A study conducted for the Food Waste Reduction Alliance found that households account for 47% of wasted food, followed by restaurants at 37%, institutions at 11%; manufacturers 3% and retailers are responsible for 2%.
Learn about the positive impact reuse can have on your state, community, organization, or business Triple Bottom Line!
Who Should Attend: Materials management professionals, nonprofit organizers, state/community/tribal leaders and activists, business owners, and others wanting to advance reuse in their communities.
I Can Fix That! Repair of Small Electronic Devices
Learn from the founder of a wiki-based website that teaches people how to fix almost anything and empowers individuals to share their technical knowledge with the rest of the world.
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Time: 1:30 - 2:45PM ET
Cost: Free
Technical Complexity: Moderate
Speaker: Kyle Wiens, Co-founder and CEO, iFixit
What’s the Fuss about CRT Glass? Webinar
January 12, 2016, 2 p.m. Eastern
You may have read and heard stories in the past several months about stockpiles of CRT glass and abandonment of the material by recyclers. But, what’s going on and why? And, what should you be thinking about when you send your electronics for recycling?
A distinguished panel of experts will explain what’s going on and why, and address the important topic of “what can we do”.
Panelists will include:
Thursday December 17th at 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
Managing “Recycling” Contamination: What works and what is a Waste
Register Here for the FREE webinar or at Registration URL:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6211563766742745346
Webinar ID: 115-528-659
Date/Time: November 16, 9:00am - 10:30am PST
Cost: $49.00
Description:
Join the EPA SMM Web Academy for a free webinar on Thursday, November 19th 2015 at 1:00pm -2:30pm EST / 10:00-11:30 am PST
Register HERE or go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9096813119910670082
SMM Web Academy Webinar Series
Does plastics recycling need to be so confusing?
Thursday October 15th, 2015 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
Description:
There is no question, that plastics recycling is confusing, even for the most avid recycler. But it doesn’t have to be.
This webinar from the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers will detail a variety of resources available to the industry, state and local recycling officials, as well as the general public to support the expansion of domestic plastic recycling markets and generate more supply .
Collection systems are not forever. Recycling and organics recovery efforts have to stay current with industry trends and the needs of the campus. This webinar from the College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC) will highlight examples of universities that have revamped or in some cases started from scratch to remodel collection programs to improve recovery going forward.
