EPA Region 1’s Lean Management System
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Vapor Intrusion Mitigation: Strategies & Lessons Learned for Commercial & Residential Sites
The webinar included the following presentations: Kyle Hoylman, Protect Environmental focused on residential vapor intrusion mitigation strategies & lessons learned Tony McDonald, A-Z Solutions focused on vapor intrusion mitigation strategies at commercial buildings & lesson learned
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 […]
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 […]
