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Special Thanks to Our 2019
Sponsors!
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Register Now at Early Bird Rates!
We're pleased to announce the opening of registration for our 30th Annual Conference and Trade Show at the Raleigh Convention Center. Early bird rates expire soon, so get on it!
If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to
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Carolinas Glass Recycling Summit
Did You Miss It? No Worries, We Got You!
The Carolinas Glass Recycling Summit brought together over 120 professionals on December 10, 2019 to talk about the strong demand for glass in the Carolinas and helpful approaches to challenges with glass recycling. We heard from the end markets, collectors and processors, and now you can too! The entire glass summit is recorded and available for free on CRA's youtube channel by
clicking here. Presentations and other information from the summit are available on our website.
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We're going to party like it's our birthday... oh wait, it is!
We're throwing it back to 1989. Join us for an evening full of arcade games, snacks, and networking! Break out your raddest 80's attire: neon wind suits, headbands, scrunchies, fanny packs, and help us celebrate thirty years of improving recycling and reducing waste in the Carolinas!
Tickets are just $25 and include refreshments, pizza, game tokens, and tons of networking. Don't forget to add it on your registration or
email us for ticket on a separate invoice.
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You Could Be a Super Cool CRA Board Member!
Seeking Board of Directors Candidates by January 15!
CRA is a democratically run organization and we need the power of the members to keep us strong and viable! We are looking for candidates to serve the 2020-2023 term on the Board of Directors.
The deadline to nominate yourself or others is January 15, 2020. In order to represent the diverse views and regional character of the membership, the nominations committee has identified the following areas of special interest for the upcoming board election cycle: government representatives, school/university members, and/or members with past experience as a treasurer/financial management. These are not prerequisites and members without these qualifications are equally encouraged to apply. For more info and the online nomination form, please click below or
contact CRA staff.
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New-Indy Containerboard Establishing Operations
Company investing $240 million in York County, SC
New-Indy Containerboard, a manufacturer and supplier of recycled containerboard for the corrugated box industry, today announced plans to establish operations in York County at a recently-acquired pulp and paper mill facility. The company is investing $240 million in the project.
New-Indy Containerboard uses 100% recycled fiber in its current manufacturing process. This acquisition will provide the ability to balance company product lines equally between virgin kraft and recycled containerboard.
"South Carolina has a robust recycling industry that continues to grow every day. We congratulate New-Indy Containerboard on keeping this trend going, and we look forward to watching the company succeed in York County for many years to come." -Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt
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Accepting Nominations for CRA 30th Annual Awards!
Yes, We Mean You, You Super Awesome Recycler!
Would you love some shiny, recycled-content desk art AND you have an outstanding program
that should be recognized? CRA's Annual Awards are just the ticket!
Submit your nomination of yourself or another great recycler or program by January 15, 2020! Each year, CRA honors top performers that advance waste reduction and recycling in the Carolinas. Continuing this year, the award categories are consolidated into a general pool and a panel of judges will select a set of outstanding people, projects, and programs to recognize. We are looking for YOU, the awesome people out there working on new and innovative projects that are changing the way recycling happens in the Carolinas! Award winners will be recognized at the 2020 Annual Conference and Trade show and receive their recycled-bling.
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New Facility in
Westminster, SC
A joint venture is set to launch two U.S. processing plants in 2020, bringing new outlets for lower-grade materials. Investments in the projects will total at least $90 million.
PreZero Polymers will open a mixed rigids recycling facility in South Carolina and a film recycling plant in southern California. In the years after the facilities start up, PreZero anticipates expanding each so they are both processing mixed rigids and film.
The Westminster, S.C. plant will be an expansion to an existing ACI facility. The expansion will process an estimated 50 million pounds of mixed rigids per year. The project costs about $10 million.
Melton said the plant will be up and running during the second quarter of 2020.
The facility will shred, wash, sort and pelletize bales of Nos. 2-7 and 3-7 plastic bales generated by materials recovery facilities (MRFs).
"A lot of MRFs turned off their mixed rigids collection; we want to incentivize them and say, 'We're here for the long run and we want to be a reliable outlet for you,'" said Hendrik Dullinger, vice president of PreZero US.
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What's Happened Since Last Year's EPA Recycling Summit?
Check Out This Webinar to Find Out!
The November 2018 Recycling Summit brought together leaders from industry and all levels of government to discuss opportunities to advance and strengthen the domestic recycling industry and markets.
Four action areas were identified to improve or advance a national approach to recycling: (1) education and outreach, (2) enhancing materials management infrastructure, (3) strengthening secondary materials markets, and (4) enhancing measurement.
This webinar provided an opportunity to hear from workgroup participants and leaders from the Southeast on each of the four action areas. In addition, questions asked during the webinar have been answered online. If you were unable to attend or asked a question, here's the link.
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Member Spotlight: Republic's Evolving Sustainability Story
Exciting Goals for the Next Decade
When CRA's sponsors and members make the news, we like to spread the word. With a large footprint and both a balance sheet and commitment level that run deep, Republic has made large strides, focusing especially on materials recovery, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and beneficial use of gas.
Republic processes roughly 6 million tons of recyclable material annually. It operates 75 renewable energy projects at landfills and is exploring new and emerging beneficial uses for landfill biogas.
Republic met all the goals in its first formal sustainability plan and has since developed a new plan, which stretches over 12 years and lays out some rather ambitious goals with a 2030 target.
Pete Keller explains that, "
One sustainability goal is working toward a
circular economy
by increasing recovery of recyclables by 40 percent. That includes blue bin materials like cardboard, plastics and metals, as well as organics, biogas and oil. We are leveraging technology to work toward this goal. Investments in technology and processing equipment enable us to produce at a higher quality and process more tons, all at less cost."
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Congressional Plastics Solutions Task Force
A Move Toward a More Sustainable Future
Congresswoman Haley Stevens (MI-11) has launched the Congressional Plastics Solutions Task Force, a coalition of lawmakers working together with state and local officials and industry representatives to facilitate investment in recycling technologies and promote education on plastics generation and recovery.
The Congressional Plastics Solutions Task Force will convene periodic meetings to:
- Highlight changes and innovations in the private sector;
- Increase understanding of the challenges facing our domestic recycling infrastructure;
- Identify and discuss innovative approaches to plastics generation and recovery, as well as the latest research on those topics;
- Build consensus among Members of Congress around opportunities to address plastic waste
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Upcoming Events
January 14-17, 2020
NC Marine Debris Symposium
Beaufort, NC
March 18-19, 2020
Berkeley, CA
CRA 29th Annual Conference & Trade Show
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January 13, 2020 - 1pm EST
The State of Green Business 2020
GreenBiz
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CRA Staff
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Executive Director
336.972.3565
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Programs + Systems Manager
877.972.0007
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Communications Coordinator
877.972.0007
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CRA Board of Directors
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President
Vice President
Sierra International Machinery
City of Greensboro
Treasurer
SafeRack
Board Development Chair
UNC - Chapel Hill
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Moore County Public Works
Landfill Performance Solutions
Coastal Wire Company
Keep South Carolina Beautiful
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CP Manufacturing
Ex Officio Board Member
BMW Manufacturing
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*You may email CRA Staff or Board by clicking on his/her name
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www.cra-recycle.org
Please send all correspondence, membership payments, and event registration to:
Carolina Recycling Association
PO Box 1296
Greenville, SC 29602
© 2019 Carolina Recycling Association. All Rights Reserved
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