EPA hosts recycling innovation fair

The event featured entrepreneurs from across the recycling industry showcasing their products, services, outreach and technologies.

Patrick Tierney, founder of Denver-based Revolution Systems, is pictured at right.
Patrick Tierney, founder of Denver-based Revolution Systems, is pictured at right.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted its first America Recycles Innovation Fair Nov. 14. The event featured entrepreneurs from across the recycling industry showcasing their products, services, outreach and technologies. At the fair, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) President Darrell Smith and NWRA Board Chair Ben Harvey of recycling firm E.L Harvey, Westborough, Massachusetts, presented challenge coins to veterans recognizing their service and commitment to environmental protection.

“I am proud to help launch the first America Recycles Innovation Fair that brought together entrepreneurs from across the recycling system to showcase their innovative products, services, outreach and technologies,” said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “Under the Trump administration, EPA is working diligently to identify market-based strategies and innovative ideas to create a more sustainable recycling system in America and across the globe. I look forward to continuing our work with our partners to improve infrastructure, develop secondary markets and more effectively communicate with the public about addressing the entire lifecycle of recycled materials.”

The EPA hosted the Innovation Fair in partnership with the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries, Keep America Beautiful, the Solid Waste Association of North America and The Recycling Partnership.

EPA is collaborating with stakeholders from across the recycling system to identify specific actions to address the challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. recycling system. These organizations are committed to leveraging their collective expertise, strengths and resources to address these challenges and opportunities.

Today, Nov. 15, EPA is convening the second America Recycles Day Summit, bringing together organizations from across the recycling system and all levels of government to build on their success in the last year and commit to continuing to work together. Participants include the original 45 organizations that signed the America Recycles Pledge on America Recycles Day 2018, along with the more than 120 additional organizations that signed the pledge in 2019. Pledge signers represent all aspects of the U.S. recycling sector, including representatives from government, the recycling industry, no-profits, corporations and brands and industry trade associations. Participants will hear from America Recycles workgroup members on progress made to date, have an opportunity to provide input on future actions and join the America Recycles effort moving forward.

Learn more about EPA’s ongoing America Recycles work at www.epa.gov/AmericaRecycles.

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