{"id":10511,"date":"2016-05-25T12:05:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=10511"},"modified":"2016-06-17T12:53:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T16:53:46","slug":"epa-and-the-recycling-partnership-team-up-to-capture-the-state-of-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/epa-and-the-recycling-partnership-team-up-to-capture-the-state-of-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA and The Recycling Partnership Team Up to Capture the State of Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"
The EPA and national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership are joining forces to focus on the state of curbside recycling in the U.S. To accomplish this expansive task, The Partnership will take a hard look at 400 curbside programs, gathering and analyzing 17 distinct markers for each. Work has already begun, with early results expected in September 2016 and final analysis slated for October 2016. \u201cThe breadth and depth of data this project will produce, coupled with the meaningful analysis of trends and potential areas of improvement, will allow the EPA to more effectively support communities through their transitions to sustainable materials management,\u201d said Alan Farmer, EPA Region 4 Division Director. \u201cThe potential for positive impact cannot be overstated, and our collaboration with The Recycling Partnership is shaping up to be fruitful indeed.\u201d The EPA and national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership are joining forces to focus on the state of curbside recycling in the U.S. To accomplish this expansive task, The Partnership will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1775,"featured_media":9886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
The research will capture the national picture, with a special focus given to communities within EPA regions 3, 4, and 5. Select communities will include the most populated cities in each state, along with a number of other smaller communities to round out the geographic distribution. \u201cThe secondary material stream begins with local programs, and there is a great deal of untapped potential there,\u201d said Cody Marshall, The Partnership\u2019s Technical Assistance Lead. \u201cLooking at snapshots of programs across the country will allow us to cross-reference best practices and pinpoint opportunities to increase recovery. Those insights will in turn allow national and federal organizations to create targeted action plans.\u201d
The Partnership will catalog information on 39 categories of recyclable materials, along with collection frequencies, tonnages, funding mechanisms, service providers, and a host of other details. It will analyze this data for trends and gaps in curbside recycling infrastructure, and ultimately deliver a graphically rich summary report along with the full database. To add context and local color to the report, it will include highlight stories from a number of the communities involved. These stories will share insights into the current status of local recycling and forecast the potential to increase tonnage. \u201cWe like to say that recycling is a loosely connected, highly dependent industry, and it will take meaningful engagement of all players to make the most of the system,\u201d advised Karen Bandhauer, The Partnership\u2019s Project Director. \u201cIt takes strong partnerships to deliver the tons needed to make tomorrow\u2019s new consumer goods, and this initial engagement with the EPA fits the bill.\u201d
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<\/b>For more information, visit www.epa.gov<\/a>.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"