CRRA 2025: 4 Takeaways to Save Time, Cut Costs, Stay Ahead
Aug 11, 2025
We’re back from an energizing week at CRRA, and we’re still buzzing!The conference confirmed what we’ve been building toward: the industry is eager for real-time compliance.
On the Ground
From seeing familiar faces to meeting new cities, haulers, consultants, and tech partners, we’re grateful for every conversation, challenge, and idea you shared with us.
This year’s conference felt different:
More urgency
More informed questions
More openness to modern tools
Franchise Fees & Contracts → Cities need live visibility into hauler performance and deliverables like volumes and outreach that tie into the EAR and IR. Quarterly reports don’t cut it and actually create more work.
Composting & Local Terrain → Climate and geography shape contamination rates, route design, and acceptable materials; programs need systems that adapt to local facility rules.
Procurement & Recycled Content → Tracking recycled-content purchases across departments is eating staff time; automation could reclaim hours every reporting cycle.
Edible Food Recovery → Data from haulers, generators, and recovery orgs is too fragmented; integrations like Terra + Careit unify tracking and cut duplicate outreach.
Too much time, $, and energy
Is still wasted on compliance work that’s slow, error-prone, and outdated before it’s even submitted. Data is wrong. Deadlines are tight. Funding is harder to come by. And from CRRA sessions, one thing is certain: CalRecycle enforcement is coming.
The smartest move?
Build these processes into your workflows now so data is captured in real time — instead of piling up into a stressful, costly reporting crunch. Terra can save your team thousands in staff time, contractor fees, and missed grant opportunities.