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Exploring the Future of Textile Recovery
Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM MDT
Category: Other Events

  • Marisa Adler, Senior Consultant, RRS
  • Dan Raine, Recycling Coordinator, Town of Bethlehem, NY
  • John Fischer, Deputy Division Director, Solid Waste, MassDEP

Join the webinar to learn about the future of textile recovery management. Marisa Adler of RRS, will speak about her research on textile waste in the US and actions municipalities can take to advance circular textiles. Dan Rain, Chair of the NYSAR3 Textile Recovery Campaign and Recycling Coordinator of Bethlehem, NY, will then discuss the Re-Clothe NY Campaign to encourage residents to donate and recycle their unwanted clothing and household textiles. Then, John Fischer of MassDEP will speak about the state's recently proposed textile waste disposal ban and how textiles became a focus for policy in Massachusetts.

This is a unique opportunity to understand exactly what textile waste management looks like currently and how municipalities can be part of changing that system.

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