Events

NWPSC ANNUAL IN-PERSON RETREAT
- Join us for the 2026 NWPSC Annual Retreat to connect with colleagues, share updates, and plan for the year ahead!
- Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Location: Center for Urban Waters – 326 E D St., Tacoma, WA

Association of Oregon Recyclers (AOR):
- Upcoming Conferences/Webinars
- Past Archived Webinars
International Solid Waste Association (ISWA):
- Upcoming Conferences/Webinars
- Past Archived Webinars
National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC):
- Upcoming Webinars
- Past Archived Webinars
Northeast Recycling Council (NERC):
- Upcoming Conferences/Webinars
- Past Archived Webinars
Product Stewardship Institute (PSI):
- Upcoming Webinars
- Past Archived Webinars
Reloop:
- Upcoming and Past Archived Webinars
Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC):
- Upcoming Conferences/Webinars
- Past Archived Conferences/Webinars
Upstream:
- Upcoming Webinars
- Past Archived Webinars
Washington State Recycling Association (WSRA)
- Upcoming Conferences/Webinars
West Coast Climate & Materials Management Forum:
- Upcoming and Past Archived Conferences/Webinars

2026

How Local Governments Can Partner with PROs to Boost Outreach: Lessons from E-Cycle Washington: August 20, 2026 Lunch & Learn from NWPSC

2025

Implementation of Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act by Circular Action Alliance Oregon: Oct 14, 2025 Lunch & Learn from NWPSC

2024

Oregon Mattress Stewardship: Dec 12, 2024 Lunch & Learn from NWPSC
Improving Aluminum Beverage Can Recycling: Oct. 31, 2024 webinar from Container Recycling Institute

Paint EPR – insights from a decade of PaintCare programs: June 18, 2024 webinar from PSI

Coalition building for packaging EPR: May 28, 2024 webinar from Signalfire and Resource Recycling
Oregon Mattress Stewardship: Dec 12, 2024 Lunch & Learn from NWPSC
Improving Aluminum Beverage Can Recycling: Oct. 31, 2024 webinar from Container Recycling Institute
Building reusable packaging systems: Sept. 18, 2024 webinar from PSI
Paint EPR – insights from a decade of PaintCare programs: June 18, 2024 webinar from PSI
Coalition building for packaging EPR: May 28, 2024 webinar from Signalfire and Resource Recycling
Tackling Tire Waste – EPR and success stories: March 20, 2024 webinar from PSI

2023

Packaging EPR – Influencing Packaging Design through Eco-modulation: July 12, 2023 webinar from AMERIPEN
San Francisco Goodwill Textile Repair pilot: May 31, 2023 webinar from California Product Stewardship Council
EPR for Packaging & Bottle Bill Programs: How Can They Coexist? April 13, 2023 webinar from NERC / NEWMOA
Carpet EPR – opportunity and impact: March 28, 2023 webinar from NERC
Transforming U.S. Recycling with EPR: March 21, 2023 webinar from The Recycling Partnership
Reuse in EPR: March 15, 2023 webinar from Upstream
Packaging EPR global trends: March 2, 2023 EPR master class from PSI
Recycling Refund webinar: Feb. 23, 2023 webinar from National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC)
Life Cycle Analysis of California mattress EPR program: Feb. 7, 2023 webinar from Mattress Recycling Council

2022

Reducing climate impacts through Packaging EPR: Nov. 16, 2022 webinar from the West Coast Climate & Materials Management Forum
Batteries: the Positives, Negatives, and Everything in Between: Oct. 24, 2022 webinar from WSRA & Hazardous Waste Management Program
Clean Lighting: how states can cut mercury and phase out fluorescent bulbs: Oct. 24, 2022 webinar from ACEEE, NSAC, and MPP
California SB 54’s path to passage: Sept. 28, 2022 webinar from NSAC and The Recycling Partnership
Can EPR change packaging design? June 7, 2022 webinar from PSI and EXPRA

2021

The RENEW Act – fully funding recycling in WA through EPR: Dec. 9, 2021 webinar from the NWPSC
Packaging EPR 101: Nov. 22, 2021 webinar from WSRA
Maine and Oregon the new frontiers of Packaging EPR: Oct. 27, 2021 webinar from PSI
Paint stewarship: July 16, 2021 webinar from WSRA with PaintCare and ACTenviro
2021 Plastics Policies Roundup: Feb. 25, 2021 webinar from UPSTREAM
Recycled content policy, targets, and measurement: Feb. 11, 2021 webinar from Reloop and Eunomia
Plastic Waste Exports and the new Basel Convention Rules: Jan. 12, 2021 webinar from e-Stewards

2020

The United States of Plastic – a conversation with Dr. Jenna Jambeck and Dr. Kara Lavender Law: Dec. 16, 2020 webinar from UPSTREAM
The Value of Repair: Fixing Stuff and Strengthening Communities: Oct. 28, 2020 from webinar from EPA webinar
EPR Master Class: 2020 series of webinars from ISWA, EXPRA, and PSI
Resolving plastic packaging waste: Can deposit return provide a breakthrough? Sept. 29, 2020 webinar from Euractiv
20 Years of Government Responses to the Global Plastic Pollution Problem: June 24, 2020 webinar from the Duke Nicholas Institute
From Waste Management to Clean Materials: June 18, 2020 webinar from Center for Sustainable Infrastructure (CSI)
Deposit Return Systems (DRS) for beverage containers: June 16, 2020 webinar from Zero Waste Europe
The Future of Plastics – how do we move to a new plastics economy? May 14, 2020 webinar from Univ. of Oxford
Indisposable: The Safety and Future of Reuse: April 30, 2020 webinar from Upstream

2019