Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable

An Overview of Services and Resources

http://www.glrppr.org

GLRPPR Information Sharing Goals

• Resource Coordination and information sharing exchange

• Network with peer organizations• Conference organization• Develop and maintain a roster of members• Enhance and support regional technical resources

History of GLRPPR

• Clearinghouse of hazardous waste and waste minimization information housed at WMRC in the late 1980s

• Roundtable was started in 1990 based on the need for enhanced information sharing across the region

• GLRPPR Organizational Charter drafted in 1994• WMRC became the Executive Director of GLRPPR in 1996• GLRPPR became a member of the Pollution Prevention

Resource Exchange in 1997• GLRPPR has been an active member of the National

Pollution Prevention Roundtable since inception.

GLRPPR Services and Resources

• Topic Hubs & Sector Resources• Help Desk• Two Conferences Each Year• 17 Listservs• Searchable Contacts Database• Regional & National Environmental News• Information on Funding Opportunities• Calendar of State & Regional Events, Trainings &

Conferences

GLRPPR Services & Resources (cont.)

• Links to Information Tools & Partner Sites• LINK Newsletter• Mercury Comic Book • Content Sharing

GLRPPR National Topic Hubs

• Mercury-Health Care Printing-Flexography

• Mercury-Schools Printing-Lithography

• Regulatory Integration

FY 2003 GLRPPR National Topic Hubs• Technology Diffusion• P2 & Environmental Security• Salvage Yards

What is a Topic Hub?

• Background & Overview• Operations• Reasons for Change• P2 Opportunities• Where to Go For Help• Links• Opportunity to Submit Reviews• Searchable

Topic Hub: Mercury—Health Care

GLRPPR Regional Sector Resources

• Currently 79 different P2 subjects with a focus on regional resources and lists of “experts”

• Subcategories-Groups of related resources within a sector resource to make searching easier

• “See Full Record”-View source, date of publication, length, abstract, resource type & associated sectors

• Hard Copy Resources-Information not available online & how to obtain material

• “Experts”-Lists contacts and organizations with knowledge of sector or topic

GLRPPR Contacts Database

• Online Directory with a wide variety of individuals and organizations who who share expertise and a concern for the Great Lakes

• Included in the Database: Assistance Providers, Manufacturing Extension Programs, Vendors, NGO’s, Local, State & Federal Organizations, Universities, etc.

• Search Database by individual and organization name, sector of expertise, or services offered

• Updates to Database can be submitted on-line and organizations may request to be added on-line

Contacts Database Home Page

Contacts Database Example

Support for Regional Technical Resources

• Listservs-Manage 17 listservs including:* five DoD specific lists* seven lists focusing on the Great Lakes region* P2 Tech-National e-mail discussion list focusing

on P2 technical assistance issues* Complete list at http://www.glrppr.org/listservs

Support for Regional Technical Resources

• Help Desk Librarian-One hour free web or literature searching

• Information Products-Including the Mercury Comic Book

• Conferences-Two conferences each year with one held in Chicago (March 5-6, 2003) and the other rotated among the Great Lakes States and Ontario

(Summer 2003 will be held in Erie, PA)

Resource Coordination &

Information Exchange• News • Calendar• Funding Opportunities• Online Newsletter (LINK)

How Can You Use GLRPPR?• Marketing Platform-Notify membership of products,

events, news, solicitations, your own organization’s services and expertise

• Source of Information-Stay informed & increase your knowledge via our news, calendar, funding

opportunities, case studies, fact sheets, manuals, experts, Help Desk, etc.

• Networking Platform-Get involved in or attend a GLRPPR Conference to find out what other organizations and industries are doing across the region

For more information about

GLRPPR,

contact:

Laura Barnes, Executive Director

217-333-8957 or l-barnes@illinois.edu