Northeast Recycling Council
Northeast Recycling Council
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About this organization
Mission
Providing information, education and research on the benefits of recycling and sustainable materials management.
About
See schedule O1. Developed and presented two conferences and two workshops on recycling, topics including: the state and future of Northeast MRFs; building a strong contract for recycling services; impact of growing e-commerce; tackling contamination; material needs of manufacturers using recycled paper, plastics, and cullet; end-markets for polypropylene; how the paper, glass and plastics industries are addressing post-consumer recycled content; increasing the use of recycled content in products; best management practices for recycling education. 450 attendees participated in the events. 2. Implemented grants and projects, and provided technical assistance and training, best management practices for decreasing contamination; increased use of post-consumer content in road and infrastructure projects; improving glass recycling markets; and researching paper recycling markets, about food waste reduction, diversion, and composting, recycling, green business practices, reuse, green purchasing, and capacity building for electronics recyclers; worked to promote green procurement in electronics and to promote responsible recycling and reuse, administrative responsibility for projects to reduce harmful substances in consumer packaging, and coordination of information regarding electronics recycling laws and toxics in packaging laws in the United States.3. Delivered 34 trainings and presentations about sustainable improving residential recycling, glass recycling, recycling markets, sustainable materials management, C&D recycling, electronics recycling, recycling laws, food waste reduction, community composting, and composting; pay-as-you-throw; changing recycling opportunities; best management practices for recycling education; decreasing contamination; improved marketing for recycling messages; and manure management with more than 2,500 individuals.4. Updated, wrote and posted 48 new and 4 educational resources about recycling, composting, food waste reduction, and improving residential recycling; recycling business assistance; paper recycling markets; glass recycling markets; contracting; flexible packaging recycling; C&D recycling; recycling education communication; pay as you throw; increasing use of recycled content in road and infrastructure projects; lessons learned from implementing the food recovery hierarchy webinar; manure management; and climate change. 5. Published 52 blogs and 11 electronic newsletters.6. Maintained active Facebook and Twitter accounts, with 1,900 followers on Twitter, 800 Facebook followers.7. Published two articles in Resource Recycling Magazine about the recycling market development committee and its efforts, and the collaborative effort - and results - working with NEwMOA.8. Delivered 17 trainings to more than 370 people about community composting, organics and manure management, and proper electronics recycling, as well as providing extensive technical assistance in five communities, on composting, community farming, and manure management in rural Maryland.9. Maintains two listservs: EPPNET (national discussion about green procurement); and Organics Management10. Maintained a dynamic website. During FY 2019, NERC averaged more than 6,500 visits per month - an increase over 18% over the previous fiscal year; and almost 11,400 page views per month, an increase of 11% from the previous year.11. Through its National State Electronics Challenge program, NERC worked with government entities and charitable organizations representing more than 223,000 employees, in 39 states and the District of Columbia to promote the purchase of greener electronic office equipment, reduce the impacts during use through energy and paper conservation, and manage obsolete electronic office equipment in an environmentally safe way. The organizations were provided with educational resources and technical assistance in support of their efforts. I. The actions of 31 organizations participating in the State Electronics Challenge achieved significant, measurable, environmental benefits as a results of their green purchasing, power and paper management and responsible recycling of electronic office equipment.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The non-profit's aim, as indicated in the filing, is “Nerc's mission is to minimize waste, conserve natural resources, and advance a sustainable economy through facilitated collaboration and action.”.
When referring to its functions, they were specified as: “Providing info., educ. & research on the benefits of recycling & sustainable materials mgmt.”.
- The non-profit has reported their operating state as VT, as required by law.
- As stated in the filing, the non-profit's address in 2020 was 139 MAIN STREET NO 401, BRATTLEBORO, VT, 05301.
- The non-profit's form reports a total of 5 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is $131,335.
- The organization has 9 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2000.
- The organization pays $334,460 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.