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George
Makrauer Selected Presentations and Engagements |
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U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency; Region 5 Waste Minimization/P2
Conference; Successful Integrated Systems Approach to Waste
Prevention; February 25-27, 1997; Chicago, Illinois.
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| 2.
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University
of Cincinnati College
of Engineering; Pollution Prevention and Design for Environment;
"Pollution Prevention Attitudes and Aptitudes";
June 28, 1995; Cincinnati,
Ohio. |
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Ohio
Senate Finance Committee; Roy Ray, Chairman; Hearing on HB
117; Representative speaker in behalf of OTNET funding; May
16, 1995; Columbus, Ohio. |
| 4.
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Ohio
Educational Broadcasting Awards; 1994-95 OEBIE Awards Judge;
May 13, 1995; WVXU-FM, Cincinnati, OH |
| 5.
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International
Flexographic Technical Association; Fourth International Awards
Competition; International Awards Judge; May
26, 1994; Düsseldorf, Germany.
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| 6.
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Greater
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce; Decision-Maker Luncheon, Manufacturers:
Eco-Threat or Lifeblood of the Economy?";
May 5, 1994; Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| 7.
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Miami
University Sustainability Project; Lecture/seminar, "Pollution
Prevention - Attitudes and Aptitudes"; April 20, 1994; Oxford, Ohio.
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Pollution
Prevention: Making It Work For Cincinnati; sponsored by the
Ohio Environmental Council and Ohio EPA; presentation: "Pollution
Prevention: How Amko Makes It Work In Cincinnati"; November 13,1993;University
of Cincinnati. |
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The
Health Care Dilemma; sponsored by Leadership Cincinnati Alumni
Association; An Employer’s View of Problems and Solutions";
April 22, 1993; Cincinnati,
Ohio |
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U.S./Japan
BioPlastic Symposium; sponsored by U.S. Feed Grains Council;
"BioPlastic Marketing in the U.S. Challenging History-Future
Challenges"; November 11, 1992; Tokyo, Japan. |
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Institute
for Advanced Manufacturing Sciences Pollution Prevention Workshop
for Small Companies; sponsored by USEPA, Ohio EPA, Ohio Technology
Transfer Organization, et al; "Pollution Prevention Pays";
July 16, 1992; Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Flexographic
Technical Association 1992 Annual Forum; Plastic Bag Session
Presentation: "Plastic Bags-Lightening Rod for Attacks
on a World of Flexographers"; April 26, 1992; Chicago, Illinois. |
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Flexographic
Technical Association 1992 Annual Forum; Wide Web Presentation:
Wide Web Opportunities Narrowed by Environmental Misinformation";
April 26, 1992; Chicago, Illinois.
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| 14.
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Plastics
Recycling Foundation, Board of Directors Meeting; Keynote
Presentation: "A Processors Perspective on the Partnership
for Plastics Progress (American Plastics Council)", February 19, 1992; Atlanta, Georgia.
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| 15.
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California
Film Extruders and Converters Association (CFECA) January
1991 Meeting; Presentation: Attacks on Plastic Packaging -Who,
Where, Why and How to Address Them'; Jan.
22, 1991; City of Commerce, Cal. |
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ASTM
(American Society for Testing and Materials) International
Symposium on the Standardization of Degradable Plastics; Presentation:
"The Degradable Plastics Council and Problems Versus
Proposed Solutions"; January 15, 1991; Washington, DC
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Special
Presentation "State of Plastics Industry Image and Communications",
November 9, 1990; Danbury, Connecticut; CEOs and COOs of Union
Carbide Corporation, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics,
Exxon Chemical, Exxon Polymers, Dow Chemical, Quantum Chemical-USI,
and Mobil Chemical. |
| 18.
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Greenpeace
Press Conference Response; Interviews with national broadcast
news organizations to refute errors in Greenpeace report "Breaking
Down the Degradable Plastics Scam"; March 14, 1990; Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill; Washington,
DC. |
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Flexographic
Technical Association 1990 Annual Forum; Lecture: ‘Government
Regulation Too Little or Too Much"; March
5, 1990; New Orleans, Louisiana |
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University
of Lund(Sweden), TEM Organization Flexo-89 Conference; Lecture:
"Water Based Ink Printing News From the U.S.A.";
November 10, 1989;
Malmo, Sweden. |
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Netherlands
Office for Technology Assessment (NOTA) and
Erasmus University
Study Center
for the Environment PRISMA Project; Lecture to Printing Branch:
"Making the Changeover from Organic Solvent Based to
Water Based Printing Inks in Flexographic Printing on Polyethylene
Films'; November 8, 1989; The Hague, The Netherlands.
