Green Ambassadors
Green Ambassadors is a speakers bureau program educating Nebraska’s business leaders on the topic of Product Stewardship. This program is funded in part by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
A Green Ambassador can attend your civic or business meeting to present information about product stewardship. There is no charge to your organization for this presentation. Simply complete the form below to request a presentation and EMAIL it to us.
What is Product Stewardship?
WasteCap Nebraska’s Green Ambassadors program can help Nebraska businesses and organizations see benefits through product stewardship. The program goal is to meet with Nebraska’s business leaders to provide education on product stewardship, increasing recycling, reducing waste, and identifying other uses for the many consumer products that make their way to Nebraska’s landfills. Exercising electronics product stewardship alone could produce a $3.7 million benefit to Nebraskans according to the Product Stewardship Institute. In considering paint, medical sharps, phone books, fluorescent lamps, pesticides, household batteries, and thermostats, Nebraskans could see a total annual benefit of $13,326,000.
Environmental stewardship does not only benefit Nebraska environmentally, enhancing our health and quality of life, it also benefits the state fiscally. Educating business and community leaders and increasing their knowledge on how being “green” can increase their profitability and expand our economy is a surefire way to expand environmental stewardship across Nebraska. The Green Ambassadors program will show Nebraska business leaders how this can be accomplished in their own businesses, providing a greater benefit to all Nebraskans.
Could your business help Nebraska achieve a potential benefit of over $3,700,000? Request a program today to learn how!
WasteCap Nebraska, along with several other non-profit organizations and municipalities has created a Nebraska Product Stewardship Toolkit as a resource for both professionals and beginners to find out about existing collection and recycling programs and to teach others about product stewardship. It contains videos, presentations, and other outreach materials.
Grant funding for this effort comes from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality through a grant received by WasteCap Nebraska.
Click on the Nebraska Product Stewardship Toolkit link above to visit the website dedicated to Nebraska’s Product Stewardship Initiative.
Would you like to become a Green Ambassador?
Your job as an Ambassador is to provide information to Nebraska’s business leaders on the exciting concept of reusing and recycling the products they manufacture. If you love to talk, persuade, educate, and make a difference, perhaps becoming a Green Ambassador is right for you. Watch this short slide presentation about the program and what it takes to be a Green Ambassador. Then simply complete the application and email it to WasteCap.
Keep the Green Ambassadors program running strong!!
We need your help in making the Green Ambassadors program a sustainable program so that we can continue to educate every business leader in the great state of Nebraska about the importance of product stewardship. Imagine Nebraska as a leader of product stewardship. Imagine our landfills not overflowing. Imagine the rest of the country and world looking to us as a leader of responsible product stewardship. You can help us reach this potential by donating to the Green Ambassadors. Simply click the Donate button below and make a contribution to the Green Ambassadors. All donations, large and small, help us reach our goals.
Contact the Green Ambassadors program
WasteCap Nebraska • 285 S 68th Street Place • Lincoln, NE 68510 • (402)434-7378