
California’s Statewide Recycling Association
Together, we help conserve precious and finite resources as well as work to meet the challenges of state and federal mandates. Join CRRA today, and become a part of the movement!

Founded in 1974, as the first and largest non-profit recycling organization in the United States, and a 501(C)3 organization, CRRA is dedicated to achieving environmental sustainability in and beyond California through Zero Waste strategies including product stewardship, waste prevention, reuse, recycling, and composting.

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» MENTORSHIP CIRCLE 2026
CRRA’s 6-month long Mentorship Circle program is designed to empower the next generation of resource recovery and Zero Waste leaders, and we are looking for our next group of Mentors! Consider joining this effort and lending your expertise to help shape the next generation of sustainability leaders.
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» CRRA 2026: AUG 30-SEPT 2
Save the Date for CRRA 2026 in San Diego! We will be at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. Registration opens early 2026.
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» ZERO WASTE PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES CERTIFICATION
This course provides students with a comprehensive knowledge of rapidly emerging public and private sector Zero Waste programs and the key principles that support these programs.

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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