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MISSOURI RECYCLING ASSOCIATION

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To lead Missouri toward environmental sustainability through waste reduction and recycling.
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Please visit our website
www.moraconference.org 

to learn more about 

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2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May 14: MORA Board Meeting
​May 20-22:  MORA Annual Conference
2025 Legislative Calendar
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Legislation of Interest:

​HB191​​ - Designates the first full week in May as "Missouri Compost Awareness Week"
HB1216 - Creates provisions relating to a post-consumer paint recycling program.


SB239 - Creates provisions relating to a post-consumer paint recycling program.
​SB593 - Creates provisions related to battery recycling.
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Learn About Nature’s Climate Champion During International Compost Awareness Week

International Compost Awareness Week is an annual education initiative focused on compost. This year, it takes place May 5 – 11, and the theme is “Compost...Nature’s Climate Champion!” A plug and play social media marketing toolkit is available to help promote the event. Learn about ICAW.

​Recycling Contamination Brochure Templates
MORA's Printable Recycling & Contamination Brochure - Click here!
Example: City of Waynesville's Contamination Brochure - Click here!
MORA's Targeted Material Resource Guides
  • Construction & Demolition
  • Electric Scrap
  • Food Waste
  • Textiles
  • Unwanted Paint


Thank you to everyone for your contributions to your communities, and to this organization! 

​Below are links to some of our past publications and historical documents.

 - MORA Board of Directors

Missouri 20-year progress
​report on recycling!
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Recycling and reuse are real economic generators for our state.   In 2012, Missouri exports of waste and  scrap totaled $451 million.   A conservative estimate  is that more than 25,000 jobs are related directly to recycling activities in Missouri.  There is tremendous growth potential if we raise our state recycling goal from 40% to 75%, which is more in line with US trends. A national study by the Institute of Local Self-Reliance calculated that every 10,000 tons of additional waste diverted from landfills can create 10 recycling jobs or 75 materials reuse jobs. 

Find out how recycling is already strengthening the economy, communities and environment across Missouri in this new report that highlights how far we have come in the 20 years since the solid waste fund was implemented.  Download the report by clicking on the image above.  


Missouri Recycling Guide  
4th Edition

Download copy available below

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The Missouri Recycling Guide is MORA's central education piece to illustrate statewide efforts to reduce waste and increase recycling.  The 2015 update takes you on the road to Strive for 75%.
Each page is a mile maker, starting with the history of recycling in Missouri and ending with the ultimate resource, the "Drive for 75 Dictionary".  From A to Z, the dictionary lists terms, facts and informational links to serve as a roadmap to achieve MORA's 75% Waste Diversion Goal.

Help us spread the word about this resource in your newsletters, websites and social media outlets.   Printed copies are available by contacting [email protected].

MORA thanks the St. Louis-Jefferson Solid Waste Management District, Region M Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for providing the funding to make the 2015 update possible. 
2015 MORA Recycling Guide.pdf
File Size: 9855 kb
File Type: pdf
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​Tools: Kits to Fight Contamination
We continued our statewide work in Massachusetts, fighting contamination in six more communities and training Bay State staffers to deploy our approach for years to come. Together with the Massachusetts Department for Environmental Protection, we created the Recycling IQ Kit. Here’s one for curbside recycling communities, and another for communities with drop-off programs. 
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News & Updates

Food Waste Prevention Week:
Click here to register now as a Food Waste Prevention Week 2025 Partner! 

National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss & Waste & Recycling Organics:
The EPA, USDA, and FDA are pleased to announce the release of the “National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics” as part of President Biden’s whole-of-government approach to tackle climate change, feed people, address environmental justice, and promote a circular economy. This Strategy will accelerate the prevention of food loss and waste and is the first interagency national strategy that lays out a path for the United States to meet its national goal to halve food loss and waste by 2030. It is a deliverable in the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. It is also part of EPA’s Series of Strategies on Building a More Circular Economy for All.  
 
The goal of the Strategy is to prevent the loss and waste of food and increase recycling of organic materials to support a circular economy for all, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, save households and businesses money, and build cleaner, healthier communities. It identifies concrete steps that will both accelerate the prevention of food loss and waste, and the recycling of the remaining organic waste across the entire supply chain. 
 
The Strategy offers four main objectives. The first two objectives are related, with the first focusing on preventing the loss, and the second on the preventing the waste of food. This is because prevention, rescuing and upcycling food offers the greatest opportunity of all food loss and waste strategies to decrease GHG emissions, protect critical ecosystems, and address climate change. The third objective focuses on increasing the recycling rate for all organic waste. The fourth objective focuses on supporting policies that incentivize and encourage food loss and waste prevention and organics recycling. Each objective is accompanied by complementary EPA, USDA and FDA actions that will support the US National Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal of reducing food loss and waste by 50% by 2030. 
 
The three agencies received over 10,000 comments throughout the comment period. We appreciate those who took the time to comment and give feedback on our priority actions, and have incorporated many suggestions throughout the final strategy, particularly in the areas of: 
·       Food donation/rescue. 
·       Upcycled food. 
·       Insect agriculture. 
·       Rendering. 
·       Uses for finished compost beyond agriculture use. 
The agencies are considering recommendations based on available capacity and funding. 
 
For more information, please see the press release here: 
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-national-strategy-reduce-food-loss-and-waste-and

Inflation Reduction Act Community Change Grants Program
NOW OPEN!
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EPA’s new Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds in environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity to address environmental and climate justice challenges. These place-based investments will be focused on community-driven initiatives to be responsive to community and stakeholder input. They are designed to deliver on the transformative potential of the IRA for communities most adversely and disproportionately impacted by climate change, legacy pollution, and historical disinvestments.
On this page:
  • Is My Organization Eligible
  • Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
  • Technical Assistance
  • Resources
  • Frequently Asked Questions - Community Change Grants NOFO
  • Engagement Opportunities

EPA's New Wasted Food Scale
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State of Recycling, The Present and Future of Residential Recycling:
​Click here!

​Recycling Program Solutions Hub:
A new free resource for local recycling staff and leaders. 
Click here!

Pharmaceutical Resources:
Courtesy of the Mo. Product Stewardship Council
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Take-Back and Safe Disposal Locations in Missouri
Click here to view the map!

Click here for other resources!

Market Development
​Workshop Series
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 (Plastics)​
Recording - Slides - Other Resources
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(Purchasing)
Recording - Slides - Other Resources

Composting Resources: 
  • CREF Factsheets
  • Edible Gardens
  • Turf Installation
  • Row Crop Production
  • Topsoil Manufacturing
  • Bioretention Media
  • Upgrading Marginal Soils
  • Supplementing Plant Nutrition
  • Erosion Control Blanket

HHW Resources:
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  •  Word-Search
  •  Brochure
  •  Battery One-Pager
  •  Coloring Page
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