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Register
Online (for either location) at http://www.ncrarecycles.org/itr/itr_SF.html
WHY THIS
COURSE?
Sometimes our own recycling work is moving forward
so fast that we may lack the time, skills, or appropriate context to provide
needed training or orientation to newcomers or decision makers. Thus, NCRA
offers this inexpensive three-day course at a convenient location to
help train people who would like a quick overview of the
current recycling industry and a view of its near-term future
developments.
WHO SHOULD
ATTEND?
The course is
designed for newcomers to the recycling field and is an ideal orientation for
many people such as: entry-level program assistants, interns, professionals from
other fields, members of local advisory committees, city council members and
staff, members of the board of supervisors, activists, solid-waste handlers,
recycling program managers and staff.
CURRICULUM:
DAYS 1 & 2
1. LEARN THE
WORDS:
* Key Terms in
Recycling - knowing the buzz words
* Basic issues: three Rs, the IWM hierarchy, and "to
discard or to dispose?"
2. GET THE
BASIC CONCEPTS IN RECYCLING
* The roles
of cycles in ecosystems and closing the materials loop
* How the materials cycle got broken
* How we recognized our shortcomings
* Conceptualizing the future: hierarchy
* The failure of recycling's competitors:
landfills and incinerators
* Market share
of competing ventures - how fast things change
* The eight reasons we recycle
* Categorizing recyclables: the twelve
master categories
* How recycling
works: drop-off, buyback, curbside
* Processing mixed materials vs. source-separated
recycling
* The five types of facilities
that sort and process materials
*
Encouraging source separation-type recycling: the four policy
options
* Five meanings of "source
reduction"
* Three levels/types of
recycling
* Developing markets and
procuring recycled products
* Forming new
ventures: the six areas of activity
*
Recycling's role
in climate change
* Overview of commonly
used equipment
DAY 3
3. CALIFORNIA'S REGULATORY CONTEXT:
What the
California Integrated Waste Management Board is, how it
operates, what it requires of local governments, how local public agencies
stay out of trouble, the level of enforcement, managing data for reports,
etc.
4. KNOW YOUR
MATERIALS
Hands-on demonstrations of
basic market grades of materials: metal, glass, paper, plastic, wood,
etc.
5. FUTURE
LEARNING: Websites and Publications.
6. INDEPENDENT
LEARNING
Registrant will be advised to consult "Introduction to
Recycling," which is posted on NCRA's web site, http://www.ncrarecycles.org. The majority of the presenters will be NCRA members and
others working in the recycling field. Most of the classroom day will be spent
listening to guest speakers and completing exercises designed to enhance the
basic concepts in the field.
INSTRUCTORS
Under
the general leadership of Arthur Boone, NCRA's Educational Chairperson, a series
of recycling industry leaders will address specific topics.
Register Online at
http://www.ncrarecycles.org/itr/itr_SF.html