Location: Greening the Meeting
ESA and SER are committed to hosting an environmentally friendly meeting. Below is a list of our ongoing efforts to green the meeting.
- Offset carbon emissions by providing a contribution to an organization selected by ESA members. A check-off box will appear on the Registration Form
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Annual Meeting Tote Bag Recycling Program: In an effort to conserve resources, ESA will provide all meeting attendees with Annual Meeting materials in a recycled envelop. Attendees with then have the choice of reusing the tote bag they received at last year’s meeting, taking a new bag from this year’s meeting, or taking no bag at all. Additionally, attendees will receive the Annual Meeting logo on a patch, which you may adhere to either tote bag. We encourage attendees to bring their 2006 tote bag to this year's Annual Meeting, and add the new meeting logo patch to their bag. - The official conference program will be printed on 100% recycled, 30% post-consumer paper.
- The official conference program will be printed using soy-based inks, which recycle.
- The number of pages in the official conference program has been significantly reduced from past years.
- The exhibitor prospectus was distributed electronically as a pdf, not as a printed piece.
- The exhibitor decorator kit was distributed as a pdf, not as a printed piece.
- The San Jose hotels in our hotel block have agreed to a linen reuse program; hotels will change linens every third day or when requested.
- The San Jose hotels in our hotel block will not automatically dispose of un-used shampoo and soaps and replace them with new items.
- No styrofoam will be used at the Annual Meeting.
- Tote bags were made in the USA from 100% recycled polyester material that has been woven from plastic bottles and some fabric scraps.
- The lanyards are USA made from EcoSpun polyester from 100% recycled soda bottles.
- Paper, glass, and plastic will be collected at the Convention Center and recycled.
- Box lunches will be packaged in biodegradable boxes.
