Environmental justice and diversity should be priorities for recyclers, ISRI panelists say
Speakers stressed the importance of fostering meaningful relationships in environmental justice communities where they operate, both to mitigate harm and to prepare for potential regulation. Published May 4, 2021 Megan Quinn/Waste Dive
Speakers at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries April convention acknowledged the intricacies of environmental justice (EJ), racism, and diversity targets, offering suggestions on how to approach the topics during multiple panel discussions.
Experts stressed that recycling and waste companies have a particular responsibility to understand and address environmental justice, in part because many of their facilities