Northeast Resource. Recovery Association. Annual. Report. Since 1981 & First in the Nation

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1 Northeast Resource Recovery Association 2014 Annual Report Since 1981 & First in the Nation

2 Members Helping Members Over 30 years ago, four New Hampshire municipalities joined forces to form the firstin-the-nation municipal recycling cooperative. The goals of NRRA were to pool recyclable commodities in order to maximize pricing, provide educational and networking opportunities to members and to help communities stay on the cutting edge of the latest recycling trends. Having far surpassed those goals, NRRA now serves more than 400 municipal and business members throughout greater New England. Unlike traditional brokers, NRRA does not charge a costly brokerage fee to members to market their recyclables but rather a minimum NRRA fee is collected to reinvest into recycling and solid waste services for members! From Your BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT My Esteemed Colleagues, The only thing that is constant is change. And nothing changes until we do. Change can be seen as frightening, resulting in paralysis, or it can be seen as a growth opportunity. This applies to not only each of us as individuals, but as a collective joined together to form our Association. And the winds of change are blowing at NRRA. Because of diverse opinions and views, a workshop was held using the amazing collective brainpower of the NRRA staff as well as the Board of Trustees. It was a remarkable visioning session that helped to put some form to the function of NRRA. I ve spoken before about NRRA s need to evolve with (here s that change word again) the changing marketplace. Our business model, which has served us well for many years, has a limited horizon. More and more communities are moving towards single stream recycling, and more communities are looking to secure multiple year deals to get rid of trash. The logistics of providing transportation services as well as destinations for materials, whether they be recyclables or discards, is challenging in terms of cost of services and efficiency, particularly for our smaller member communities. And we always seem to rise to the challenges. At the annual meeting we will hear what I hope will be the start of an interesting dialog about waste as a resource and whether we are satisfied with the status quo. The one thing that is clear to me is that there is no one solution that will work across the spectrum of needs. But I believe we need to challenge ourselves with new thinking. Maybe it ain t broke so there s no need to fix it. Maybe we need to change. I don t pretend to have all the answers. The answers can only come from involvement in our Association because the wisdom we have as a whole will guide us through the inevitable changes that will come whether we want that or not. Respectfully, Duncan P. Watson, President From Your BOARD OF TRUSTEES TREASURER With utmost respect for my predecessor, the staff and fellow Board members, it is my privilege to assume the reins of Treasurer for the NRRA. The fiscal year proved to be a challenging one for the budget, ending the year with a small deficit of $24,370. My recommendation to the Board will be to authorize the transfer of funds from the Reserve Account, to make the budget whole again. Despite the sluggish economy, Members, through the efforts and guidance of our dedicated and knowledgeable staff, continued to be afforded the advantage of volume pricing, ending the year with 69,686 tons of reprocessed resources and over $8,051,944 in recycling revenues collected and returned to participating members. Thanks to all of you that have supported and guided me along this first year. I look forward to continuing to serve as your Treasurer. Respectfully submitted, Lisa Stevens, Treasurer

