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Hudson Valley Green Campus Virtual Resource Center
 
Agenda
12:00pm Check-in & Light Lunch
12:30pm Welcome

Joseph Tripodi
Director
Office of Sustainability
Purchase College Association at Purchase College

Michelle Land
Director
Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities
Pace University
12:45pm Recycling Old Myths: What you Need to know about Recycling and Waste Management in Westchester

Louis J. Vetrone
Deputy Commissioner
Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities 		Louis Vetrone Presentation
 
1:45pm Break
2:00pm Roundtable Discussions
3:00pm Roundtable Reports
3:15pm Exhibitor Expo: Local Products, Resources and Services
5:00pm Adjourn
 
Exhibitors
 
Chartwells Chartwells at Purchase College has made great strides in this sustainability era. We have started many different programs here for the students. These include, trayless service, biodegradable napkins, utensils, and flatware, Trim Trax which is a back of the house food measuring and decereasing of waste program and bio fuel reclycing which a trucking company uses our french fry oil for their gas.
 
 
Evergreen Electric Vehicle Company Evergreen Electric Vehicle Company, Inc. was created to help market and promote today's electric vehicles now. Not the some day future electric vehicle, but the mass produced ready to go vehicle.
Our entire business focus is to help towns, villages, cities, campuses, parks and municipalities move to the 100% electric fleet. We feel we can show the vast array of 100% electric vehicles already available and the enormous savings of going "Green" - showing how electric vehicles are fiscally responsible and environmentally the right thing to do.
 
 
MetroPool MetroPool, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation that provides free services to commuters and employers with support from the Connecticut, and New York State Departments of Transportation. Founded in 1980, MetroPool works directly with employers, commuters and municipalities in Fairfield County, Connecticut; and Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess and Ulster Counties in New York.
 
 
Motorworks Clean Vehicles Motorworks Clean Vehicles, Inc. is providing members in the Greater Long Island and the NY City Clean Cities Coalitions we are always working with green minded people, businesses, and fleets who use vehicles in low speed driving environments.
Our company president was recently voted on to the board of GLICCC representing electric vehicles. We are pleased to introduce our ZERO emission, ZERO gasoline electric vehicles to anyone in the efforts to help New York “GREEN” their fleet. As a current supplier for many New York low speed driving facilities, we believe they could be a perfect application for certain duties in a low speed driving environment. They can be especially helpful to replace costly and emission making petroleum vehicles.
 
 
Mercury Solar Systems Mercury Solar Systems is one of the leading solar integrators on the East Coast with headquarters in Port Chester, NY and additional offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island and Pennsylvania. Our team has decades of experience in electrical and structural engineering, solar design, installation, and finance serving commercial, residential and non-profit customers. Call us today at 877-6-GETSUN and start saving your money and our planet!
 
 
NATH Sustinable Solutions, LLC Greening a campus, through energy saving, water efficiency and recycling is having a positive impact on our environment. But food waste is one area that is regularly overlooked – even though it has a major negative impact on the environment and costs. Food waste send to landfill generates methane as it breaks down – it is 20 times more harmful than CO2.
Already used in the US and in many educational institutions in the UK, the Rocket® composter recycles food waste into quality compost . The Rocket® composter is a cost effective green solution to the problem of organic waste disposal. The Rocket® composter provides a clean and simple solution that allows food waste to be treated after its disposal, within a reasonably small area with minimal operator interaction. In 14 days, our systems transform the food waste into compost, which can be used for campus green areas, thus closing the loop of recycling!
Purchase Environmental Activists P.E.A. works as a link between students and administration at Purchase College, in terms of motivating the student body to supplement or create environmental friendly regulations through individual behaviors. P.E.A. organizes hikes, workshops and speakers on campus in order to get students aware of the rich Earth around them, and ocassionally holds tabling events and petitions to spread the word of environmental neglegance and make the campus a more enironmentally friendly place.
Rauw Energy Rauw Energy markets and installs the IntelliCon line of Fuel Economizer conservation controls. The Fuel Economizer is a retrofit technology that is attached to existing boilers and dynamically adjusts the heating medium, be it steam or hot water. Through its patented computer algorithm and sensors placed at the boiler, the Fuel Economizer senses the needs of the building and modulates the boiler's burn cycle to meet those needs.
In doing so, the residual heat that is available in inherently over-sized boilers is used to meet the needs of the building. Installation of the Fuel Economizer reduces the on/off cycling of the boiler, reducing fuel consumption by a guaranteed 10% (typical savings are in the 12% to 18% range), reducing carbon and saving money. In the case of oil-fired boilers, environmental pollutants such as carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, and filterable particulates are reduced by up to 40%.
Staples With Staples, you not only have a supplier who shares your corporate responsibility values, you have a consultant to help you achieve your sustainability goals. We can help minimize your environmental footprint through eco-preferable products and services that reduce the CO2, energy and waste impact of your organization’s purchasing.

