Category: Advocacy

Letters of Support Needed, 7/4/21

By Doug Broms, ZWAC Co-Chair

Posted below are three draft support letters which I propose NCRA support and other groups could reuse:

If there will be sufficient interest, then NCRA support letters also could be drafted for these three other previously proposed Bills:

  • AB 762 Lee D Hazardous emissions: schoolsites: private and charter schools.
  • AB 1311 Wood D Recycling: beverage containers.
    SB 451 Dodd D Beverage container recycling: pilot projects.

Thanks for your timely considering. Enjoy your July 4 fireworks. […]

Edible Food Recovery Technical Council, 4/21

Join the CRRA Edible Food Recovery Technical Council for their upcoming webinar about the Food Industry and Edible Food Generators. Join in on Tuesday, April 6 from 1 pm – 2:30 pm for an afternoon webinar and learn more about:

  • Generator awareness of 1383
  • Outreach and education to generators
  • Barriers and benefits from the food industry perspective
  • Strategies for engagement & guidance for implementation

Register here: https://crra.wildapricot.org/event-4242232

NCRA Annual Members Meeting – Thursday 3/18 – 6-8pm

Please join us for our annual meeting where we will brainstorm our focus for 2021.  Meeting will be held via Zoom.  Message us here to RSVP and we will email you the link for entry.

Tentative Agenda is as follows:

6:00pm Welcoming “Mixing”

6:10pm Meeting Etiquette and Introductions

6:25pm Annual Membership Address

6:45pm Zero Waste Week 2021

7:00 Brainstorm for 2021

8pm Virtual Happy Hour

DEI Salon: How To Create a Safe Space to Discuss Social Justice, 3/21

Icebreakers are a great way to start a meeting. By loosening everyone up, they encourage us to be more open to each other. But how do you break the ice when talking about challenging topics with diverse groups? Join us as we practice techniques and activities used to help colleagues have successful DEI conversations.

NCRA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Salon

HOW TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE
TO DISCUSS SOCIAL JUSTICE

Tuesday, March 16, 2020, 4:30pm – 6:30pm PST

NCRA Board Member Jula Au of RethinkWaste and
DEI Committee Co-Chair Felisia Castañeda of Recology San Francisco have been holding every other week DEI meetings with their respective outreach teams for more than a year. They will share lessons learned during this free interactive Zoom gathering.

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