Northeast Resource Recovery Association awarded contract for Vermont’s E-Cycles program

The Northeast Resource Recovery Association has been awarded the contract to administer the State of Vermont’s E-Cycles program starting July 1, 2011. NRRA and the Association of Vermont Recyclers have worked with Goodpoint Recycling of Middlebury as a primary recyler to begin the process of collection. The program will offer free collection of computers, monitors, printers and computer peripherals from residents, non-profit organizations, school districts, and small businesses with 10 or fewer employees at year-round collection sites statewide.
NRRA and its partners were selected from a competitive RFP process in late April based on their ability to provide oversight and transparency to a very detailed tracking process required by State law. The Program is reimbursed by manufacturers of covered electronics.
As of today, over 53 collection sites have registered and more will be signing up in the weeks ahead to offer a convenient set of locations as required by the State Standard Plan.
NRRA will be working to provide outreach and training materials to each of the collections sites and will have a strong component for school programs as it has done over its 30 year history.
For general inquires and questions from the general public about where to recycle electronics, what is covered, and other questions, please contact the VT Department of Environmental Conservation’s special E-Cycles hotline at 1-855- 6ecycle.
For and up-to-date list of the locations accepting electronics under the plan, please visit http://www.vtecycles.org and click on the tab at the left marked ‘Where Can I Recycle?’
For collection locations and transfer stations that wish to participate in the program or have questions, please contact NRRA at (800) 223-0150 ext. 19 or email them to [email protected].
About NRRA
In 1981, four New Hampshire municipalities founded the Northeast Resource Recovery Association, then called the New Hampshire Resource Recovery Association, to provide a clearinghouse for current, up-to-date information and a source of technical and marketing assistance in the general areas of waste reduction and recycling.
Since then, membership in the NRRA has grown to include over 400 municipalities, individuals, and businesses in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Southern Maine. The NRRA is a member driven organization whose programs are designed and overseen by the members they serve.
The NRRA provides cooperative purchasing programs, educational and networking opportunities, technical assistance, and cooperative marketing programs that have received national recognition for establishing innovative grassroots recyclables marketing cooperatives with competitive pricing which enables small, rural and large urban communities to manage their own recycling programs! We are a non-profit 501(c) organization.
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