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SWANA & EREF partner on joint Needlestick Survey

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) are conducting a joint research project to quantify and address the issue of needlestick injuries at Material Recovery Facilities ...

Apr. 27, 2017

EREF and WasteExpo to Hold Summit on Leachate Treatment and Management at WasteExpo

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) has partnered with WasteExpo to hold the 2017 EREF Summit, co-located with WasteExpo on Monday, May 8 in New Orleans, LA from 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CST. The EREF Summit is focused on ...

Mar. 20, 2017

EREF-Funded Project Uses a Life-Cycle Analysis Model to Evaluate the Environmental Sustainability of Solid Waste Management Strategies

In the future, policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that affect the type of energy used in the U.S., as well as the cost of energy and emissions, could significantly impact the strategic direction of solid waste management (SWM). SWM ...

Mar. 6, 2017

EREF’s Life-Cycle Analysis Workshop Examines Methods of Measuring Recycling and Diversion

Recently, policy makers, facility owners and other solid waste entities have engaged in discussion regarding whether mass is the best means to evaluate recycling and diversion practices versus a focus on measuring environmental burden through ...

Feb. 7, 2017

Rehrig Pacific Funds Named EREF Internship

Rehrig Pacific Company has funded the company’s first named internship for the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF). EREF’s Data & Policy Program (D&P) was developed as part of the foundation’s efforts to ...

Dec. 5, 2016

BioLargo subsidiary Odor-No-More Pledges $60,000 to Support EREF’s Scholarship Program

BioLargo, Inc. subsidiary Odor-No-More, Inc., through its leadership team, has pledged $60,000 to the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) to fund scholarships for graduate students conducting research into solid waste management. ...

Nov. 30, 2016

EREF Awards First Ice River Springs Master’s Scholarship for Sustainability to Jillian Treadwell of McGill University

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) is pleased to announce the award of the first Ice River Springs Master’s Scholarship for Sustainability to Jillian Treadwell, who is currently a student at ...

Oct. 12, 2016

EREF Data & Policy Report on Waste Generation Revealed at Waste360 Recycling Summit

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) introduced its new Data & Policy Report “Municipal Solid Waste Management in the U.S.: 2010 & 2013” at the Waste360 Recycling Summit, held September 19 – 21, 2016 ...

Sep. 20, 2016

Waste Connections and Waste Management to Co-Sponsor 2016 EREF Fall Classic & Networking

The 2016 Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) Fall Classic & Networking Event – to be held Thursday, November 17 at The Golf Trails of The Woodlands in The Woodlands, Texas – will be co-sponsored by Waste ...

Aug. 9, 2016

Join the School Cafeteria Discards Assessment Project (SCrAP) Today!

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) has developed the School Cafeteria Discards Assessment Project (SCrAP) to quantify both food waste and related wastes (eg. recyclables, to landfill) generated in cafeterias at K-12 schools ...

Aug. 2, 2016

EREF Annual Charitable Auction Raises More Than 1.6 Million at WasteExpo

The Board of Directors of the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) is pleased to announce that the 2016 EREF Annual Charitable Auction has raised more than $1.6 million. EREF holds its Annual Charitable Auction each year ...

Jun. 28, 2016

EREF Annual Charitable Auction Goes Online

For 22 years, the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) has held its Annual Charitable Auction to help support its mission to fund and direct research and educational initiatives for waste management practices. The EREF Annual ...

Jun. 3, 2016

EREF honors Mack Trucks for 20 years of donations

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) is pleased to announce that this year’s 22nd EREF Annual Charitable Auction will mark the 20th year that Mack Trucks has donated to the EREF Live Auction. The EREF Annual Charitable ...

Jun. 2, 2016

NWRA and EREF to Hold Coal Ash Management Forum

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) will partner to hold the Coal Ash Management Forum on July 21 - 22, 2016. The conference aims to be a forum where both the utility ...

Jun. 1, 2016

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