Environmental Research and Education Foundation Survey to be Unveiled at Penton's Waste360 Recycling Summit This Month in Chicago

NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF), a nonprofit that funds and directs scientific research and educational initiatives for waste management practices, will unveil new research about recycling practices in the United States at Penton's Waste360 Recycling Summit (waste360recyclingsummit.com).

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The Summit produced in partnership with the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), will take place September 9-11, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago. The Summit will examine critical issues surrounding recycling and sustainability and will convene industry thought leaders, practitioners, customers and manufacturers to discuss the industry challenges and opportunities.

During the education session "Recycling State of Practice: Policy, Tonnage, and Beyond" on Friday, September 11 at 9:20 a.m. Bryan Staley, Ph.D., P.E., President and CEO, EREF and Debra Kantner, Internal Research Program Manager, EREF will discuss differences in recycling policies and goals across the United States and share how differences in definitions can contribute to variations from state to state and city to city. EREF will present a definitional framework that highlights how recycling goals can be based on measurable metrics.  In addition, a national picture of how much recycling is occurring and highlights differences between states and regions will be presented. Perspectives regarding differences in types of recycling facilities will also be shared along with how trends in waste generation and recycling policies may affect future efforts.

To learn more about this effort and other EREF Internal Research Program reports, visit: www.erefdn.org and click the "Internal Research" link.

"Recycling practices across the United States vary widely. These practices are significantly influenced by the policies and goals set by state/local agencies and the implementation of recycling programs within the community," said Staley. "Our team took a look at the national picture of what is happening across the industry to create a new structure of measurable metrics. Previous estimates of recycling facilities identified less than 1,700 recycling facilities.  Thus, this study is one of the most comprehensive efforts thus far on quantifying the extent of recycling occurring in the U.S.  We are looking forward to sharing it for the first time at the Summit."

Mark Hickey, Vice President, Penton's Waste360, which also produces Waste360.com, The Global Waste Management Symposium and the Waste360 Recycling Summit added, "We're honored that EREF is using our inaugural Summit to unveil their new research. This new research will be the lynchpin of industry metrics moving forward."

Media interested in obtaining media credentials to attend the Waste360 Recycling Summit, contact Meredith Fortunato, [email protected]

For more information on the Waste360 Recycling Summit, please visit http://www.waste360recyclingsummit.com or follow WasteExpo on Twitter at @Waste360.  

About Penton's Waste360 Group
Penton's Waste360 Group harnesses the power of its many properties to serve the solid waste and recycling industry. The industry widely consumes this content in the form of websites, live events, online learning and digital opportunities and more and includes: Waste360.com, WasteExpo, The Global Waste Management Symposium, The Healthcare Waste Conference, the Waste360 Recycling Summit, and topical and timely e-newsletters. For more information, visit www.waste360.com. 

About Penton
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Media Contacts:
Samantha Kops 
Horn Group for Penton  
(646) 202-9756 
[email protected] 

Meredith Fortunato
Marketing Director, Waste360 Recycling Summit
Penton
[email protected]

Kristy Pickurel
Director, Development & Communications
Environmental Research and Education Foundation 
(919) 861.6876 ext. 103
[email protected]

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