The Greening of the Mailing Industry

April 17, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Ave. Fairfield, CT

The Fairfield County Connecticut Postal Customer Council  in cooperation with The Connecticut Business and Industry Association presents a seminar on greening of the mailing industry. The program will help bulk mailers learn more about about the U.S. Postal Service's green mailing tools.

Program Features:

Paul T. Robbertz, Vice President, Environmental Health & Safety at Pitney Bowes Inc. will discuss the Pitney Bowes' white paper, The Truth about Green. Paul is also a member of the USPS Greening of the Mail Task Force and co-chair the Eco Standards and Certification of Mail Workgroup.

Mary Weber, Business Development, USPS Headquarters, will present the following topics all of which are part of the Extreme Green Program that is being showcased at this year's National Postal Forum:

• Cradle to Cradle certification
• USPS Take Back initiatives
• Live internet demonstration of USPS Green Page
• Greening the Mail Task Force

Serenity Edwards, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Direct Marketing Association, Inc., Washington Office will present: "The Green 15 Toolkit" - The direct marketing community needs to embrace sustainability as business concept and objective, and work towards a future that is both practical and eco-friendly. The DMA's Green 15 manual provides organizations with the building blocks to do just that.

Admission is $15.00. A light breakfast will be served.

Reservations may be made by contacting Kathy Perez at 203-332-5341 or via email at kathy.m.perez@usps.gov or Lisa J Landone at 203-321-3915 or via email at lisa.j.landone@usps.gov.