Save the National Recycling Coalition!
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We, the undersigned, urge all National Recycling Coalition (NRC) members to VOTE NO to the proposed KAB takeover of the NRC!
We urge you to join the long list of recycling advocates including NRC Co-founders, past NRC Board Members, and past NRC Presidents who oppose the KAB takeover.
We support the open letter from the Save the NRC Coalition to NRC Members as posted at www.SaveTheNRC.org.
We invite you to endorse our open letter and to show your support for the future of recycling and sustainability in the United States by adding your name to this petition.
Sincerely,
Peter Anderson, RecycleWorlds Consulting Corp. and former NRC Board member and former NRC Policy Committee Chair
Steve Apotheker, Senior Recycling Planner, Sustainability Center, Metro, Portland, OR, former NRC Board member, and recipient of two NRC Recycler of the Year awards
Mick Barry, Member of NRC, Iowa, Michigan and Colorado State Recycling Associations, Former NRC Vice-President and Treasurer, former NRC Board member
Victor Bell, President, Environmental Packaging International, former NRC Board member
Paul Braasch, Director, Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District (Ohio), former NRC Board member and NRC Conference Committee Chair
Gretchen Brewer, Massachusetts, NRC member 1982-2005, Congress volunteer/presenter 1983-89
Tim Brownell, President/Chief Operating Officer, Eureka Recycling, Minneapolis, MN, and former NRC Board Member
Clifford Case, Founder of NRC and NRC Past President
Maggie Clarke, Ph.D., Maggie Clarke Environmental, NRC member and Chair, Municipal and Medical Waste Management Division, Air & Waste Management Association, and former NRC Source Reduction Council member
Dominick DAltilio, President, Association of New Jersey Recyclers
John Davis, Administrator, Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority, CA and former President, California Resource Recovery Association
Resa Dimino, New York, former member NRC Policy Committee and Steering Committee of NRC Non-profit council
Laura Dubester, Co-director, Center for Ecological Technology, NRC Non-profit Recyclers Council, NRC Congresses: past presenter/panel moderator, former member NRC
Sherry A. Enzler, former Executive Director, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance and Research Fellow, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
Floyd D. Flexon, President and CEO, Plastic Environmental Technology LLC
Pat Franklin, former Executive Director of Container Recycling Institute and former NRC Board member
Margaret A. Gainer, Founder, Gainer & Associates and Center for Environmental Economic Development, Former NRC Board member and NRC Executive Committee member
Jenny Gitlitz, Director of Environmental Assessment, Green Depot; and Former Research Director, Container Recycling Institute.
Dale Gubbels, CEO, Firstar Fiber, Inc., NRC Past President
Susan Hubbard, Eureka Recycling and NRC Past President
Carl R. Hursh, Pennsylvania
Amy Jo Labi-Carando, former Director of Lawrence County Recycling/Solid Waste Department (retired), former NRC Vice-President, former Co-Chair of NRC Board Development Committee
Delyn Kies, Principal, Kies Strategies, former Board Chair, former Board Member and served on many Board committees
Susan Kinsella, Executive Director, Conservatree, San Francisco, CA, former NRC Board Member and ExecutiveCommittee Member
Marie Kruzan, Executive Director, Association of New Jersey Recyclers
Gary Liss, President, Gary Liss & Associates, one of the founding Board members of the NRC in 1978 (referred by Sierra Club) and NRC Past President
Mark Lichtenstein, Syracuse Center for Excellence and NRC Past President
Mark Loughmiller, Executive Director, Arcata Community Recycling Center, former NRC Board member, authored original RO Affiliation Agreement and served on many NRC Committees
David Muchnick, Principal, Sustainable Enterprise, NY, NY, former NRC Board member, former member NRC Recycling Advisory Committee
Brooke Nash, Massachusetts
Pete Pasterz, Waste Reduction Coordinator, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, former NRC Board member, former NRC Vice President, former Chair of College and University Recycling Council (CURC) Steering Committee, and former Co-Chair of NRC Non-Profit Council
Amy Perlmutter, Principal, Perlmutter Associates, former NRC Board member, NRC Executive Committee member and Board Development Co-Chair, and former Chair of Boston National Recycling Congress