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Netherlands
Office for Technology Assessment (NOTA) and Erasmus University
Study Center for the Environment; PRISMA Project; Lecture
to NOTA staff members: "Methods to Increase Governmental/Industrial
Effectiveness in Developing and Implementing Environmentally
Sound Manufacturing Systems"; November 8, 1989; The Hague,
The Netherlands. |
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Greater
Cincinnati Center
for Economic Education Educator Education Program; Lecture:
"Plastics and the Environment Facts and Fictions";
September 27, 1989; Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Governmental
Refuse Collection and Disposal Association, Iowa Society of
Solid Waste Operations 1989 Annual Conference; Lecture: "Biodegradable
Plastics - Good or Bad?; September 21, 1989; Carroll, Iowa.
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Ministry
of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Bioindustry
Development Center of Tokyo, Japan; Ten member delegation
visit to Amko Plastics; Lecture: Plastics in Solid Waste
Degradable Plastics in the U.S."; April 13, 1989; Cincinnati, Ohio.
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University
of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services; the Tennessee
Department of Health and Environment; the Tennessee Valley
Authority; and the University of North Carolina Asheville
Environmental Quality Institute Waste Reduction Assessment
and Technology Transfer Training Program; Two lectures: 1)
"Systems Approach to Air Pollution Reduction in the Printing
Industry" and 2) "Municipal Solid Waste Issues
Plastics and the Environment"; February 17, 1989; Nashville,
Tennessee (Montgomery Bell State Park). |
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Missouri
Corn Growers Association 1989 Annual Meeting; Lecture: "New
Uses for Corn-Degradable Plastics"; February
6, 1989; Columbia, Missouri. |
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Iowa
Corn Promotion Board Symposium on Corn-Based Degradable Plastics;
Lecture: "Starch-Based Plastics Pro's and Corns";
January 9, 1989; Des
Moines, Iowa. |
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Flexographic
Technical Association (U.S.) International Ink Conference;
Lecture: "Converting From Alcohol to Water Based Inks";
January 12, 1989; Orlando, Florida.
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Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs John Glenn, Chairman Hearing
on Degradable Plastics; Invited industry expert witness to
testify on S.2298, The Agricultural Commodity-Based Plastics
Development Act of 1988; September 20, 1988; Washington, D.C.
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Technical
Research Center of Finland VTT Symposium on Non-Waste Technology;
Paper and Lecture: "VOC Reduction in Water Based Ink
Printing"; Included discussion of plastics, solid waste
and degradable plastics; June
21, 1988; Espoo, Finland. |
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University
of Lund (Sweden), TEM Organization;
Conducted day-long seminar for members of industry, government,
and special interest groups on 'Reducing Air Pollution Using
Water Based Inks in Flexographic Printing"; May 16, 1988; Landskrona, Sweden. |
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Air
Pollution Control Association, Quebec Section, 16th Annual
Congress; Paper and Lecture: 'Waster Based Ink Printing of
Polyethylene Films"; May
30, 1988; Quebec City, Canada. |
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University
of North Carolina, Water Resources Research Institute Waste
Reduction/Pollution Prevention Conference; Paper and Lecture:
"Water Based Inks in Flexographic Printing"; March
30, 1988; Raleigh, N.C.
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Air
Pollution Control Association 1987 Annual Meeting; Paper and
Technical Presentation: Reducing Volatile Organic Compounds
(VOCs) Using Water Based Inks'; June 24, 1987; New York City. |
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Industrial
States Policy
Center Seminar on Industrial
and Hazardous Waste Reduction and Recycling; Lecture: Using
Water Based Inks for Printing"; October 8, 1986; Columbus, Ohio. |
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Air
Pollution Control Association 1986 Annual Meeting; Presentation:
lnequities in Stringency of EPA Enforcement of Clean Air Act
Standards"; June 24, 1986; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Flexographic
Technical Association of Japan Annual Meeting; Keynote Address:
'U.S. Developments in Flexographic Printing"; November 14, 1985; Tokyo, Japan. |
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President
Ronald Reagan Visit and Business Forum Introductory Co-Speaker;
Oct. 3, 1985; Cincinnati,
Ohio. |
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Greater
Cincinnati Economic Outlook Conference; '1984 Outlook for
Small Business Activity; December 9, 1983; Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Joint
US Congressional Sub-Committee; Hearing on Foreign Imports;
October 1980; Washington, DC |
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Technical
Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI); Synthetics
Conference; panelist on "The Real Economics of Linear
Low Density Polyethylene Film Extrusion"; September 17,
1980; Cincinnati, Ohio. |
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Flexographic
Technical Association; 'Principles of Quality Flexography'
Workshop; Chairman and Moderator; March 31, 1973; Cincinnati,
Ohio. |
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Flexographic
Technical Association; Narrow Web Flexography Seminar; Pre-Press
Session Moderator; January
23, 1973; New Orleans, Louisiana. |
George Makrauer Selected
Articles, Letters to Editor, Other
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“Cruise
line’s penalty was inadequate”; St. Petersburg Times; August 5, 1999; Letter to Editor |
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“Vinyl
industry needs to adopt aggressive attitude to survive.” PlasticsNews
June 14, 1999. Perspective. |
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“Self-interest
detours APC from goals.” PlasticsNews March
22, 1999. Opinion. |
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"Some
factors offset recycling concerns; PlasticsNews doesn't get it, again."
