As a community-based, nonprofit social enterprise, Eureka operates like a zero waste laboratory. We take the data and experiences from our operations and apply it to advocacy and policy work that is aimed at changing systems, so it's easier to not only recycle more, but (more importantly) to waste less.
Wasting less means protecting our most marginalized and vulnerable communities from the detrimental effects of toxic pollution. Uncommon to the industry, we make it a priority to provide our employees with good green jobs that offer living wages with benefits.
Wasting less means protecting our most marginalized and vulnerable communities from the detrimental effects of toxic pollution. Uncommon to the industry, we make it a priority to provide our employees with good green jobs that offer living wages with benefits.
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Our Team
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Eureka Recycling employs more than 100 people. Our drivers have been unionized since 2010, and all employees, including sorters in the MRF, are paid a living wage with benefits (counter to standard practice in the industry). We are proud to have a passionate team of individuals dedicated to our mission.
Our Mission
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Eureka Recycling is dedicated to demonstrating that waste is completely preventable, not inevitable. Eureka works to bridge the gap between our vision for a Zero Waste future and the realities of today with tangible, real-world solutions.
We're modelling the idea that by systematically addressing the way we manage our resources, we can create solutions to the most pressing issues of our time, including climate change, building strong local economies, and supporting healthy equitable communities.We believe that communities deserve access to the most accurate information about waste reduction.
We're modelling the idea that by systematically addressing the way we manage our resources, we can create solutions to the most pressing issues of our time, including climate change, building strong local economies, and supporting healthy equitable communities.We believe that communities deserve access to the most accurate information about waste reduction.
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Eureka Recycling's recycling operations and our services are self-sustaining. However, Eureka Recycling is a non-profit and does raise money in order to break new ground on needed zero waste initiatives and programs. We are grateful to the hundreds of generous supporters - both individuals and organizations - who provide financial support for Eureka Recycling's leading edge work in zero waste.
Careers
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If you are interested in working to change systems that perpetuate waste and the problems it causes for our health, economy, and communities; participating in organizational leadership in a collaborative setting; and supporting our initiative to deepen diversity and inclusion in our organization, Eureka Recycling may be the right place for you!
Our Facility
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Our Material Recovery Facility (or MRF for short) processes an average of 400 to 450 tons of recycling every day. With a combination of machines and hardworking people, we turn a giant pile of mixed recyclables into about a dozen different material categories to be shipped out and made into new products.
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