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Thank you for your interest in attending the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) Sustainable Materials Management Summit (SMM Summit) taking place May 12 -13, 2015 at the University of Maryland. NRC has reserved one scholarship for each of the NRC-affiliated state Recycling Organizations (ROs) to participate as Delegates to the Summit.
Participation by as many of NRC’s 22 affiliate organizations as possible is critical in making sure that NRC is representing your interests in this national dialog among local, state and federal government, business and industry and non-profits organization supporting reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, design for recycling, and more.
Completing this application signifies that you are the one delegate to the event representing your organization. ROs can also nominate one or more Observers from your organization in a separate application to be considered, but not guaranteed, due to limited space and a desire for balanced representation.*
The deadline for submitting your application for participation in the SMM Summit is Friday, February 27, 2015. Applications received after that date may not be guaranteed a seat as a Delegate.
ROs receive the following benefits for one delegate:
• Waived registration ($235 value)
• Hotel accommodations for one night, double occupancy or ½ costs toward single occupancy ($179 value)
• Travel assistance up to $500
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*Criteria to ensure balanced representation may be:
– Geography (want attendees from all over the U.S.)
– Affiliations (want every aspect of NRC membership and SMM represented by different groups, including: generating businesses (from wide variety of NAICS sectors, manufacturers, retailers and offices), service providers (reuse, recycling, composting and digestion collectors, processors, markets), government (federal, state and local), environmental/NGOs; urban/suburban/rural, institutional (including higher education); academic (including faculty and students, K-12 and higher education)
– Issues focus (e.g., upstream, clean production, redesign, reduce, reuse, repair, recycling, composting; C&D, digestion, food recovery, product stewardship, market development, jobs, climate change, sustainability, culture change, education and training, procurement, and green building)
– Demographics (including gender, age, and race)
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