Georgia-Pacific seeks permit to operate recycling and recovery plant in Oregon
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has proposed issuing a solid waste material recovery facility permit to Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC, part of Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific.
The proposed recycling plant, called the GP Toledo Material Recovery Facility, appears equipped to further GP’s research into its Juno technology, which is being designed in part to recover and consume mixed paper.
ReFED Releases 2018 U.S. Food Waste Investment Report
The 2018 U.S. Food Waste Investment Report details key trends in the capital and innovation landscape and highlights specific examples of philanthropic, public, and private food waste investment, including a Special Report on Foundation Funding.
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Market Development in Action
From the October 2018 Edition of Resource Recycling.
APR: ‘There is no sustainability without recycling’
From Resource Recycliing, Colin Staub
EPA Issues New Fact Sheet & Webinar Recording
New Fact Sheet: Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) on Tribal Lands
This week, EPA released a fact sheet called Sustainable Materials Management on Tribal Lands: A Life-Cycle Approach to Managing Materials. This fact sheet is the first of its kind and it will introduce tribal governments, communities and individuals to the concept of Sustainable Materials Management, showcase tribal projects that have applied SMM principles and practices successfully and encourage tribes to consider this approach to their materials management work.
PlanetCon 2019
PlanetCon: A Recycle and Swap Event
Join Westside Master Recyclers in January 2019 for a free community recycle and swap event in Hillsboro, Oregon
Date: 01/12/2019
Where: Quatama Elementary School, 6905 NE Campus Way, Hillsboro, OR 97124
Time: 11am - 2pm
BYOB: Bring Your Own Bag to take home some free items from our Swap. You do not need to bring something to take something.
Webinar: Planning for Natural Disaster Debris on Tribal Lands
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2018
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
During this webinar, Rebecca Geyer and Melissa Kaps representing U.S. EPA will introduce disaster debris management and planning and share the latest tools and updated guidance documents. Shannon Judd and David Smith of the Fon du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will share their experience in managing disaster debris from a serious flood event.
Webinar Presenters:
Webinar: Initiatives to Prevent Food Loss and Waste in the European Union (EU)
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-0:500)
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