What’s Next ARB?

AR Boone Wrapper Necklace 11 2015
Arthur R. Boone

By Tom Wright, SustainableBizness.com, 1/14/16

Editor’s Note: Arthur Robinson Boone joined NCRA in the summer of 1983 and has been a continuous and active member for 33 years. He served as President in 1987 and again from 2011 -2013 and Secretary for at least 10 years in between. He founded the very popular Recycling Update (RU) in 1995 and managed it well until stepping down in 2013. One of NCRA’s primary teachers, he produces Introduction To Recycling (ITR) two times a year and would like to do a redux of Nature of Materials. He continues as the chair of the Zero Waste Advocacy Committee (ZWAC). In honor of all that Arthur does or has done for NCRA, Tom Wright stepped up to interview him for the NCRA News. Read More “What’s Next ARB?”

Matadors In Recycleland

By Basille Jimenez, 12/10/15, CSUN AS Recycling
My name is Basille Jimenez and I work for California State University of Northridge Associated Students Recycling Coordinator Cyndi Signett. She told me about your interest in our America Recycles Day event, “Matadors in Recycleland,” which we held on November 12, 2015.

Inspired by the classic book Alice in Wonderland, we decided to change the name to benefit our campus; CSUN’s mascot is the Matador. Our goal was to educate and provide information to our campus community about the importance of recycling and living a more sustainable lifestyle as well as the promote clubs and organizations that CSUN partners with to encourage this behavior.

Some of the games we tied into our theme were:

This Way/That Way Speed Sorting – A sorting game where we provided 3 bins – bottles/cans, paper and trash, a pile of mixed materials and the person had to sort out the pile under a time limit.

Croquet – A simple game of croquet but the materials used to create the mallets were reused paper tubes, large plastic bottles and cardboard. Water bottles filled with water were used to ensure the wickets did not topple over.

Scavenger Hunt – Students were given clues that led to a specific tent or person, where they had to answer a question related to sustainability correctly or win a game to receive the next clue.

When planning, we ensured that all games and crafts we created were made of recycled materials collected by our Operations team throughout campus. We also gave away promotional items such as lunch containers and reusable water bottles to encourage students to reuse rather than purchase on campus as well as at home. We also repurposed many materials that we had stored in our basement. For example, Associated Students had surplus plastic cups they purchased for a prior event; rather than to toss them out like many organizations sadly do, we reused them to hand out popcorn and snow cones.

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ZWW/RU Just Around The Corner

SAVE-THESE-DATES!Miguel Robles 2015
March 20 – 26: Zero Waste Week 2016
March 22: Recycling Update
March 26: Zero Waste Youth Convergence

Zero Waste Week 2016 will be held March 20 – 26. Our premier event, the 21st annual Recycling Update, will be held March 22 at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. (One week later than usual.) The 4th Zero Waste Youth Convergence will be held Saturday, March 26. Tours and trainings are being planned. Registration will be available on the NCRA website in late January. Read More “ZWW/RU Just Around The Corner”

Board Of Directors Candidate Statements, 2016

Prepared by Juliana Gerber, Administrative Coordinator

The following candidates have submitted ballot statements to serve on the 2016 NCRA Board of Directors. Voting is open from Jan 11 – Jan 20 and the election results will be announced at the Annual Members Meeting held Jan 21 at 6pm at StopWaste’s headquarters in Oakland. The link to voting will be emailed to members on Jan 11. If you did not receive our email but believe you should have (i.e. your membership is current as of Jan 11, 2016), please EMAIL US and we can email the link again. Read More “Board Of Directors Candidate Statements, 2016”