Thursday, July 31, 2008

What's your MTCO2E?

No, it's not the latest pick up line.
No, it's not any of that new-fangled text messaging code.

MTCO2E is short for Metric Ton of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) Equivalents. This is the standard measurement for carbon equivalent emissions. In the case of traveling, your mode of transportation and length of stay will create a certain amount of emissions. If you haven't already calculated your MTCO2E for your WASTECON travel, you can take a few moments and use our new online calculator. With the help of our WASTECON Carbon Advisors, HDR, we have created this online tool for each attendee to figure out his or her own emissions for travel to WASTECON.

But wait, I know what you're thinking! Aren't we supposed to be reducing our emissions? Yep! That's right. So, I thought about how we could reduce our emissions from our WASTECON Travel. One idea that I came up with is to start a Ride-Sharing thread on our new WASTECON Group site. Here you can offer a ride or get a ride to the event. You might also find other attendees who you could share a taxi to or from the airport.

That's one idea. What are some of your ideas??

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