Virginia Recycling Association

VRA 2008 Conference - May 20-21

Early Bird Registration Ends April 14
Registration is now open for the VRA 2008 Conference on May 20-21 in Virginia Beach. The annual Golf Tournament and other activities are planned for May 19. Visit the conference page for more information about registering, sponsoring and exhibiting. Registrants can receive a discount on their annual membership renewal.

Show Your Support for Recycling,
Order a Recycling License Plate!

The VRA has designed a special interest license plate that will promote recycling in Virginia. Our goal is to have 350 pre-paid applications by November. Delegate David Poisson from Sterling, VA has agreed to sponsor our license plate in the 2009 General Assembly session. Help promote the license plate at your community events. Visit the plate information page for details.

March 10 School Recycling Workshop

The Virginia Recycling Association hosted the first in a series of free school recycling workshops on March 10, 2008, in Richmond at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. This was a great opportunity for recycling educators, solid waste managers, school personnel, private schools, colleges and universities and parents to discuss the advantages of school recycling programs and get the technical training on how to start recycling in schools. Visit the meeting page to see the agenda and presentations..

2007 Annual Meeting Survey

Over 80 people attended the recent Annual Meeting for the Members in Charlottesville where attendees heard an inspirational keynote address by Mark Smallwood, a Green Mission specialist for Whole Foods Grocery and had the opportunity to attend two free afternoon workshops. If you attended the meeting, take this short survey to let us know about your experience! Thank you to all of our sponsors of the Annual Meeting who helped make our event a success:

Platinum
Bates Trucking and Trash Removal, Inc.
NOVA Waste
US EPA, Region III

Gold
International Paper
Whole Foods
Tidewater Fibre Corporation
Supreme Computer Recycling

Silver
Cumberland Plateau Regional Solid Waste Authority
Buchanan County
Dickenson County

Supporting Member
City of Alexandria
Wegman’s

School Recycling Initiative

This year the VRA will be working on a school recycling initiative where the goal is to have every school in the state recycling by 2010. The VRA received over 50 requests last year from parents and teachers in the Commonwealth who requested recycling bins in their schools and classrooms. You may complete the survey online for your school district. More information.

Fall VRA Newsletter Released

Read the latest recycling stories in the VRA Fall 2006 newsletter.

Virginia's Assign-A-Highway

Find out how your locality can start using the Assign-A-Highway program for litter pick-ups.

Calendar

May 19	VRA Golf Tournament Virginia Beach
May 19	VRA Conference Plastics Workshop Virginia Beach
May 20-21	VRA Annual Conference Virginia Beach

Questions?

Get answers to your questions about recycling.

What is VRA?

The Virginia Recycling Association's goal is to promote recycling as an integral part of resource conservation and solid waste management. Learn more about VRA.