PlasticsNews October 5, 1998.
Letter to Editor. |
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"CFECA
should join SPI-PBA alliance." PlasticsNews 6/15/98. Letter to Editor. |
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"Breaking
down Greenpeace scam." PlasticsNews June 1, 1998. Letter to Editor. |
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"Egos
obscure endocrine debate." PlasticsNews April 13, 1998. Letter to Editor. |
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“Plastics
image rides on guts and money.” PlasticsNews March 1998. Letter
to Editor. |
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"Recycling
not vital to plastics' success." PlasticsNews November 7, 1997: Opinion |
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"That
can't be water-based ink; the quality's too good.” Flexo Magazine
March 1997: 104-105 |
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"It's
back to square one in search for city manager.” Treasure Island
Today January 2-8, 1997: 1 &4 Author Brian Goff "Among the
residents who showed up at the (Commission) meeting, management consultant
George Makrauer, a resident of Isle of Capri, expressed amazement
that (the city manager applicant) would send a handwritten note.
‘ Particularly a man applying for a job which requires good
communication,' he said." |
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"Notable
Quotables..." St. Petersburg Times Community & Commerce section
for January 1996 (sic) 1997: 12 George Makrauer’s comments about
benefits of membership in the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce.
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"Remember
that HMOs don't exist in a vacuum." St. Petersburg Times December 24, 1996: Opinion 9A Re: Doctors' plan
to start HMO is struggling. |
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"Don't
curb communications." St. Petersburg Times December 6, 1996: Opinion 23A Re: Free calls over Net called
unfair. |
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'Consumer
Packaging More graphics, substrates and challenges ahead for ink manufacturers."
Ink World March/April 1995: 43-46 Author Amy Teng. Environmental
challenges to ink development for packaging. |
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"Amko's
foresight leads to long-term customer benefits." Cincinnati Business
Courier February 7-13, 1994:
23 Author Cliff Peale. Pollution prevention activities and impact
on customers. |
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"Companies
choose waste prevention over cleanup." Greater Cincinnati Business
Record January 17-23, 1994: 18 Author: Joseph Shields.
Amko Plastics Inc.’s pollution prevention and role of George
Makrauer. |
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"Changing
APC affiliation a bad move." Plastics News February 21, 1994: 8 Editorial.
"In fact, it was a processor, GeorgeMakrauer...who planted the
idea for what would become APC..." |
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"APC
rethinks its involvement with SPI." PlasticsNews February 21, 1994: front page "George Makrauer...
advanced the concept of APC..." |
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'Flexo
and Flexible Packaging." Flexo Magazine December 1993: 16-18
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"Making
products, not pollution." The Columbus DispatchAugust
15, 1993: D1 Author: Scott Powers. Subject: "Companies are volunteering
to stop polluting the environment" discusses Amko Plastics Inc.
and George Makrauer's work in pollution reduction. |
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Letter.
"Terminology Questioned." Paper, Film & Foil Converter
December 1992: 14 |
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Plastic
Bags: A Flexographers Opportunity - An lndustry's Lightning Rod."
Flexo Magazine April 1992:18-24 Page 8 |
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"Processor
planted seed for founding PPP(American Plastics Council)." Plastics
News. January 20, 1992: 3 "Lichtenberger has influence, but
Makrauer had the idea' |
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'Polybags:
A Bad Wrap?" Confetti July-Aug. 91: 52-54 |
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"Plastics
Council Fights Degradable Bag War." Cincinnati Enquirer April
2, 1990:D-1 Author: Mike Boyer. Subject: George Makrauer and Degradable
Plastics Council. |
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"The
Plastic Bogeyman.' Ohio Magazine March 1990: 23-25, 69 Author:
Mark Shelton. Subject: George Makrauer and plastics industry issue
management. |
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'Opinion'
Column. Converting Magazine January 1990: 6 |
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"Perspective"
Column. "Multiparty dialogue on plastics essential." Plastics
News January 29, 1990: 9 |
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"Need
Right Thrust on Environment." Paper, Film & Foil Converter
December 1989: 6 Author: James R. Martin, Editor. Subject: George Makrauer's
observations about industry's recognition of its own achievements
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'Perspective'
Column. 'Packaging award a poor industry
precedent." Plastics News November
6, 1989: 9 |
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Letter.
"Paper Stories Right." Plastics News August 14, 1989: 9 |
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Letter.
"Naysayers Beware." Plastics News May 22, 1989: 9 |
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"Forger
pci plastkassarna.” Arbetet, Landskrona, Sweden May 17, 1988:
1 Author: Ronny Persson. Subject: George Makrauer's pollution prevention
work and his lecture/seminar that day. |
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