3 FYE TREASURER S REPORT REVENUES Membership $ 70, % Conference $ 127, % Consulting/Contracts $ 37, % Compost Bin Sale $ 22, % Rural Development & EPA Grants $ 0 0% Co-op Marketing Fees $ 519, % Interest Income $ % Fundraising/Donations $ 4, % Lease Income $ 38, % Technical Assistance/CLUB Grants $ 31, % Total Income $ 850, % OPERATING EXPENSES Salaries/Fringe* $ 579, % Consulting Services** $ 38, % Mortgage/Utilities $ 35, % Printing/Copying/Postage $ 18, % Accounting/Legal $ 14, % Bad Debt Expense $ 25, % Supplies $ 6, % Publications/Dues/Fees/FR $ 2, % Depreciation $ 20, % Fundraising (Direct Expenses) $ 1, % Travel/Meetings $ 5, % Conference $ 67, % Office Equipment (Expense) $ 19, % Insurance $ 8, % Compost Bin Sale (Direct Expenses) $ 18, % Bldg./Grounds/Equip. Maintenance $ 5, % Property Taxes $ 7, % Total Operating Expenses $ 875, % Net Surplus (loss) ($ 24,370) Please note: These are preaudited figures. *Indirect program costs are included in Salaries/Fringe **Direct program costs are included in consulting services The 33 nd Annual Conference & Expo This year, the conference attracted over 500 attendees. As always, the conference featured many cutting edge workshops as well as the 5 th Annual School Recycling Conference which included workshops, activity booths and the popular Mini TOLD (Trash On the Lawn Day). NRRA thanks the attendees, speakers, volunteers, exhibitors and sponsors for their continued support of this important educational event. Thank you again to our 2014 Conference Sponsors! PLATINUM Empire Recycling, LLC NH the Beautiful The William Reisner Corporation GOLD American Retroworks, Inc. NH Department of Environmental Services Northstar Recycling Company Paintcare Pinard Waste Systems Schnitzer Steel Industries Interstate Refrigerant Recovery, Inc. Liberty Tire Recycling Massrecycle ERRCO/LL&S C&D Recycling SILVER AIM Recycling USA LLC Antioch University New England Capital Composting Coca- Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England Fusion Paperboard Connecticut, LLC Maguire Equipment Inc. Mr. Fox Composting New England Baling Wire, Inc. NH Kelman Inc. OPRSystems, Inc. Poly Recovery RMG Enterprise, LLC Simple Life Recycling LLC Sustainable Generation ongratulations to our NRRA 2014 Recycling Award Winners: City of Keene, NH & Town of Lee, NH (Tied) - Most Programs through NRRA in 2013 Town of Canaan, NH - Outstanding Recycling Facility Website City of Concord, NH - Outstanding Recycling Brochure City of Keene, NH - Best Bill of Lading (BOL) Town of Eliot, ME - Composting Program of the Year Rhonda Gurney, Sunapee, NH - Volunteer of the Year Naughton Recycling, Bradford, NH - Business of the Year Dennis Patnoe, Lancaster, NH - Sami Izzo Recycler of the Year Special Thanks to EarthShare New England NRRA thanks the hundreds of people who support our work each year through payroll contributions in workplace giving campaigns. NRRA is a member of EarthShare New England, a federation of New England s most respected environmental and conservation charities. To learn more about supporting NRRA through EarthShare New England please call Jessica Wozniak at or visit

4 NRRA Marketing Tonnages Tons Paper Mixed Glass Single Stream Scrap Metal C & D Electronics Commingled Containers MSW Plastics Tin & Aluminum Cans Tires Your MEMBERS/OPERATIONS MARKETING COMMITTEE REPORT I would like to thank all of the towns and businesses for their continued support and efforts to make NRRA and our recycling efforts as successful as possible. I would also like to thank the NRRA staff and all the member communities who take the time to attend monthly M.O.M. meetings. This support and involvement is what makes this organization so successful presented many challenges for NRRA. Constantly changing markets have created small changes in revenues for our member communities. Overall, pricing has remained somewhat stable. During July-August, the fiber market became unsettled with prices dropping and then stabilizing. The same was true for scrap metal during late September-October, when pricing dropped due to