July 2005
Volume 27, Number 5

Inthisissue

CRRA Conference Program NOW ONLINE

CRRA Elections Schedule

CCRC Student Scholarship

Spring Report

Tribute to Pavitra, Mary and Michele

Jobs Available

Events Calendar

CRRANEWS

CRRA 2005 Annual Conference Program NOW ONLINE

July 10-13, 2005 , the Los Angeles Millennium Biltmore Hotel will host the 2005 CRRA Annual Conference. Visit www.crra.com to download registration and exhibitor applications as well as the
NEW conference program
How often can you view the program in advance!! http://www.crra.com/2005conf/pdf/conferenceprogram.pdf

Have you signed up for any special events? Space is limited for tours, workshops, the Sunday Reception and the Tuesday Awards, so sign up soon!

2005 CRRA Elections Results Are In

Congratulations to the following newly elected Board members

District 3 – Barbara Spoonhour, Representing counties of Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino , and Riverside
District 6 – Todd Hill, Representing county of Los Angeles
District 9 –

Leslie Lukacs, Representing counties of Alameda , Contra Costa, Marin, Napa , San Francisco , Solano and Sonoma

The new Board will be seating at the conclusion of the member appreciation luncheon on Tuesday, July 12, 2205

CCRC Student Scholarship Recipient!

The California Collegiate Recycling Council would like to congratulate Zoë Carlson for receiving the $500 Student Scholarship to the California Resource Recovery Association 29th Annual Conference in Los Angeles . For full text click here

IndustryNews&HotTopics

Spring Report

By, Richard Anthony
As I look forward to the July 10-13, 2005 California Resource Recovery Association Annual conference at the downtown Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel (www.crra.com), I think about some of the things I have learned while attending Recycling and Zero Waste conferences this spring in Beijing, China; New York City; Coventry, England; Waterville, Vermont; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
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Tribute to Pavitra, Mary and Michele

In New York City , Los Angeles , and Beijing , China , the topics of the day are zero waste, zero waste communities, jobs and sustainability and resource management without landfill and burning.

The passing away this year of Pavitra, Mary and Michele remind me of my mortality and makes me more determined to do a much as I can, while I can. For full text click here

Environmental Associate, SF Environment. Submit a resume and a San Francisco job application (which can be found at (http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/emplymnt/ApplForm/applform.htm), a copy of diploma, and the supplemental application to: Job 9922 Green Building Associate, Personnel Officer, 11 Grove Street , San Francisco , CA 94102 , no later than July 14, 2005 . All materials must be received at 11 Grove Street by the deadline. Faxes will be accepted up to 5:00 p.m. July 14, 2005 at (415) 554-6393, Attn. Job 9922 Green Building , as long as the original is mailed. Late applications or resumes will not be accepted. Postmarks will not be accepted.

July 10, 2005 : CRRA ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING.
July 10-13, 2005: CRRA 2005 Annual Conference, LA Biltmore. www.crra.com
August 28-31, 2005: NRC Congress, Minneapolis , MN . http://www.nrc-recycle.org/congress/
September 7-9, 2005: Plastic Debris Conference, Redondo Beach . http://www.plasticdebris.org/
President'sCircle
The California Resource Recovery Association is partly funded by generous support from our sponsors. For more information on CRRA sponsorship, download a sponsor brochure online at: CRRA Sponsor Brochure (pdf)

CRRA Sponsors

CRRA’s Newest President Circle Sponsor is the CA Department of Conservation. Gigantic Idea Studio, Burrtec, CIWMB, Zero Waste Communities of San Bernardino Co., Mojave Desert & Mountain JPA, StopWaste.Org, City of Chula Vista, EPA Region 9, American Plastics Council, Phoenix Waste and Recycling, Huls Environmental, Sunset Waste Papers, SLO County IWMA, SoCal Computer Recyclers, Waste Connections, RethinkWaste.org, EcoNomics, CalRecovery Inc., PSSI/Stanford Recycling, Western Riverside COG, OSS Spectrum and Envirocycle, Inc.
 

CALIFORNIA RESOURCE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 276567, Sacramento, CA 95827-6567
Phone: (916) 441-CRRA Fax: (916) 932-2209
Website: www.crra.com Email: crra@crra.com