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Recycling scrap metal makes good economic and environmental sense. The phrase, “circular economy,” advises that all things manufactured should be made in such a way that they can be later dismantled and recreated into a final end product once the original product has lost its usability to the consumer. Scrap metal is one of those foundation materials that can be refashioned into many new uses.

Following several years of discussion and input from a broad spectrum of stakeholders, a national certification program has been established for professional training programs for Certified Sustainable Resource Management Professionals in waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, and zero waste.

Today’s Blog article offers a sample Construction and Demolition Waste Management Plan. It is the final article in our Steps toward Zero Waste for Contractors and Builders Blog series.

This article continues our Organics Blog Series with a look at towns, solid waste districts, and private entities promoting commercial organics recycling. Commercial organics diversion presents another low cost organics management opportunity for rural and small towns, particularly offering a focus on diversion of food scraps.

Guest Blog by Casey Fenton, Communications Assistant, Steel Recycling Institute.

This latest installment in our ongoing NERC Blog series on organics management presents tips for implementing organics recycling for commercial food scrap generators.

Our Organics Blog Series continues with a look at commercial organics recycling.

This article continues our “Steps toward Zero Waste for Contractors and Builders” series, with a discussion of: tracking progress toward zero waste in C&D, employee and subcontractor training, and green marketing.

Part One of this NERC Blog series by guest blogger Robert Kropp, a Vermont-based freelance journalist, presents an overview of energy efficiency, electronics, and the recycling of electronic discards.

Its vacation season again and time for another exciting addition to our occasional “Recycling Notes of Traveling NERC Staff.” As many solid waste professionals do when traveling, Lynn Rubinstein, NERC’s Executive Director, took pictures of recycling in action in China.

Here’s her Recycling Travelogue –

On a recent trip to China, I witnessed many of the differences between how recyclables are collected and consolidated in China as compared to in the U.S.  The primary difference was how remarkably visible it was: recycling opportunities, collection, consolidation, and movement to markets.  It was all right there and obvious.

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