Webinar - How to Celebrate America Recycles Day at Work

This webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 22, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET. The final America Recycles Day 2014 webinar, features special guest Chad Obenauf, the Chairperson of Kellogg Company's Go Green team!

There is no better time to tackle recycling in your office than on America Recycles Day.

This webinar will address ways of celebrating America Recycles Day in your workplace. Obenauf, will explore his multi-faceted plans for an engaging, educational, and rewarding America Recycles Day at Kellog.

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Webinar - Promoting Recycling Behavior: What Works

Recycling @Work Pledge Partners,is holding a webinar titled "Promoting Recycling Behavior: What Works." It will take place on August 20, 2014 from 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm EST. The effectiveness of any recycling program hinges on understanding human behavior, and in many cases, asking individuals to change their behaviors.

This webinar will summarize the findings from behavioral science with regard to effective strategies for encouraging people to recycle, including recommendations for program design and marketing. The webinar will also share results from a survey conducted in partnership with The George Washington University regarding participants' feedback on bin shape, color and signage.

Panelists include Wesley Schultz, Professor, California State University and Monique Turner, Associate Professor, The George Washington University.

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10 Ways to Upcycle Plastic Easter Eggs

Now that Easter is over many are wondering what they can do with those plastic eggs. Instead of downcycling, upcycle those eggs by turning them into something you can use over and over again.

Aside from not buying them in the first place there are a number of ways that they can be upcycled so that they do not end up in landfills where they will take decades to break down. In the process they will leave a toxic residue that is harmful to the soil and water.

Consumers buy tons of non-biodegradable plastic trinkets at Easter most of which ends up in landfills. According to the National Retail Federation shoppers will spend more than $2.1 billion on Easter regalia in 2014.

One of the biggest culprits are plastic Easter eggs. While many areas recycle plastic eggs, this type of downcycling has its limits as each time these eggs are recycled the quality of the plastic deteriorates and eventually they become impossible to recycle and they end up in a landfill.

Thankfully, the folks at Planet Pals and inhabitots have come up with some creative ways to put those plastic eggs to use. Here are ten ways you can keep them out of landfills.

1. Put them away for use next year.
2. Soap molds
3. Recepticles to store play dough
4. Clear plastic eggs can be made into mini terrariums
5. Tealight holders
6. Decorative wreaths
7. Toy snake
8. Mini seed starters
9. Toy egg groceries
10. Bath toys

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Event - Waste Management and recycling Summit 2014

Waste Management and recycling Summit 2014 will take place on April 23 - 24, 2014 at the Novotel Riyadh Al Anoud, Al Anoud Tower No.1, 9033, King Fahd Road, Olaya, Saudi Arabia.

This event will forward and highlight the future opportunities in this sector, Capture the most effective and latest technologies Focused on investments and ROI in Waste Management and bring in the industry Experts & Solution Providers from across the globe to share their expertise to make this initiative a bench mark in WM sector.

“Saudi Arabia is pursuing investments and reforms which will redefine its position as one of the world’s most competitive economies by 2020” –

Saudi Arabia’s generates more than 15 million tons of Solid Waste per year with a population of around 29 million, giving an indication of enormity of the problems faced by Civic authorities.

Saudi’s recycling rate ranges from 10-15%, mainly due to the presence of the informal sector which extracts paper, metals and plastics from municipal waste and the waste treatment market is currently poised at 12% only, hence there is a huge market potential of 88% remaining.

Hence, “Nispana Innovative Platforms Pvt Ltd” present “Waste Management & Recycling Summit – 2014” to bring forward and highlight the future opportunities, capture the most effective and latest technologies which increases ROI in Waste Management Sector and bring in the Industry experts, solution providers from across the globe to share their expertise and make this a successful event in The Waste Management Sector!

For more information or to register click here.

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Webinar: PET Thermoform Recycling - A Progress Report

Webinar: PET Thermoform Recycling - A Progress Report, will take place on April 22, 2014, 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm. This webinar will provide an overview of PET Thermoform recycling, from early research and development efforts; the state of the market today; and a reclaimer's experience in recycling PET thermoforms with PET bottles. Speakers: Resa Dimino, Director of Public Policy, NAPCOR and Ryan L'Abbe, Vice President & General Manager, Ice River Springs - Blue Mountain Plastics Division.


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Event - PA Recycling Market Development Summit: Spotlight on Organics

Recycling Market Development will take place on February 20, 2014 between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City, 1100 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA. Markets development programming from organics industry experts blended with peer networking. The Keynote Address will be delivered by Shawn M. Garvin, U.S. EPA Regional Administrator.

Presentation Topics:

Organics Management Initiatives in EPA Region III (Mid-Atlantic)
Update of Food Waste Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Capacity in PA
Waste Reduction, Job Creation and Environmental Protection Through Organics Management
Food Waste Diversion Models for Urban Settings; Organics Management Equipment and Technology Session.

Click here to download the agenda.
Click here to download registration form questions.

For more information email info@parmc.org or call 717-948-6660.

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Five Webinars - RecycleMania 2014

Here are five webinars for RecycleMania 2014.  The RecycleMania Tournament is a competition designed to help schools to recycle and minimize waste. The competition enables participants to track their trash and recycling collections over an 8 week period in the spring of 2014.

Tournament Overview - November 21, 2013 at 3:00 EST

This high level presentation will review 1) how schools participate in RecycleMania and 2) resources and special promotions for the 2014 program. Join us for the full webinar if you're interested in RecycleMania and want to know what is involved, or jump on at 3:30 if you’re a returning coordinator just looking for an update on the coming year. This program will only address rules and promotional strategies in general terms.

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Promotional Strategies #1 - December 3 at 3:00 EST

This presentation will outline promotional strategies and activities that you can use to engage your campus for RecycleMania 2013. Whether you need a zero-cost activity or a large-scale event, we have an idea for you. Hear from 2013 Grand Champion University of Missouri Kansas City as well as University of Buffalo. We’ll also discuss our new “Event in a Box: Just Add Students” toolkits available for RecycleMania 2014.

Register Here

Note: You can find case study presentations from recent years on the Featured Schools page.

Rules and Reporting #1 - January 9 at 2:00 EST

Join us for an in-depth explanation of the Tournament rules and reporting expectations. This presentation will describe how to track materials and troubleshoot issues with getting data.

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Promotional Strategies #2 - January 16, 2014 at 2:00 EST

This presentation will include a repeat of the overview of promotional ideas and strategies from the Dec. 5 webinar, as well as additional case study presentations from different RecycleMania schools (TBD).

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Rules and Reporting #2 - January 23, 2014 at 2:00 EST

This presentation will be a repeat of the January 9 Rules & Reporting webinar.

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Video - Recycling: Let Garbage Live Again

In recognition of America Recycles Day here is a video sponsored by Keep America Beautiful and the Ad Council. It aims to generate awareness, explain how and where to recycle, mobilize individual ownership and emotional connection to recycling through community building, and transform recycling into a daily social norm. The campaign shows consumers that their recyclable materials want to be something more, and promotes recycling as a way to give garbage another life.

In "Journey," a plastic bottle refuses to settle for being just a bottle and recognizes its dream in a coast-to-coast journey after being recycled.

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