Notice to Members of the UMass/Five Colleges Community
Concerned about RECYCLING

The following WORKSHOP at UMass Extension's Earth Connection 2002 conference is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Friday, March 29 10:45 a.m. Student Union Ballroom at UMass

PRODUCER TAKE BACK: A SOLUTION TO POLLUTION
John McNabb, Clean Water Action
Massachusetts State Representative Mark Carron

Computers and electronic equipment are a major source of pollution and a big solid waste problem for local communities. But there is a better solution! Producer Take Back means that companies making or packaging a consumer product must take physical or financial responsibility for "taking back" their products after consumers are finished with them. Momentum is building in Massachusetts to pass a low requiring Producer Take Back of electronic equipment, including computers! Come learn about this pioneering approach to reducing waste, and how you can help make it a reality.

The workshop will be followed by a VIDEO AND DISCUSSION at 12:00 noon:

EXPORTING HARM:
THE HIGH TECH TRASHING OF ASIA

This new video, produced by the Basel Action Network and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, documents the unsafe and unhealthy working conditions in computer disassembly operations in China.

These presentations are part of UMass Extension's Earth Connection action conference on the environment and community service.