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Using Recycled Content in Road & Infrastructure Projects: Glass, Plastic Drainage Pipes, Asphalt, & Crumb Rubber

Increasing the use of recycled content is essential, and road and infrastructure projects are an often overlooked opportunity. This two-day virtual workshop provided an opportunity for participants to learn how to take advantage of glass, plastic drainage pipes, ground asphalt and crumb rubber in construction and help keep this big volume material out of landfills. […]

Using EPA’s Regional Screening Levels Calculator Tool

The webinar included the following presentation: Fredrick Dolislager, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory . The webinar provided an introduction and demonstration of the RSL calculator tool and covered: Background about the RSLs including uses and limitations The hierarchies of toxicity values and chemical parameters and their sources Examples of default runs Demonstration of […]

Requirements on the Import & Export of Plastic Scrap

https://youtu.be/LUSsKElOr58 Download Slides The webinar reported on the new international requirements for exports and imports of plastic recyclables or scrap. In May 2019, 187 countries decided to significantly restrict international trade in plastic scrap and waste to help address the improper disposal of plastic waste and reduce its leakage into the environment. As a result […]

De-packaging & Commercial Composting – An Integrated System for Organics Recycling

Joint NERC and NEWMOA webinar https://youtu.be/UnjslCNDrEM De-packaging is a relatively new player in the commercial anaerobic digestion and composting industry, providing a tool for commercially-generated food waste - such as unsold and damaged food and beverages - to be separated from its packaging. The food is processed in an anaerobic digestor, the packaging is recycled, […]

Strategies for Collecting Residential Food Waste

Joint NERC & NEWMOA Webinar Webinar Recording Composting and anaerobic digestion are great, but first the organics have to be collected. This webinar presented three models for successful collection of food waste from households: Amy Donovan, Franklin County Solid Waste District (MA) , who will focus on transfer station drop-off Bob Spencer, Windham Regional Solid […]

Health Effects of Exposure to PFAS

Note: This webinar was presented for informational purposes. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of each of the NEWMOA-member states and should not be considered an endorsement by NEWMOA or its members. The webinar included the following presentations: Dr. Angela Perez, Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH)  presented an overview of the state of […]

Health Effects of PFAS Mixtures

Note: This webinar was presented for informational purposes. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of each of the NEWMOA-member states and should not be considered an endorsement by NEWMOA or its members. The webinar included the following presentations: Dr. Jennifer Schlezinger, Boston University School of Public Health presented PFOA Induces Liver and Serum Dyslipidemia in a […]

Perspectives on a Class Approach to PFAS

Note: This webinar was presented for informational purposes. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of each of the NEWMOA-member states and should not be considered an endorsement by NEWMOA or its members. The webinar included the following presentations: Dr. David Andrews, Environmental Working Group (EWG)  presented A Case for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class […]

PFAS: A Case Study in Maine – Including Plant Uptake in Corn & Hay

The webinar included the following presentation: Andy Smith and Tom Simones, Maine Department of Health & Human Services  presented about a dairy farm in Maine including: Context – how the farm presented and how this led to work to derive soil screening levels for a soil-to-hay/corn-to-milk-to-child exposure pathway Use of a modified EPA Preliminary Remedial […]

PFAS in Surface Water, Fish, & Shellfish

The webinar was presented for informational purposes. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of each of the NEWMOA-member states and and the strategies and technologies discussed should not be considered an endorsement by NEWMOA or its members. The webinar included the following presentations: Dr. Ronald MacGillivray, Delaware River Basin Commission  presented PFAS in Surface Water & Fish […]

PFAS Uses & Alternatives

The webinar was presented for informational purposes. The views expressed do not necesssaily reflect those of each of the NEWMOA-member states and and the strategies and technologies discussed should not be considered an endorsement by NEWMOA or its members. The webinar included the following presentations: Liz Harriman, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute  presented PFAS: Avoiding Regrettable Substitutes. PFAS […]

PFAS: Aqueous Film Forming Foams (AFFF) & Alternatives

The webinar was presented for informational purposes. The views expressed do not necesssaily reflect those of each of the NEWMOA-member states and and the strategies and technologies discussed should not be considered an endorsement by NEWMOA or its members. The webinar included the following presentations: Dr. Raj Singh, Clarkson University presented What is Really in […]