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Subject: [NCRA] ZWW RU Late Fee Starts Tuesday 3/11
Interested In Learning More About High Diversion and Zero Waste?
In honor of International Zero Waste Week (ZWW), this March the Northern California Recycling Association and its partners
are offering a comprehensive line up of Bay Area presentations, tours and training. Please check them out!
Register now or RU19! The $25 late fee starting Tuesday, March 11!
NCRA Zero Waste Week 2014
Climate Change Expedition, Alameda, Saturday, March 15
Zero Waste Youth Convergence, SF, Sunday, March 16
Sorters Tour, Monday, March 17
Recycling Update, Berkeley, Tuesday, March 18, Speakers attached…
Intro to Zero Waste Training, GRRN, Wednesday, March 19
Intro to Recycling Class, SF, Monday - Wednesday, March 24-26
Save by registering before March 11. In most cases NCRA members receive additional discounts! Join or renew today!
Zero Waste Youth Convergence #2 (ZWYC), San Francisco City College - Mission Campus, Sunday, March 16. 9am-5pm. Organized by youth for youth, ZWYC is a day of inspiration and action. Inspired by young leaders in Brazil, Sweden and the Philippines who organized Zero Waste Youth meetings to collaborate and promote the concept of Zero Waste in the next generation. Zero Waste Youth USA is a new chapter of this larger international organization and is sponsored by the Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA) and the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN). Register here and visit ZWYC on FaceBook!
Recycling Update #19 (RU), Freight & Salvage Auditorium, Berkeley, Tuesday, March 18, 8am-5pm. Since 1996 RU has provided innovative and practical solutions for reducing waste and moving communities toward high diversion and Zero Waste. Rated by some to be the best one day conference in the country, many attendees come back year after year. Called conference "speed dating" or "the lightening round", all 25+ presentations are 10 minute highlights followed by Q&A. Confirmed speakers can be found on the RU 19 webpage. Register here.
Cutting-edge Tours, Monday March 17, 9am-5pm. The Sorters Tour will visit Shoreway Environmental Center and El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, while the Techies Tour (now full) will visit Newby Island Recyclery and Zanker Materials Processing Facility. Itineraries are on the RU 19 Tours Page. Register here.
The Climate Change Expedition will be held Saturday, March 15, 8:30am-6pm. Developed by Miss Alameda says Compost in partnership with Bay Area Green Tours, this presentation series/tour will start at Alameda’s South Shore Center. Owned by Jamestown Properties - 80 properties and 25 million acres, South Shore Shopping Center is a corporate leader in sustainability and waste management.
The Expedition will be filmed. Starting and ending at Alameda’s South Shore Center, the day will be a mix of film screenings, walking tours, bus tours and presentations. First in the lineup is Part 1 of the Resilience documentary followed by “Trashed” with Jeremy Irons. www.trashedfilm.com. Next is a walking tour of South Shore Center’s Diversion Program including before and after details, and future plans. Participants will then receive a 4-hour guided tour by Bay Area Green Tours to see how infrastructure can support the cultural and social behaviors needed to solve our global crisis. Stops include the City of El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, Berkeley Transfer Station and Urban Ore. On return to South Shore Center an in-depth panel discussion will be held on zero waste and climate change. The optional finale will be a mini tour of Trabocco Restaurant’s diversion program and a delicious Italian meal. To register and assess schedule details click here or http://resilienceclimatechangeexpedition.bpt.me/. To view full itinerary go to http://ncrarecycles.org/NZWWTours2014.
NCRA’s popular Introduction to Recycling Class (ITR), San Francisco. Monday March 24 – Wednesday March 16. A great background for a career in the field, this 3-day class introduces trade terms, history, law, practice, current issues and many of the technical problems facing the recycling industry. Taught by longtime Zero-Waster and Materials Doctor Arthur Boone, most of the day will be spent listening to guest speakers and completing exercises designed to enhance the basic concepts in the field. ITR is so informative that attendees have even included those who have been in the field for years. Register here.
