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Greening Your Meeting. Michael Patton recyclemichael@yahoo.com MetRecycle.com. Printed Materials. Avoid paper if possible Try dry erase boards, Powerpoints, flash drives, Old fashioned projectors. Printed Materials Cont’d. Recycled content paper Double-sided Water based adhesives
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Greening Your Meeting Michael Patton recyclemichael@yahoo.com MetRecycle.com
Printed Materials • Avoid paper if possible • Try dry erase boards, Powerpoints, flash drives, Old fashioned projectors
Printed Materials Cont’d • Recycled content paper • Double-sided • Water based adhesives • Clean up mailing lists
Food and Beverage Functions • China service if possible • Cloth napkins • Reusable coffee mugs • Styrofoam is the devil
Food and Beverages Cont’d • Water pitchers • Bulk dispensers • Coffee urn • Ice tea dispenser • Soda machine
Recycling • Paper • Plastic • Aluminum • Glass
Local Foods • Defining local is difficult • Grown and/or processed where? • Vegetarian/organic • Keg beverages • Prevent food waste • Commit to meal by sign up
Transportation • Site selection • Local transit • Carpooling options • Attendee and speaker travel • Carbon offsets
Hotels • Green practices • Recycling • Walkable distance • Linens/towels/toiletries
Attendees • Name badges • Scanable with bar codes • Reusable • Badge holders • Giveaways • Notepads • Agendas • Meeting packets
Outside Attendees • Webcast • Conference calls • Freeconferencecall.com • Minutes/proceedings
Follow-up • Surveys • Surveymonkey.com • Attendee input
More Resources www.greenmeetings.info www.convenegreen.com www.greenhotels.com www.sustainabletravel.org www.greenseal.org
www.MetRecycle.com recyclemichael@yahoo.com Michael Patton Executive Director The Metropolitan Environmental Trust 918-584-0584