Northeast Recycling Council

PROVIDING INFO., EDUC. & RESEARCH ON THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING & SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS MGMT.

SEE SCHEDULE O1. DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED TWO VIRTUAL CONFERENCES: THE CHANGING FACE OF RECYCLING-INCLUDED SESSIONS ABOUT: THE BIG 3 MRF OWNER/OPERATOR'S PERSPECTIVES ON RECYCLING MARKETS, EFFECTIVE RECYCLING MESSAGING, FIBER RECOVERY FROM RESIDENCES, RACIAL JUSTICE, ROBOTICS SORTING, ACHIEVING CIRCULARITY THROUGH INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODELS, MANAGING LITHIUM BATTERY SAFETY AND STATE EPR UPDATES, STATE PACKAGING EPR, NERC/APR GOVERNMENT DEMAND RECYCLING CHAMPIONS PROGRAM, BOTTLE BILLS AND MINIMUM RECYCLED CONTENT LEGISLATION.; AND, REFRAMING RECYCLING IN 2021-INCLUDED SESSIONS ABOUT: UNDERSTANDING AND CHOOSING THE RIGHT EPR MODEL - THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE; SETTING POST-CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT REQUIREMENTS; RECYCLING MARKETS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES; DEMYSTIFYING COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING; RENEWED INTEREST IN REFILLABLES; US EPR UPDATES - MATTRESSES, PAINT, AND ELECTRONICS. 2. DEVELOPED AND HELD 25 WEBINARS WITH ALMOST 12,000 REGISTRANTS. TOPICS INCLUDED:STATE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS RECYCLING MARKET CHANGES GOVERNMENT RECYCLING DEMAND CHAMPION PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONGOVERNMENT RECYCLING DEMAND CHAMPION PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONSTATE & LOCAL LAWS MANDATING MINIMUM RECYCLED CONTENTVOLUNTARY INITIATIVES DRIVING THE USE OF MINIMUM RECYCLED CONTENT IN PRODUCTS & PACKAGINGCONTAINER DEPOSIT LAWS - TAKING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL THROUGH GLOBAL BEST PRACTICESGOVERNMENT RECYCLING DEMAND CHAMPION PROGRAM INTRODUCTION RECOOK CAFE PART 2SHOULD MUNICIPALITIES GET BACK IN THE MRF GAME? RECYCLED CONTENT IN PAPER - OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGESPLASTICS: A COMPLEX TOPIC - THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVEALTERNATIVE RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES & PRODUCTS WITH POST-CONSUMER RESINHOW TO BUY RECYCLED - A TRAININGDEPACKAGING & COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING - AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR ORGANICS RECYCLINGGOVERNMENT RECYCLING DEMAND CHAMPION PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONRECYCLING MARKETS IN 2021STRATEGIES FOR COLLECTING RESIDENTIAL FOOD WASTEPLASTIC FILM RECYCLING & END-MARKETSTOXICS IN PACKAGING CLEARINGHOUSE (TPCH) UPDATE TO MODEL LEGISLATIONOVERVIEW OF LITHIUM BATTERIES, THEIR USES, & RECYCLINGLIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS & DECISION-MAKINGREDUCING THE RISK OF FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH LITHIUM BATTERIESENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS CALCULATORS - HOW THEY WORK & HOW THEY CAN HELPLITHIUM BATTERY RECYCLINGTHE SPECTRUM OF APPROACHES TO U.S. PACKAGING EPR: FROM REIMBURSEMENT TO FULL RESPONSIBILITY 3. IMPLEMENTED GRANTS AND PROJECTS, AND PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY COMPOSTING, IMPROVING GLASS RECYCLING MARKETS; RESEARCHING PAPER AND PLASTIC RECYCLING MARKETS AND BUSINESSES USING POST-CONSUMER CONTENT, PROMOTING GREEN PROCUREMENT IN ELECTRONICS AND RESPONSIBLE RECYCLING AND REUSE, ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROJECTS TO REDUCE HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN CONSUMER PACKAGING, AND COORDINATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING ELECTRONICS RECYCLING LAWS AND TOXICS IN PACKAGING LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES, THE GOVERNMENT RECYCLING DEMAND CHAMPION PROGRAM, WROTE AND PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING RECYCLING AND RECYCLING MARKETS.4. UPDATED, WROTE AND POSTED 55 NEW DOCUMENTS, AND THREE REVISED DOCUMENTS. IN ADDITION, ALL WEBINAR RECORDINGS (25) AND MORE THAN 40 POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS. 5. PUBLISHED 45 BLOGS AND 11 ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS.6. MAINTAINED ACTIVE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS, WITH 3,150 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER, 930 FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS. 268 LINKEDIN FOLLOWERS.7. MAINTAINS TWO LISTSERVS: EPPNET (NATIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT GREEN PROCUREMENT); AND ORGANICS MANAGEMENT8. MAINTAINED A DYNAMIC WEBSITE. DURING FY 2021, NERC AVERAGED MORE THAN 11,000 VISITS PER MONTH - AN INCREASE OF 22% OVER THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR; AND ALMOST 20,000 PAGE VIEWS PER MONTH, AN INCREASE OF 22% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.9. THROUGH ITS NATIONAL STATE ELECTRONICS CHALLENGE PROGRAM, NERC WORKED WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 233,000 EMPLOYEES, IN 39 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO PROMOTE THE PURCHASE OF GREENER ELECTRONIC OFFICE EQUIPMENT, REDUCE THE IMPACTS DURING USE THROUGH ENERGY AND PAPER CONSERVATION, AND MANAGE OBSOLETE ELECTRONIC OFFICE EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE WAY. THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE PROVIDED WITH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR EFFORTS. I. THE ACTIONS OF 24 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE STATE ELECTRONICS CHALLENGE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT, MEASURABLE, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AS A RESULTS OF THEIR GREEN PURCHASING, POWER AND PAPER MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSIBLE RECYCLING OF ELECTRONIC OFFICE EQUIPMENT:10. BLENDED VALUE OF A MRF TONNERC CONDUCTS A QUARTERLY SURVEY WITH ASSOCIATED REPORT ABOUT THE BLENDED VALUE OF A MRF TON. IN FY 2021 FOUR REPORTS WERE PUBLISHED.