MISSOURI RECYCLING ASSOCIATION
To lead Missouri toward environmental sustainability through waste reduction and recycling.
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MORA Recycling Conference Webpage www.moraconference.org 2024 CALENDAR OF EVENTS September 18, 2024: MORA BOARD Meeting October 2-3, 2024: MORA Membership Forum @Stoney Creek in Columbia, MO - Register Here UPCOMING WEBINARS Check Out Newly Developed Materials on Anaerobic Digestion and Environmental Justice! The Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association—in partnership with Northeast Recycling Council, Clean and Healthy New York, and Connecticut Coalition for Economic and Environmental Justice—developed materials on AD and environmental justice as part of an EPA-funded project. Learn more and download materials, including guides on regulation and community engagement. Reminder - Apply for EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights is awarding approximately $2 billion in grants to fund community driven projects that address climate challenge and reduce pollution while strengthening communities through thoughtful implementation. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with initial award selections beginning in March 2024. The final application deadline is November 21, 2024. 
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
Thank you to everyone for your contributions to your communities, and to this organization! Missouri 20 year progress report on recycling!
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
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A few articles about the finalization of China’s National Sword policy.
- ISRI article, 1/11/18
- SWANA.ORG/NEWS
- WasteRecycling.Org/blog/1.11.18
- ISRI article, 1/11/18
- SWANA.ORG/NEWS
- WasteRecycling.Org/blog/1.11.18
Hearing Doubts About Recycling? Read this for reassurance.
There's a lot of talk right now about these 'overwhelming challenges' to the recycling system - you've heard it, right? Rest assured, we've got your back. In her latest blog post, Partnership CEO Keefe Harrison reminds readers how 'communities, commmodities and corporations are investing in recycling systems around the country."
Click here to read the full article.
There's a lot of talk right now about these 'overwhelming challenges' to the recycling system - you've heard it, right? Rest assured, we've got your back. In her latest blog post, Partnership CEO Keefe Harrison reminds readers how 'communities, commmodities and corporations are investing in recycling systems around the country."
Click here to read the full article.
Harmonized Recycling...
Imagine trying to take a train, subway or bus system across a city where the signage, names and colors of the routes are inconsistent. It would be difficult. But that’s how many communities approach recycling education.
Click here to read the full article.
Imagine trying to take a train, subway or bus system across a city where the signage, names and colors of the routes are inconsistent. It would be difficult. But that’s how many communities approach recycling education.
Click here to read the full article.
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Tips to Protect your Program from National Sword
Our mid-October webinar offered our six-point plan on how to shield your program from National Sword, the umbrella term used to describe the various China-related export issues. We’ve also got a deep-dive into paper and plastics markets from industry experts and an open discussion on impacts and actions with four different regional MRFs from across the U.S. A recording of the webinar is available here, the presentations are available here, and the tools needed to clean up your stream (the #1 way to combat market issues) are available here. |
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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
Heartland Federal Partners’ Grant Writing Workshop (Virtual):
Join KSU TAB, EPA Region 7, and federal agencies such as HUD and USDA, to learn about the fundamentals of applying for federal grants and hear tips and tricks from successful grantees.
*Registration is required and will close 9/23!
Click here to register now!
Join KSU TAB, EPA Region 7, and federal agencies such as HUD and USDA, to learn about the fundamentals of applying for federal grants and hear tips and tricks from successful grantees.
*Registration is required and will close 9/23!
Click here to register now!
EPA Announces $117 Million for Grants Focused on Recycling and Wasted Food Prevention:
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities, totaling approximately $117 million, to improve recycling infrastructure and consumer education and outreach on wasted food prevention and composting! Two of the notices are for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants – one funding opportunity for Tribes and intertribal consortia and another for communities across the country – and are focused on improving solid waste management infrastructure. The third notice is for EPA’s Recycling Outreach and Education (REO) grant program and is focused on wasted food prevention and composting.
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Funding Opportunities
> The grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia will provide approximately $20 million in awards ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million each.
The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia is March 14, 2025. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia web page.
> The grants for communities will provide approximately $58 million in awards ranging from $500,000 to $5 million each. The entities eligible to apply under this announcement are political subdivisions of states and territories (such as counties, cities, towns, parishes, and similar units of government). The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Communities is December 20, 2024. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Communities web page.
Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Funding Opportunity
The recycling education and outreach grant will provide approximately $39 million for one award, and the EPA requires that all applications for this funding opportunity be coalition applications.
The deadline to apply for the REO funding opportunity is December 20, 2024.
For the full details, please visit EPA’s Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program web page.
Informational Webinars:
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities, totaling approximately $117 million, to improve recycling infrastructure and consumer education and outreach on wasted food prevention and composting! Two of the notices are for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants – one funding opportunity for Tribes and intertribal consortia and another for communities across the country – and are focused on improving solid waste management infrastructure. The third notice is for EPA’s Recycling Outreach and Education (REO) grant program and is focused on wasted food prevention and composting.
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Funding Opportunities
> The grants for Tribes and intertribal consortia will provide approximately $20 million in awards ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million each.
The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia is March 14, 2025. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia web page.
> The grants for communities will provide approximately $58 million in awards ranging from $500,000 to $5 million each. The entities eligible to apply under this announcement are political subdivisions of states and territories (such as counties, cities, towns, parishes, and similar units of government). The deadline to apply for the SWIFR Grants for Communities is December 20, 2024. For the full details, please visit EPA’s SWIFR Grants for Communities web page.
Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Funding Opportunity
The recycling education and outreach grant will provide approximately $39 million for one award, and the EPA requires that all applications for this funding opportunity be coalition applications.
