Scrapp
Sophie Leone • August 21, 2023
We are pleased to welcome Scrapp as an advisory member of NERC
Scrapp is a waste technology and data platform on a mission to simplify waste management infrastructure by enabling brands, municipalities, packagers & consumers to speak one common language through accessible technology & data analytics. Scrapp has 3 main technological solutions:
- The Scrapp Separation Station empowers organizations to recycle right, by scanning the barcode of a product or by searching from a personalized recycling wiki. The Separation Station turns any recycling bin into a smart bin, requiring zero retrofits. This allows businesses to engage employees around low-waste initiatives, while raising money for charities of their choice or educating on the topic of sustainability.
- The mobile app for consumers provides real-time product and location-specific recycling guidance by scanning the GTIN/UPC barcode on products. The Scrapp mobile app automatically updates recycling guidance based on the user’s location to show you whether or not something is recyclable in their area. This app is free to download but has paid feature upgrades which are showcased in Scrapp’s municipality programs.
- Recycling Management for Municipalities: With a simple dashboard and built-in gamification, communities are able to digitize their recycling programs and engage residents on the benefits of recycling while raising money for local charities. With this program, they can customize the app specific to their needs and generate data insights to understand aspects of their solid waste programs, such as contamination and engagement rates.
Scrapp offers a variety of services both free and paid to help people create engaging solid waste & recycling programs. They are on a mission to educate and empower a global community toward a circular future. Scrapp provides recycling & composting guidance for the entirety of the USA, Canada, and UK - covering 400 million people.
NERC welcomes Scrapp as a new Advisory Member. The company’s technology helps differentiate regulations according to region, thereby reducing the likelihood of contamination and incentivizing higher quality post-recycling materials.
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A recent case study from the Northeast Recycling Council offers insights on transitioning packaging materials, gleaned from a regional Coca-Cola bottler that switched from green PET to clear for several of its products. The case study, part of NERC’s Guide to Increasing Recycling Supply , explores the process experienced by Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast. The local bottler sells drinks from Coke, Keurig Dr Pepper, Fairlife milk and others in New England and upstate New York. Coca-Cola North America announced in August 2022 it was switching to clear PET packaging for its Sprite, Fresca and Mello Yello drinks. Like other beverage brands, Coca-Cola sells concentrates and syrups to its nearly 70 bottling partners in North America for manufacture, packaging and distribution, but does not own or operate most local bottling companies, according to its website. The primary objective of the switch was to improve the quality of post-consumer PET bales by reducing color contamination, which in turn would improve bottle recyclability and increase the efficiency of plastic reprocessing, the report said. The company did not publish any formal goals, but the move aimed to help increase supply of PCR suitable for use in food-grade applications, according to NERC. Although the study acknowledges that Coca-Cola’s initiative was voluntary as part of its internal sustainability strategy, the lessons learned can be useful for other companies considering making changes. Read the full article here.
The Brattleboro, Vermont-based Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) has adopted a policy position on chemical recycling that was developed by a subcommittee of its Chemical Recycling Committee. NERC, whose members are drawn from 11 northeastern states, says the purpose of the policy statement is to articulate guiding principles for environmentally responsible chemical recycling of plastics, which it notes also is referred to as molecular or advanced recycling. NERC's Chemical Recycling Committee was established to better understand these processes and their environmental impacts to make informed policy decisions. In line with its mission of moving toward a more circular and sustainable economy, NERC says mechanical recycling currently is the preferred method of plastic waste processing, as it creates fewer environmental impacts than other currently available chemical recycling processes. View the full article here.
The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) published its Chemical Recycling Policy Position on May 30, 2025. The purpose of the policy statement is to articulate guiding principles for environmentally responsible chemical recycling of plastics. NERC supports the conservation of natural resources, waste minimization, and recognizes the role of recycling in reaching these goals. Plastic is a prevalent material for packaging and other products due to its material properties. Producing virgin plastic from fossil fuels is an extractive process with negative environmental and social impacts. Therefore, NERC supports reduction, reuse, and recycling processes that displace virgin production in plastics where environmentally preferable. You can view the policy statement here: https://www.nerc.org/chemical-recycling . View the full article here.
