NCRA :: Northern California Recycling Association

Introduction to Recycling: All the Basics: Terms, Concepts, Equipment, and Resources (Three Day Course) -

Please stay tuned for the next session dates.
at Town Center Plaza, 11740 Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Independent Learning
Registrants will be advised to consult the book, "Introduction to Recycling" which is posted below. The majority of the presenters will be NCRA members working in the recycling field. Most of the classroom day will be spent listening to guest speakers and completing exercises designed to enhance the basic concepts in the field.

Instructors
Under the general leadership of Arthur Boone, NCRA’s Educational Chairperson, a series of recycling industry leaders will address specific topics. Speakers to be announced.

The rapid growth of the recycling industry (550% since 1989; CIWMB estimate) means that experienced recyclers continually need to share their knowledge with newcomers so that they may move forward into responsible positions. Sometimes our own work is moving forward so fast that we may lack the time or the skills to provide needed training to newcomers. Thus, NCRA offers this course to help train people who would like a quick overview of recycling by presenting an inexpensive three-day course at a convenient location.

NCRA has been conducting this class in the San Francisco Bay Area and in an abbreviated fashion at CRRA conferences for eleven years. NCRA now offers this class in Los Angeles, too. The cost is very low to encourage attendance. We hope you will send appropriate staff. Enrollment is limited to 30 students.Register Online Now!

WHO Should Attend?
The course is designed for newcomers to the recycling field and is an ideal
orientation for many individuals such as: entry-level program assistants, interns, professionals from other fields, members of local advisory committees, city council members and staff, members of the board of supervisors, activists, solid waste handlers, recycling facility employees, commercial and industrial facility recycling program managers and staff.

Cancellation Policy
A full refund, minus $10 nonrefundable processing fee, is available for cancellations made 48 hours prior to the first class. Sorry, but no discounts are available for attending only part of the class.

CURRICULUM:

Key Terms in Recycling
• Introductory Survey: What do you
currently know about recycling
• Basic Terms: Three Rs, The IWM Hierarchy, and To Discard or to Dispose.

Basic Concepts in Recycling
• How the materials cycle got broken
• How we recognized our shortcomings
• Conceptualizing the future: hierarchy
• The failure of recycling’s competitors: landfills and incinerators
• Market share of competing ventures—how fast things change
• What’s available for recycling: 12 categories
• How recycling works: drop-off, buyback, curbside
• Processing mixed materials vs. source-separated recycling
• The five types of material sorting/processing facilities
• Encouraging source separation-type recycling: the four policy options
• Five meanings of source reduction
• Three levels/types of recycling
• Market development and recycled product procurement
• Forming new ventures: the six areas of activity
• Recycling’s role in climate c hange

Know Your Materials
• Hands-on demonstrations of basic market grades of materials: metal, glass, paper, plastic, wood, etc.

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