Our Work
Connect the system. Move the work.
NRC's programs are built on a simple premise: recycling improves when policy, practitioners, organizations and information can move together.
Advocacy · network building · knowledge exchange · convening
Four connected roles
What the coalition does.
Advocacy
A credible national voice grounded in implementation experience.
↗02Network
Connect state and regional organizations to shared capacity and national reach.
↗03Knowledge
Move technical, policy and program knowledge across the coalition.
↗04Convening
Bring people together to solve problems rather than simply present at one another.
↗NRC's advantage is not that it owns every solution. It can connect the people who do.
2026 priorities
Where the coalition is concentrating effort.
Stronger affiliate relationships, stakeholder partnerships, plastics-policy engagement, workshops and webinars, Campus Council expansion, ROC programming and future Congress planning.
Make NRC more valuable to every affiliated SRO.
Practical value for state organizations and their members.
SRO network →PriorityMove policy work into stakeholder engagement and evaluation.
Plastics policy and beyond, tested with the people who implement it.
Policy library →PriorityExpand higher-ed reach.
Grow the Campus Council and its first national Virtual Summit.
Campus Council →PriorityBuild a stronger learning pipeline.
A steady rhythm of workshops, webinars and shared resources.
Resources →PriorityDesign better convenings.
Events built for problem-solving, not just presentations.
Events →PriorityPlan the next Congress.
Carry the National Recycling Congress tradition forward.
Congress archive →Membership
Recycling is stronger connected.
Join the practitioners, organizations and state networks working to make recycling stronger, more credible and more connected.
Turn belief into support
Good ideas need people.
Progress needs you.
Help NRC bring recycling education, outreach and practical knowledge to more people.