a lack of market demand. However, due to the efforts of the NRRA staff, our clean loose or baled mixed paper was marketed, and some of us did not suffer the consequences of contaminated paper into the overseas market as pricing there dropped or loads were rejected and returned to the U.S. Thanks to the NRRA staff for listening to us as the M.O.M. meetings and finding new markets for loose paper. I encourage every town and community to become a member of NRRA. The committed staff continues to provide beneficial service to all of its members. In the past, municipalities have fallen victim to private companies and higher costs. NRRA keeps purchasers of goods honest, and typically the yield per ton for recyclables through NRRA is more than one can do directly on their own. NRRA now serves more than 400 municipal and business members throughout greater New England. NRRA does not charge a costly brokerage fee to members to market their recyclables but rather a minimum NRRA fee is collected to reinvest into recycling and solid waste services for members. All fees charged to the members are available in the annual report. Heading to 2015, competition across New England has noticeably lowered MSW tipping fees. If you have a contract nearing its conclusion, please do your research, compare pricing and talk to NRRA about your options. Banding together benefits all of us. Don t forget that attending MOM meetings counts as continuing education credits for your NH DES Solid Waste Operator Certification. I encourage you to attend the monthly MOM meetings for the education credits, but also because we value your input. See you all in 2015! Tim Redmond, Chairperson

5 From Your EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR This has been a year of outstanding Challenges and Solutions for NRRA. First and foremost among our challenges were a number of key personnel changes. Overall, NRRA lost over 25 years of experience in a concentrated period. The solution to such an important loss was to adopt the NE Patriots Next Up philosophy. NRRA was extremely fortunate to attract dedicated people to continue the excellent work of the last 33 years and help build a new and improved NRRA. They will learn and preserve the organizational wisdom which is Rooted in the Past, and Reaching for the Future to adapt to the new challenges with solutions they help craft. Additional challenges in the new Resource Recovery landscape occurred when both fiber mills and container processing facilities closed, requiring new market sourcing for members by NRRA Member Services Representatives on very short notice. The recent overall constriction of both foreign and domestic markets has made all transactions more competitive. Even with all these hurdles to clear this year, NRRA moved over 69,000 tons of members recyclables to market. NRRA continues holding NH DES continuing education certified workshops and monthly MOM meetings for all operators to get new and up-to-date information and to maintain their certifications. NRRA has been awarded long term municipal contracts for MSW and C&D processing and material management, which are natural additions to all the recyclables it handles. NRRA also manages numerous single stream solutions for those members who have converted. While NRRA is able to bid directly on some MSW contracts, it also reviews existing member contracts and makes recommendations. Those members who are now contracting with NRRA for all of their material movement needs receive a one stop shop annual report. This makes their reporting requirements to the municipality, as well as the State, both professional and streamlined, a real and very tangible benefit of membership. Speaking of Membership benefits, the new Members Only section of the website will allow for online forums as well as members only pricing information, webinars and workshop presentations, both during the year and from the annual conference. NRRA s School CLUB outreach