Coastal
Plains Chapter NEWSLETTER
AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Volume 3 • Issue 1 • March 2000
AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
Volume 3 • Issue 1 • March 2000
| Scholarships
Awarded All three of the $800 1999 Coastal Plains Chapter AWMA Environmental Stewards College Scholarships have been awarded. The OWCC award went to Ms. Katrina E. Hamilton, the UWF scholarship went to Mr. Chris Posey and the PJC scholarship was awarded to Ms. Laura Hayden. Project Recap Reborn There is still life in the Chapter's idea for a gasoline cap giveaway. The 3 yearprogram goal is to replace 2,000 leaking gas caps on autos in NW Florida each year. The estimated cost is $30,000. Listen at the May 12th Annual Meeting for more details. AWMA Salt Lake City A major program onsolid waste this year at the AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition will feature a panel discussion with John Quarrels (former EPA Deputy) as Chair and panelists; Mike Shapiro, current EPA-OSWER deputy assistant, Don Clay, former EPA deputy and current Env. VP with Koch Industries, and the Senior VP of Env. and Reg. Affairs for McDonalds. This panel on waste issues is scheduled for Wednesday, June 21. P2 Poster Contest The Chapter helped sponsor the food for the Pollution Prevention (P2) Poster Reception held in November 1999. The Grand Prize winner was Greta Meyer- Arendt, a Ferry Pass 8th grader. Her poster will be the design for the Year 2000 Earth Day T-shirts. |
