Recycling and Solid Waste Management Educational Series
2007-2008 Program Calendar

Date

Topic

Speakers

September 20, 2007

The State of Recycling

1. State of the state
2. Trends
3. Markets

Jerry Powell, editor and publisher of Resource Recycling, Inc.

October 18, 2007

Organics Management

1. Update
2. State perspectives

Nora Goldstein, editor of BioCycle

Brian Rosa, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

November 15, 2007

Climate and Waste

1. What is the connection?
2. What can you do?
3. Counting your results

Sara Hartwell, EPA Office of Solid Waste

David Allaway, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

December 20, 2007

Packaging

1. Why Packaging
2. Environmental Benefits
3. Toxics in Packaging
4. Company Strategies for reducing packaging impacts
5. Counting your results

Sara Hartwell, EPA Office of Solid Waste

Patty Dillon, Toxics and Packaging Clearinghouse

Amy Zettlemoyer-Lazar and Robert Parvis, Wal Mart

January 17, 2008

Venue Recycling

Public Space Recycling: overcome public space recycling obstacles at special events and other away from home venues.

1. Concessionaire bidding process
2. Vendor contracts requiring recycling
3. Tool kit for soft drink contracts
4. Containers-signage for public space recycling
5. Working with volunteers to manage the collection system
6. Working with haulers to develop the market drivers making recycling profitable
7. Zero Waste at Special Events

Shawn Norton, National Park Service, Environmental Leadership Program Coordinator, Washington DC

Terri F. Reilly, Executive Director, St. Louis Earth Day

Jack DeBell, Director, University of Colorado Recycling Services, Boulder, CO

February 21, 2008

Construction & Demolition Recycling

1. National C&D materials perspective
2. How C&D materials are reused and recycled
3. How local governments can encourage recycling
4. Hotbeds of C&D Recycling: New England and California
5. Case Studies: C&D Recycling in Portland, Maine and Fauquier County, Virginia
6. What the EPA is doing

Kimberly M. Cochran, PhD
Environmental Engineer
U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste

Robert H. Brickner
Executive Vice President
Gershman, Brickner, & Bratton, Inc.

Jenna R. Jambeck, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
University of New Hampshire

Timonie Hood
Office of Pollution Prevention and Solid Waste
U.S. EPA Region 9

March 20, 2008

Co-mingled Recycling

1. How the changes to co-mingled collection systems have affected the quality of recycled materials
2. Best practices for your co-mingled system
3. Best practices for getting the highest environmental value out of your recycled materials
4. How one group of stakeholders is jointly addressing the issue and coming up with agreement to make the whole system more efficient

Jay Simmons, Process Engineer, North Pacific Paper Corp, Longview, WA

Richard Gertman, Principal and Owner, Environmental Planning Consultants, San Jose, CA

Viccy Salazar, lead for the Waste Reduction, Resource Conservation and Stewardship team, US EPA, Region 10 since 1995.

April 17, 2008

Managing Compact Fluorescent Lamps

1. Introduction to CFL Management Issues
2. Maine CFL Legislation and Program
3. Vermont CFL Outreach
4. IKEA Retail Program
5. National Product Stewardship Dialogue on CFL Management

Linda Barr, USEPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

John James, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Denis Bergeron, Maine Public Utility Commission

Karen Knaebel, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources

Anne King-Musza, IKEA (Invited)

Sierra Fletcher, Product Stewardship Institute

May 15, 2008

Policies and Programs to Increase Municipal Recycling

1. Getting more for less from your curbside collection programs - efficiencies to increase diversion and reduce cost
2. NO Bin NO Barrel with NO regulation - trash collection only with a recycle bin in tandem
3. Zero waste and Oakland California's adopted Zero Waste Plan recommended policies and programs

Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc. (SERA)

Sarah Kite, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Association

Gary Liss, Zero Waste Consultant

June 19, 2008

Recycling and Energy Efficiency in Schools – Key Elements in Sustainability

1. How to establish an institutional recycling program
2. Creating an energy efficiency program at K – 12 schools
3. Establishing a sustainability program within a school district
4. Funding energy improvements

John Holcombe, Safety/Environmental Coordinator, Poudre School District, Fort Collins, Colorado

Stu Reeve, Energy Manager, Poudre School District, Fort Collins, Colorado

Bernard Thompson, Energy Specialist, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

July 17, 2008

Financial implications of recycling

Cancelled.

August 21, 2008

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

1. Products and Accessibility
   
   
   • Where are we headed?
   • What attributes of green are the most environmentally preferable and is one green attribute better than another?
   • Are there standards?
   • Where do you go to get products, how do you know they are really "green", and how do you tell which is preferable?
2. Policy & Program – Massachusetts' successful EPP program
   
   
   • What do you need in your EPP Policy, Program and Measures?
   • Do people use it?
   • How do you report on your purchases?
   • What tools do you need for an effective EPP program?

Chris O'Brien, Director, Responsible Purchasing Network

Marcia Deegler, Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Environmental Purchasing, Operational Services Division

September 18, 2008

Using Incentives to promote recycling