Welcome!   

Welcome to the new website for the Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership. We are currently working on adding more information to this site. Stay tuned for more updates soon!

About PRRP

The PRRP was formed early in 2010 by the Puerto Rican government and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promote materials source reduction, clean composting, reuse, and recycling through a working partnership including government (at all levels), non-profit organizations, citizens, environmental groups, and the private sector. The PRRP is designing programs, educating the public, and ensuring effective implementation. It is composed of several teams: Construction & Demolition Debris; Education & Outreach; Electronics Recycling; Glass, Metal & Plastic Containers; Government Relations; Organics; Paper; Scrap Metal; and Special Wastes.

Teams

To accelerate adoption of sustainable waste management (sustainable materials management, or SMM) options and to prompt more local ownership of the PRRP, it has organized its efforts around eight core teams focused primarily on commodities (specific components of the discard stream in Puerto Rico). To learn more click here.

News!

• Scholarship Opportunity! For High School Seniors
• New York City ban on styrofoam to take effect on July 1st! 
• EPA Announces Environmental Education Grants for Syracuse University and the Onondaga Environmental Institute
  

• Continuing Education Program for Recycling Industry Professionals Now Available
  
• EPA Settlement with Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Auto Crushing Company
  Addresses Hazardous Waste and Used Oil
  
• Opportunity to participate in the 13th annual, national "New Mexico Minority Youth Environmental Training Institute
  
• Reusing fishing nets to build carpet tiles is the mission of Net-Works

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