Webinars

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:

• Tonya Butler, More Recycling
• Eadaoin Quinn, EFS Plastics
• Cherish Miller, Revolution
• Sandi Childs, Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)

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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.

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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

NERC’s Spring '21Conference is a virtual two-day event on March 30 - 31 (1 p.m. – 5 p.m. daily). Taking a fresh look at existing strategies and discussing new approaches are the focus for NERC's Reframing Recycling in 2021 Conference. The Conference Agenda  includes some of the most popular topics in recycling and reuse today, including:

March 30 - Day One

The increased cost for recycling services has some municipalities wondering if they should operate their own MRF. The webinar will feature different MRF operating models, examples of municipalities considering operating their own MRF, and questions for informing the decision-making process before taking on this pivotal role in materials management. The webinar presenters include: Mitch Kessler, President of Kessler Consulting; Sarah Reeves, Executive Director of Chittenden Solid Waste District; and Rick Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Delaware Solid Waste Authority.

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: Ali Briggs-Ungerer, Association of Plastic Recyclers and Lynn Rubinstein, Program Manager of the Government Recycling D

Container deposit laws received renewed attention during the COVID-19 pandemic as many states suspended, or suspended enforcement, of their so-called bottle bill laws. At the same time, there are several initiatives examining how to expand the impact and of bottle bill laws and looking for best practices. This unique webinar, co-sponsored by NERC and NEWMOA, will examine this research and proposals. Presenters will be Mike Noel, TOMRA; Susan Collins, Container Recycling Institute; and Sarah Edwards, Eunomia.