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Summertime Safety Tips: Keeping Yourself and Employees Safe in the Heat

June 24, 2026 | Featured | ReMA | Safety | Safety First |
With the first day of summer already behind us and warmer weather on the horizon, it’s important to stay hydrated and cool. Use the tips below from the ReMA Safety Team to ensure that when working in the summer at your operation and with your employees, you do so safely or not at all. General...

Emerging Leaders Can Gain Impactful Guidance and Form Lasting Connections at ReMA’s Annual Leadership Summit

June 24, 2026 | Featured | ReMA |
This year ReMA is introducing a new approach to its annual leadership development programming. For the first time the leadership event will be held in conjunction with the 2026 Recycling Market Roundtables, which runs from Wednesday, September 16 to Friday, September 18 in Chicago. Participants receiving Roundtables registration as part of their enrollment. The Leadership...

Beyond Boundaries: ReMA Gulf Coast Region’s 2026 Summer Convention Highlights How the Industry Exceeds Expectations

June 22, 2026 | Advocacy | Featured | ReMA | ReMA Chapters |
More than 700 recycled materials industry professionals gathered in New Orleans for the ReMA Gulf Coast Region’s 2026 Summer Convention. From the more than 90 exhibitors to engaging keynote speakers James Carville and Mary Matalin, and a thought-provoking panel on consumer expansion, attendees gained tools to take their businesses to the next level. On Thursday,...

Discussions at the Upcoming Basel Convention Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) Present Potential New Challenges for U.S. Exporters of Certain Recycled Materials

June 22, 2026 | Advocacy | Featured | International Trade | International Trade Policy | Plastics | ReMA |
The Basel Convention’s Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-15) convenes this week in Geneva, Switzerland, where representatives from party governments, observers, and other international delegates will gather for a series of stock-taking meetings on efforts that could further restrict transboundary movement of certain recycled materials. Adam Shaffer, ReMA’s Vice President of International Trade and Global Affairs, and...

ReMA Chair Highlights Why Recycled Materials Industry Must Lead in Fire Safety Management

June 22, 2026 | Featured | ReMA | Safety | Safety First |
In his remarks at ReMA’s Gulf Coast Region’s Summer Board Meeting, ReMA Chair Andy Golding discussed the major challenge of lithium-ion batteries and why recyclers need to take charge to improve fire safety management within the industry. “I firmly believe that we have the opportunity to stay on the right side of legislation and regulation...

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