Brenda Platt, Co-director, Institute for Local Self Reliance
Jerry Powell, Publisher, Resource Recycling Magazine, and former NRC Board Chair
Maurice M. Sampson II, President, Niche Recycling, Inc, Chair, Recycle NOW Campaign, a project of the Recycling Alliance of Philadelphia
Pat Scanlon, President, Scanlon Associates, former NRC Board member
Neil Seldman, President, Institute for Local Self Reliance, former NRC Board Member and founder
Alan Silverstein, Co-director, Center for Ecological Technology: Co-Chair 11th National Recycling Congress (Boston), Co-Chair Non-Profit Recyclers Council
Tanis G. Skislak, former (and first) Recycling Coordinator, Fairfax Co, VA, former NRC Board Member
Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D., Principal, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc. (SERA), former NRC board member, officer, and chair, NRC Awards Committee
Coy Smith, CEO Novato Chamber of Commerce, Chair of 1990 San Diego National Recycling Congress, Former NRC Board member and Chair NRC Board Development Committee
Mary Tkach, Past board member and Executive Committee member, Co-Founder, Recycling to Build Community, Non-profit Recyclers Council member
Bruce Walker, City of Portland, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Solid Waste & Recycling Program
Tedd Ward, M.S., Program Manager, Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority
Cat Wilt, Director of Policy, Center for Clean Products, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, NRC Past President & former NRC Board member
Rick Winterhalter, Chair of the Board, Association of Oregon Recyclers
Bob Hollis, Principal, Carnegie Partners, LLC, The Mobius Network, LLC, RecyclingJobs.com, Advisor and former Board Member, California Resource Recovery Association, NRC member
We urge you to join the long list of recycling advocates including NRC Co-founders, past NRC Board Members, and past NRC Presidents who oppose the KAB takeover.
We support the open letter from the Save the NRC Coalition to NRC Members as posted at www.SaveTheNRC.org.
We invite you to endorse our open letter and to show your support for the future of recycling and sustainability in the United States by adding your name to this petition.
Sincerely,
Peter Anderson, RecycleWorlds Consulting Corp. and former NRC Board member and former NRC Policy Committee Chair
Steve Apotheker, Senior Recycling Planner, Sustainability Center, Metro, Portland, OR, former NRC Board member, and recipient of two NRC Recycler of the Year awards
Mick Barry, Member of NRC, Iowa, Michigan and Colorado State Recycling Associations, Former NRC Vice-President and Treasurer, former NRC Board member
Victor Bell, President, Environmental Packaging International, former NRC Board member
Paul Braasch, Director, Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District (Ohio), former NRC Board member and NRC Conference Committee Chair
Gretchen Brewer, Massachusetts, NRC member 1982-2005, Congress volunteer/presenter 1983-89
Tim Brownell, President/Chief Operating Officer, Eureka Recycling, Minneapolis, MN, and former NRC Board Member
Clifford Case, Founder of NRC and NRC Past President
Maggie Clarke, Ph.D., Maggie Clarke Environmental, NRC member and Chair, Municipal and Medical Waste Management Division, Air & Waste Management Association, and former NRC Source Reduction Council member
Dominick DAltilio, President, Association of New Jersey Recyclers
John Davis, Administrator, Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority, CA and former President, California Resource Recovery Association
Resa Dimino, New York, former member NRC Policy Committee and Steering Committee of NRC Non-profit council
Laura Dubester, Co-director, Center for Ecological Technology, NRC Non-profit Recyclers Council, NRC Congresses: past presenter/panel moderator, former member NRC
Sherry A. Enzler, former Executive Director, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance and Research Fellow, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota
Floyd D. Flexon, President and CEO, Plastic Environmental Technology LLC
Pat Franklin, former Executive Director of Container Recycling Institute and former NRC Board member
Margaret A. Gainer, Founder, Gainer & Associates and Center for Environmental Economic Development, Former NRC Board member and NRC Executive Committee member
Jenny Gitlitz, Director of Environmental Assessment, Green Depot; and Former Research Director, Container Recycling Institute.
