MORA Board Vacancy - Seeking Your Skills

February 13, 2012 – Have you been thinking it’s time to get serious about the environment, improving the economy, and expanding your social networks? The MORA Board of Directors is seeking someone to fulfill the position vacated by Linda Kimrey. The appointed position will expire at the 2013 annual election in September.

This is a great opportunity to apply your skills and interests to an organization that:

  • Establishes sound statewide policies to advance recycling
  • Engages industry, government, institutions and citizens through education and technical assistance
  • Strengthens end-use markets for recovered materials
  • Puts on one of the best conferences in the Midwest, highlighting national experts and local successes

As a MORA Board member, you are expected to attend monthly half-day meetings in mid-Missouri and participate in committee work of your choosing. Meetings are informative and stimulating; we stick to Roberts Rules to keep moving, but we also have fun! This is a chance to work behind the scenes in MORA and to find how out the wizardry works.

Interested individuals should submit a letter of interest and bio to Angie Gehlert, Executive Director, no later than February 20, 2012 at angie@mora.org or PO Box 2144, Jefferson City, MO 65102.

9:33 pm, 2/14/2012

MORA's 2nd Annual Trivia Night – Maryland Heights, MO

MORA Schedules 2nd Annual Trivia Night

~ March 16, 2012 in Maryland Heights, MO ~

~ MARK YOUR CALENDAR ~

View the MORA 2012 Trivia Night Flyer

11:45 am, 2/02/2012

Save the Date! 2012 MORA Conference

2012 MORA Conference - Save the Date postcard

SAVE THE DATE
MORA Annual Conference
in partnership with the
Composting & Organics Association of Missouri (COAM)

Sept. 10-12, 2012

Hilton St. Louis Frontenac
1335 South Lindberg Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO 63131

Call for Presentations

The Missouri Recycling Association (MORA) will host its 2012 annual conference September 10 ‐ 12th in partnership with the Composting and Organics Association of Missouri (COAM) in St. Louis, Mo.

This is a call for proposals for sessions to be presented at the annual conference. Sessions will be 75 minutes in length and may involve one or more speakers. This will be determined by the conference planning committee. Proposals must be submitted by February 29, 2012.

Click here to download the flyer.

Conference Documents

Sponsors

Sponsor Level
St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District Logo St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District Diamond
Region M Solid Waste Management District logo Region M Solid Waste Management District Silver
Southwest Missouri Solid Waste Management - Region N Silver
St. Louis County Health logo St. Louis County Department of Health Silver
Universal Lubricants logo Universal Lubricants Silver
EPC, Inc. logo EPC, Inc. Bronze

Exhibitors

2:58 pm, 1/08/2012

FREE Webinars

EPA Grants Award Process Webinar

The Office of Grants and Debarment is pleased to announce that it is hosting another EPA Grants Award Process Webinar for our external grants community! We'd appreciate it if you could pass this information along to anyone you think might be interested. Please note that registration is limited.

Date: February 23, 2012
Time: 2pm ET

Description: EPA's Office of Grants and Debarment is hosting a webinar for the EPA grants community. The webinar will cover grants management topics, including:

  • how to find and apply for grant opportunities
  • FFATA reporting requirements
  • preparing a proper budget detail

In addition, we will be hosting a Q&A session during the second half of the webinar. If you have any questions, please email it to ogdweb.gad@epa.gov in advance of the call. We will cover as many questions as possible during the session.

For more information and to register: https://epa.connectsolutions.com/grantswebinar/event/event_info.html

9:15 pm, 2/15/2012

Coca-Cola and Keep America Beautiful Expand 2012 Grant to Support Recycling

Keep America Beautiful logo

- Call for entries now open, including new grants for colleges and universities -

STAMFORD, Conn. (Jan. 30, 2012) — The Coca-Cola Company and Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) today announced a call for entries for the newly expanded 2012 Coca-Cola Recycling Bin Grant Program, a program designed to expand and support recycling in communities across America. The Coca-Cola Recycling Bin Grant Program is funded through grants from The Coca-Cola Foundation.

