California Resource Recovery Association • 30th Annual Conference • August 6-9 • The Fairmont Hotel
Session#5 |
Wednesday, August 9th (8:30am - 9:45am) |
From the local, state, and federal level; come
hear about important legislation affecting the waste management industry. |
Moderator: John Davis, MD&MRA.
Speakers: Kate Krebs, National Recycling Coalition; Mark Murray, Californians Against Waste; Mark Fureg, CIWMB |
Sustainable business programs provide insight on helpful tips for local governments to encourage businesses to divert more waste. Learn about the StopWaste.Org’s Sustainable Business Rating System and Bay Area Green Business program. Independent recyclers will also provide prospective of added value by providing paper shredding, construction and demolition site cleanup, and specialized services where hauling is done incidentally or for free. |
Moderator: Laurenteen Brazil, City of El Cerrito.
Speaker: John Moore, Henn, Etzel & Moore, Inc.; Rory Bakke, StopWaste.Org; Lisa Rose, Santa Clara County Green Business Program |
California continues to lead in ridding
landfills of hazardous materials. On February
9, the Universal Waste Ban took effect, requiring
the proper disposal of “universal waste”
at designated facilities and collection sites.
Industry experts will discuss the new legislation
and program recommendations. |
Moderator: Charles Tenborg, CEC Electronic Waste Recycling. Speakers: Karl Palmer, DTSC; Tim Grogan, Orange County Integrated Waste Management Department; Tom Hogye, United Data Technology |
The Local Agency Technical Council will be
sponsoring an interactive session on five
hot local government topics that will be presented
in a unique “speed-dating” style format
where all the participants will be able to fully
interact with the panel on the issues. Topics
include recycling program funding, integrating
recycling collection enclosure plans, social
marketing and outreach, and solid waste
ordinances as a tool for change. |
Moderator: Bob Nelson, City of Santa Cruz.
Speakers: Barbara Frierson, City of Fremont; Mary Arman, City of Santa Cruz; Robert Haley, San Francisco Department of the Environment; Debbie Kramer, RethinkWaste.org; Barbara Spoonhour, Western Riverside Council of Government |
Session will feature two live case studies and at least five short video case studies on recycling market development projects. |
Moderator: Steve Lautze.
Speakers: Zach Xu, ENO Plastics; Yue Min Wong, eCullet, Inc. |