Gedert Voted to AOR Board January 31, 2017, Ann Arbor, Mich.  – Sustainability and recycling consultancy RRS, announced today affiliate senior consultant Bob Gedert has been voted to the Association of Ohio Recyclers (AOR) member-at-large board of directors position. Mr. Gedert recently moved back to Ohio and joined RRS to work with municipalities and organizations […]

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The History of America Recycles Day Did you realize that America Recycles Day occurred last week? With news cycles on overload covering other topics, America Recycles Day (ARD) was noticeably missing from mainstream media. Even more startling was this year was ARD’s 20th anniversary! We thought it would be interesting to look back at the […]

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Recently the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) sent a letter to their membership regarding the China Trade Restrictions. RRS would like to share the contents of that letter and invite comments. ISSUE On July 18, 2017, China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its intent to ban the import of certain scrap materials by year […]

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Waste Exchanges Transformed: The Austin Materials Marketplace Waste exchange, as defined by Wikipedia, is “where the waste product of one process becomes the raw materials for a second process.” From the 1970s until recently, waste exchanges were administered through a newsletter format, listing the hard-to-recycle industrial or commercial item with a limited amount of specification and a contact […]

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