Steamboat Springs, CO – Welcome to Ski Town, U.S.A.!  The City of Steamboat Springs Colorado , known for world class skiing, graciously hosted the 21^st Summit for Recycling held by the Colorado Association of Recyclers from June 6^th through June 8th.

The Colorado Association for Recycling just hosted their 21^st conference and is the leading independent, non-profit organization helping to promote and encourage recycling in all sectors.  The focus of this year’s conference focused on new key issues like electronics recycling, product stewardship and zero waste.

The Summit offered recycling professionals in Colorado an opportunity to network, attend breakout sessions, and mingle with vendors in the exhibit hall.  Amongst the exhibitors the Carton Council and Resource Recycling Systems combined their efforts at this year’s event to spread the word on recycling aseptic packaging.

In addition to working at the Carton Council/RRS booth, Aaron Burman and Jim Frey  both had the opportunity to present during breakout sessions.  Aaron, RRS Project Engineer, spoke on “Using Waste Composition Studies as a Tool for Expanding Your Recycling Program”.Jim, RRS’s CEO,  participated in a panel discussion on “Community Recycling: Single Stream Collection Systems and Education”.  Jim spoke specifically on implementing single stream recycling in rural areas.

For more information, contact the Colorado Association of Recyclers at http://www.cafr.org.

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