Webinars

During the past year, the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) Sustainable Materials Management Task Force conducted a survey of State solid waste and recycling programs to better understand how they are responding to the restrictions imposed by China and other countries on the importation of materials for recycling, particularly paper and plastic.

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 holding these kinds of events and the key results and lessons learned.

The Center for Sustainable Infrastructure (CSI) is releasing a new report From Waste Management to Clean Materials. The webinar (a presentation and conversation) will take place Thursday, June 18th from Noon-1PM, it’s free but registration required.

The U.S. EPA Disaster Debris Recovery Tool provides emergency planners and responders at the federal, state, tribal and local levels with a tool to plan and implement proper recovery, recycling and disposal of disaster debris. The scope of the tool reaches beyond disasters to include green remediation and sustainable materials management technical assistance.

Join PSI, the International Solid Waste Agency (ISWA), and the Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA) an upcoming webinar on July 1 at 9:00 am ET: “Master Class EPR: Understanding the Basics.” The webinar will introduce the concept of EPR, provide an overview of its history, present the status of EPR today, and consider its potential for the next decade.

Free Webinar

July 21, 2020, 1:00 – 2:30 EST

Join the Glass Recycling Coalition for a free one-hour webinar to learn about our MRF glass certification program on June 17 at 2 pm ET. Learn from GRC's MRF certification committee on the value of this certification. Hear from MRF and industry and MRFs experts about how they handle glass in their systems.

This webinar will highlight the role of procurement in stimulating recycling markets, explain the government’s “buy-recycled” program and help facilitate public review of the program. Buying products with recycled content fosters the diversion and recycling of materials from the solid waste stream and promotes the use of these materials in the manufacture of new products.

Marion County former EarthWISE guru now Master Recycler Rockstar, Alan Pennington will be back hosting a new webinar on June 10th at 10:30 am: Materials Management and Climate Change. Find out how we can use life cycle analysis to discover the impacts everyday materials have on our climate. And, using this info, how we might make better decisions on what and how we use things.