programs, workshops, TOLDS and program materials continue to grow and improve, and the Team Earth program planted its first tree for Gold Level achievement this Fall! All NRRA Members are urged to let the schools in their town know what a great resource this is for students, teachers and facility managers. Thanks go out to NH the Beautiful for its outstanding contribution to the entire recycling effort in NH, including our School CLUB educational programs as well as the popular Annual School Recycling Conference. We appreciate their support! Look for the School CLUB on Facebook, sign up for the School News You Can Use and check out the new website! Our Rooted in the Past... Reaching for the Future theme for the Annual Conference last year examined the entire flow and management of the materials at facilities with a great lineup of workshops from San Francisco, CA to right here in NH. This year it may be New Mexico or Nantucket that will help advise us as we face the many challenges with workable solutions. We are hoping you will join us next June 8th and 9th for what is always a must attend event so Save These Dates. On behalf of the NRRA Board of Trustees, the entire NRRA staff, and your fellow members, we thank you for your ongoing support. Together we do make a difference! Thank you for recycling! Mike Durfor, Executive Director NRRA OFFICERS Duncan P. Watson, President John Hurd, Vice President George Murray, Vice President Michael Faller, Secretary Lisa Stevens, Treasurer NRRA TRUSTEES Gerry Cornett Roger Guzowski John M. Halstead, PhD David E. Hartman Charles Kelley Susy Mansfield Gordon Martin Joel Moulton Dennis Patnoe Roger Rice Mark Richardson Sarah Silk NRRA STAFF Administration Mike Durfor Executive Director Paula Dow Administrative Manager Gwen Erley Programs Coordinator Stacey Leonard Morrison Clerical Assistant Mary Jane (MJ) Poch Volunteer Finance Colleen Conway Finance Manager Beverly Pfeifer Accounts Manager Donna Villemaire Finance Assistant Member Services Bonnie Bethune Member Services Manager Marilyn Weir Member Services Mike Nork Member Services

6 Members Helping Members SOLID WASTE DISTRICTS Addison County SWM District - VT Androscoggin Valley RRDD BCEP Solid Waste District Chittenden Solid Waste District Coos County Recycling Greater Upper Valley SWMD - VT Hopkinton-Webster SWD Londonderry Solid Waste Group-VT Mad River Resource Management Alliance-VT NE Kingdom WMD Pemi-Baker Solid Waste District S. Windsor/Windham Counties Souhegan Regional Landfill District Wilton SWD Windham VT Solid Waste Mgt. District MUNICIPALITIES Cities City of Berlin, NH City of Claremont, NH City of Dover, NH City of Franklin, NH City of Keene, NH City of Lebanon, NH City of Manchester, NH City of Nashua, NH Towns Town of Acworth, NH Town of Alexandria, NH Town of Allenstown, NH Town of Alstead, NH Town of Alton, NH Town of Amherst, NH Town of Andover, NH Town of Andover, VT Town of Antrim, NH Town of Ashby, MA Town of Ashland, NH Town of Athens, VT Town of Averill, VT Town of Baltimore, VT Town of Barnet, VT Town of Barnstead, NH Town of Bartlett, NH Town of Bedford, NH Town of Belmont, NH Town of Bennington, NH Town of Bloomfield, VT Town of Boscawen, NH Town of Bow, NH Town of Bradford, NH Town of Brattleboro, VT Town of Brentwood, NH Town of Bridgewater, NH Town of Bridgewater, VT Town of Brighton, VT Town of Bristol, NH Town of Brookline, NH Town of Brookline, VT Town of Brunswick, VT Town of Burke, VT Town of Campton, NH Town of Canaan, NH Town of Canaan, VT Town of Candia, NH Town of Canterbury, NH Town of Carroll, NH Town of Cavendish, VT Town of Charlestown, NH Town of Chester, NH Town of Chester, VT Town of Chesterfield, NH Town of Chichester, NH Town of Clarksville, NH Town of Colebrook, NH Town of Columbia, NH Town of Concord, VT Town of Conway, NH Town of Cornish, NH Town of Croydon, NH Town of Dalton, NH Town of Danbury, NH Town of Danville, VT Town of Deerfield, NH Town of Derby, VT Town of Derry, NH Town