EREF raises more than $1.6 million at WasteExpo
EREF raises more than .6 million at WasteExpo
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The board of directors of the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced that more than $1.6 million was raised at the 2016 EREF Annual Charitable Auction.
The auction is held each year at WasteExpo to support the foundation’s mission to fund and direct scientific research and educational initiatives for waste management practices. It has raised more than $17 million since its inception in 1994, including donations from members of the waste industry. The auction provides opportunities for exhibitors to increase their visibility at WasteExpo, according to EREF.
This year, the organization took both the live and silent auctions online by incorporating mobile bidding into the silent auction and online bidding into the live auction.
“Integrating new components into an already complex event is an undertaking,” says Mike Schwalbach, EREF Auction Committee chair. “However I believe the addition of online and mobile bidding greatly enhanced the auction. As a result, EREF was able to establish new contacts and increase awareness by exposing the auction to people across the country as opposed to WasteExpo participants alone.”
The silent auction brought in more than $51,000, while the live auction raised more than $1.5 million, EREF says.
During the Live Auction, representatives from the Antonacci Foundation of Enfield, Connecticut, Rehrig Pacific, Vernon, California, PTR Baler & Compactor Co., Philadelphia, and the Detachable Container Association, Charlottesville, Virginia, presented EREF CEO and President Bryan Staley, with checks to support solid waste research.
Following words from EREF scholar Nicholas Hotzelt, who currently receives funding for his masters research on landfill leachate at Clemson University, bidders were asked to raise their paddles to support EREF’s scholarships and internal research program (IRP). In total, EREF says it received more than $62,000 to directly fund solid waste research scholarships and internships.
“Thank you for all those who supported the EREF auction,” Hotzelt says. “Every pledge, donation and contribution benefits the foundation and gives students like myself an opportunity to pursue research that can benefit the waste industry."
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Source: Recycling Today
EREF raises more than .6 million at WasteExpo
<![CDATA[The board of directors of the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced that more than $1.6 million was raised at the 2016 EREF Annual Charitable Auction. The auction is held each year at WasteExpo to support the foundation’s mission to fund and direct scientific research and educational initiatives for waste management practices. It has raised more than $17 million since its inception in 1994, including donations from members of the waste industry. The auction provides opportunities for exhibitors to increase their visibility at WasteExpo, according to EREF. This year, the organization took both the live and silent auctions online by incorporating mobile bidding into the silent auction and online bidding into the live auction. “Integrating new components into an already complex event is an undertaking,” says Mike Schwalbach, EREF Auction Committee chair. “However I believe the addition of online and mobile bidding greatly enhanced the auction. As a result, EREF was able to establish new contacts and increase awareness by exposing the auction to people across the country as opposed to WasteExpo participants alone.” The silent auction brought in more than $51,000, while the live auction raised more than $1.5 million, EREF says. …