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Building a Diverse Materials Management Workforce: Recruitment, Hiring & Retention
April 3 - 4, 2023
Check back for registration details in January at Nerc.org/Conferences-and-Workshops/Overview.
Read the latest news
- Experts tout the benefits of recycled glass pozzolans (NERC In the News)
- Does EPR Increase Consumer Costs? Spoiler alert - Not As Much as Critics Say (Guest Blog)
- What's Up with the global plastics treaty? (Guest Blog)
- Massachusetts C&D market recovering from major wood market disruption (NERC In the News)
- Overcoming obstacles (NERC In the News)
- Sharp Downward Trend in Material Values for Quarter Ending September 30 (Press Release)
- 2022 Environmental Sustainability Leadership Award Winners (Press Release)
Upcoming Virtual Events
Material Reuse Forum 3: Measuring Economic Impacts of Reuse
April 11, 2:00 - 3:30 eastern
View descriptions of upcoming webinars here.
Member Spotlight: ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
Amongst the doom and gloom in much of today’s media concerning plastics recycling, there stands a success story in new NERC Advisory Member Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS). Headquartered in Ohio, ADS’s 3,500 field employees manufacture storm water and onsite septic wastewater solutions; more than 10 billion feet of ADS pipe are in service around the world. The company’s water management solutions are designed to last for decades. Read more.
NERC Events
Learn about NERC's fall conference and spring workshop, as well as presentations from past events.
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NERC Blog
New blogs are posted weekly on substantive topics related to materials management. Visit the blog to see what's new
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NERC Resources
The NERC website offers a wealth of information, resources, and tools to support materials management; in the region and nationally.
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NERC Membership
Support NERC and be recognized for your commitment to the advancement of an environmentally sustainable economy.
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Government Recycling Demand Champions (GRDC)
The GRDC works with government and schools to support efforts to purchase products with PCR content.
Learn more about the program
NERC's listserv for Advancing Organics Management in the Northeast
This unique listserv is an opportunity to share information about what’s happening with organics management. It is open to anyone interested in advancing organics diversion in the Northeast. Learn more at the Organics Listserv website.
DEI Connect
DEI Connect is the first online forum in the US dedicated to support and promote diversity, equity and inclusion for the recycling and solid waste management industries.
Learn more here
Electronics Recycling Coordination Clearinghouse (ERCC)
ERCC provides a forum for information exchange among state agencies implementing electronics recycling laws and all impacted stakeholders.
Learn more at the ERCC website
NERC’s Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Listserv (EPPnet)
EPPnet links federal, state, and local environmental officials, and private procurement specialists charged with purchasing green products and services and developing policies for the procurement of these products.
Learn more here