Jim Frey, one of the founders of Resource Recycling Systems and current CEO, has devoted the last 30 years to resource management and waste reduction. His expertise in strategic planning, business economics and public policy has supported and propelled hundreds of public and private sector agencies over the years.  As a well known expert and activist in the sustainability field, Jim continues to lead the “green” movement.  Currently he is focused on the development of green supply chain infrastructure in both the public and private sectors through corporate sustainability initiatives, zero waste strategies and public/private partnerships.

I sat down with Jim on December 15^th to discuss some of the reasons why Jim entered this field and add some fun tidbits about his personality/life that he wanted to pass along.  Below are some snippets from our conversation. Read the whole story…

Recently Kirk Heinze, host of WJR’s Greening of the Great Lakes program, spoke with Resource Recycling Systems’ Jim Frey about the importance of reaching out as a resource to help our major institutions fuse green practices into their every day operations.  Please click here here for the article and interview.

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…

RRS joins a long list of waste/recycling professionals as well as country music stars in Nashville, Tennessee today at the Residential Recycling Conference (RRC) kicks off at the famous Opryland Resort. RRS as well as the Carton Council is excited to attend this event as the professionals attending and exhibiting have grown exponentially – especially as this conference is only in its second year.

The 2011 conference will run from March 29 to 31, and is expecting over 2,000 attendees this year. Carton Council representatives Jeff Fielkow and Victor Storelli will join RRS’s own Jim Frey (CEO) and Tina Colatruglio at this year’s event Carton Council is honored to be sponsoring the networking lunch on Wednesday, March 30.  During this networking lunch, all conference attendees have the chance to win a Carton Council gift bag filled with wines and juices in aseptic packaging. Read the whole story…

Attendees of this year’s Southeast Recycling Conference & Tradeshow get a two for one deal, instead of just one RRS team member, they get two!  Both Marty Seaman and Jim Frey are presenting at the Southeast Recycling Conference and Trade Show (SERC) in Destin, Florida. Marty will be discussing the value of a sustainable operation in his talk A Summary of Effective Sustainable Policies and Practices.  Jim has the pleasure of presenting on the topic of municipal money management, in Growing the Business of Your Municipal Solid Waste Program.

In addition to the speaker spotlight, Marty and Jim will be available for questions and conversation regarding both RRS and the Carton Council at Booth #24 throughout the conference, beginning on March 6.  Interested in carton recycling, waste management solutions, recycling program development or sustainable operations?  They will cover it all! Read the whole story…

Resource Recycling Systems’ CEO, Jim Frey, took a break from the Michigan snow this week.  Just arriving back from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) conference in Los Angeles, California, Jim talked with many west coast professionals about best practices in zero waste initiatives.

The conference, taking place on February 16 and 17, was SWANA’s “Thinking Outside the Blue Box:  The Road to Zero Waste.”  The conference hosted six technical sessions covering a variety of topics helping communities start the journey to achieving zero waste.     Read the whole story…

San Antonio, TX — The 18^th century found Spanish missionaries coming to the banks of the San Antonio River to convert the native population to Catholicism. Five missions were created as part of this movement including arguably the most famous, the Alamo.  On October 25^th, a different group of people will visit San Antonio in hopes of spreading the word on a new mission; recycling and sustainability. 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…

Ann Arbor, MI – After an exciting Super Bowl game last Sunday, CBS aired a new show called Undercover Boss.  Just as most of us at RRS were excited to see the Audi Green Police commercial, we were equally intrigued to see a behind scenes look at Waste Management, a company in which we cross paths with often.  The overall premise of the show included valuable insight into the Waste Management company as Larry O’Donnell (President and COO) worked alongside his front line employees as he sorted recyclable materials at a Material Recovery Facility (MRF), rode in a curbside collection truck, collected litter at a landfill site, cleaned porta-potties and helped operate a landfill scale house.  As many of us watched this episode, we could all relate with how many times upper management hasn’t understood the concerns, frustrations and hurdles the average employee has as they traverse to get their job done on a daily basis. Read the whole story…