Category: Newsletter

Election 2025 – Nominate Yourself To Serve On The NCRA Board!

NCRA has been a Recycling and Zero Waste trailblazer since 1978! You can help develop the cutting edge by applying to serve on our 11-person Board of Directors! Six positions will be open this January. At this time, two current members are not running again.

We are seeking candidates that are familiar with NCRA and have actively participated in a committee and/or attended at least one board meeting in the last 12 months.

The nomination period is the month of September. In October, Candidate Statements will be posted on the website and in the newsletter. Ballots will be sent out to current members November 10. A Zoom Meet the Candidates Night will be held that week. Results will be announced in December – first to all candidates and then via the December newsletter.

To apply, please read the Elections page carefully and then fill out the Candidate Nomination Form found at the bottom of the page.

NCRA Annual Picnic & Coastal Clean-Up, Alameda, 9/20 – All Welcome!

The Membership, Engagement and Activities Committee is pleased to announce the 2025

Coastal Clean-Up &
Member Appreciation Picnic

Members, Free                 Non-members welcome, $5
No one turned away due to lack of funds.

Saturday, September 20, 2025, 11am – 3pm
East Bay Regional Park District’s
Encinal Beach, Alameda Point Shoreline
190 Central Ave, Alameda, CA 94501

Join us for a day of environmental stewardship,
networking, potluck and more!
Family, kids, friends and dogs welcome!

NCRA will provide: Beverages & Vegan / Vegetarian Food
Please bring a salad or dessert for 8.

This is a Zero Waste event:
BYOE – Bring Your Own Essentials:
utensils, plate, napkin, water bottle
Also, buckets, grabbers, small shovels and bags for the cleanup.

Clean-Up, 11am – 12:30pm           Picnic, 12:30 – 3pm
You do not have to attend both!

Public Transit: Will be tricky: Carpool

Register Today!

Altamont Landfill Settlement Agreement

In 1999, the County of Alameda, the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, the Sierra Club, the Northern California Recycling Association, and Altamont Landowners Against Rural Mismanagement entered into an agreement with Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc. This agreement, known as the Altamont Settlement Agreement, created the Altamont Education Advisory Board, or EAB, the Altamont Community Monitoring Committee – both managed by City of Livermore staff and a Wildlife Committee operated by the local Sierra Club.

The EAB convenes monthly and has five voting members. Two members are appointed by the Northern California Recycling Association (currently Ruth Abbe – the longtime EAB Board Chair and Devin Jackson), one member is the Environmental Educator appointee on the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board, and the Livermore City Council and the Pleasanton City Council each appoint one member. 

The EAB part time staff Lauren Jenkins, manages a grant program for allocation of funds in the Education Account for diversion education programs, job training in the field of waste diversion and recycling and mitigating the impacts of the landfill operations on the affected neighboring community.

More info: EAB website     CMC website