Full of Scrap - July 29, 2020

Northeast Resource Recovery Association's Full of Scrap Newsletter July 29, 2020

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Free Contract Negotiation Webinar Recordings Available Did you miss last month's free two-part contract negotiation webinar led by NRRA staff and hosted by the NH Department of Environmental Services? The recordings and handouts are available as part of NRRA's new  Resource Library , which contains resources for NRRA members and the public, including webinar recordings, videos, and documents on a variety of recycling and waste reduction topics. Read More NH Solid Waste Legislation Update - Vetoed by Governor Sununu In the 2020 legislative cycle, numerous bills were proposed in New Hampshire that are relevant to NRRA’s members with respect to solid waste and resource recovery. Most bills were tabled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (see our  March 16, 2020 legislative update for details  about those original bills), but three were included  HB 1234 , in an omnibus amendment that was passed by the the NH Senate on June 16, 2020 and concurred by the NH House on June 30.  The omnibus amendment still must be signed by the Governor before these bills would become law.   Read More Reusable Shopping Bag Ban Lifted The NH Governor's ban on shopping with reusable bags has ended. And in Vermont, the  Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation  moved ahead with a ban on single-use plastic bags effective July 1. Read More NRRA Board Thanks Lisa Stevens for Her Board Service The NRRA Board of Trustees would like to recognize and thank Lisa Stevens for her years of service to the Board. Lisa resigned from the Board of Trustees in June after serving on the Board for seven years, most recently as Treasurer. Read More

NRRA Vendor of the Month: Trigon Plastics NRRA offers a #1-7 baled plastics program for our members, which accounts for 25% of all plastics marketed for NRRA members in 2019. NRRA’s Vendor, Trigon Plastics in Newmanstown, PA, processes 90% of the #1-7 plastics on the East Coast making Trigon the largest buyer of #1-7 plastics in US! Read More What Happens with NH Garbage & What About Producer Responsibility? NRRA Education Manager, Heather Herring participated in a group discussion led by Lindt Chocolates whose USA headquarters are in Stratham, NH. Heather's presentation was titled, " What Happens with NH Garbage and What About Producer Responsibility?" Read More

What's Coming Up in the NRRA Summer Webinar Series

The Messy Truth about Students and Their Garbage - July 31, 12 PM - 1 PM Cindy Sterling, NRRA Grant Manager On average, students produce 1.5 pounds of waste every single day. What does that mean? Well for example, a high school with 535 students did a waste composition study and calculated their waste generation to be 72 tons/year. This is equal to (on average) five and a half school buses!

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Legislative Updates, A panel discussion- August 5 9 AM - 10 AM Josh Kelly, Solid Waste Program, Vt Dept. of Environmental Conservation Ariela Lovett, Legislative Analyst, MA Municipal Association This panel webinar will cover updates from Vermont’s recycling, composting, product stewardship, and waste reduction initiatives as well as Environmental Producer Responsibility stewardship legislation in Massachusetts.

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The July NRRA Pricing Guide is Now Available

Our new website has a section that houses the NRRA Monthly Pricing Guide as well as many other pricing lists. These pricing lists are only accessible to NRRA Municipal Voting Members. If you are an NRRA Municipal Voting Member and want access to this part of the website, simply visit the site to create your new username and password. NRRA Member Pricing Guide(s)

Northeast Glass Forum: September 1 & 2

Want to learn more about glass recycling in the Northeast? Join NRRA at the  Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. 's virtual Northeast Glass Forum on Sept. 1 & 2. NRRA's Executive Director Reagan Bissonnette will be presenting about Alternative Glass Markets for the Region's Non-Bottle Bill Glass States on Sept. 1. Read More

What We're Reading & Other News... Share your Ideas for NH Public Radio's New Climate Change Reporting Project, "By Degrees" Mixed Waste Facility's Future uncertain after closure - Resource Recycling News It's Official - All Food Scraps Out of the Landfill in Vermont, Biocycle

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