of Dorchester, NH Town of Dover, VT Town of Dublin, NH Town of Dummer, NH Town of Dummerston, VT Town of Dunbarton, NH Town of Durham, NH Town of East Haven, VT Town of Easton, NH Town of Effingham, NH Town of Eliot, ME Town of Ellsworth, NH Town of Enfield, NH Town of Epping, NH Town of Epsom, NH Town of Errol, NH Town of Fairlee, VT Town of Farmington, NH Town of Fitzwilliam, NH Town of Francestown, NH Town of Franconia, NH Town of Freedom, NH Town of Fremont, NH Town of Gilmanton, NH Town of Goffstown, NH Town of Gorham, NH Town of Goshen, NH Town of Grafton, NH Town of Grafton, VT Town of Granby, VT Town of Grantham, NH Town of Greenfield, NH Town of Greenland, NH Town of Greenville, NH Town of Groton, MA Town of Groton, NH Town of Groton, VT Town of Guildhall, VT Town of Guilford, VT Town of Halifax, VT Town of Hampstead, NH Town of Hampton Falls, NH Town of Hampton, NH Town of Hancock, NH Town of Hanover, NH Town of Harrisville, NH Town of Hartford, VT Town of Hartland, VT Town of Henniker, NH Town of Hill, NH Town of Hillsborough, NH Town of Hinsdale, NH Town of Holderness, NH Town of Holland, VT Town of Hollis, NH Town of Hopkinton, NH Town of Irasburg, VT Town of Jackson, NH Town of Jaffrey, NH Town of Jamaica, VT Town of Jefferson, NH Town of Kirby, VT Town of Lancaster, NH Town of Landaff, NH Town of Landgrove, VT Town of Lee, NH Town of Lemington, VT Town of Lempster, NH Town of Lincoln, NH Town of Lisbon, NH Town of Litchfield, NH Town of Littleton, NH Town of Londonderry, NH Town of Londonderry, VT Town of Loudon, NH Town of Ludlow, VT Town of Lunenburg, VT Town of Lyman, NH Town of Lyme, NH Town of Lyndeborough, NH Town of Lyndon, VT Town of Madbury, NH Town of Madison, NH Town of Maidstone, VT Town of Marlboro, VT Town of Marlborough, NH Town of Marlow, NH Town of Mason, NH Town of Meredith, NH Town of Merrimack, NH Town of Middleton, NH Town of Milan, NH Town of Milford, NH Town of Milton, NH Town of Monroe, NH Town of Mont Vernon, NH Town of Moretown, VT Town of Morgan, VT Town of Moultonborough, NH Town of N. Berwick, ME Town of New Boston, NH Town of New Durham, NH Town of New Hampton, NH Town of New London, NH Town of Newark, VT Town of Newbury, NH Town of Newbury, VT Town of Newfane, VT Town of Newfield, ME Town of Newmarket, NH Town of Newport, NH Town of Newton, NH Town of North Hampton, NH Town of Northfield, NH Town of Northumberland, NH Town of Northwood, NH Town of Norton, VT Town of Norwich, VT Town of Nottingham, NH Town of Orford, NH Town of Ossipee, NH Town of Peacham, VT Town of Pelham, NH Town of Pembroke, NH Town of Peru, VT Town of Peterborough, NH Town of Piermont, NH Town of Pittsburg, NH Town of Pittsfield, NH Town of Plymouth, NH Town of Plymouth, VT Town of Pomfret, VT Town of Putney, VT Town of Randolph, NH Town of Raymond, NH

7 Town of Reading, VT Town of Readsboro, VT Town of Rindge, NH Town of Rockingham, VT Town of Rollinsford, NH Town of Rumney, NH Town of Rye, NH Town of Ryegate, VT Town of Salisbury, CT Town of Salisbury, NH Town of Sanbornton, NH Town of Sandown, NH Town of Sandwich, NH Town of Seabrook, NH Town of Sharon, CT Town of Sharon, VT Town of Sheffield, VT Town of Shelburne, NH Town of South Hampton, NH Town of Springfield, NH Town of Springfield, VT Town of Stark, NH Town of Stewartstown, NH Town of Strafford, NH Town of Strafford, VT Town of Stratford, NH Town of Stratham, NH Town of Stratton, VT Town of Sugar Hill, NH Town of Sunapee, NH Town of Sutton, NH Town of Sutton, VT Town of Swanzey, NH Town of Tamworth, NH Town of Temple, NH Town of Thetford, VT Town of Thornton, NH Town of Tilton, NH Town of Townshend, VT Town of Troy, NH Town of Tuftonboro, NH Town of Unity, NH Town of Vernon, VT Town of Vershire, VT Town of Waitsfield, VT Town of Wakefield, NH Town of Walpole, NH Town of Wardsboro, VT Town of Warner, NH Town of Warren, NH Town of Washington, NH Town of Waterford, VT Town of Waterville Valley, NH Town of Weare, NH Town of Weathersfield, VT