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Download a copy of the latest issues of the RCA's member newsletter "Connector"

Available in colour pdf format, subscription to the "Connector" is included in an RCA membership. Requires the free Adobe Reader (version 9 or higher) to view.

Current issue - Winter 2013

Connector - Winter 2013 cover page

 Highlights:

  • BFI Canada Opens New MRF in Rocky View County
  • “The Greatest Recycling Show on Earth” 2013 RCA Conference Announcement
  • Too Much to Do and No Time to Get it Done?
    Hire an RCA Ambassador!
  • Guest Editorial: Canada Gets a ‘D’ for Municipal Waste Generation
  • Think Green Success Story: Vegreville Wins FCM
    Sustainable Communities Award
  • Edmonton Public Schools E-Waste Recycling Contest
  • Dairy Farm Diverts 1200 Tons of Drywall
  • The Rise of The Food Garage
  • Alberta Automotive Recyclers Raise the Bar on Environmental Standards
  • News
  • Market Updates

Previous Issues
Connector - Fall 2012 cover page

          Fall 2012 - Highlights:
  • RCA 2012 Conference: Wide World of Waste
  • Editorial: The Boys of Spy Hill
  • Think Green Success Story: 14,000 Waste Free Lunches during Waste Reduction Week!
  • Town of Cochrane Communications Team Recognized for Roll With It Campaign
  • Art For Humanity
  • RCA Honours 2012 Waste Reduction Winners
  • 2nd Annual Small Business Eco Challenge Winners Announced
  • News
  • Market Updates

Connector - Summer 2012 cover page

          Summer 2012 - Highlights:

  • RCA Brings the World to Jasper
  • America's Food - What a Waste!
  • AESRD Releases First Plastic Bag Distribution Annual Report
  • Think Green Success Story: Taking Action on Waste at the University of Alberta
  • St. John's Recycling Program Wins Award
  • From Plastic Bottles to the Olympic Stadium
  • BC Receives Highest Score on Inaugural EPR Canada Report Card
  • 2012 Summer Ambassadors
  • News
  • Market Updates

Connector - Spring 2012

           Spring 2012 - Highlights:

  • Edmonton Opens C&D Waste Recycling Plant
  • Organics Recycling
  • EPR Canada Launches Report Card
  • Think Green Success Story: Alberta Company Receives Construction Innovation Award
  • Recycled Plastic Bridges
  • 'Catch and Release' Trailer Brings Instant Mardi Gras Bead Recycling
  • Chicken-"Powered" Waste Reduction Program
  • News
  • Market Updates

Connector - Winter 2012

           Winter 2012 - Highlights:

  • RCA Celebrates 25th Anniversary
  • Denmark Plans Zero Waste Hotel
  • “Wide World of Waste”
    2012 RCA Conference Announcement
  • Hire an RCA Ambassador!
  • Think Green Success Story: First Canadian Load of Twine Shipped to Closed-Loop Recycler
  • Medicine Hat and Surrey Launch Apps for Waste and Recycling
  • RCA Membership Survey Results
  • From Waste to High-End Shoes
  • U of C Gets Their SustainabilityON
  • News
  • Market Updates

 Connector - Fall 2011

Fall 2011 - Highlights:
  • RCA Means Business at its Annual Waste Reduction Conference
  • Poem: The Day After Christmas
  • Think Green Success Story: Rolling Towards Sustainability
  • RCA Honours 2011 Waste Reduction Winners
  • Waste Reduction Week 2011
  • Green Cart Pilot Gets Green Light in Calgary
  • Meet the Minister
  • Edmonton's Small Business Eco Challenge Winners Announced
  • Municipal Waste is Not Renewable Fuel
  • Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates

 Connector - Summer 2011

Summer 2011 - Highlights:
  • Recyclers Mean Business
  • Ray Anderson - Vision and Inspiration
  • Think Green Success Story: PepsiCo Unveils Canada's First 100% Recycled PET Soft Drink Bottle
  • A Thought on Stewardship
  • 2011 WRW Ease My Load Campaign
  • ICI Waste Diversion in Calgary
  • Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates

