The first of NERC's four-part Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training Series for recycling and solid waste management is about Making the Case for DE&I. Training 1 will include presentations and discussions about building the foundation for DE&I in the workplace.
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Recycled content mandates are growing in popularity as a policy mechanism to engage producers in responsibility for recycling markets, sharing in the costs of a functioning recycling system, and reducing climate change impacts. But not all recycled content mandates are the same, and some have the potential for unintended consequences.
This webinar will take a closer look at:
EPA recently announced a brand-new interpretation of the national food loss and waste (FLW) reduction goal for 2030, which is now in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3. This new interpretation encourages investment in preventing food waste and keeping it in the human supply chain — instead of just diverting it from landfills and incinerators. Tune in for a riveting fireside chat with ReFED and EPA to learn more about EPA’s new interpretation of the national FLW reduction goal and the huge impact preventing food waste can have on our planet.
This presentation will highlight the latest research on the environmental impacts of U.S. food waste and the potential benefits of meeting the U.S. goal of halving food waste by 2030. These topics will be reported in EPA’s forthcoming “From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of Food Waste” report.
While many large institutions are making real progress toward zero waste goals, hospitals and other medical facilities have struggled to keep pace. Healthcare generates an enormous amount of waste, much of it long considered unavoidable and unrecoverable. That’s starting to change as more sustainability initiatives are finding viable options to capture blue wrap and other plastic packaging from OR’s, clinics, and labs.
The Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) and the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) are co-sponsoring a webinar on de-packaging operations for processing food waste. De-packaging is growing as a way of making the significant amount of waste from unused packaged food available for anaerobic digestion and composting. During the webinar, attendees will hear from operators of de-packaging facilities.
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Join Stephanie Hicks, Materials Sourcing Manager at the Trex Company in Winchester, Virginia, to learn about recycling beyond the plastic bag at home. She has represented Trex Company’s recycling education and outreach for the last 10 years with a goal of educating the public on correct plastic bag and film recycling efforts. Trex collects recycled materials from all over the country in places like Kroger, Tom Thumb, Winco, and Albertsons grocery stores and Kohls.
Through a series of webinars, guides, case studies, and other learning materials, Globalrec's EPR Series aims to provide useful and effective tools to #WastePickers so they can participate in EPR legislation proposals, and also spread the word to other audiences so they can join and amplify the conversation. #LetsTalkAboutEPR
Please join AMERIPEN for the launch of our latest study: “Best Practices for State Recycling Market Development Centers.”
The Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) and the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) are co-sponsoring a webinar on de-packaging operations for processing food waste. De-packaging is growing as a way of making the significant amount of waste from unused packaged food available for anaerobic digestion and composting. During the webinar, attendees will hear from operators of de-packaging facilities.
The webinar will cover:
