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Metal Stocks June 01, 2012 03:00:24 PM

Recycling Reinvented names Melissa Innes as Outreach Director

Paul Ploumis
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United State's Recycling Reinvented, has announced that retiring Maine State Representative Melissa Innes has joined the organization as Outreach Director.

SHOREVIEW (Scrap Monster): United State's Recycling Reinvented, has announced that retiring Maine State Representative Melissa Innes has joined the organization as Outreach Director.

Recycling Reinvented is a new nonprofit organization, committed to advancing recycling rates of packaging and printed paper in the United States though an extended producer responsibility (EPR) model.

Recycling Reinvented aims to create an efficient recycling model for the U.S. This model can better meet the needs of the American marketplace by increasing recycling rates, reducing government spending and using private sector efficiencies to reduce the overall cost of recycling. With EPR, businesses can reuse the valuable materials in their product packaging, ensuring they have stable material streams for new products while creating efficiencies and reducing materials costs.

Recycling Reinvented takes a broad and collaborative approach, working with brand owners, packaging manufacturers, processors, material recovery facilities, haulers, labor, and local and state governments. New Outreach Director Innes will harness support from the private, public and nonprofit sectors to advocate for EPR as the preferred method for effective and sustainable resource management.

"As the author of successful EPR legislation in Maine with a proven ability to bridge the needs of business and the public, Melissa Innes is a great addition to our team," said Paul Gardner, executive director at Recycling Reinvented. "I look forward to working with her to continue building the movement to support EPR for packaging in the U.S."

Recycling Reinvented has already brought together more than 30 organizations to talk about the best attributes of an EPR for packaging program that could work in the U.S. Through continued conversation, Innes aims to garner support from all stakeholders, with a specific focus on industries, by showcasing the numerous economic benefits EPR provides.

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