The deadline to apply for the REO funding opportunity is December 20, 2024.
For the full details, please visit EPA’s Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program web page.
Informational Webinars:
- SWIFR Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia - EPA will host two live webinars to assist potential applicants under this competitive funding opportunity. The webinars will be held on October 16 and 29, 2024. Registration information will be posted soon on EPA’s Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Tribes and Intertribal Consortia webpage.
- SWIFR Grants for Communities - EPA will post two pre-recorded webinars to assist potential applicants under this competitive funding opportunity. EPA anticipates posting these webinars on EPA’s Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grants for Communities webpage by September 30, 2024.
- REO Grant - EPA will post a pre-recorded webinar to assist potential applicants under this competitive funding opportunity. EPA anticipates posting this webinar on EPA’s Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program webpage by September 30, 2024.
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
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!
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.
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NOW OPEN!
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.
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2024 Missouri Legislative Session:
Bill of Interest:
> SB964: Enacts provisions relating to state designations
SB964 is an omnibus bill that adds new state designations like special days and weeks to be celebrated. Included is a designation of the first full week in May as Missouri Compost Awareness Week.
* Additional pertinent information found on page 3, section 9.397
Please contact your state representative and senator to support this bill!
Paint Legislation Resources:
> Collection Comparison Graphic
> SB 936 Information
> Paint Legislation - Letter of Support Template (Download)
> Support Email Template (Download)
Bill of Interest:
> SB964: Enacts provisions relating to state designations
SB964 is an omnibus bill that adds new state designations like special days and weeks to be celebrated. Included is a designation of the first full week in May as Missouri Compost Awareness Week.
* Additional pertinent information found on page 3, section 9.397
Please contact your state representative and senator to support this bill!
Paint Legislation Resources:
> Collection Comparison Graphic
> SB 936 Information
> Paint Legislation - Letter of Support Template (Download)
> Support Email Template (Download)
EPA's New Wasted Food Scale
State of Recycling, The Present and Future of Residential Recycling:
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Recycling Program Solutions Hub:
A new free resource for local recycling staff and leaders.
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A new free resource for local recycling staff and leaders.
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Pharmaceutical Resources:
Courtesy of the Mo. Product Stewardship Council
Take-Back and Safe Disposal Locations in Missouri
Click here to view the map!
Click here for other resources!
Courtesy of the Mo. Product Stewardship Council
Take-Back and Safe Disposal Locations in Missouri
Click here to view the map!
Click here for other resources!
Market Development Workshop Series
Webinar from ILSR:
Funding Recycling Infrastructure via Disposal Surcharges
Click here to view the recording!
Funding Recycling Infrastructure via Disposal Surcharges
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Articles of Interest:
> Resource Recycling
Federal program pumped nearly $1.2B into recycling companies.
Click here to read the full article!
> SWANA Encouraged by Senate’s Continued Focus on Recycling
"SWANA is encouraged that the U.S. Senate’s Committee of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) is holding a hearing today on proposals to improve domestic recycling and composting programs. This marks the first congressional hearing focused on recycling in 2022."
Click here to read the full article!
> Resource Recycling
Federal program pumped nearly $1.2B into recycling companies.
Click here to read the full article!
> SWANA Encouraged by Senate’s Continued Focus on Recycling
"SWANA is encouraged that the U.S. Senate’s Committee of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) is holding a hearing today on proposals to improve domestic recycling and composting programs. This marks the first congressional hearing focused on recycling in 2022."
Click here to read the full article!
Composting Resources:
HHW Resources:
Food Waste Resources:
Below are some resource materials from the fantastic webinar - Teaching Practical Strategies for Reducing Wasted Food Through Community Events - courtesy of NEWMOA & NERC!
Below are some resource materials from the fantastic webinar - Teaching Practical Strategies for Reducing Wasted Food Through Community Events - courtesy of NEWMOA & NERC!
Plastic Wars - Frontline/PBS:
With the plastic industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
Click here!
With the plastic industry expanding like never before and the crisis of ocean pollution growing, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the fight over the future of plastics.
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The US Recycling System Is Garbage by Edward Humes
"For nearly three decades your recycling bin contained a dirty secret: Half the plastic and much of the paper you put into it did not go to your local recycling center..."
Click here to read the full article!
"For nearly three decades your recycling bin contained a dirty secret: Half the plastic and much of the paper you put into it did not go to your local recycling center..."
Click here to read the full article!
Renaissance Portraits Made with Used Packing Materials:
Suzanne Jongmans creates Renaissance-style portraits that have an unusual twist: look a little more closely and you’ll notice that each of her costumes was made using used packing materials such as styrofoam and bubble wrap..
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Suzanne Jongmans creates Renaissance-style portraits that have an unusual twist: look a little more closely and you’ll notice that each of her costumes was made using used packing materials such as styrofoam and bubble wrap..
Click here.!
The Missouri Recycling Association
We understand that recycling means many things to many people. You may represent a large corporation or an elementary school. You may want to know where to take cans and bottles in your community, or how to set up a full scale company-wide recycling program! That's why our site is categorized by sector. No matter what your recycling goals may be, we are here to help you reach them!
Discover solutions to your specific needs by clicking on your sector below:
Discover solutions to your specific needs by clicking on your sector below:
Zero Waste - Post-Landfill Action Network, Resource Center is launched
The Resource Center is a collaborative platform to discuss projects, upload documents and share your ideas for the Zero Waste Movement. Check it out! View: http://www.postlandfill.org/resource-center/
The Resource Center is a collaborative platform to discuss projects, upload documents and share your ideas for the Zero Waste Movement. Check it out! View: http://www.postlandfill.org/resource-center/
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