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TRB 89th Annual Meeting - January 10-14, 2010
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Conservation and the Annual Meeting
TRB is making a concerted effort to be “green” during the TRB Annual Meeting. The following is a timeline featuring the measures TRB has taken to conserve and the year of implementation.
TRB Annual Meeting Conservation Measures:
- 2009
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- The Annual Meeting Announcement, previously printed, becomes available in electronic format only.
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- The meeting hotels provide recycling bins for paper and plastic at TRB's request.
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- Onsite signs are consolidated to reduce the number of paper signs.
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- Full size motor coaches are utilized for the shuttle service.
- 2008
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- Recycled paper products are used for Annual Meeting publications.
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- Formerly printed programs (such as Deen Distinguished Lecture) are supplied electronically or eliminated.
- The number of online registrants has increased steadily each year, with an impressive 92% registering without paper for the January 2008 Annual Meeting.
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- With the advent of commercial exhibits, TRB prohibits exhibitors from the common practice of leaving printed materials outside hotel guest rooms.
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- At TRB’s request, most hotels provide guests with “reuse” housekeeping options for bed and bath linens.
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- The 2008 Annual Meeting attendee survey (sent electronically) solicited suggestions to help TRB conserve resources related to the meeting.
- 2002
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- Annual Meeting updates are primarily communicated through the TRB E-Newsletter and emails to conserve paper.
- 2001
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- The Interactive Program on the web site replaces the printed Preliminary Program that was customarily mailed to thousands of people.
- 1999
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- The Compendium of Papers DVD becomes available to each attendee, eliminating the need for paper pre-prints.
- 1998
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- Online registration becomes available. Registration confirmations are sent electronically.
- A bin for recycling name badges is placed at each of the meeting hotels. Incentives to recycle are now included to encourage attendee participation.
- 1997
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- Onsite signs are consolidated to reduce the number of paper signs.
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- Network for the Needy makes it possible for the hotels to donate leftover food from Annual Meeting events to local charities.