Food Recovery and Zero Waste Fiesta 1
In this session, panelists will discuss the opportunities to reduce the amount of food scraps going to the landfill. Starting upstream, panelists will share activities to reduce amount of food left over, "rescue" food for soup kitchens and needy families (applicable to citizens, nonprofits, event planners and restaurants), and give a road map for implementing food scrap retrieval for composting (how to setup cluster of businesses, community composting, acceptable items (soiled paper, etc)). Bioplastics and their effects on composting will also be discussed.
Speakers:
"Working with Large Businesses: Culver City and Sony Pilot Composter," Cathy Vargas, City of Culver City
"From Food Waste to Food Rescue: Organics as a Resource Instead of as Landfill Fodder," Erica Hooper, S. Groner Associates, Inc
"Compostable Food Service," Josephine Miller, Office of Sustainability and the Environment City of Santa Monica
"Zero Waste Farmers' Markets," Martin Bourque, Ecology Center of Berkeley
Stephanie Barger, Executive Director, Earth Resource Foundation
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Focus on Materials Fiesta 2
The question always comes up: How can I possibly recycle this material? This session will focus on two difficult to recycle materials, tires and shingles. Also discussed will be the effect of material quality to final product, as examined through glass cullet. In addition to giving participants a solid understanding of the mechanics of specific material recovery, this session will offer several strategies for engaging partners and stakeholders, overcoming regulatory barriers, and creating public-private partnerships.
Speakers:
"Relevance of Cullet Quality to Glass Container Manufacturing," C. Philip Ross, Glass Packaging Institute
"Scrap Tires: California's Most Entrepreneurial and Dynamic Recycling Industry," Colin Wallace, RW Beck
"Turning Tear-off Shingles into Hot Mix Asphalt: Innovation towards Zero Waste and a Smaller Carbon Footprint," Michelle Caulfield, Cascadia Consulting Group
Moderator: Jennifer Caldwell, California Integrated Waste Management Board
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Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) Intersection With Business Recycling Programs Fiesta 3
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) promotes the value of reusable transport packaging systems across all industries as the preferred packaging solution. The RPA (formally known as the Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition) was founded in 1998. RPA promotes the economic, environmental and social benefits of reusables in the marketplace, are the recognized expert in reusable supply chain packaging solutions, and are the collective voice for the growing reusable packaging industry.
StopWaste.Org is the first public recycling agency to partnered with RPA to promote reusable packaging via its award-winning Use Reusables program. The session will explore how reusable packaging intersects with public agency business recycling assistance efforts, and identify opportunities to expand promotion of reusable transport packaging systems.
Panelists:
Bob Klimko, Chairman, Reusable Packaging Association
Justin Lehrer, StopWaste.Org
Moderator: Peter Slote, City of Oakland
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Tribal Community Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention Projects Fiesta 1
This session will discuss innovative resource conservation and pollution prevention projects being implemented by tribes in California. Specific projects highlighted in this session include a comprehensive waste transfer station owned and operated by the Pala Band of Mission Indians. The Tribal transfer station was opened in 2008 and is a state-certified buy back center open to the public. Currently the facility handles all casino and community curbside recycling including cardboard, plastic, glass, and metals, and has a greenwaste mulching program.
Speakers:
Lenora Lamb, Pala Band of Mission Indians, Director of Environmental Services
Liz Bogdanski, Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, Environmental Manager
Moderator: Michele Baker, US Environmental Protection Agency
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Solid Waste: Solving the Problem (PPT) (70.3MB)
Lenore Lamb
Director of Environmental Services
Pala Band of Mission Indians
K-12 Schools Outreach Programs Fiesta 2
Are you interested in getting into the schools or taking your school education program to the next level? Learn effective strategies for designing and marketing school education programs and overcome common barriers with a variety of classroom-tested methods proven to increase teacher demand and student engagement. Hear how one successful program has expanded its reach by engaging middle and high school students in the process of setting up recycling and food scrap collection programs at their schools. See examples of tools for teachers and students to calculate their carbon emissions on campus and learn how to connect waste reduction service learning opportunities with California state content standards. You'll leave with specific tools, resources and ideas to implement or expand your K-12 education program.
