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Plastics Recycling Conference: Women in Circularity breakfast
- March 24-26, 2025
- National Harbor, Maryland
Join TRUE for a Women in Circularity: Leading the Charge for a Sustainable Future session at the Plastics Recycling Conference. This conference converges the plastics recycling industry with the textile recovery industry for the first time.
Zero Waste Forum, including a TRUE workshop
- March 30-April 4, 2025
- Hollywood, Florida
Join Race to Zero Waste and partners for the 2025 Global Zero Waste Week & Forum. The Forum will include five engaging days of zero waste collaboration, education, and fun, while building on conversations from the International Day of Zero Waste! This event includes a TRUE Zero Waste Workshop, esteemed international speakers affiliated with the Zero Waste International Alliance, local South Florida zero waste businesses and organizations, tours, award ceremony, and more!
Zero Waste Forum, including a TRUE workshop
- March 30-April 4, 2025
- Hollywood, Florida
Join Race to Zero Waste and partners for the 2025 Global Zero Waste Week & Forum. The Forum will include five engaging days of zero waste collaboration, education, and fun, while building on conversations from the International Day of Zero Waste! This event includes a TRUE Zero Waste Workshop, esteemed international speakers affiliated with the Zero Waste International Alliance, local South Florida zero waste businesses and organizations, tours, award ceremony, and more!
TRUE Virtual Office Hours series
- April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6, and September 3, 2025 at 12 PM
- Virtual
The 2025 TRUE Office Hour Series will run from April to September, the first Wednesday of every month. We will offer a series of six, monthly online forums to connect with TRUE staff. Please join us to help launch your zero waste goals and TRUE certification. We will begin with questions from participants and offer guidance through the many frequently asked questions we receive from project teams, including but not limited to how to get started, evaluating your current performance, creating your zero waste plan, improving waste diversion and reviewing policies for zero waste culture.
WasteExpo
- May 5-8, 2025
- Las Vegas, Nevada
Join a TRUE workshop at the 2025 Waste Expo on Thursday, May 8.
Whether you are from a private or public waste management company, an organics or food waste management company, or a manufacturer/supplier from the U.S. or abroad, you can count on WasteExpo to bring the entire industry together under one roof for the premier waste event of the year! Meet waste and recycling professionsals, industry experts, and top solution providers from both the US and abroad. Connect with the industry, share best practices, and walk away with meaningful new contacts at North America's largest solid waste, recycling, and organics event.
Greenbuild 2025
- November 4-7, 2025
- Los Angeles, CA
Mark your calendar! Join TRUE at the largest green building conference in the world.