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
About us
Eureka Recycling is the only organization in Minnesota that specializes in zero waste. The organization'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's mission is to demonstrate that waste is preventable, not inevitable. Because this mission is realized by any person or group that chooses to prevent waste, Eureka Recycling provides opportunities for everyone to experience firsthand that waste can be prevented. Perhaps most well-known for its $9 million annual recycling operations, Eureka Recycling has provided curbside and apartment recycling services, education, and advocacy since 2001. Eureka Recycling has a wide range of initiatives designed to prevent the needless wasting of our discards through reuse, recycling, composting, waste reduction, producer responsibility and more. These initiatives provide over 100 jobs for individuals who demonstrate this mission every day in the work that they do. By its efforts in programs, services and advocacy, Eureka Recycling aspires to help individuals, organizations, and communities understand the significance of zero waste and to achieve their own zero-waste goals.
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- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, MN
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2001
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2828 Kennedy Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413, US
Employees at Eureka Recycling
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Amanda LaGrange
COO at SERI | Board Member | 2018 Bush Fellow
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Tim Brownell
Director of Solid Waste for Deschutes County --- Driven to Change our Relationship with Waste and Wasting
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Miriam Holsinger
Co-President, COO
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Bryan Ukena
CEO | Director | Board Member | Sustainability | Solid Waste | Recycling | Zero Waste Leader| Team Leadership | Program Development
Updates
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Eureka Recycling reposted this
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
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Eureka Recycling reposted this
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
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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.
When consumers see a recyclable label, they should be confident that when they put that material in their bin, it will be turned into something new. Unfortunately, greenwashing and deceptive labeling are making it harder for consumers to recycle with confidence. Luckily, this could soon change when the FTC updates its Green Guides, which are guidelines intended to help marketers avoid making environmental claims that mislead consumers. These guidelines define when and how companies can make certain sustainability claims, like “recyclable” or “compostable.” As new zero waste policies emerge, these guidelines become increasingly important as they are referenced by state policymakers when drafting laws like post-consumer recycled content requirements, truth-in-labeling laws, and, most recently, extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging programs. As recyclers, we see the impact of deceptive labeling EVERY DAY in our facilities as an ever-increasing amount of non-recyclable material enters the stream. Learn more about AMBR's recommendations for the Green Guides to ensure truth-in-labeling and authentic recycling in our new blog post. https://lnkd.in/eGriFt6V
The Fight to Define “Recyclable” - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
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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
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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.
Plastic sachets pollute the environment, from production to disposal. To visually convey the impacts of sachets and reveal who pays the true price of cheap convenience, we worked with photojournalist @Ezra Acayan, Getty's News Photographer of the Year for Asia Pacific (2024), two-time World Press Photo awardee, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Here's the Story of Sachets: https://lnkd.in/gp9jAuJz
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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.
Plastic sachets pollute the environment, from production to disposal. To visually convey the impacts of sachets and reveal who pays the true price of cheap convenience, we worked with photojournalist @Ezra Acayan, Getty's News Photographer of the Year for Asia Pacific (2024), two-time World Press Photo awardee, and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Here's the Story of Sachets: https://lnkd.in/gp9jAuJz
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"I cannot stress enough that we cannot recycle and compost our way out of the packaging crisis. We need a fundamental shift toward reduction and reuse systems," Lucy Mullany, Eureka Recycling's Director of Policy, testifying this week at the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy in support of the Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act. See all of Eureka's testimony: https://lnkd.in/gd5ejH46
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/22/24
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Eureka Recycling announces a new chapter in leadership: As of December 18, 2023, Katie Drews, MBA and Miriam Holsinger will step into the Co-President roles, appointed unanimously by the Board of Directors. Join us in welcoming them and celebrating their continued commitment to our mission.
New Leadership at Eureka Recycling - Eureka Recycling
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