EPA Requests Applications, Provides Webinar on Food Waste Research
EPA, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research to develop, apply and test innovative and creative community-engaged approaches to reducing household food waste in the United States.
Recycled Content Mandates: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This webinar is co-sponsored by the Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA), Northeast Recycling Council (NERC), and West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum.
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.
Plant a tree with the MMP is back!
AOR Member Re-Trac Connect is once again collaboratating again with One Tree Planted. Last year they planted over 500 trees, and they’re on a mission to exceed that number this year! Whether you’re already an MMP member or you are joining for the first time, once you complete the three core surveys by December 31, 2021, a tree will be planted in the U.S. or Canada. Trees play a huge role in our environment - they clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and sequester harmful atmospheric carbon, helping to mitigate rapid climate change.
New Member Spotlight - Stacy Ludington
Welcome to AOR's newest individual member, Stacy Ludington!
What is your name? Stacy Ludington
Where do you work and what do you do? Clackamas County - Sustainability Analyst Community Outreach and Education
Tell us how you enbrace recycling/sustainability into your home or workplace? Basically what I do.
What motivates you to recycle and live sustainably? Climate change
DE&I Training - Recognizing & Addressing Unconscious Bias
The second of NERC's four-part Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training Series for recycling and solid waste management offers a practical approach to identifying and addressing our unconscious biases and the negative impacts they have in the workplace; as well as providing strategies for inclusion.
New EPA report reveals large climate and environmental impacts of U.S food waste
The US EPA has released a new report, “From Farm to Kitchen: The Environmental Impacts of U.S.
WEBINAR: Making the Case for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
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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WEBINAR: Recycled Content Mandates: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
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:
WEBINAR: Fireside Chat with EPA: Aligning the National Food Waste Reduction Goal with International Efforts
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.
WSRA Event: Packaging EPR 101
Join the Washington State Recycling Association (WSRA) for a look into the bread and butter of Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility as speakers provide us with Packaging EPR 101 followed by Q&A and discussion to shed light on what EPR is and what it is not.
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