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Casella Waste Systems
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NEWS
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Northeast
Newspaper Publishers' Agreement - Progress Report Calendar 2005 – Best Year
Yet!
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Cynthia Greene Honored as
“Friend of NERC”
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The “Voice of NERC” Moves
on
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Minutes from NERC’s Board
of Directors Fall Meeting now Posted
STATE
UPDATES
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Update on Maine’s New Recycling Campaign
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R.I. Resource
Recovery Corporation Appoints New Leadership
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Update on the
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Vehicle Service and Repair
Workshops Hosted
NEWS FROM
ADVISORY MEMBERS
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WR3A & Partner Recycling Today Announce E-waste
Conference
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Renewing Sustaining
Member
Renewing Supporting
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WR3A
Thank you one
and all!
It
is through the active participation and support of its Advisory Members that
NERC is able to provide the strength of multi-stakeholder involvement and
problem solving.
To see a listing of Advisory Members and the
benefits of membership, visit the NERC Advisory Membership web
page.
It
is the broad spectrum of interests represented by NERC’s Advisory Members and
Board Members and their willingness to participate that significantly
contributes to the unique and important role that NERC plays in recycling in the
region.
Northeast Newspaper
Publishers' Agreement - Progress Report Calendar 2005 – Best Year
Yet!
Another year of monitoring for
the Northeast Newspaper Publishers' Agreement has
been completed. The data collection was handled by the Newspaper
Association of America (NAA).
The Northeast Newspaper
Publishers' Agreement, which has been in place since the fall of 2001,
establishes a goal increasing usage of recycled content newsprint in the region
and achieving a minimum recycled content of 27%.
To collect the data, NAA asked
its approximately 900 newspapers with various sizes of circulation, including
those who provide data on a regular basis for the newsprint consumption survey,
to provide information for the survey. Nationally, NAA received 122 responses; a
quarter of those responses (31) from the Northeast. This represents a 24% increase in the
number of responses received as compared to last year. There are 12 newspaper publishers that
are signatories to the Newspaper Publishers’ Agreement, and one statewide
newspaper publishers association.
In its survey, NAA asked for
the total metric tons of newsprint used; the metric tons of recycled newsprint
fiber used; and the percentage of recycled fiber in the newsprint. After collecting the data, the statistics
were compiled by NAA's Business Analysis Department and were reviewed internally
as well as externally.
NORTHEAST
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Total Metric Tons
Newsprint Purchased
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Tons Recycled
Newsprint Fiber
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Percent Recycled Fiber
of Total Newsprint
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1997- Baseline
Estimate
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2,375,000
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644,000
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27%
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2001
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1,529,783
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440,790
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28.8%
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2002
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1,339,465
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380,110
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28.4%
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2003
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1,643,212
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403,012
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24.53%
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2004
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2,229,478
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656,189
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29.4%
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2005
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2,062,267
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672,299
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32.6%
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The 7.5% decrease in the amount
of newsprint purchased compared to the 2% increase in the tons with recycled
fiber accounts for the overall increase in recycled fiber content.
There are 13 original
signatories to the Northeast Newspaper Publishers’
Agreement:
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Dow-Jones
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Gannett
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Journal
Register
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Media
News
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New York
Times
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North Jersey Media
Group
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Star
Ledger
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Tribune
In another development, NAA and NERC have decided that
due to the stability of the data reported over the past five years, that
progress reports on the Newspaper Publishers’ Agreement will switch from annual
to biennial. The next report will
be for calendar year 2007.
For more information, please contact Katherene Mason, Vice President Government
Affairs, Newspaper Association of America.
Cynthia Greene Honored as
“Friend of NERC”
At the NERC Spring Conference,
Cynthia Greene, EPA New England, was recognized as a “Friend of NERC.” This prestigious honor has only been
awarded to a handful of elite individuals. While EPA funding
opportunities for recycling have declined in recent years, EPA New England has
continued to be a critical base of support for NERC. That support has been financial,
intellectual, and strategic. And,
Cynthia has been at the core of that support. Her enthusiasm, intelligence, and
creativity have helped to make NERC the vibrant and respected organization that
it is.