Speakers:
Mark Spencer, StopWaste.Org
Mike di Milo, Science Discovery
Moderator: Linda Ceballos, City of Rancho Cucamonga
State Wide Mandatory Commercial Recycling
Under AB 32 Fiesta 3
Californians Against Waste was successful in getting a measure requiring mandatory commercial recycling included in the AB 32 Scoping Plan. The requirement would be placed on generators (businesses and multi-family dwellings). CIWMB has been charged with developing rules, plus there are various draft legislative bills that include some form of mandatory commercial recycling. This session is an interactive forum designed to identify and discuss the interests of the major stakeholder groups, including businesses, local government, service providers, and the State. Most importantly, the session will identify and establish common interests. Session outcomes include identification of stakeholder and common interests that would guide the development of CIWMB rule-making process, more informed stakeholders, increased engagement in the rule making process, and broader support for the final product of that process.
Speakers:
Nick Lapis, Californians Against Waste
Tracey Harper, California Integrated Waste Management Board
Cheri Chastain, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico
Moderator: Peter Slote, City of Oakland
Business Recycling Tools Certification Class Desert Suite 1
The course will evaluate the material resources purchase practices by businesses and municipal programs to help businesses deliver products and services to its customers while decreasing wasteful habits and increasing reuse and recycling activities. This course will help identify ways to implement effective recycling programs within businesses, and composting programs for grocery stores, restaurants and other food service businesses. For the recycling system to work well products made from recycled materials must be purchased by the businesses that recycle.
Instructors:
Richard Gertman, Principal, Environmental Planning Consultants
Tracie Bills, Environmental Planning Consultants Project Manager
Conversion Technology Fiesta 1
Today nothing is hotter than conversion technology. Several California communities are exploring the possibility of using conversion technology to move towards zero waste. Find out the latest information as this concept moves from vision towards reality.
Speakers:
"A Look at the Southern California Conversion Technology Demonstration Project," Coby Skye, LA County Department of Public Works, Environmental Programs Division
"Benefits of Integrated Waste Conversion Facilities," Travis Taylor, Earth Tech/AECOM
"Maximum Feasible Impacts," John Davis, Mojave Desert & Mountain Recycling Authority
Moderator: Bill Worrell, San Luis Obispo County IWMA
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Plastics Extravaganza! The ins and outs of current market concerns. Fiesta 2
This session will address current questions about plastic recycling: What's going on with the local markets and what about foreign buyers? How should I manage non-traditional materials like margarine tubs, film, and PLA? What is made from recovered plastic? Bring in your mystery plastic material to ask the experts how your community can handle specialty items.
Panelists:
David Cornell, Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers
Bill O'Grady, Talco Plastics
Melissa Vargas, California Integrated Waste Management Board
Moderator: Keefe Harrison, Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers
Improving Your Website Outreach - A Mini
Workshop Fiesta 3
Your website is your "business card" for the 21st Century. If it doesn't grab your customer's interest, gain trust and ultimately help close the deal, then what's the point of investing any money in it at all? In this "mini workshop" we will show you why so many websites fail at turning visitors into "buyers". We'll show you what it takes to turn your website into the ultimate sales tool for business.
Speaker:
Shirin Oreizy, President, Next Step e-Solutions
Local Programs in the Coachella Valley - Curiosity Quest
Fiesta 2
Do you ever wonder where the water goes when you flush the toilet? The Cities of Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells and Indio jointly sponsored a Curiosity Quest on water conservation. Curiosity Quest is an upbeat, family, educational program that explores what viewers are curious about. In each show, host Joel Greene, ventures on a quest to answer viewer's letters of curiosity. Each quest takes the audience on location for an unscripted, hands-on, educational exploration. In addition, throughout each program, Join Joel as he hits the streets to get real and often comical answers to questions pertaining to this stinky adventure to the sewer plant.
Speakers:
Joel Greene, Curiosity Quest
Moderator: Susan Weisbart, City of Indian Wells
Local Conservation Corps - Your On-Call Special Event Recycler Fiesta 3
Local Conservation Corps have been recognized for almost 2 decades at being the premier large venue and special event recycler. They have the unparalleled ability to bring recycling bins and trained staff at a moment's notice for events large and small. LCCs recycle at almost every major venue in California including Petco Park, Dodger Stadium, and the Oakland Coliseum, to name but a few. If your city or county has mandatory recycling for special events, or you just want help in greening those events, attend this session to meet representatives from the 12 non-profit conservation corps throughout the state as they discuss their role in striving for zero waste events.
Panelists:
Karla Ramos, Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Steve Wightman, Qualcomm Stadium (invited)
Eric Wolff, Urban Corps of San Diego County
Laura McKaughan, San Francisco Conservation Corps
Moderator: Scott Dosick, Manager, CA Association of Local Conservation Corps
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