Category: Webinars

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.

Get the Latest on Federal & State Zero Food Waste Legislation, 6/26

Recording here.

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.

Innovations in Direct-to-Consumer Food Recovery, 5/26

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