Town of Webster, NH Town of Wellesley, MA Town of Wentworth, NH Town of West Fairlee, VT Town of West Windsor, VT Town of Westminster, VT Town of Westmore, VT Town of Westmoreland, NH Town of Weston, VT Town of Wheelock, VT Town of Whitefield, NH Town of Whitingham, VT Town of Wilmington, VT Town of Wilmot, NH Town of Wilton, NH Town of Windham, VT Town of Windsor, VT Town of Winhall, VT Town of Wolfeboro, NH Town of Woodstock, VT BUSINESSES ABLE Waste Management, Inc. Acrylic Designs, Inc. All American Recycling Corp. AMENICO - American Energy Ind. Co., LLC American Retroworks Inc. Amerigas Propane, LP Amoskeag Beverages, Inc. Anheuser-Busch, LLC Barn Store of New England LLC BDS Waste Disposal BFI Hooksett Bond Auto Parts Channel Marine CK Productions Computer Recycling of Claremont CPRC Group, LLC Dave s Motorboat Shoppe, LLC DC Slocomb Co., LLC Ecosmith Recyclers, Inc. Electronic Recyclers International, Inc. Elektrisola, Inc. Empire Recycling LLC Evergreen Recycling Inc. F.L. Merrill Construction, Inc. Fidelity/CBRE Gamlin Renovations Gary Sakin Great Rate Container Service, L.L.C. Green Mountain Furniture Green s Marine H2O Waste Disposal Services LLC Harding Metals, Inc. Health Dialog Insulectro Irwin Corporation dba Irwin Marine JFE Transport LLC Lakeport Landing Marina Liberty Tire Recycling, LLC Lodge at Jackson Village Lynch Recycling Marlborough Greenhouses, Inc. Martyco Dumpster, LLC MD s Trash Removal Meredith Marina Mighty Flame Morgan Press, Inc. Naughton Recycling Center, LLC New England Baling Wire, Inc. New England Quality Service, Inc. NH Automobile Dealers Assoc. NH Marine Trade Association NH Motor Speedway North Coast Services, LLC North Shore Recycled Fibers Northeast Logistics Northeast Material Handling Inc. Northeast Scale Co., Inc. Northstar Recycling Company OPRSystems, Inc. Pike Industries, Inc. Pilgrim Foods Div Old Dutch Mustard Co. Pinard Waste Systems, Inc. Plastics Forming Enterprises Recycled Asphalt Shingles Rehrig Penn Logistics Resource Recycling Reverse Recycling Inc. RMG Enterprise Rochester Shoe Tree Company Ruggiero Trash Removal Save That Stuff, Inc Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. -MRB-NE Seacoast Furniture, LLC Seacoast Volkswagen, Inc. SeaView Technologies, Inc. Shep Browns Boat Basin Silver Sands Marina, Inc. The Keeney Manufacturing Company Thomas Hodgson & Sons, Inc. Thurston s Marina United Sign Associates URT/Universal Recycling Tech., LLC Waste Management Inc. - Rochester Watts Regulator West Alton Marina West Shore Marine Winnisquam Marine, Inc. Woodstock Recycling & Refuse Corp Zero Waste and Recycling Services, Inc. INDIVIDUALS Heather Achilles Thomas E. Armstrong Dorothy Berthiaume Sharon Byrne-Kishida Chip Chesley Adam Clark Mary Ann Conroy Chad Contonio Mary Delahanty Mark Draper Peter Engel John M. Halstead, Ph.D. Robert Kerry Mitch Kessler Richard Kleiman Ronald B. Laurence, P.E. Donna Limoli Susy Mansfield Gregory J. McVeigh Robert Nugent John Phetteplace GOV T, SCHOOLS & NON-PROFIT Academy for Science & Design Center Audubon Society of New Hampshire Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center Dartmouth College Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Donation Depot EarthShare Epsom-Chichester Lions Club Grace Capital Church Keene State College Londonderry School District Lothrop Elementary School LRG Healthcare/Franklin Hospital Lynnfield High School Maine Resource Recovery Assn. Mass.Water Resources Authority MassRecycle Merrimack Cty. Facility-RecyclingDept. NH Dept. of Environmental Services NH Municipal Association Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. Northern Berkshire SWMD PLAN: Poste Landfill Action Network Planet Aid Salvation Army Adult Rehab. Center Southern NH University Stonehill College UMASS - Amherst Windsor Good News dba WinCycle Members Helping Members

