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NCRA is an association of recycling businesses, community groups, municipalities and individuals committed to promoting, expanding, and institutionalizing Recycling and Zero Waste. Founded in 1978, we formally organized as a 501c6 nonprofit trade organization in the early 1990s. The majority of our 500 members are located in Northern California. Boat rockers, we are active locally, regionally, state-wide and nationally depending on what needs to be done.
NCRA promotes waste reduction, reuse, salvaging, recycling, and composting as vital tools for resource and energy conservation, and as cost-effective, environmentally sound methods of disposing of discarded materials.
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Eli Forrester
Hi! I’m Eli Forrester, and I’ve spent more than a decade keeping products and materials at their highest and best use. I’m from San Francisco and work as the Sustainability…
William Neil
I would be honored to serve on the NCRA Board. I’m the founder of EarthSort, an app that tells residents which bin an item goes in under their city’s rules….
Sarah Koplowicz
Hello fellow NCRA members! I started my journey working in trash in 2007, when I worked as Zero Waste Coordinator at the UC Davis R4 Recycling Program. As a lifelong…