Fleet Managers Learn About Pollution Prevention at Brookhaven Lab
May 25, 2004
Upton, NY - Alternative-fuel vehicles, vegetable-based hydraulic fluids, and re-refined motor oil are a few of the technologies that the U.S. Department of Energy_s Brookhaven National Laboratory uses to protect the environment while reducing waste disposal costs through pollution prevention. These and other technologies have proven to be so successful that Brookhaven Lab and its Community Advisory Council - a group of about 30 member organizations that represent business, civic, education, employee, community, and environment and health organizations - hosted a free one-day workshop at the Laboratory on fleet-maintenance pollution-prevention techniques to spread the word to local businesses and government agencies on how to economize and be earth-friendly in managing large numbers of vehicles.
About 50 participants attended the workshop, and they came from a variety of institutions, including the Towns of Brookhaven, Huntington, Oyster Bay and Southold; Northrop Grumman Corporation; the Riverhead Central School District; Suffolk County Water Authority; and United Parcel Service. Workshop speakers included Brookhaven experts as well as guest speakers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and KeySpan. In addition, several vendors supplying pollution prevention products/techniques were also on hand.
In the photo (from left) are George Goode, manager of Brookhaven Lab_s Environmental Services and Waste Management Division; Brian Farber and Rosemary Manesis from Congressman Tim Bishop_s Office; and David Sprintzen and James Heil, Community Advisory Council members.
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