Information Sharing Projects
Our advanced efforts in information technology have made WMRC a national and regional leader in developing tools for environmental applications. This leadership role has positioned WMRC to coordinate two federally funded projects that provide decision- making resources to customers across the nation.
Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR)
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The Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) provides pollution prevention information, research and expertise. Services include specialized information searches, quarterly newsletter, resource materials for small businesses, contacts and expert referrals, training and conferences, networking opportunities and listservs.
Some of GLRPPR's highlights in the past year include:
- A Printing/Flexography topic hub was added to the web site. This is an on-line guide to pollution prevention practices for the flexography printing industry.
- The quarterly LINK newsletter is now available on-line. In the past, LINK was mailed to GLRPPR members. In an effort to save resources, LINK is now available only electronically.
- Two conferences were held this year to bring together speakers, topics and problem solvers in a number of pollution arenas.The winter meeting took place in Chicago, and the summer conference was in Toronto, Canada. Check out the resources available at www.glrppr.org.
Printer's National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC)
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The Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC) is a partnership between industry, government, and university technical assistance providers to serve one of the world's largest industries – the printing industry. PNEAC delivers current, reliable environmental compliance and pollution prevention information to printers, publishers, and packagers.
For the eighth consecutive year, PNEAC co-sponsored the Printing Industry Association's National Environmental Health and Safety Conference. The conference was held in Louisville, KY and was attended by some 250 printers and industry professionals.
A PNEAC project received a national honor this year. The honored project was "In-plant Environmental Self-assessment for Flexographic Printers," a workbook designed to help flexographic printers determine their environmental compliance status and identify opportunities to reduce waste. The project was elected to the 2003 Associations Advance America Honor Roll, a competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives. The project was a collaborative effort of the Flexographic Technical Association and WMRC on behalf of PNEAC.
A variety of information and services are on the web site at www.pneac.org.
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