Waste Advantage  During the last week of October, the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) held their annual Fall Conference in partnership with State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s (SUNY ESF) Center for Sustainable Materials Management (CSMM), and in collaboration with Syracuse University’s Institute for Sustainability Engagement in Syracuse New York. The conference featured three days of great discussion about the complex challenges that come with waste and recycling, circularity, packaging, sustainability, and other important topics around the industry. View the Full Article Here

When first introduced to Eunomia Research and Consulting, depending on your knowledge of Greek mythology, you may not know where their name comes from. The Greek goddess Eunomia is the goddess of law and legislation, and the goddess of green pastures. In 2001 when this organization was founded, their goal and mission was to combine in-depth understanding of environmental policy and strategy with pragmatic experience of real-world implementation, to build harmony between people and the environment while working to protect the planet. Given her role, Eunomia felt like the right leader, and namesake, to build from. Now, they’ve been in operation for over 20 years and have grown to a staff of over 150 people across 5 offices from Aukland New Zealand to New York. Over the past two decades, Eunomia has been working with both the public and private sectors providing unbiased data-driven advice to support business and organizational decision making. With these organizations, Eunomia has been incredibly successful in advancing positive environmental impact through policy, strategy, and implementation. Eunomia has leading experts in the low carbon, circular, and natural economies, and is world renowned for its policy, strategy and implementation advice on sustainable material use and reuse, recycling, and waste management strategies, assisting businesses, governments and NGOs from policy evaluation to product responsibility. Aiming for a net-zero future, Eunomia measures and reduces carbon footprints, guides through carbon offset markets, and ensures alignment with global sustainability standards to tackle greenwashing and ensure verifiable progress. Eunomia also offers solutions for biodiversity enhancement, sustainable land use, and nature-based investment strategies, focusing on ecological balance and economic viability. Sarah Edwards, President of Eunomia North America said: “Eunomia has followed the great work that NERC has done over the past 8 years, and we are now happy to be part of the NERC family. For more than 20 years Eunomia has been delivering waste and resource management solutions to state and municipal governments, nonprofit and private companies. We specialize in designing, modeling, and implementing systems that drive waste reduction, improve recycling, and promote sustainability. “We look forward to engaging with other forward-thinking organizations and companies in order to bring meaningful and impactful change.” NERC is thrilled to have Eunomia Research and Consulting join our team of Sustaining Advisory Members. We look forward to working with them to help further their mission of protecting the planet. For more information about Eunomia, click here.