Jump-Start Your Recycling Program — save money and achieve goals of management efficiency simultaneously!

Join the Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council and help to ensure that the Greater Philadelphia region continues to move toward a sustainable future in the 21st Century!

Contact us now about our waste audits and recycling support services. By phone:
(215) 247-3090
or by e-mail.
We can help you fill out a copy of the
New Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Plan.

Corporate/Vendor Member Benefits

General Membership Benefits

Newsletter Rate Card

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT

JOIN THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA COMMERCIAL RECYCLING COUNCIL

The Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council incorporated as a non-profit on Earth Day 1997. The Council is dedicated to making recycling and the green business ethic a cornerstone of regional economic development. Council members are helping to ensure that the Greater Philadelphia region continues to move toward a sustainable future in the 21st Century. Board members represent hospitals, educational institutions, government agencies, corporations, and cultural institutions. The Council has two membership categories:

Corporate/Vendor Members ($250)

Includes Environmental Business Report or "Possibilities Report"
If you want to promote the value of your recycling program, this membership category is for you! Especially for businesses interested in our waste invoice audits and the GPCRC Environmental Business Reporting Tool (click here for a sample report - This is an Adobe pdf file.), discounted consulting and research services, and multiple general memberships. In addition, companies that provide recycling and related environmental goods and services to businesses and institutions in the Greater Philadelphia region should consider this category.

General Member ($25)
This category is primarily for designated recycling coordinators and procurement professionals in business, institutions, non-profits, and government who have job responsibilities relating to the environmental impact of their organization.

Register using Click & Pledge Securely or click here for a mail in membership form.


Corporate/Vendor Member Benefits
Besides the opportunity to network with key environmental and purchasing managers in some of the Delaware Valley's top companies and institutions, the direct benefits of corporate/vendor membership in the Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council include either:

Free waste invoice audit for one year's worth of bills and GPCRC Environmental Business Reporting Tool report providing you with an official, independently derived recycling rate, energy savings estimates, greenhouse gas reductions, trees saved, and equivalent cars taken off the road. If you want to promote the value of your recycling program, this membership category is for you!

OR

PLUS

Three (3) official general memberships in the Council ($75 value)
Discounted exhibit table at annual meeting ($250 discount)
Discounted advertising (25%) in newsletter

Discounted consulting and troubleshooting services (25%)

Hotlinks from Council website to vendor sites (just provide us with your jpeg)

Sponsorship!
As a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation, the Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council depends on corporate, government and foundation grant support for its numerous programs and activities.
If your company would like to provide grant support to the Council to fund general operations of specific programs, please contact David Biddle at 215-247-3090 or e-mail him at Dbiddle@gpcrc.com. Your support can make a big difference in the future of recycling and positive environmental management for the Delaware Valley.

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General Membership Benefits
Since its origin in 1997, the Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council has provided its members with a forum for discussing recycling and related environmental issues in the Delaware Valley. Members hail from both large and small businesses and institutions and from urban and suburban communities. Members also come from the five counties of Southeastern Pennsylvania, as well as communities in Delaware and southern New Jersey.

The Council's mission is to support environmental managers through peer-to-peer consultation, state-of-the-art information, professional educational opportunities, technical assistance, and networking. Our bottom line is that environmentally responsible actions by businesses and institutions are about efficiency and smart resource management. Council members can have a direct influence on policy and economic development initiatives for the Delaware Valley.

Benefits of membership in the Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council include:

1. Discounts on environmental periodicals.

2. Quarterly newsletter with money saving waste management tips and information on successful recycling programs throughout the region.

3. On-line access to key environmental documents produced by government as well as guides and booklets on recycling and responsible waste management.

4. Field trips to leading-edge waste and recycling facilities in the Greater Philadelphia region.

5. Peer-to-peer advice and direction in setting up money saving recycling programs.

6. Networking with local and state government representatives and environmental policy makers.

7. Eligibility for annual waste reduction and recycling awards.

8. Access to recycled products purchasing information and other environmental business resources.

For Members Only: Tours and Talks

All members receive invitations to visit special recycling programs and facilities around the region and to hear the industry's leaders speak about recycling, economic development, and environmental management.

Sample Speakers
The Greater Philadelphia Commercial Recycling Council hosts speakers who address recycling concerns for local businesses and offer solutions to waste management challenges.

Past speakers have included:

Phil Bailey, Buy Recycled Business Alliance
Bob Beaty, Tri-Gen Equipment Company
Craig Gallagher, E. Penn Manufacturing Battery Recycling

Ron Gonen, RecycleBank, LLC
Bonnie Groch, City of Philadelphia Energy Office
Carl Hursh, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Phyllis Martino, Building Materials Exchange

David Robinson, Philadelphia Recycling Coordinator (2001-2005)

Maurice Sampson, Recycling Alliance of Philadelphia
Nancy Weissman, Philadelphia Water Department

Sample Field Visits
Seeing is believing. The Council organizes tours of successful recycling programs and solid waste management processing facilities so that members get the opportunity to see firsthand how large- and small-scale programs operate.

Field visits have included:

WXPN/World Cafe Live

PA DEP SE Regional Offices

Cavanaugh's Restaurant
First Union Center
The Curtis Center
The Four Seasons Hotel
Free Library of Philadelphia (Main Branch)
Liberty Place Towers
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Schuylkill Printing Plant (Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.)
Temple University
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
United States Recycling
Villanova University
Wyndham Franklin Plaza

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