The Business Development team here at RRS is working hard to prepare for a bigger and better 2012.  Just before Thanksgiving, our team got away from the office for a day of thinking “outside of the box”.  We worked to gain a common understanding of the marketplace in which we work.  We identified our strengths and weaknesses as a team and toasted to our progress in 2011. It was a day for looking back at our accomplishments with pride and looking ahead for a year that achieves goals that may have previously been beyond our reach.

As we sat around a large table at Pizza House in downtown Ann Arbor, we took a good look at our point of views for the different service sectors we work within.  We evaluated our services, developed a strategy for maximizing our resource capacity, and noted the improvements we want to see within our team and company as a whole.   As the afternoon progressed, we fell into some creative brainstorming regarding our presence at conferences including our themes, booth design, and handouts.

In the time that has passed since the retreat, we have developed action steps and implementation plans to bring us closer to our goals.  We have met several times to flush out our creative ideas and share our discussions with our larger Communications and Planning Team.

The excitement is spreading!  We look forward to a great 2012 full of sustainable projects, satisfied clients and new opportunities  for our company.

Time to share the love with other Michigan recyclers at the 2011 annual Michigan Recycling Coalition Conference happening this week in East Lansing! This is a special event for RRS and Carton Council alike, as we have been highly involved in Michigan’s recycling programs for many years, and we are long-time supporters of the MRC. Read the whole story…

Wlimington, NC – Southern hospitality was in full swing in Wilmington, North Carolina, as the North Carolina Chapter of the Solid Waste Association of America (SWANA) hosted their fall 2010 conference from Monday, October 18 to Thursday October 21, 2010. Read the whole story…

Ann Arbor, MI— How did you spend your summer? The staff at Resource Recycling Systems can answer that question many ways. There have been vacations, picnics, and baseball games. And of course, there has also been conference participation. Read the whole story…

Boston, MA – Boston is known as the home of the Red Sox, the name sake of cream pie and baked beans, and for the historical site of events during the Revolutionary War like the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere’s ride through the streets.  A city with such a rich history was the perfect place to host the 2010 SWANA WasteCon Conference and Exhibition.

WasteCon ran from Sunday August, 15, 2010 to Tuesday August 17, 2010.  WasteCon is a mega conference for waste and recycling professionals.  This year the conference hosted a long list of technical and educational break-out sessions, exhibit hall and a networking event at Fenway Park.  Read the whole story…

Detroit, MI –After months of traveling to other states for conferences, RRS is pleased to be attending the Michigan Recycling Coalition’s (MRC) annual conference in our own backyard.  The “Recycling Renaissance” conference is being held at the beautiful Renaissance Center in Detroit Sunday May16th thru Wednesday May 19^th.

Conference attendees will have a wide range of activities, plenary sessions and educational sessions from which to choose.  Top activities include a tour of the new Great Lakes Recycling single stream facility in New Boston, Michigan, tour of the Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Facility, Master Business Recycler training, Ford Rouge Plant tour and a good old Detroit Tigers baseball game. 

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Ann Arbor, MI – Boston is going to be hot, hot, hot this August.  Not only will the temperatures be high, but swarms of solid waste and recycling professionals will be making their way to the Boston Convention Center for the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) WasteCon conference.  The 2010 conference will host over 200 education sessions and 600 vendors in a 125,000 square foot exhibit hall.  The air will be sizzling.

RRS is thrilled to have 3 members of our staff speaking at WasteCon this year.  Principals Jim Frey and JD Lindeberg as well as Project Consultant Anna Collinson will be taking to the microphone and podium in three different technical tracks.  JD will be speaking on August 14^th on how carbon offsets enable household organics recovery programs to get off the ground.  Jim will be speaking on August 15^th on enterprise funds and sustainable solid waste management systems.  Anna will be speaking on August 16^th on conversion technologies, recycling and carbon management. 

Look for more information on these speaking sessions as August and WasteCon gets closer.

Iowa Recycling and Solid Waste Conference Attendance

Waterloo, IA—Anna Collinson with Resource Recycling Systems is currently attending and exhibiting at the Iowa Recycling and Solid Waste Management Conference in Waterloo, Iowa. The conference is hosted by the Iowa Recycling Association (IRA) and Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations (ISOSWO) and has about 400 people in attendance. Read the whole story…