In conjunction with NCRA ZWW, the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) will be offering its popular Introduction to Zero Waste Class in downtown San Francisco on the Wednesday, March 20. Taught by GRRN’s Rick Anthony and Portia Sinnott, the workshop will demonstrate how Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business sustainability plans, help contribute to reducing greenhouse gases and global cooling, and help create jobs! In addition to interactive lectures, participants will review sample Zero Waste Community plans and discuss different approaches communities have taken. Completion certificates will be issued for those that complete the class and pass the test. Register here.
RU News Flashes
Registrations Discounts - For the first time, we are proud to announce a RU discount rate - for students, interns and those in between full time work. If you would like to apply, please visit the Registration page for details and then email recycli...@yahoo.com ASAP. Include your reason for the request and some sort of online identification (LinkedIn profile, staff directory, etc.)
Jobs Seeker Corner - New this year will be a Jobs Seeker Corner during breaks, where representatives from different sectors of the industry will be accepting resumes on the spot. Join us for this outstanding opportunity to network, learn about the latest technological advances and what policies are working in other municipalities that could help you out as well. Update your resume and bring it along to help you find your next gig.
Register Now for RU19! $25 late fee starting March 11!
Carpool and/or take BART. Parking is limited and can be expensive. At ZWYC and RU Zero Waste continental breakfasts, lunches and refreshments will be provided; ASL Interpreters will be on hand as well. Scholarships and volunteer opportunities available. Read the registration pages and then contact nc...@ncrarecycles.org ASAP!
Please help spread the word to friends and associates! Everyone is welcome - discard management and recycling professionals, advocates and interested members of the public as well as local, regional, state and national elected officials and policy-makers and members of the media covering Sustainability, Zero Waste, Reuse, Recycling, Composting and EPR.
Visit NCRA’s RU 19 and ITR pages for more details. Questions can be sent to nc...@ncrarecycles.org.
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In honor of International Zero Waste Week (ZWW), this March the Northern California Recycling Association and its partners
are offering a comprehensive line up of Bay Area presentations, tours and training. Please check them out!
Register now or RU19! The $25 late fee starting Tuesday, March 11!
NCRA Zero Waste Week 2014
Climate Change Expedition, Alameda, Saturday, March 15
Zero Waste Youth Convergence, SF, Sunday, March 16
Sorters Tour, Monday, March 17
Recycling Update, Berkeley, Tuesday, March 18, Speakers attached…
Intro to Zero Waste Training, GRRN, Wednesday, March 19
Intro to Recycling Class, SF, Monday - Wednesday, March 24-26
Save by registering before March 11. In most cases NCRA members receive additional discounts! Join or renew today!
Zero Waste Youth Convergence #2 (ZWYC), San Francisco City College - Mission Campus, Sunday, March 16. 9am-5pm. Organized by youth for youth, ZWYC is a day of inspiration and action. Inspired by young leaders in Brazil, Sweden and the Philippines who organized Zero Waste Youth meetings to collaborate and promote the concept of Zero Waste in the next generation. Zero Waste Youth USA is a new chapter of this larger international organization and is sponsored by the Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA) and the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN). Register here and visit ZWYC on FaceBook!
Recycling Update #19 (RU), Freight & Salvage Auditorium, Berkeley, Tuesday, March 18, 8am-5pm. Since 1996 RU has provided innovative and practical solutions for reducing waste and moving communities toward high diversion and Zero Waste. Rated by some to be the best one day conference in the country, many attendees come back year after year. Called conference "speed dating" or "the lightening round", all 25+ presentations are 10 minute highlights followed by Q&A. Confirmed speakers can be found on the RU 19 webpage. Register here.