Dale Gubbels, CEO, Firstar Fiber, Inc., NRC Past President
Susan Hubbard, Eureka Recycling and NRC Past President
Carl R. Hursh, Pennsylvania
Amy Jo Labi-Carando, former Director of Lawrence County Recycling/Solid Waste Department (retired), former NRC Vice-President, former Co-Chair of NRC Board Development Committee
Delyn Kies, Principal, Kies Strategies, former Board Chair, former Board Member and served on many Board committees
Susan Kinsella, Executive Director, Conservatree, San Francisco, CA, former NRC Board Member and ExecutiveCommittee Member
Marie Kruzan, Executive Director, Association of New Jersey Recyclers
Gary Liss, President, Gary Liss & Associates, one of the founding Board members of the NRC in 1978 (referred by Sierra Club) and NRC Past President
Mark Lichtenstein, Syracuse Center for Excellence and NRC Past President
Mark Loughmiller, Executive Director, Arcata Community Recycling Center, former NRC Board member, authored original RO Affiliation Agreement and served on many NRC Committees
David Muchnick, Principal, Sustainable Enterprise, NY, NY, former NRC Board member, former member NRC Recycling Advisory Committee
Brooke Nash, Massachusetts
Pete Pasterz, Waste Reduction Coordinator, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, former NRC Board member, former NRC Vice President, former Chair of College and University Recycling Council (CURC) Steering Committee, and former Co-Chair of NRC Non-Profit Council
Amy Perlmutter, Principal, Perlmutter Associates, former NRC Board member, NRC Executive Committee member and Board Development Co-Chair, and former Chair of Boston National Recycling Congress
Brenda Platt, Co-director, Institute for Local Self Reliance
Jerry Powell, Publisher, Resource Recycling Magazine, and former NRC Board Chair
Maurice M. Sampson II, President, Niche Recycling, Inc, Chair, Recycle NOW Campaign, a project of the Recycling Alliance of Philadelphia
Pat Scanlon, President, Scanlon Associates, former NRC Board member
Neil Seldman, President, Institute for Local Self Reliance, former NRC Board Member and founder
Alan Silverstein, Co-director, Center for Ecological Technology: Co-Chair 11th National Recycling Congress (Boston), Co-Chair Non-Profit Recyclers Council
Tanis G. Skislak, former (and first) Recycling Coordinator, Fairfax Co, VA, former NRC Board Member
Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D., Principal, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc. (SERA), former NRC board member, officer, and chair, NRC Awards Committee
Coy Smith, CEO Novato Chamber of Commerce, Chair of 1990 San Diego National Recycling Congress, Former NRC Board member and Chair NRC Board Development Committee
Mary Tkach, Past board member and Executive Committee member, Co-Founder, Recycling to Build Community, Non-profit Recyclers Council member
Bruce Walker, City of Portland, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Solid Waste & Recycling Program
Tedd Ward, M.S., Program Manager, Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority
Cat Wilt, Director of Policy, Center for Clean Products, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, NRC Past President & former NRC Board member
Rick Winterhalter, Chair of the Board, Association of Oregon Recyclers
Bob Hollis, Principal, Carnegie Partners, LLC, The Mobius Network, LLC, RecyclingJobs.com, Advisor and former Board Member, California Resource Recovery Association, NRC member
55 Signatures
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Bob Hollis
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Tracy L. Artley
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling Coordinator
- Organization
- University of Michigan
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Peter Anderson
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Former NRC Board Member and Chair of Policy Committee
- Organization
- RecycleWorlds Consulting
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Jack DeBell
- Comments
- Keep the high ground!
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- university recycler
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Elizabeth Quinn
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- secretary, board of directors
- Organization
- Northern California Recycling Association
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Julie Muir
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- President, California Resource Recovery Association
- Organization
- PSSI/Stanford Recycling
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Roger Guzowski
- Comments
- Former CURC Vice-Chair, Former CURC Chair of regional conferences, longtime former CURC steer, Grandfather of RecycleMania
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Marjorie Griek
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Executive Director
- Organization
- Colorado Association for Recycling
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Alan Muller
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Executive Director
- Organization
- Green Delaware
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Steven J. Russ (Jefferson, MD)
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Donna Chralowicz
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling Specialist
- Organization
- City of San Diego
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Jim Bologna
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Site-Energy Manager
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Paul Cantrell
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Linda Kogan
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Sustainability Director - Recycling Manager
- Organization
- University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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Anne Peters
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Vice President
- Organization
- CO Association for Recycling & Policy Chair
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Karen Bograd
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Tanis Skislak
- Organization
- Fairfax County, Virginia
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Sara Melnicoff
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling advocate
- Organization
- Solutions of Moab
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Jack Macy
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Zero Waste Coordinator
- Organization
- City of San Francisco Department of the Environment
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John Gould
- Comments
- This is a BAD idea.