8 What Did New Hampshire the Beautiful Do for New Hampshire Over the Past Year? In just one year, New Hampshire the Beautiful has provided an enormous amount of support for recycling and anti-litter programs by: *Donating 99,000 blue bags for litter pick up to communities & NH Departments of Transportation to assist in keeping NH roads and community areas litter-free *Awarding a total of $ 38,679 in recycling grants to 20 NH municipalities to help increase the efficiency of their recycling programs *Providing over $ 25,000 in funding to the NRRA School Recycling CLUB to provide recycling education to our future generations of recyclers *Subsidizing the cost of 1,216 recycling bins and 35 ClearStream recycling containers for schools and communities throughout the state *Granting $ 12,366 worth of recycling signs to NH transfer stations and schools *Maintaining three RecycleMobiles used by communities throughout the year for various public events NH the Beautiful, Inc. (NHtB) is a private non-profit charitable trust founded in 1983 and supported by the soft drink, malt beverage and grocery industries of New Hampshire. By offering municipal recycling grants, signs, anti-litter programs and technical assistance to recycling programs, NHtB is a unique organization that represents a voluntarily-funded alternative to expensive legislation intended to achieve the same end results. New Hampshire the Beautiful also provides support to the NRRA School Recycling CLUB. NRRA administers the programs for NH the Beautiful ( and has since NRRA School Recycling CLUB It s been a year of change for the NRRA School Recycling CLUB! Caitlin Meaney moved on in June and I started with NRRA in August. It is my honor and challenge to learn about all the programs and services we provide both at NRRA and through the CLUB! The CLUB continues to offer exceptional workshops and technical training to schools throughout New England. Through our programs, K-12 students learn about consumer behavior, waste diversion and reduction, the resulting impacts on climate change and what personal action they can take to change it. The NRRA educators excel at linking the workshops to the schools core curriculum standards. NH the Beautiful continues to be a strong supporter of the CLUB, offering NH schools discounted recycling materials and grants for both products and workshops. This coming year we are looking to expand our grant opportunities and develop a school assembly presentation. We will also be upgrading and promoting our Team Earth program to our schools. Through Team Earth, schools and students complete activities and expand their recycling efforts to reach Bronze, Silver and Gold levels, receiving recognition and awards along the way. Keep an eye on our website, or our Facebook page for more information You can always contact us at theclub@nrra.net or call ext. 19 with any questions. I look forward to being of service to you. If I don t have the answer, I ll find it! Gwen Erley, CLUB Coordinator Congratulations to our School Recycling Award Winners: School Recylers of the Year NH-Weston Elementary School, Manchester, NH VT-Thetford Elementary School, Thetford, VT MA-Olmsted-Richardson School, North Easton, MA Elementary Student Recyclers of the Year Emma Campbell, Addy Harris & Abby Iliff, Robinson Elementary School, Starksboro, VT High School Student Recycler of the Year Lucas Schroeder, Oyster River School, Durham, NH Recyclers of the Year Teacher/Educator Award NH-Amanda Patenaude, Newport Montessori School, Newport, NH MA-Kristen Blake, Johnson Elementary School, Natick, MA ME-Matt Charland, Mill Stream Elementary School, Norridgewock, ME Facilities Staff Recycler of the Year Paul O Connell, Bridge Elementary School, Lexington, MA Best Composter Award Berkshire Trail Elementary School, Cummington, MA Outstanding Recycling Fundraiser Stacy Anglace, Parent Volunteer, Woodman Park School, Dover, NH Outstanding Community Involvement Vilas School, Langdon, NH Rookie of the Year Bridgewater Middle School, Bridgewater, MA NRRA s Cooperative Partners: Printed on Recycled Paper