Our team had a great time in Tennessee at the Tennessee Recycling Coalition’s annual conference even though our exhibit booth did not get delivered until the last day of the conference. But we are a creative bunch and when the shipping world gives you lemons, we are able make lemonade. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to check out our ‘naked’ booth, we enjoyed talking with you. As always, great job TRC – look forward to next year!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Celebrations for Saint Valentine’s Day can be traced back to the Roman Empire during the reign of Claudius II, 270 A.D. Legend has it that Claudius believed single men made better soldiers so he prohibited men from marrying during wartime. A Bishop named Valentine, however, continued to secretly marry people until he was caught and jailed. Before his scheduled execution on February 14th, he wrote a love note to his sweetheart and signed it “From your Valentine.” Read the whole story…
It’s the time of year when boxes of chocolate, pink candy hearts, and red roses dominate the stores and shopping malls. While it’s a great reason for friends and family to send love notes reminding us how much we are loved, the RRS and Carton Council team aren’t taking any time off from recycling on Valentine’s Day – in fact, we are celebrating at a conference dedicated to it! Read the whole story…
Our RRS and Carton Council team had a great time at the SWANA Road to Zero Waste conference in Austin, Texas. Here are a couple pictures from our trip.
February marks the official kick off to the Carton Council conference season, and we are pleased to announce our first trip to the SWANA “Road to Zero Waste” technical conference in Austin, TX. The three-day event will feature “a variety of zero waste experts and case studies as well as the latest information on zero waste initiatives” as well as practical advice for communities to utilize these concepts. If there’s one thing we know about any SWANA conference, there is sure to be an abundance of new ideas, fresh faces, and plenty of networking during the event. Read the whole story…
Our client, the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), is the national trade association representing companies who acquire, reprocess and sell the output of more than 94 percent of the post‐consumer plastic processing capacity in North America. In association with the Closure and Container Manufacturers Association, we are printing their joint press release regarding their new “Caps On” program. We look forward to promoting this program with APR.
Washington, DC – The Closure and Container Manufacturers Association (CCMA) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) have partnered to increase the recycling rates of plastic closures. The new program, titled “Caps On” encourages communities to ask its residents to include caps on plastic bottles at time of recycling. In addition to developing educational resources, the groups are working with Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) and recycling haulers to ask for their partnership and support. Read the whole story…
Resource Recycling Systems is taking the year of 2012 to highlight all of our service sectors and showcase relevant projects, clients, and trends in each area. In correlation with our conference schedule, we focused January on organics management and biomass energy, but as the month comes to a close, we are shifting February’s focus to our business roots in residential recycling. Read the whole story…