 Spring 2011 Connector Cover Page

Spring 2011 - Highlights:

  • Team Canada Antarctica 2011
  • Editorial: A Disconnect in the Big Easy
  • Think Green Success Story: Reducing Waste no Mickey Mouse Feat
  • Garbage-Free February
  • 2011 Recycling Ambassador Project
  • Reducing Confusion: Standardized Labels
  • New Member Profile: Molok North America Ltd.
  • Greener Business Stories
  • Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Winter 2011

Winter 2011 - Highlights:

  • Changes to Alberta's Tire Recycling Program
  • Stats Can Report Shows Alberta Still Tops in Waste Generation
  • Think Green Success Story: Organics Recycling at U of A
  • Baler Twine Goes Closed Loop
  • Agricultural Service Boards Pass Resolution on Ag Plastics
  • Henry Ford - The First Investment Recovery Practitioner?
  • Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Fall 2010

Fall 2010 - Highlights:

  • Building Tomorrow in Lake Louise
  • Guest Letter
  • Think Green Success Story: Calgary Blue Cart Program Wins PMI Award
  • RCA Ambassador Program Gears Up for 2011
  • RCA Honours Waste Reduction Winners
  • Waste Reduction Week 2010
  • Alberta, Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Summer 2010

Summer 2010 - Highlights:

  • Waste Reduction Week in Canada Celebrates 10 Years
  • 2010 Ambassador Program
  • Think Green Success Story: CBE's Waste Reduction Efforts
  • You call it Styrofoam… We call it Expanded Polystyrene
  • Recyclers Ready to Converge on Lake Louise
  • StatsCan Releases Household Recycling Results for 2007
  • Development of a Recycling Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit Protocol in Alberta
  • Alberta, Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Spring 2010

Spring 2010 - Highlights:

  • Province and Retailers Agree to Reduce Plastic Bag Use
  • New Member Profile: Urban Impact
  • Think Green Success Story: Yellow Pages Group Reduces Directory Delivery
  • Sitting on Broken Glass
  • Meet the RCA's Summer Ambassadors
  • The Masdar Initiative
  • Merlin Accepting Agricultural Plastics
  • Alberta, Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Winter 2010

Winter 2010 - Highlights:

  • First Annual Curling Funspiel
  • Recycling 102 Presentations
  • Member Profile: Allied Paper Savers
  • Think Green Success Story: Olympic Medals Made With Electronic Waste
  • RCA Developing a GHG Protocol for Recycling
  • CleanFARMS to Build on Successful Agricultural Waste Programming
  • The Masdar Initiative
  • ECCO MRF Open House
  • News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Fall 2009

Fall 2009 - Highlights:

  • Waste Reduction Week 2009
  • Green Procurement Policy Template
  • Think Green Success Story: Zero Waste Staff Appreciation Picnic at University of Alberta
  • Major Developments in Agricultural Plastics Recycling
  • Recycling Council of Alberta Honors Waste Reduction Winners
  • Green For Gold - Conference Report
  • Products and Packaging Contribute 44% of US GHG Emissions
  • Rural Stories
  • Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Summer 2009

Summer 2009 - Highlights:

  • Waste Reduction Week in Canada 2009
  • RCA's Ambassador Project 2009
  • Think Green Success Story: Strathcona County Gets With the Green Routine
  • News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Spring 2009

Spring 2009 - Highlights:

  • Deposit Launched on Milk Containers
  • RCA's Ambassador Program Continues
  • Think Green Success Story: Follow-up to Cardboard Ban in Pincher Creek
  • New Member Profile: Good Life Community Bicycle Shop
  • Recycle-Logic Turns Five and Celebrates by Giving Back
  • Alberta, Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates
Connector - Winter 2009

Winter 2009 - Highlights:

  • New Edmonton Facility Closes the Loop on Recycling
  • RCA President's Editorial
  • Think Green Success Story: Yes We Can - Greening the Inauguration
  • Garbage "Island"
  • Differential Tipping Fees in Alberta
  • Alberta, Canadian and International News
  • Market Updates

 

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