Volume 12, Issue 2  •  Spring 2004

16th Annual MRC Conference Just Around the Corner - Set for May 27 and 28

Have you registered yet for this year’s MRC Conference?  It’s an event you won’t want to miss, with exciting new sessions and speakers, an active exhibit hall and silent auction, cocktail reception and dinner, and great opportunities to network with others interested in recycling in Maryland.

This year’s conference is May 27 and 28 at the Community College of Baltimore County – Catonsville Campus. DETAILS

"Wood" You Like to Join Us for the MRC Conference Tour? 

Don’t miss out on this year’s exciting conference tour. On Friday, May 28, we will be touring Edrich Farms Nursery, Inc. in Windsor Mill, Maryland. Edrich Farms Nursery, Inc. has been supplying landscapers and contractors, (both locally and nationally), businesses, municipalities, nurseries, and garden centers nationwide with quality plant material. Their trees and shrubs can be found from Disney World in Orlando, to the Chrysler Plant in Pontiac, Michigan, to Old Town, Philadelphia.

The tour will walk you through a wood waste recycling center, one of the largest in the state of Maryland, and demonstrate how wood debris is recycled into mulch and returned to the earth by local landscapers. They also have a furniture manufacturing operation that uses recycled wood.

The tour lasts about 1 hour and 15 minutes. There is no extra charge for this tour, and transportation will be provided by MRC. The tour is limited to the first 40 registrants.

(Please note: The Weyerhauser Tour has been cancelled. The Edrich Farms Nursery Tour will replace it.)

Baltimore County Residents Break More Records for Environmental Action

Baltimore County residents celebrated Earth Month 2004 with two record-breaking environmental events: a one-day electronics recycling collection event, and a one-day household hazardous waste collection event. DETAILS

Prince George's County Launches Remix Program

On Earth Day, April 22, 2004, Prince George’s County, launched an innovative recycling campaign with business and nonprofit partners to increase recycling of magazines and catalogs. The partnership, which includes the National Recycling Coalition, Time Inc., International Paper, and Recycle America Alliance, will be a model for magazine and catalog recycling in cities across America. DETAILS

Maryland Environmental Service Introduces Treadspread^TM

The Maryland Environmental Service (MES) recently introduced a new rubber mulch product called TreadSpread^TM. The new landscaping product can be used as a mulch or as playground material. TreadSpread is produced from scrap tires, which helps to reduce the tire disposal problem in Maryland. DETAILS

MRC Membership's 3 R's - Renew, Recruit, Recycle

Welcome MRC newcomers including Joe Cattaneo of Glass Packaging Institute, an association that represents glass container manufacturers; William Davidson, Montgomery County Government, DPWT; Sherry Tracy of AAA Environmental, Inc., a company that recycles inkjet and laser cartridges used by individuals, schools, organizations and companies; Mark Uhar of Paper Stock Dealers, a paper recycling company and Alan Wilcom of Howard County Environmental Services.   

When you get a chance, introduce yourself to these new MRC members.  The breadth of the perspectives and knowledge each member brings to the organization is MRC's strength.  Networking with recycling colleagues is often noted as a major benefit MRC provides and the MRC 16^th Annual Conference and Training Exposition is a great place to meet with new members.

Do you have new staff, email or web addresses?  Please contact Carol Hannan at  MRC Headquarters, carol@ksgroup.org, to update our database.

Recycling Calendar

Here is a calendar of coming events in Maryland's recycling community. DETAILS

MRC Staff

Jackie King

Executive Director

443-640-1050 ext. 105

Carol Hannan

Association Coordinator

443-640-1050 ext. 108

MRC Events

2004 MRC 16th Annual Conference

May 26-28

Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville Campus