Champion category included the Cinergy Foundation, the Lake County Indiana Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Plastic Innovations. Sponsors include the Indianapolis Star. Benefactors included AAA Environmental, the American Plastics Council, Midwest Office, Eco Partners, Inc., the IDOA State Government Recycling Program, Lighting Resources, Inc., NuGenesis and Rumpke Recycling, Inc. Contributors included American Disposal / Blackfoot Landfill, Eli Lilly Tippecanoe Laboratories, Energy Control, Inc., Kroger Co., Recycling and Processing Equipment, Inc., Pollution Control Industries, St. Joseph County SWMD, and Whirlpool Corporation. Recycling Advocates included: AMG Resources, Berry Plastics, Camp Dresser and McKee, Cinergy Corp., East Central SWMD, Ferro Corporation, Gurman Container, HCP Recycling, Indiana Hand Center, J. Trockman & Sons, Inc., Johnson Co. SWMD, Kids Matter National Theatre, Koscuisko Co. SWMD, Mobility Services, Rudy and Roy Osenbaugh, Paper Trail Recycling, Inc., QTR Inc., The Recycling Group, Inc., Vanderburgh Co. SWMD, Waste Management of Indiana, LLC, and West Central SWMD. Thanks to the Indiana Dept. Of Commerce for the re-used conference binders and to the American Bottling Company and also to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company for providing soft drinks. The Coalition also thanks all who donated items for the auction. Mark your calendars now for the IRC's 12th Annual Conference on May 7-8, 2001, to be held at the Radisson at Star Plaza in Merrillville, Indiana. |
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Governor's Awards for Excellence In Recycling
Tuesday, May 9 Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.
| A presentation, honoring the recipients of the 2000 Governor's Awards for Excellence in Recycling, will be held during the Colalition"s conference. Since 1990, the awards program has recognized and honored local governments, businesses, organizations and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to source reduction and recycling and have furthered the state's solid waste reduction goals. "I welcome the opportunity to recognize businesses and individuals who are proactively working to improve our environment" said Governor Frank O'Bannon. "Taking care of Indiana is a responsibility we all share, and I am proud to honor those individuals and companies that make it their business to uphold this resposibility." For information, contact the IDEM Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance at 317-232-8172, or to learn about previous year's winners, visit the IDEM web page at http://www.state.in.us/idem/awards.html. |
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Tuesday, May 9, 8:30 a.m. Acknowledge and celebrate all of the hard work done by our volunteers during this past year and get an update on the IRC's and the National Recycling Coalition's current and planned projects for the coming year. Elect new members to the IRC Board of Directors. If you are interested or if you'd like to recommend an IRC member to be nominated for the IRC Board, contact the IRC office for a nomination form to be returned by April 29,2000. Voice your opinion to the new IRC Board and to NRC Executive Director Will Ferretti, on activities that would help you to achieve your waste reduction and recycling goals - as we work together to increases source reduction, reuse, recycling and buying recycled in Indiana. |
Tuesday, May 9 and Wednesday, May 10 Check out a unique display of recycling collection and processing equipment, recycled-content products and excellent information resources in the exhibitor area. The exhibit area will be open on Tuesday, May 9 from 11:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, May 10 from 8:00 a.m. until noon. For a detailed exhibitor borchure, contact the Coalition office at 317-283-6226 or 877-283-9550. |
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with Jin Bosch, Manager of Environmental Affairs, Target Stores Wednesday, May 10, 12:00 p.m. Many communities and citizens work together to organize and participate in recycling programs. But what is the role of the retail business community? As a national retailer of consumer good, Minneapolis-based Target Stores takes many proactive measures to protect and preserve the enviromnent, and has implemented a wide variety of source reduction, reuse, recycling, buying recyled and energy-savings efforts. These efforts have led to numerous local and national awards, most recently the American Forest and Paper Association's 1999 Best Paper Recycling Award and the EPA Waste Wise 1998 Partner of the Year Award. How can local citizen and government groups work more effectively with the retail business community to increase awareness of and participation in local recycling collection and buy-recycled programs? Come find out-- you won't want to miss this keynote by a retail industry leader! |
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