Using AI-powered Waste Auditing to Improve Sorting at School, 05/2026

Join the NCRA Zero Waste Schools Committee to explore AI-driven insights designed to enhance waste diversion and motivate increased action toward SB1383 compliance at your schools.

Hosted by Northern California Recycling Association.

Speakers include:

  • Joshua Mastromatto, Rego Co-founder, CEO | TRUE Advisor
  • Nancy Deming, Sustainability Manager K-12, Custodial and Nutrition Services Oakland Unified School District
  • Amanda Halte, RecycleSmart Sustainability Specialist, Middle & High Schools

Data helps measure what matters: Simplify waste data collection to help quantify what’s working or not working more quickly and accurately.

Engage the whole school: Involving students and educators in understanding the data fosters ownership and long-term impact.

Free RSVP

Get the Latest on Federal & State Zero Food Waste Legislation, 06/2026

Zero Food Waste Forum Webinar
Friday, June 12th • 1 to 2 pm

Get the Latest on Federal & State Zero Food Waste Legislation

NCRA is a member of the Zero Food Waste
Coalition, a national effort to inform and
influence U.S. food waste policy at the federal,
state, and local levels with the goal of reducing
food waste by 50% by 2030.

Members include the Harvard Food Law &
Policy Clinic, National Resources Defense
Council, World Wildlife Fund, ReFED and many
state and local organizations working on these
issues.

FREE registration

Innovations in Direct-to-Consumer Food Recovery, 05/2026

Innovations in Direct-to-Consumer Food Recovery
Zero Food Waste Forum Webinar
Friday, May 8, 1 to 2:30 pm

Register and learn about:

Placer County’s partnership with EatWell,
a virtual food pantry that overcomes the
logistics challenges of food recovery. No
storage or transportation required,
recipients pick up food themselves!

Careit, a platform that makes food
donation simple. Connect your business
with local nonprofits, reduce waste, fight
hunger, and earn tax deductions—all in
one platform.

HungreeApp, an app that enables food
waste generators to share their donations
in real-time with a recipient subcommunity of their choice. They have
begun helping businesses in Catalina
Island comply with SB1383.

FREE registration

Join us at the Capitol for NCRA’s Advocacy Day 2026

You are invited to join us on June 17 for our 3rd annual Advocacy Day in over a decade!

Free for members, $70 for non-members, which includes a one-year membership, and $25 for students/teachers/low-income non-members (which includes a 6-month membership).

⚠️ATTN Members: Please contact the office for the registration code.⚠️

RSVP Here.

This interactive event runs from 9am – 4:30pm, including lunch and a light breakfast. Optional no-host happy hour following our legislative visits.

The 2026 program includes presentations from Joanne Brasch, Director of Advocacy and Outreach, California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) and Krystal Raynes, Policy Associate, Californians Against Waste (CAW), and more.

Topics include legislation basics, EPR and how to lobby effectively. We’ll also go over NCRA’s priority bills for the day and “role play” practice meetings with legislators and their staff. After lunch we’ll have meetings with legislative staff members or perhaps legislators!

Visit our Legislative Tracker for a brief overview of what’s on our radar.

Let us know who your legislators are. You can look up yours here.

Please also join us for CalRecycle Day if you are able! We’ll be attending (and speaking at, if comfortable!) a CalRecycle meeting on Tuesday, June 16th, 10-11:30am. Other opportunities for the day may include no-host group lunch and dinner/happy hour, legislative visits for experienced advocates, remote work time, CalRecycle rulemaking workshop for AB 2440, and more.

If you are interested in helping with the planning, contact Bailey Hall and Gwynn Mackellen via the website contact page.

During registration, please confirm: -Acceptance of membership options -City of residence (to make sure we’ve asked your representatives for meetings!) -Interest in attending pre-event CalRecycle meeting with other NCRA Members the day before – Tuesday, June 16th. -Any dietary restrictions (Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten Free, Allergies, etc.) -Carpooling plans

Carpooling encouraged! Consider taking the Amtrak or other transit options.

Carpooling may be available. Need a carpool or able to provide a ride? Sign up here.

⚠️Cancellation allowed no less than 24 hours before the start of the event.

From Tailgate to Table, 4/26

View the Recording

From Tailgate to Table: Food Recovery from the Recent Super Bowl Tailgates – Join our Zero Food Waste Committee for its next webinar happening on Friday, April 10, from 1-2 pm.

Panelists:
Regina Harmon, CEO, Food Recovery Network
Erin Price, Director of Stakeholder Engagement, Food Recovery Network

Free event and open to everyone! Register via https://lnkd.in/ggP5vepk

This webinar is co-hosted by Zero Waste USA, California Resource Recovery Association, and Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Goldrush Chapter