- Projects
- Completed Projects
- 2017
- Creating Healthy Communities through Food Recovery & Composting in Vermont - Grant
Projects
Completed Projects
2022
- Glass Model Legislation Work Group
- Organics-End Market Committee
- State Electronics Challenge
- Glass Recycling in Rural Communities in Maine
- Minimum PCR Content Requirements for Plastic Products and Packaging Model Legislation
2021
2020
2019
2018
- Capacity Building for Electronics Recyclers in Nebraska - Contract
- Materials Management Training, Technical Assistance, and Outreach in Bennington County, Vermont - Contract
- Pilot Model E-scrap Collection/Recycling Program in Nebraska - Contract
2017
- Creating Healthy Communities through Food Recovery & Composting in Vermont - Grant
Creating Healthy Communities through Food Recovery & Composting in Vermont - Grant
NERC received funding from EPA Region 1 (New England) for its proposal to recruit and secure at least five hospitality businesses (e.g., hotels, resorts, restaurants, conference venues) and one sporting venue in Vermont to participate to implement sustainable food reduction, recovery, and composting programs. In addition, NERC worked with to recruit businesses to join the EPA Food Recovery Challenge.
Project Highlights:
- Three onsite technical assistance meetings conducted at Jay Peak Resort; report and recommendations provided; training for food scrap composting provided for five full-serve restaurants; ongoing food scrap composting.
- Information on ball park food scrap collection discussed with Lake Monster’s administration; onsite technical assistance provided for 2016 season opening game to monitor food scrap collection and provide recommendations.
- Worked with Solid Waste District partners to provide waste assessments and technical assistance to 13 establishments for food scrap diversion.
- Recruited 18 establishments to join the US EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge. Cumulatively, in 2016, these establishments diverted more than 380 tons of food waste through source reduction, food recovery and donation, and composting. This resulted in 511 metric tons of carbon dioxide reduction or the equivalent of 107 passenger vehicles taken off the road for one year.
- NERC won EPA's 2016 National Food Recovery Challenge Endorser Award for their food recovery outreach and technical assistance efforts to New England businesses.
Project Partners: Vermont Agency of Natural Resources; Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District; Windham Solid Waste Management District; Black Dirt Farm (hauler/processor); Grow Compost (hauler/processor); and, participant businesses.
- Electronics Workshops - New Hampshire Solid Waste Operator Training Program - Contract
- Food Scrap & Organics Composting Training - New Hampshire Solid Waste Operator Training Program - Contract
- Implementing the Food Recovery Hierarchy in Rural Vermont Communities - Grant
- New York Compost Operators Training - Contract
- Vermont Green Business Program - Contract
2016
- Food and Organic Waste Diversion - North Country Council Regional Planning Commission - Contract
- Food Scrap Management Training - New Hampshire Solid Waste Operator Training Program - Contract
- Innovative Strategies & Best Management Practices for Implementing Reuse Programs in Rural Communities in New York State & the St. Regis Mohawk Nation - Grant
2015
- Vermont School Recycling and Composting - Grant
- Simplifying Environmentally Preferable Purchasing - Grant
2014
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative - State Electronics Challenge - Grant
- Rural and Small Town Organics Management - Grant
- Best Operating Practices for Drop-Off Recycling Sites Manual and Training Presentation - Contract
- Reuse Marketplace - Contract
- Bennington County Regional Commission Solid Waste Planning Assistance - Contract
- Textiles Collection Outreach - Contract
2013
- New Hampshire Textiles Reuse & Recycling Training - Contract
- National Research on CRT Management by Electronics Recyclers - Contract
- Capacity Building for Residential Bulky Rigid Plastics Collection - Contract
- Marketing On-Farm Compost for Sustainability and Economic Viability - Grant
- SkillWorks Recycling Jobs Taskforce - Contract
2012
- Increasing Paper Recycling by Businesses in the Northeast - Grant
- Promoting Agricultural Environmental Sustainability in Western Massachusetts - Grant
- Special Events Food Waste Diversion in Pennsylvania and Delaware - Grant
- Toward Zero Waste as a Practical Strategy in the Construction and Demolition Industry - Grant
- Construction and Demolition Debris Reuse and Recycling in Puerto Rico - Contract
- New York State's Recycling Markets Database - Contract
- XRF Screening of Packaging Components: Inks & Colorants - Grant
- An Assessment of Heavy Metals in Packaging: A Focus on Flexible PVC from Discount Retail Chain Stores - Grant
2011
- Green Hotels in Vermont - Grant
- State Electronics Challenge – EPA Region 8 - Grant
- Vermont Business Materials Exchange - Contract
- School Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Composting - Grant
- Laboratory Round Robin Test Project: Assessing Performance in Measuring Toxics in Packaging - Grant
- National Mandatory Recycling & Disposal Bans document - Contract
2010
- Creating a National Reuse Marketplace for Materials Exchanges - Grant
- Diverting Special Event Food Waste to Commercial Composting - Grant
2009
- Manure Management Education in New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Vermont - Grant
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Project for Rhode Island - Contract
- Recycling Economic Information Study Update - Contract
- Unwanted Medication Collections in Retail Pharmacies - Grant
- Guidance for Individuals and Small Businesses after a Natural Disaster: How to Manage the Waste – A Model Resource - Grant
- Assessment of Heavy Metals in Packaging: 2009 Update - Grant
2008
- Promoting Source Reduction and Increasing the Use of Recycled Materials (EPA Region 3) - Grant
- Promoting Source Reduction and Increasing the Use of Recycled Materials (EPA Region 1) - Grant
- Recycling Makes Sen$e – Town, School, and Business Recycling Project - Grant
2007
- Toxics in Packaging Laws: A Tool to Promote Source Reduction and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing - Grant
- USDA Solid Waste Management Grants - Several
2006
2005
2004
- Assessed Municipal Business Recycling Programs in Massachusetts - Contract
- New England Strategic Outreach and Education Plan for Reuse and Waste Prevention - Grant
- Newspaper Publishers’ Purchasing Commitments - Contract
- Hazardous Waste Guides for Businesses in New Hampshire and Vermont - Grant
- Hazardous Waste Small Business Pilot Collections - Grant
2003
- Nebraska E-Waste Toolkit - Contract
- Pollution Prevention Protocol for Technical Assistance Reciprocity Partnership (TARP) - ECOS Project - Contract
2002
- Beneficial Use Determination Documentation, Massachusetts - Contract
- Evaluation of MA Environmentally Preferable Procurement Program - Contract
- National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative
- Rural Electronics Collection Project - Contract
- Solid Waste Planning, Northampton, MA - Contract
2001
2000
1999
1998
- Recycling Economic Information Project - Contract
- State Review and Demonstration of a Model State Recycling Rate Measurement Methodology - Contract
1997
1996
- Fostering Economic Development Through Recycling - Grant
- Market Opportunity Forums - Grant
- Reports on Financial Transactions Supporting Recycling Businesses - Grant
1991
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