Cutting-edge Tours, Monday March 17, 9am-5pm. The Sorters Tour will visit Shoreway Environmental Center and El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, while the Techies Tour (now full) will visit Newby Island Recyclery and Zanker Materials Processing Facility. Itineraries are on the RU 19 Tours Page. Register here.
The Climate Change Expedition will be held Saturday, March 15, 8:30am-6pm. Developed by Miss Alameda says Compost in partnership with Bay Area Green Tours, this presentation series/tour will start at Alameda’s South Shore Center. Owned by Jamestown Properties - 80 properties and 25 million acres, South Shore Shopping Center is a corporate leader in sustainability and waste management.
The Expedition will be filmed. Starting and ending at Alameda’s South Shore Center, the day will be a mix of film screenings, walking tours, bus tours and presentations. First in the lineup is Part 1 of the Resilience documentary followed by “Trashed” with Jeremy Irons. www.trashedfilm.com. Next is a walking tour of South Shore Center’s Diversion Program including before and after details, and future plans. Participants will then receive a 4-hour guided tour by Bay Area Green Tours to see how infrastructure can support the cultural and social behaviors needed to solve our global crisis. Stops include the City of El Cerrito Recycling and Environmental Resource Center, Berkeley Transfer Station and Urban Ore. On return to South Shore Center an in-depth panel discussion will be held on zero waste and climate change. The optional finale will be a mini tour of Trabocco Restaurant’s diversion program and a delicious Italian meal. To register and assess schedule details click here or http://resilienceclimatechangeexpedition.bpt.me/. To view full itinerary go to http://ncrarecycles.org/NZWWTours2014.
NCRA’s popular Introduction to Recycling Class (ITR), San Francisco. Monday March 24 – Wednesday March 16. A great background for a career in the field, this 3-day class introduces trade terms, history, law, practice, current issues and many of the technical problems facing the recycling industry. Taught by longtime Zero-Waster and Materials Doctor Arthur Boone, most of the day will be spent listening to guest speakers and completing exercises designed to enhance the basic concepts in the field. ITR is so informative that attendees have even included those who have been in the field for years. Register here.
In conjunction with NCRA ZWW, the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN) will be offering its popular Introduction to Zero Waste Class in downtown San Francisco on the Wednesday, March 20. Taught by GRRN’s Rick Anthony and Portia Sinnott, the workshop will demonstrate how Zero Waste can be a key part of community and business sustainability plans, help contribute to reducing greenhouse gases and global cooling, and help create jobs! In addition to interactive lectures, participants will review sample Zero Waste Community plans and discuss different approaches communities have taken. Completion certificates will be issued for those that complete the class and pass the test. Register here.
RU News Flashes
Registrations Discounts - For the first time, we are proud to announce a RU discount rate - for students, interns and those in between full time work. If you would like to apply, please visit the Registration page for details and then email recycli...@yahoo.com ASAP. Include your reason for the request and some sort of online identification (LinkedIn profile, staff directory, etc.)
Jobs Seeker Corner - New this year will be a Jobs Seeker Corner during breaks, where representatives from different sectors of the industry will be accepting resumes on the spot. Join us for this outstanding opportunity to network, learn about the latest technological advances and what policies are working in other municipalities that could help you out as well. Update your resume and bring it along to help you find your next gig.
Register Now for RU19! $25 late fee starting March 11!
Carpool and/or take BART. Parking is limited and can be expensive. At ZWYC and RU Zero Waste continental breakfasts, lunches and refreshments will be provided; ASL Interpreters will be on hand as well. Scholarships and volunteer opportunities available. Read the registration pages and then contact nc...@ncrarecycles.org ASAP!
Please help spread the word to friends and associates! Everyone is welcome - discard management and recycling professionals, advocates and interested members of the public as well as local, regional, state and national elected officials and policy-makers and members of the media covering Sustainability, Zero Waste, Reuse, Recycling, Composting and EPR.
Visit NCRA’s RU 19 and ITR pages for more details. Questions can be sent to nc...@ncrarecycles.org.
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