Events Maine Resource Recovery Association MRRA

For over two decades, Maine Resource Recovery Association has brought you Maine's only integrated conference for the Recycling & Solid Waste Management Industry. Maine's 23rd Annual Recycling and Solid Waste Conference & Trade Show: Beyond Recycling: Materials Management and A Circular Economy,? was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3 and 4, at the Samoset Resort in Rockport.
The annual conference brings together experts and service providers from across the spectrum of the recycling and solid waste industry to address current topics in materials management. Two days of workshops offer information for municipal officials, industry leaders and the public on how to improve recycling and solid waste management programs, reduce costs and protect the environment. Topics range from workplace safety to commodities markets, product stewardship to composting food scraps, textiles
Key topics this year included actions taken by Maine municipalities to significantly reduce their solid
diverting food scraps from disposal to composting and other uses; and policy approaches and practical
Maine?Resource?Recovery?Association?(MRRA)?announced?the?recipients?of?the?2016?Maine?Recycling?and?Solid?Waste?Awards?at?the?23rd?Annual?Maine?Recycling?and?Solid?Waste?Conference?&Trade?Show. Beyond?Recycling:?Materials
Chris Hudgins Vice-President, Government Relations & Policy International Sleep Products Association VIEW FILE
Travis Blackmer Research Associate Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions- University of Maine
Recovery Association presented Comedy for a Cause,? to an audience of 200 with comedians Karen Morgan,
A portion of the proceeds will benefit two local organizations, Mike From Maine the Rockland District Nursing Association
community nursing services, focusing on neighbors who otherwise might not have access to care. Today,
through play about the natural world, the arts and sciences, and the diversity of Maine's mid-coast region.
Within a relaxed and supportive environment, children investigate through hands-on and interactive explorations.