MRN Webinar Archive

Catalyzing Community Good through Building Material Reuse

October 17, 2024

In this webinar, Tom Patzkowski, Director of Donations at Community Forklift, shares the social, economic, and environmental justice impacts of providing equitable access to reusable materials for households with limited resources and community organizations serving the greater good.

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Effective Options for Battery Collection & Recycling

September 26, 2024

In this Maryland Recycling Network webinar, Mark Steadman, Regional Program Manager for Call2Recycle, walks us through the daunting journey from New Battery to Hazardous Waste. Along the way, he details steps you can employ in your recycling programs to ensure safe collection and recycling of the growing flood of nickel, alkaline, lithium and lead batteries finding their way into every facet of our homes and businesses.

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Myths and Facts Surrounding Textile Recycling

July 25, 2024

In this webinar, Helpsy Chief of Staff Lisa Sciannella sets the record straight on the problem that is textile waste. She dispelled common misconceptions about used clothing and showcased solutions in action Helpsy has developed in partnerships with several counties to continue to divert textiles from Maryland's waste stream.

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Markets Madness: Materials Stats, Trends and Economic Analysis

May 15, 2024

On May 15, Chaz Miller, renowned sage of recycling and CEO of Chaz Miller Associates and Dr. Daraius Irani, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research and Chief Economist, Regional Economic Studies Institute at Towson University shared the latest recycling markets stats, trends and economic analysis for our region.

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Research and Insights into Recycling Behavior Inside the Home

April 25, 2024

Recycling is a complex reverse supply chain that begins in the household, but there is limited visibility into what actually happens in the home behind closed doors. While we know approximately half of all household recyclables never make it to a materials recycling facility, we don’t know exactly why. We certainly have ideas of what the challenges might be, but what could we be missing?

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Looking for Labor? Find the Talent You Need in Maryland

October 25, 2023

Finding the right people to fill the jobs you have can be a challenge. Did you know there are programs in place to help you? In this webinar, you’ll hear from four local agencies and organizations that can connect you with the talent needed to get the job done.

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Recycled Glass: Trash or Treasure

July 25, 2023

Being both expensive to ship and of relatively low value compared to aluminum for example, glass has been a difficult material for recycling programs to manage. On Tuesday, July 25, we gathered to get the scoop on some options that may work for your locality.

Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash

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The Fourth R: Upstream and Don’t Waste Durham

April 28, 2023

Crystal Dreisbach wowed the audience at our 2022 conference with the story behind Don’t Waste Durham. We invited Crystal back to tell us more about the programs and how they are going. We also invited Upstream’s Community Engagement Officer, Macy Zander to give us an overview their re-use initiatives and results throughout the U.S.

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Reuse Options in Maryland

March 30, 2023

We wanted to take a look at the other 2 Rs so we invited representatives from a number of Maryland-based organizations focused on reuse and asked them to share what they’re doing to give used items a new life and how you can help your citizens clean up their attic, garage, self-storage units, etc. all without a trip to the landfill.

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Recycling Markets Update

February 23, 2023

Listen in as Melissa Filiaggi, Division Chief, Operations for the Maryland Environmental Service brought us up-to-date on regional markets trends, how we can make the most of current markets and share opportunities these trends might offer in the future.

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EPA National Recycling Strategy: Funds for Education, Outreach and Markets Development

January 26, 2023

Listen in as Mya Sjogren and Lawrence Doppelt from EPA share details of the agency’s ambitious National Recycling Strategy which includes grants to states, municipalities and others to drive consumer education and outreach, and help underwrite solid waste and recycling infrastructure.

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Words Matter - Effective Communications that Constrain Contamination

October 27, 2022

In this webinar, Keysha Burton of The Recycling Partnership shows us how the right communications strategy can increase participation while decreasing contamination by moving people from just wanting to recycle to recycling right.

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