Candace C. Levitt

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Candace C. Levitt

• Environmental Programs Manager Environmental
  Health Center National Safety Council

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National Safety Council

• Non-profit, nongovernmental international public
  service organization dedicated to improving the
  safety, health and environmental well-being of
  all people
• The Environmental Health Center is a subdivision
  of the National Safety Council

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Mission

• To educate and influence society to adopt safety,
  health and environmental policies, practices and
  procedures that prevent and mitigate human
  suffering and economic losses arising from
  preventable causes

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Membership

• National Safety Council membership exceeds 18,
  500 institutional members

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Objective

• The focus of the National Safety Councils
  Environmental Health Center is to help promote
  environmentally and economically sound strategies
  for managing electronic equipment that no longer
  meets the needs of its original owners

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Activities

• NSCs EHC managed the Electronic Product
  Recovery and Recycling (EPR2) Roundtables
• NSC published the Electronic Product Recovery and
  Recycling Baseline Report
• NSCs EHC hosted three national conferences on
  electronic recycling and reuse

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Activities

• NSC maintains an online web presence on
  electronic recycling and reuse

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Collaboration

• EPR2 has been a multi-stakeholder endeavor and
  expectations are that it will continue to be
• NSC participates in the National Recycling
  Coalition Advisory Council

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Upcoming Events

• The 4th Annual EPR2 Conference is being planned
  for spring 2001 in the Washington, D.C .
  Metropolitan area