By Laura McKaughan
Hello all and happy summer! NCRA is pleased that during what is normally a slower time for us we are staying busy with lots of activities. First of all, thanks to all those who joined us for NCRA’s networking mixer on June 22 at San Francisco’s Hotel Zetta in their hip “Salvage and Rescue” Lounge. We had over 20 participants join us for drinks provided by NCRA and a premiere Bay Area networking opportunity. We are making plans to have our next mixer in San Jose in September so please keep an eye out for that. Thanks to all those who attended!
We’ve also been lining up a lot of great tours for our membership and greater community alike! On June 15, NCRA convened a tour of the West Contra Costa Organics Materials Processing facility in Richmond. This facility recently installed a Covered Aerated Static Pile (CASP) composting system, which utilizes forced air instead of mechanical turning to aerate the piles. And on July 13, NCRA coordinated a tour of Recology San Francisco’s Pier 96. Recology recently invested $12 million to update their sorting facility infrastructure in order to make it state-of-the-art again and help the city get to Zero Waste by 2020. This tour sold out in only 1 day so stayed tuned for future organized tours of this popular facility. Lastly, save the date for Saturday October 14, when NCRA is coordinating a recycling tour via bikes of West Oakland infrastructure and history. More details to come on this soon. Mark your calendars and come out and join the fun!
Look for NCRA and the NCRA Players at the CRRA Conference, held at Paradise Point in San Diego, August 20-23. Join other statewide recycling professionals at CRRA’s 41st annual conference and tradeshow and look out for the NCRA Players on Tuesday night of the conference when we will present, “The Rind of Ancyent Marinere.” I’m prohibited from providing any more details at this time but rest assured that this year’s performance will be the “best show ever!”
Last but not least NCRA’s annual Member Appreciation Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, September 23, 2017 from 12-4pm at Lake Temescal Park in Oakland. Games, food, sun and fun promise to ensue and the event is free to members. As always non-members are welcome with a $5 suggested donation to cover costs. More details will be posted in the newsletter and on the website soon so please save the date!