NERC in the News
2023
May
Panelists: Bottle bills, EPR can coexist. NERC hosts a webinar called “EPR for Packaging and Bottle Bill Programs: How Can They Coexist?”.
How bottle bill, EPR programs work together. A NERC, NEWMOA webinar explores the potential effectiveness of a national bottle bill program.
April
Northeast Recycling Council’s Commodities Market Development Journey. NERC leaders Megan Fontes, executive director and Mary Ann Remolador, assistant director, discuss the organization’s work in recycled commodities markets.
Webinar: Building diversity means culture shifts. NERC's Spring Conference focused on diversity in the workplace.
Northeast Recycling Council’s Virtual Spring Conference: Focusing on a Diverse Workforce. NERC's Spring 2023 Conference is profiled.
Diverse waste and recycling workplaces should include younger workers: NERC. Waste Dive covers Day 1 of NERC's recent conference on DEI issues.
March
NERC to host workforce-focused conference. NERC's upcoming conference, April 3-4, is titled “Building a Diverse Workforce.”
Cheryl Coleman of ISRI to Deliver Keynote Address at Northeast Recycling Council Spring Conference. NERC's virtual Spring Conference will be held April 2-3, 2023.
Blended average prices continued to fall in Q4. NERC updates its quarterly Recycling Markets report.
Northeast Recycling Council Spring Conference: Meet the Speakers. NERC's Spring Conference will convene individuals across the material management value chain to discuss approaches to diversifying staff.
February
NERC revises Glass Minimum Postconsumer Recycled Content Model Legislation. The model legislation is intended to be used as a starting point for creating legislation that would require the use of postconsumer cullet.
NERC Releases Revised Model Glass Minimum Post-Consumer Recycled Content Legislation. The primary revision to the Model Legislation includes a concept of a credit towards the post-consumer recycled content requirement for products manufactured and/or sold by glass bottle and fiberglass manufacturers in a given year.
NERC Releases Revised Model Glass Minimum Post-Consumer Recycled Content Legislation. “The revisions to the Model Legislation provide greater flexibility for policymakers looking at available markets and glass manufacturing activity, and will allow glass recycling to move forward based on what works best in a given region or specific state."
January
Nexus Circular Agrees to $150M Equity Raise. NERC invites public comments last year on its model legislation for minimum recycled post-consumer plastic requirements.
Experts tout the benefits of recycled glass pozzolans. NERC hosts a webinar covering the recycling of MRF glass into pozzolans, which are a partial replacement for cement used in concrete.
