The Northeast Recycling Council’s Fall Conference Focused on Two Days of the Next Frontier of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) held their first in-person conference since the pandemic, and it was a packed event.

Moderator Laura Thompson, Director of Technical Marketing and Sustainable Development for GreenBlue introduced the final set of sessions focused on increasing the supply of post-consumer plastics. Association of Plastic Recyclers, Program Director Megan Byers, covered what the association does and who they are. The core members are plastic processers and recyclers; they are the only organization focusing exclusively on plastics recycling. They do training, advocacy, test methods, communication, hold the Recycling Demand Champions, provide resource development, and developed the APR Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability.

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