Chaille Blais, NERC Office
Manager, has left NERC after 3-1/2 years for a fundraising position at the
We
are delighted to announce that
Minutes from NERC’s Board
of Directors Fall Meeting now Posted
The
minutes from the October Board of Directors meeting are now available at http://www.nerc.org/adobe/Board_of_Directors_Meeting_Minutes_102606.pdf.
STATE
UPDATES
Update on
Maine’s New Recycling Campaign
Professor Nancy
Artz at the
Students offered
constructive suggestions on how to improve the appeal of the proposed approach.
The campaign’s final product will incorporate popular elements of existing
drafts with new ideas offered by the students. Acting as an informal focus
group, Professor Artz’s students gave SPO direct access to information about its
target audience, “sometimes” or “rarely” recyclers, ages 18 -
35.
In addition, two
focus groups of twelve people, in the 25 to 35 age range, each have reviewed the
three campaign platforms that were developed, offering comments and suggestions
on format, quality and impact. Once
the focus group notes and video have been studied, modifications to a selected
platform will be done and a tool kit with various outreach documents and
promotional aids will be developed.
For more information, contact Jetta
Antonakos.
R.I. Resource
Recovery Corporation Appoints New Leadership
The Board of
Commissioners of Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) recently
announced the appointment of Michael J. OConnell as the corporation’s executive
director. OConnell, of
A United
States Navy veteran, OConnell earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science
from the
Dennis aRusso
has been promoted to deputy executive director of RIRRC and will be responsible
for managing the day-to-day operations of the Central Landfill, MRF, on-site
power plant and leachate facility. aRusso, who has been with RIRRC for more than 20 years. He most recently served as RIRRC’s
operations manager.
Update on the
The waste prevention forum,
originally set for February 15th, was cancelled due to the
Valentine’s Day Blizzard – 3’ in
Check out the web site,
which includes the Forum agenda, registration link, and a variety of links to
information on waste prevention.
For more information,
contact Carolyn
Grodinsky.
Vehicle Service and Repair
Workshops Hosted
Staff from the
Environmental Assistance Office (EAO) will be conducting nine workshops around
the state for vehicle service and repair technicians. Workshops will focus
on using the newly revised “Vermont Environmental Guide for Vehicle Service” to
assess compliance with applicable regulations and to make recommendations for
best management practices, including recycling opportunities. Workshops
will be held in April and May; the dates and locations will be posted on the EAO web-site.
For more information,
contact Paul Van
Hollebeke.
WR3A & Partner Recycling Today Announce E-waste
Conference
The World Reuse, Repair, and
Recycling Association (
Robin Ingenthron (WR3A
Board President and Owner of Good Point Recycling) says of the show, "Most of my
company's growth has been from partnering with waste paper companies. This will
be a unique opportunity to addend a conference with clients in the
majority."
The show is also to have an
international flavor, addressing important export issues in the E-scrap
industry. Business executives from
More details can be found
on the conference at http://www.electronicsrecyclingconference.com/.
The Board of Directors of
the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC) is pleased to announce that
Robert J. Bylone, Jr. has accepted the position of Executive Director for the
RMC, located at the Penn State Harrisburg Campus effective March 1, 2007. Most recently, Bob was the Recycling
Program Manager for the RMC. Immediately prior to joining the RMC, Bob was employed in the
Bob also gained experience
in county government, industry, and consulting, serving as the Schuylkill County
Recycling/Environmental Coordinator, Copperhead Chemical Company, as a
project/environmental, health and safety engineer, and at Junkins Engineering as
a project engineer. Bob has
industrial environmental experience in 18 different states and over 20 types of
industry.
Bob holds Masters and
Bachelors degrees in Environmental Engineering from
Since October 2005, when
Bob began at the RMC as Recycling Program Manager, his achievements have been
numerous. Bob has developed
relations with many technical assistance partners; state-wide, domestically, and
internationally. Likewise, Bob has
initiated markets development activity in glass recovery options, food residuals
management, plastics recovery, and tire derived products.
The
