Fall Toxics Use Reduction Conference

This year’s virtual fall conference will take place over November 17, 18, and 19. Stay tuned for registration!

Join us for discussions on pollution prevention case studies, worker engagement in toxics use reduction, new hazard endpoints and more. Sessions include: 

• Toxics Use Reduction Fundamentals
  Learn about best practices for engaging workers and management to identify and assess toxics use reduction options. Hear from TechEtch’s TUR planning team on their work to build a worker engagement program. 

• Case Studies of Toxics Use Reduction
  Hear from technical experts at the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program about recent projects in chemical and waste reduction, energy conservation, and water conservation. 

• Better Plastic Additives
  Join a conversation with UMass Lowell’s plastics engineering department on their projects with manufacturers to create better plastic additives.

• Understanding Tricky Hazard Endpoints
  Learn about endocrine disruptors and the work that the Pew Safer Chemicals project is undertaking to better understand them, as well as the latest tools available to evaluate them.

For Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Planners, this conference provides opportunities to earn continuing education credits. You may register for the entire conference or specific sessions.