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GRC Semi-Annual Training Meeting
GRC Semi-Annual Training Meeting May 1-2, 2018 Athens, GA - Hotel Indigo Climate change is starting to take a toll on our communities. If we continue to face life altering storms, are we set up to be resilient? The buzz word these days is contamination...what is it, where did we go wrong, how to eliminate it and facing the “new normal” of recycling. The future of glass is still a work in progress; plastics are finding a new beneficial use…
Find out more »International Compost Awareness Week
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It is celebrated nationwide and in other countries each year during the first full week of May. Started in Canada in 1995, ICAW has continued to grow as more people, businesses, municipalities, schools and organizations are recognizing the importance of composting and the long-term benefits from organics recycling. The goal of the program is to raise the awareness of the public regarding the…
Find out more »International Day for Biological Diversity
The United Nations proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. When first created by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly in late 1993, 29 December (the date of entry into force of the Convention of Biological Diversity), was designated The International Day for Biological Diversity. In December 2000, the UN General Assembly adopted 22 May as IDB, to commemorate the adoption of the text of the Convention…
Find out more »World Environment Day
Every 5th of June is a day used by the United Nations to stimulate worldwide awareness of environmental issues and encourages political action. WED Homepage
Find out more »GRC Annual Conference
GRC 27th Annual Conference September 16-19, 2018 King & Prince Beach Resort St Simons Island, GA Details & Registration Info Forthcoming
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