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Environmental Geologist
- Organization
- Dept. of Energy
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Sheila Pachernegg
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madonna dunbar
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- conservation services coorinator/recycling educator
- Organization
- IVGID
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Rick Schulte
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling & Composting Supervisor
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Wynne Coplea
- Comments
- Make an Informed Choice...
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Mgr, Waste & Recycling, Springfield, IL
- Organization
- Former board mbr and chair of the Public Education Committee
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Kevin Neighbors
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- City of Winfield, Kansas Solid Waste / Recycling Program
- Organization
- KOR / Kansas Organization of Recyclers
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Michele Blackburn
- Comments
- Vote for a Healthy Planet for future generations over Corporate Interests.
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Member
- Organization
- Solutions of Moab
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Tim Flanagan
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Assistant General Manager Monterey Regional Waste Management District / Former Western Regional Director of Recycling for Waste Management
- Organization
- NRC and CRRA member since 1982, SWANA Gold Rush Chapter Vice-President
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henry clay sneed
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Louis Livengood
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Charles Nadeau
- Comments
- I am in strong favor of one organization that is all emcompassing with the MAIN focus on recycling, rather the KAB and all the assorted umbrellas they cover. Too much bureaucracy in KAB to effectively govern topics concerning Recyling efforts nationwide.
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Property Officer
- Organization
- Montana State University
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Allison Hart
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Materials Handler
- Organization
- University of Colorado @ Boulder
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victoria Cox Eastep
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- 55 yr. old student: woman: avid "RRR"
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Tonya Tittle
- Comments
- i kayak in the mississippi harbor & get tired of paddeling around bottles of all shapes and sizes. it's not neccessary.
- Organization
- Energy Fitness - Personal Training Studio- Memphis Tennessee
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Stephen N Weisser
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Stephen E. Baker
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Spingettsbury Twp. Recycling Committee
- Organization
- GreenLine Paper Company, Inc.
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Mark Bowers
- Comments
- It's better to have no NRC at all, than an NRC that is controlled by KAB.
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Solid Waste Program Manager
- Organization
- Co-founder, Eco-Cycle. Former Ops Mgr Arcata Community Recycling Center, former Exec Dir Bend Recycling Team
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jim tate
- Organization
- Chairman, Willistown Township (PA)
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Tania Levy
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling & waste reduction activist since 1977, NRC member, currently City of Berkeley, CA recycling program analyst.
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Robert DeMino
- Comments
- How did the NRC get in this position to start with? I joined as a new member to support exactly what the NRC stands for...
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- President
- Organization
- EcoGlass Management LLC Florida
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sam weathers
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Owner of recycling company
- Organization
- Enviro-Sources LLC
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William A. Del Vecchio
- Comments
- We need a seperate recycling organization
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Manager of Recycling
- Organization
- Georgetown University
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Alan W. Watts
- Comments
- Don't "scrap" the NRC - rebuild/refurb it for it's intended purpose!
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Waste Reduction Consultant
- Organization
- former CEO - Ecology Action of Austin, Keep Austin Beautiful; retired Recycling Programs Mgr. - City of Austin, State of Texas
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Mattias Wallander
- Comments
- NRC member since 2001
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- CEO
- Organization
- U'SAgain, LLC "Clothes Collection System"
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Susan hamilton
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling Director, East Baton Rouge Parish
- Organization
- City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge
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Stanley W. Peregoy
- Comments
- Bad idea
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Environmental Officer
- Organization
- Calvert-Jones Co. Inc.
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Stiles Peabody
- Comments
- The NRC needs to stand alone. If it cannot gain the support of its constituents to remain in business, then it needs to either reorganize or disappear.
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling Specialist
- Organization
- City of Alexandria
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Pete Chism
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Business Recycling Specialists
- Organization
- City of Portland Planning and Sustainability
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Jean Lundquist
- Organization
- Recent past president of the Recycling Assoc. of MN
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Jenny Bloom
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Recycling Educator
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Steve Burdic
- Professional Position/Recycling Role
- Sustainability Coordinator
- Organization
- University of Missouri
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