NRRA Summer Series Webinar: The Messy Truth about Garbage

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1139077960693705231?source=NRRA+Webpage Students produce 1.5 pounds of waste every single day. That adds up to a lot of waste! We will explore NRRA's Star Assessment, a tool used to evaluate a school recycling program through the five categories of sustainability.

Northeast Recycling Council Glass Forum Virtual Event

VIRTUAL EVENT https://nerc.org/conferences-and-workshops/northeast-glass-forum Markets for non-bottle bill residential glass bottles and containers is the focus for the Northeast Glass Forum. The Forum is the event to attend if you are grappling with understanding glass markets and decision-making for your community's glass. This virtual event will provide you with the opportunity to learn from glass industry professionals […]

NRRA Summer Series Webinar: Legislative Updates

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7034575745948612621?source=NRRA+Webpage This panel webinar will cover updates from Vermont’s recycling, composting, product stewardship, and waste reduction initiatives as well as Environmental Producer Responsibility stewardship legislation in Massachusetts.

NERC Webinar: Teaching Practical Strategies for Reducing Wasted Food Through Community Event

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5084326892487707149 www.nerc.org ReCook Cafes, cooking workshops, and similar events are emerging as a fun and effective way to help residents learn about practical strategies for reducing wasted food. They also help to build and strengthen communities. The presenters in this free webinar will share the experiences in New York State and Vermont with planning and […]

Companies for Zero Waste Webinar: Emerging Technologies Accelerating Circularity

VIRTUAL EVENT www.companiesforzerowaste.com/events Learn how designing out waste, recovery, reuse and recycling innovations will accelerate the shift into the new resource-based economy. Designed for Investors/Fund Managers, Corporations, Foundations, Non-Profits, Social Entrepreneurs, Government and Start-Ups. A high level of engagement, heavy networking format, supplemented by outstanding leading-edge content.

NRRA Summer Series Webinar: The 6th R: Cultivating a Culture of Repair

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4054250522815320845?source=NRRA+Webpage Repair Café events are an empowering response to throw-away society, re-creating a culture that values reuse and repair over disposal. In two Vermont communities, Repair Cafés tap into locals’ knowledge to reduce waste by fixing broken or damaged items that would otherwise be thrown away. This webinar will explore the Repair Café model, lessons […]

Safe + Sound Week

https://www.osha.gov/safeandsound/ Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event held each August that recognizes the successes of workplace safety and health programs and offers information and ideas on how to keep America's workers safe. Successful safety and health programs can proactively identify and manage workplace hazards before they cause injury or illness, improving sustainability and […]

NRRA Summer Series Webinar: Educate, Don’t Contaminate! A Tooklit to Clean up Recycling

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5017460092142478861?source=NRRA+Webpage In 2019, ecomaine, waste manager for 400,000 people in Maine, along with four municipal partners, piloted an internship program to address costly recycling contamination.  Before heading out into the communities, interns received a deep dive training into the waste hierarchy and the recent changes to the recycling market. Over 8 weeks, interns tagged recycling […]

NRRA Summer Series Webinar: Medical Waste

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1708871274490558991?source=NRRA+Webpage One of the areas of focus of the USDA grant, PRAPSE (Promoting Recycling at Public Spaces and Events), is to share and discuss information about current take back programs in NH, VT and MA for proper disposal of medical sharps and prescription drugs. We will share what we have learned at roundtables from folks […]

2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop (FEW) & Expo

CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE http://www.fuelethanolworkshop.com/ema/DisplayPage.aspx?pageId=Home  From its inception, the mission of the event has remained constant: The FEW delivers timely presentations with a strong focus on commercial-scale ethanol production – from quality control and yield maximization to regulatory compliance and fiscal management. The FEW is also the ethanol industry’s premier forum for unveiling […]

American Coalition for Ethanol’s Annual Conference 2020

CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE www.ethanol.org For more than three decades, the ACE conference has focused on the people of the ethanol industry and their priorities — a meeting where ethanol producers rub shoulders with retailers, policymakers, researchers, and other industry members. This year’s abbreviated event will consist of an afternoon of general session, […]

NRRA Summer Series Webinar: Extended Producer Responsibility

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8975747032175573260?source=NRRA+Webpage What is the New England region doing about Extended Producer Responsibility for the end of a life of a product? Join the Northeast Resource Recovery Association, your recycling nonprofit, for this webinar to discuss these issues. Terri Goldberg is the Executive Director of the Northeast Waste Management Official's Association and Megan Pryor is an […]

NRRA Summer Series Webinar: We Need to Think About Clothing Differently

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7073339028386537231?source=NRRA+Webpage Our clothing, shoe and other textile waste that ends up in landfills has increased 300% since 1990- and its not getting any better. In fact, it's getting worse. With "fast fashion" becoming the new way for retail giants to increase profits and manufacturing of our clothing being sent to third world countries, we need […]