Eureka Recycling is a community-based, nonprofit social enterprise that focuses on recycling operations and zero waste advocacy. They apply operational data and experiences to change systems that promote waste reduction and recycling.

Eureka Recycling

Eureka Recycling | 1,295 followers on LinkedIn. Eureka Recycling is the only organization in Minnesota that specializes in zero waste. The organization&#39;s services, programs, and policy work present solutions to the social, environmental, and health problems caused by wasting. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in the Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Eureka Recycling&#39;s mission is to demonstrate that waste is preventable, not inevitable.

COO at SERI | Board Member | 2018 Bush Fellow

Amanda LaGrange

Director of Solid Waste for Deschutes County --- Driven to Change our Relationship with Waste and Wasting

Tim Brownell

Co-President, COO

Miriam Holsinger

CEO | Director | Board Member | Sustainability | Solid Waste | Recycling | Zero Waste Leader| Team Leadership | Program Development

Bryan Ukena

Katie Drews, MBA , AMBR's National Coordinator and CEO/Co-Director of Eureka Recycling, will speak at the #RRC2024 Conference in Louisville, KY, starting today, November 13th. She'll join industry leaders to share insights on reuse, extended producer responsibility for packaging, and what makes material recyclable. Thank you to Resource Recycling, Inc. for inviting us to share our insights!

Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling

Our Co-President, Katie Drews, MBA, participated in "Plastics: A Forum on Research & Advocacy." Katie shared about our experience with plastics recycling stressing that recycling can not and should not be the solution to the plastics crisis. We need reduction, reuse, and material redesign. Read more on the Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling blog.

We are excited to share that Eureka Recycling has been awarded $850,000 in grant funding from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to support our #zerowaste mission. This grant will help fund the purchase of an optical sorter, a key piece of technology that will reduce contamination and more effectively sort glass, paper, and cardboard in our facility. This investment not only enhances our operations but strengthens our ability to keep materials in circulation and out of waste streams. Thank you to the MPCA for supporting the growth of #recycling markets and infrastructure in Minnesota. Read more about the recycling investments in Minnesota: https://bit.ly/3YuRM7m

A great article from the San Francisco Chronicle explains why so many plastics cannot be recycled: There are no markets for them. These plastics trash recycling systems and the planet. https://lnkd.in/ew3SJEdD

There are a lot of claims that the recycling system is broken due to plastics, but on average, plastics make up only 20% of the recycling stream. The other 80%, mixed paper, cardboard, glass, aluminum, and steel, are the workhorses of recycling. It's important to remember this as we move policies and solutions forward to improve what is already working, eliminate what isn't, and work toward a zero-waste future! ♻ Check out our webinar to learn more: https://lnkd.in/egkpaakH

Let's protect the definition of recyclable! The FTC needs to release updated Green Guides that recognize the important role recycling plays in driving us towards a zero-waste future and rejects efforts to weaken that definition.

This #PlasticFreeJuly , join us, Ocean Conservancy, and the Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling on Wednesday, July 31, at 2 pm CT for a panel discussion on authentic solutions to plastic pollution and a film screening of “Chasing Arrows: The Truth About Recycling. Register for the event here: https://lnkd.in/dZjK5dgX

Incredible photo essay from on the environmental and human impact of sachets - small, multi-layered plastic packets. They are extremely difficult to recycle, creating a significant burden for waste workers & releasing toxic pollutants when they are buried or burned.

Incredible photo essay from Break Free From Plastic on the impact of sachets - small, multi-layered plastic packets. These packets are extremely difficult to recycle, creating a significant burden for waste workers & releasing toxic pollutants when they are buried or burned. We need investments in reduction, reuse, and material phase out and redesign.

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