NRC Contracts with Champion

The Washington, D.C.-based National Recycling Coalition (NRC) has chosen Champion Exposition Services, Middleboro, Mass., to serve as the general service contractor for the association’s 27th and 28th Annual Congress & Expo.

The NRC’s annual event brings together a wide variety of recycling and sustainability professionals from across the United States. The 27th Annual NRC Coalition & Expo will be in Pittsburgh, Sept. 21-24, 2008, at the David Lawrence Convention Center, the only Gold-level LEED certified building in the United States.

“Our focus for this year’s annual conference and expo is innovation as the path to sustainability,” Kate Krebs, NRC executive director, says. “Partnering with Champion as our general services contractor was a natural choice, as they have made a clear commitment to incorporating sustainable practices into their exposition services model.”

Champion says it will work with the NRC and the David Lawrence Convention Center to properly recycle the supplies used at the event, ensuring that few materials go to waste. Champion will also print all show signage with their industry-leading green printing services, which uses UV curable inks printed directly onto recyclable cardboard, eliminating hazardous glues and laminates. After the show, all of the graphics will be collected and recycled. In addition, Champion will use its eco-friendly carpeting and sustainable exhibit design and manufacturing expertise.

Mark Epstein, president and CEO, Champion Exposition Services, says, “Recycling is a critical part of the overall ‘greening’ process, and this conference will help ensure that innovation and awareness of recycling continues to grow. We are certain that the combination of the NRC, the David Lawrence Convention Center and Champion’s pioneering green exposition methods will result in an environmentally friendly event unlike any before it.”

More information about the 27^th Annual NRC Congress & Expo is available at www.nrc-recycle.org  or http://events.jspargo.com/nrc08/public/enter.aspx.