Staples’ differentiators that benefit you:

  • Strategic support from your Staples Account Manager who will recommend high-performing alternative products to meet your environmental goals and provide regular reporting of your environmental spending
  • Outside consultation and strategic support from our Director of Environmental Initiatives who will help shape a sustainability program that advances your goals
  • Exclusive environmentally-preferable products offering the highest environmental attributes as well as third-party environmental certification
  • Value-add support from Staples’ Field Marketing team who can develop education campaigns to increase end user compliance to your sustainable purchasing programs
TOMRA Vending Innovations LLC represents Tomra, the world leader in recycling systems. The Tomra UNO RVM is a smaller and highly sophisticated RVM model designed to recycle beverage bottles and cans. The UNO's small footprint and low power needs will make it a highly practical solution for college campuses.
Specifically the UNO occupies only 5 sq. ft. for convenient placement almost anywhere. It runs on standard 110V/50 Hz (no special wiring) and consumes just 40W per hour. College/university campuses have deployed Tomra RVMs including Purchase College, Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University.
Wayne Printing, Inc. Wayne Printing, Inc. is a full service printing and graphic arts firm in White Plains, New York. We offer convenience to businesses, associations and non-profit organizations in the Hudson Valley. We are proud to be certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC), the gold standard for the practice of sustainable forestry worldwide.

Corporate social responsibility issues are becoming a core component of corporate brands. Dealing responsibly with your company’s footprint cannot only reduce risk, but can enhance your brand if you walk the walk and know how to talk about it.
Carrying the FSC-certification logo on your print materials tells the world that you support the highest social and environmental standards in the market where you use paper. Your purchase of FSC-certified paper and print products contribute to conservation, responsible management, and community level benefits for people near the forests that provide your paper.
 
 
WeRecycle! WeRecycle LLC is nationally recognized as a socially and environmentally responsible electronics recycler with sustainable practices including state-of-the-art manufacturing plants, recovering raw materials and products. It is doing this by creating green jobs, empowering and supporting its diverse workforce and advocating for meaningful legislation, mandating domestic recycling and
refurbishing. We operate fully permitted facilities that have received several prominent certifications including ISO 14000 and NAID, and will be one of the first electronics recycler to be certified under the rigorous E-Steward Standards.
 
 
Westchester County The Mission of the Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities is to protect and supply water, provide wastewater collection and treatment, and provide proper solid waste reduction and recycling, in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and the environment.
To achieve this mission and thereby contribute to a more sustainable society, DEF is committed to meet and where practical exceed its environmental, legal and regulatory requirements and other commitments, prevent pollution and continually improve. We at DEF take our mission very seriously in order to meet all of our regulatory requirements routinely in the most practical and cost efficient means possible. The Department is divided into three divisions: Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste. All three of these divisions impact the environment and the everyday lives of the residents of the County of Westchester.
 
 
Xerox Xerox Corporation is the world’s largest technology and services company specializing in document management. From desktop printers and multifunction office systems to high-speed color presses and unique supply offerings, we provide the industry’s broadest portfolio of document systems and services.
At Xerox, sustainability is our way of doing business. Our responsibility to the environment focuses on four areas where we can have the most impact:

Climate protection: We invest in technologies that reduce the carbon footprint of our operations and the solutions that we offer.

Preserving biodiversity and the world’s forests: We work with our suppliers to support the development of a sustainable paper cycle.

Preserving clean air and water: We strive to eliminate the use of bioaccumulative and toxic materials throughout the supply chain.

Preventing and managing waste: Our goal is to produce waste-free products in waste-free facilities to promote waste-free customer offices.

We value conservation in every aspect of the product lifecycle at Xerox.
 
 
Participation of exhibitors at this event does not constitute endorsement of exhibitors, their products or services, by the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities, the co-sponsors, or any of its members.
 
 
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