Celebrating 25 Years
of Environmental Leadership
in the Northeast

Environmentally Sound
Mattress Management
Is Good for Businesses, Institutions, & Government —
Workshop Agenda Now Available!

Whether you work for a hotel, prison, hospital, military installation, municipal government, or another entity making the decisions about how to deal with used or discarded mattresses, NERC’s Workshop on Environmentally Sound Mattress Management is for you.  The Workshop will provide information on mattress management, as well as introduce you to companies involved in mattress management.

The Workshop will include sessions on:

• The Mattress Manufacturing Industry
• Mattress Reuse & Recycling Options & the Impact on Job Creation
• The Impact of Bed Bugs & Pesticide Treatment on Mattress Handlers
• Components & Benefits of a Mattress Management Plan
• Concurrent Sessions
• Business & Institution Track
• Questions to Ask Mattress Management Companies
• Networking Directly with Mattress Management Companies
• Government Track
• Steps for Implementing a Successful Mattress Management Program
• Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation for Mattress Management

For session descriptions, speakers, and session times, go to the Workshop Agenda.

When:  Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Where:  Hotel Northampton, Northampton, Massachusetts

Exhibitor Space & Sponsorship opportunities are available.
For more information, contact:  Mary Ann Remolador, NERC.

Sponsors

25 Years & Counting — NERC Celebrates Its Silver Anniversary

Founded in 1987, NERC is celebrating its silver anniversary in 2012.  Looking back, it seems to have been a constant whirlwind of innovation, success, and collaboration.  A unique organization, NERC can boast of its leadership in regional strategies that support environmental and economic sustainability through source reduction, recycling, environmentally preferable purchasing, and recycling market development.  NERC has demonstrated its leadership with its projects and has broken new ground in a number of important areas.  

NERC Adopts Degradable Additives in Plastic Packaging Policy

The NERC Board of Directors voted in January to join the national movement expressing concern about the use of degradable additives in plastic packaging by adopting a policy position in opposition to the use of such additives.  The Board determined that this practice currently has a negative impact on plastics recycling markets and the effectiveness of plastics recycling in general.  The full policy is available on the NERC Website.