Events

2020 Events

WRED: Reduce, Reuse, Reboot! Electronics Recycling in Washington State.

Join WSRA on Thursday February 27, 2020 from 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM as we dive into Electronic Recycling! This event will include presentations on the state of electronics recycling, what happens with electronics once you’re done with them, and discussions of what’s on the horizon. We will get a behind the scenes tour 3R Technology’s recycling facility. Added bonus, if you register for this tour, feel free to bringing your electronics to this event to recycle! 3R Technology will be accepting our attendee’s electronics recycling!

• Charles Brennick, 3R Technology Presentation

• John Fredrick, WMMFA Presentation (Coming Soon!)

• Bob Akers, Basel Action Network Presentation

• Erin Gagnon, Recology Waste Zero Presentation

2019 Event Highlights

WRED: Networking Morning Coffee at Cole’s Coffee

December 3, 2019  | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM This networking opportunity is free and open to all WSRA members!

WRED: Spokane Industries Facility Tour

December 3, 2019  |  10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

WSRA’s Annual Fall Policy Forum 

December 17, 2019  |  8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

WRED: Sound Sustainable Farms Facility Tour

September 25, 2019  |  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

WRED: Nucor Steel Seattle, Inc. Facility Tour

WRED: Waste Management JMK Fibers Facility Tour

July 30, 2019  | 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

WSRA  |  Networking Happy Hour to follow 

July 30, 2019  |  3:30pm  | The Harmon Brewing Company

WRED Event | Recology King County Material Recovery Facility Tour

June 26, 2019 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Click here for flyer. Please download release document here. NOTE: You must bring this with you to the tour, signed.

4:00pm Networking & Happy Hour at Two Beers Tasting Room – The Woods

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO HAPPY HOUR! Click here for website

 2018 Event Highlights

The WSRA Fall Policy Forum

WRED: The Shirt Off Your Back – The State of Textile Recycling, Reuse, and Repair Today

October 30, 2018 | 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
REI Flagship Store | 222 Yale Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

Presentations from the event HERE

WRED: The Paper Chase – The Ins and Outs of Paper Recycling

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 | Olympia, WA
Find Presentations and More Information From the Event HERE

Tour – Sort, Melt, Repeat: How Glass Gets Recycled – Tour of Strategic Materials and Ardagh Group

July 25th & 26th, 2018 | Seattle, WA
View photos on our Facebook Page and find out more about Ardagh’s products HERE.

Tour – Repurpose, Reuse and Recycle; the Washington State Surplus Operation

June 28, 2018 | Washington State Surplus | 7511 New Market St SW, Tumwater, WA 98501

2018 Conference and Trade Show – Navigating the Waves of Change

May 20-23 | Semiahmoo Resort, Blaine, WA

ContaminationFest 2018 – From Consumer to Bin to Truck to MRF

March 29, 2018 | LeMay Pierce County Refuse, Tacoma, WA
Find Presentations and More Information From the Event HERE

Tour – Nucor Steel Seattle

Friday, February 9, 2018 – Nucor Steel Seattle Inc.