Approaching Circularity for Packaging via EPR: Producer Perspectives
Back by popular demand, the Product Stewardship Initiative's EPR Masterclass webinar series is relaunching in 2021 with a new lineup of key topics.
Back by popular demand, the Product Stewardship Initiative's EPR Masterclass webinar series is relaunching in 2021 with a new lineup of key topics.
Contamination in the recycling stream hinders the ability of a material recovery facility or secondary processing facility to produce high-quality recycled materials. During this webinar, participants will learn from representatives from state and local governments and materials recovery facilities about successful strategies and programs that are reducing contamination in the recycling stream.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has had far-reaching impacts on business operations. While we are all eager to put the pandemic behind us, other catastrophic events will inevitably occur. To strengthen organizational resilience going forward, we must examine lessons learned and position product stewardship as a key player in business continuity and crisis management.
This future-focused webinar will identify the broad range of complex, unresolved, and evolving issues product stewards have faced and continue to face because of the pandemic.
In 2018, the United States generated more than 292 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW).
A panel conversation about residential plastic film recycling and the status of film end-markets. Presented as a free webinar, the conversation will be moderated by Chaz Miller, NERC Board of Directors. Speakers will be:
With the new year, will the recycling markets get better? We will hear from three leading industry experts on what to expect in 2021.
Taking action to support the recycling industry is essential - especially these days. A new national program, the NERC-APR Government Recycling Demand Champion Program, provides a simple strategy for closing the loop by buying products with post-consumer plastic recycled content.
Presenters will be:
This training webinar will provide purchasing officials, decision-makers, and recycling advocates with information about:
Composting & anaerobic digestion are great, but first the organics have to be collected. This free webinar being offered by NERC & NEWMOA, will present three models for successful collection of food waste from households: • Amy Donovan, Franklin County Solid Waste District (MA), who will focus on transfer station drop-off • Bob Spencer, Windham Regional Solid Waste District (VT), who will focus on municipal curbside and transfer station drop-off • Phoebe Lyttle, Garbage to Gardens, who will discuss a subscription service that collects curbside organics from households
De-packaging is a relatively new player in the commercial anaerobic digestion & composting industry, providing a tool for commercially-generated food waste - such as unsold & damaged food and beverages - to be separated from its packaging. The food is processed in an anaerobic digestor, the packaging is recycled, & some of the residuals can be composted. In this free joint webinar, we will hear from three industry experts: • Debra Darby, Tetra Tech • John Hanselman, Vanguard Energy • Brian Paganini, Quantum BioPower