Curbside Glass Recycling Coming to Omaha
|
|
Introducing Glassman, a new family/employee-owned local business providing curbside collection of glass for recycling and repurposing in Omaha. Joe Worthing, a Nebraska Recycling Council board member, recognized the need for curbside glass collection and took action.
Worthing is looking forward to increasing glass recycling participation, optimizing his vehicle routes for efficiency, keeping more glass out of the landfill, allowing employees to participate in ownership, and potentially introducing his program nationally. The glass will be locally processed into sand and then separated into four aggregates for use in the community.
Worthing notes that his collaboration with NRC has given him the courage to move forward and to look for creative opportunities. For example, Glassman’s recycle bins are repurposed livestock feed tubs that would otherwise go to waste. Reusing these tubs is one more way to prevent waste in our state and reduce challenges for rural recycling facilities.
If you’re interested in curbside glass recycling collection, contact
[email protected]
.
|
|
Award Applications Due July 31st!
|
|
All NRC members are eligible to win awards, which will be presented at our virtual 2020 Fall Conference "Building Resilience | Strengthening Recycling Systems" in October. If you are an NRC member and are proud of the work you have done, apply! If you are excited about the work one of our member organizations has done, nominate them! You can see a list of NRC members
HERE
.
The deadline for applications is July 31st
and award categories include: Commonwealth Award, End Market of the Year, Green Team of the Year, Advocacy Champion (new this year!), and Waste Diversion Project/Product/Service of the Year. Learn more about the award categories
HERE
.
|
|
Glass Recycling Information Session
|
|
The Nebraska Recycling Council is hosting a Glass Recycling Information Session with Josh Boyer from Ripple Glass and Steve Hart with the City of Kearney.
In this talk, we will be covering the process of getting started, the equipment needed, the costs and cost savings of glass recycling, and the potential for cooperation between communities. If you cannot join us at this time, please contact NRC for another time to learn more.
Date:
Thursday, July 23
Time:
3:00pm CST
Please
RSVP
to let us know who will join and what your questions are. We look forward to seeing you there!
|
|
The New Normal: A Free Webinar Series to Guide Municipal Recycling in the Era of COVID-19
|
|
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Resource Recycling Conference will not be happening as a live event in 2020. But you can still get critical municipal recycling insight from a range of leaders through "The New Normal," a series of Resource Recycling webinars set to take place throughout July and August. There is no fee to attend, but registration is required.
The online discussions will help guide recycling program decision-making as the sector moves through an unprecedented period of public agency budget cuts, social distancing requirements, uncertainties around the wider economy, and more.
The hour-long webinar sessions are taking place on select Wednesdays at 1 p.m. Central starting July 8 and will be available for free.
Registration
is now open for all sessions.
|
|
NRC Receives Two Grants from Nebraska Environmental Trust
|
|
We are pleased to announce that Nebraska Recycling Council has received two grants from the Nebraska Environmental Trust. We have been awarded $290,016 for the “Recycling Equipment Grants and Consultation” project and $145,900 for the “Feedlot Composting Planning” project. The projects are two of the 118 projects receiving $20,000,000 in grant awards from the Nebraska Environmental Trust this year. To learn about these two projects,
read more
.
|
|
|
|
Why Regenerative Agriculture Needs Recycled Organics
The importance of recycled organics in regenerative agriculture needs to be understood, not only by the municipalities that manage the feedstocks, but also by climate strategists and most importantly, state and federal agencies.
Read more from this BioCycle’s article
about the role of carbon in soils and why soils need regeneration.
|
|
|
|
Safety Best Practices & Cooperative Purchasing
SWANA Webinar | Wednesday, July 8th | 1-2:15 PM |
REGISTER
What Communities Need to do to Keep Recycling as an Essential Service
SERDC Webinar | Thursday, July 16th | 10 AM |
REGISTER
Global Market Recovery in Europe and The Americas
ISRI Virtual Event | Thursday, July 16th | 10 AM |
REGISTER
|
|
|
|
A survey of 11 remote western locations found that, over a year, the fragments had traveled through the atmosphere like rain or water particles
Reusable systems can be used safely by employing basic hygiene such as ware-washing at high temperatures and using contact-free systems for customers’ containers.
As grain bags and poly tube become more popular, so does the need for recycling the used plastic.
Stop bacteria growth on your recycling & waste stations with 24/7 antimicrobial protection that keeps your receptacles 99.9% cleaner than unprotected surfaces.
|
|
Did a friend forward this to you?
|
|
Copyright © 2020. All Rights Reserved.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
