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Electronic Products Stewardship

Electronics Management

Reducing the Costs and Impacts of Electronic Products 


Agenda
5/14/02

9:00 - 9:30 Welcome, Introductions, Overview of the Day Viccy Salazar, US EPA Region 10
Why are electronics important to Feds? Juan Lopez, White House Task Force on Recycling
9:30 - 10:30 Overview of E-waste Issue
What is E-waste
National and International Overview
Garth Hickle, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assessment
State of the Industry - Financial, Legal, Environmental Robert Houghton, Redemtec
10:30 - 11:00 BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 Toxicology, Regulations and Liability
Hazardous Constituents, Substitutes, Liability, Export Ted Smith, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Update on Federal Electronics Proposal Marilyn Goode, US EPA Headquarters, RCRA Program
12:00 - 1:00 LUNCH with Assignment
1:00 - 2:30 Case Studies for Recycling

How Large Contracts Work
Case Studies and Examples

Robert Houghton, Redemtec
Recycling Contracts in the Federal Government
Case Studies and Examples
Juan Lopez, White House Task Force on Recycling
Community Benefits of Recycling Programs
Software Reuse Options
James Burgett, Computer and Technology Resource Center
2:30 - 3:00 BREAK
3:00 - 4:00 Purchasing and Use
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing David Stitzhal, Northwest Product Stewardship Council
Reducing PC Energy Consumption Cindy Tatham, EZ Conserve
4:00 - 4:30 Next Steps, Evaluation and Closing Viccy Salazar, US EPA Region 10
4:30 - 5:30 Going in Deeper
EZ Conserve Product Demonstration and Full Showing of "Exporting Harm" Video

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