Tag: Committee events

Keeping It Cool: Best Practices for Developing Community Fridges, 10/26

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Featuring:
-Robin Martin, with Joint Venture Silicon Valley, will describe their Environmental Health-approved community fridge program developed and operating in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

-Monica Ravizza with Extra Food, a Food Recovery Service, will talk about their program and how it interacts with community fridges.

-Ernst Bertone Oehninger with Freedge, an organization that began in Davis, will share their resources on how to start and maintain community fridges.

Sponsored by
NCRA Zero Food Waste Committee Solid Waste Association of North America Gold Rush Chapter
California Resource Recovery Association Edible Food Recovery Technical Council
Zero Waste USA

Using AI-powered Waste Auditing to Improve Sorting at School, 05/21

Event recording here.

Here is the link to the slide deck.

The NCRA Zero Waste Schools Committee explored 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.

DEI Salon: Equitable Collaboration and Community Engagement!

Video Recording

Andrea Deleon at the City of San Diego will be part of the conversation on environmental equity, community leadership, and why frontline voices must guide climate solutions.

Join us for a discussion on how climate change and environmental policies disproportionately affect BIPOC and/or low-income communities, and why it is important to engage and involve those communities in creating and shaping programs as we work together towards a Zero Waste future.

Featured Speakers:
Mike Lok – Field Director with AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund (AAPI FORCE-EF)

Andrea Deleon – Deputy Director of Environmental Services Department, Waste Reduction Division at the City of San Diego