Read the full announcement

8:54 pm, 1/31/2012

CURC Webinar Series

Processing Equipment and Vehicles for College Recycling Operations

2012 CURC Webinar Series logo

Thursday, March 8, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST

Click here to register now.
Space is limited.

Overview:
Purchasing the right processing equipment and vehicles for your recycling program can increase efficiency and result in more cost-effective operations. Tune in for a detailed overview of different types of processing equipment and vehicles useful for college recycling programs. College recycling professionals will speak about what works best for specific applications and provide examples of best use scenarios for different equipment. Don't miss what is sure to be a valuable resource for enhancing the operational aspects of your program.

Objectives:

  • Identify ways to maximize efficiencies through processing equipment and vehicles
  • Discuss which types of trucks (front-, rear-, and side-load) are best-suited to collect which materials.
  • Evaluate the pro's and con's of different types of processing equipment (dumpsters, industrial shredding equipment, compactors, balers, food pulpers, tippers, etc.) for collection of certain types of materials.
  • Learn from fellow college recycling professionals about the factors driving the decision process to purchase or contract out vehicles and equipment necessary for pre-processing, bailing and processing materials.

Presenters:
John Scheve, Recycling Supervisor (Retired), Emory University
Sheela Backen, Integrated Solid Waste Program Manager, Colorado State University
Michael Mitchner, Recycling and Waste Operations Manager, Michigan State University

The 2012 CURC Webinar Series is made possible by:

Alcoa logo Keep America Beautiful logo

9:38 pm, 2/15/2012

NRC Webinar Series

Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED) - LEED systems and recycling – how does it fit together?

March 12, 2012
Register Here

Learn how to acquire those coveted LEED rating points by reusing and recycling demolition waste, utilizing recycled content building materials and establishing LEED building recycling programs.

Speakers:

  • Tad Radzinski, P.E., LEED AP, Managing Partner, Green Circle Certified
  • Robert Bylone, LEED AP, PA SCRP, Executive Director & President, Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center, Inc.

Plastics Manufacturing Technology 101 for the non-engineer

April 9, 2012
Register Here

What is resin? Plastics manufacturing equipment/processes – what is extrusion, blow-molding, injection molding, rotational molding? What happens to my recycled plastics?

Speakers:
Representatives from the Pennsylvania College of Technology, Plastics Manufacturing Center

Reverse and Removal Supply Chain Dynamics – What's in it for recycling?

May 7, 2012
Register Here

Where do recycled commodities fit in material supply chain systems?

Speakers:

  • Richard Young, PhD, Professor of Supply Chain Management, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Steven Dunn, PhD, Founding Director, Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Processes and Environmental Research, University of Wisconsin (invited)

Product Stewardship – Who really pays?

June 11, 2012
Register Here

The goal of product stewardship is to ensure that all those involved in the lifecycle of a product share responsibility to reduce health and environmental impacts. Producers bear the primary financial responsibility, but who really pays?

Speakers:
TBA

9:14 pm, 2/07/2012

2nd Great American Can RoundUp School Challenge

Can RoundUp logo

[Via the Can Manufacturers Institute] The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) is pleased to extend an invitation to schools in Missouri to our 2nd Annual Great American Can Roundup School Challenge. CMI is awarding a $1,000 to school in each state recycling the most aluminum cans per student and an additional $5,000 to the top per capita recycling school nationwide. The contest period is from America Recycles Day (Nov. 15) to Earth Day (April 22) 2012.

Registration is required and is now open through December 15 at www.cancentral.com/roundup where schools also will find virtually everything they need for a successful Roundup. Have your schools reserve their spot today. It is a great win, win for the environment and fundraiser for the schools and a way schools can show their true green spirit and environmental leadership. Please help us spread the word.

Read the full announcement and more details regarding the contest here.

8:19 pm, 8/04/2011