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Teaching Practical Strategies for Reducing Wasted Food Through Community Events

https://youtu.be/lTzbpeCCyiI ReCook Cafes, cooking workshops, and similar events are emerging as fun and effective ways to help residents learn about practical strategies for reducing wasted food. They also help to build and strengthen communities. This webinar shared the experiences in New York State and Vermont with planning and holding these kinds of events and the […]

Soil Mixing for Environmental Remediation: An Effective Tool for Challenging Sites

The webinar included the following presentations: Daniel Ruffing, Geo-Solutions, Inc Chris Robb, Geosyntec Consultants Darin Payne, Geo-Solutions, Inc Environmental remediation of recalcitrant compounds, such as chlorinated solvents, can be very challenging, especially in tight lithologies or other geologic situations. Soil mixing is a method of delivering reagents, air, or steam to the subsurface to enhance […]

Vapor Intrusion Assessment: Guidelines, Data Collection Methods, & Advancements

The webinar included the following presentations: Laurent Levy, Jacobs  After briefly introducing vapor intrusion concepts, the presentation provided a review of current guidelines issued by the U.S. states to address assessment of the vapor intrusion pathway with a focus on TCE, PCE, attenuation factors (in residential/commercial settings), petroleum vapor intrusion, and sampling expectations. David Shea, […]

State & Local Laws Mandating Minimum Recycled Content

https://youtu.be/IsZtOH33Mxw Slides: Minimum Recycled Content to Drive Market Development Looking to the Past and Future of Recycled Content at King County, WA NERC and NEWMOA held a webinar on existing state and local laws for minimum recycled content focused on California and King County, Washington. Speakers included: Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director, National Stewardship Action Council; […]

Voluntary Approaches to Minimum Recycled Content

https://youtu.be/Ytn_wxjgez0 Sildes: Driving the Demand for Recycled Content, Steve Alexander Partnerships to Increase PCR Demand to Accelerate the Circular Economy, Sarah Dearman The Action Behind the Recycled Content Committments at Nestle Waters, Pete DePasquale NERC and NEWMOA held a webinar on voluntary initiatives to advance use of recycled content. Increasingly, brands are making commitments to […]

PCBs in Building Products: Implications for Brownfields

The webinar included the following presentations: Steve Zemba, Sanborn Head & Associates  provided an overview of products that might contain PCBs and then discuss PCB exposure that can result from the slow off-gassing from building products. Using case study examples, he discussed the nature of PCBs found in indoor air and implications for health risks. […]

Understanding TSCA for Sites with PCBs

The webinar included the presentation: Kim Tisa, USEPA Region 1 & Dave Sullivan, TRC Companies Understanding TSCA Brochure Series produced by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in 2012 (always double-check with your state and EPA Region for guidance): Working with the Federal and State PCB Regulations on Brownfield Sites: When and What Federal […]

Virtual ReCook Café

Webinar Recording Joint NEWMOA - NERC webinar. Presentations and Supporting Materials: Chef Jim McCarthy's Food Waste Worksheet Chef Jim McCarthy's Food Waste Workshop Recipes Chef Peter Ricardo Food Waste Reduction Recipes Food Waste Reduction Tips from Syracuse University ReCook Cafe Cookbook Zero Waste Food Tips from Abigail Chefs' YouTube Videos Chef Jim McCarthy Chef Peter […]

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 […]