Programs

Zowee. Things never stop moving and changing at NextStep. We have had some staff move on and we are expanding our Service area. Here's the skinny:

Let’s see if I can catch everyone up:
Jacob S in warehouse resigned in November to work on a tree farm.
We hired Peter M as ReUSE Store tech in November.
We hired Jonathan G in ReUSE sales in November.
Zach B, our Service Tech resigned and moved to Salem.
Jonathan W, IT Programmer extraordinaire, has been hired by Hewlett Packard (YEAH Jonathan!) and his last day is Friday.

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The Lane County Commissioners Trashbuster Awards were presented to recipients on November 10th in anticipation of National America Recycles Day (November 15). Selected were local community members, organizations and businesses that put their efforts toward reducing or preventing waste in our community.

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Woo wee. We're excited to hear what our community has to say about the Eugene Weekly Best of Eugene Awards tonight! Join us at the Eugene Weekly Best of Eugene Awards Show at 7:30 pm at the McDonald Theatre. Tickets are $10 at EW or through TicketsWest, and benefit White Bird Clinic. NextStep is one of three runner's up for the Best Eugene Green Business. Who's gonna be chosen?

There will be music and festivities. It should be super fun! Hope to see you there.

To the Energy and the Environment Committee members:
With the average life of a computer now between 2-3 years, obsolete electronics equipment is becoming an increasing risk to the environment. A United Nations study found that to manufacture an average desktop computer and 17-inch CRT monitor requires about 1.8 tons of raw materials, primarily fossil fuels, chemicals, and water. The study also found that extending a computer's operating life through upgrades or donations for reuse saved 5-20 times more energy than recycling the computer.

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