2017 Conference Presentations

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Zero Waste USA Intro to Zero Waste Class – Gary Liss

Keynote:

Plenary Presentation - John C. Barnes, Waste Management Administrator, City of Virginia Beach

Recycling Education and Outreach

• Teresa Sweeney, MRSWA and Nancy Drumheller, CVWMA –  We All Know the 3 Rs…What About the 3 Es?
• Stephanie Hicks, Trex Company, Inc. – Trex in the Schools and Community
• Jake Adams, Rockbridge County –Limit Your Impact, Value the Earth – Rockbridge County Education and Outreach

Organics

• Gary Bilbro, Key Energy LLC –“Food Waste and Organics Diversion – How to Start Your Sustainable Program"
• Shani Kruljac, Arlington County - “Implementing ZW Policies in Municipal Yard Waste Management”
• Dana D’Souza, SERA  -“Sustainable Food Markets and the Economy: What’s the Impact?”

Recycling Difficult Materials

• Debbie Spiliotopoulos – Northern Virginia Regional Commission  - “Handling difficult materials: the status of ewaste and other challenges facing Northern Virginia”
• Dana D’Souza, SERA – “Mercury Thermostats and What Is Being Done"
• Megan Tabb - Synergy Inc – “Your Electronics from Start to Finish: What Happens to Them?”
• Joseph Fitzpatrick, NC DEQ – “Special Waste Programs in North Carolina”

Virginia DEQ Update

• Ms. Leslie Romanchik, Hazardous Waste Program Manager - “Regulations Overview of Virginia’s Universal Waste Lamp Crushing”
• Ginny Butler, Environmental Specialist - Recycling Coordinator, and Sanjay Thirunagari, Manager, Waste Planning, Data & Reporting - "What's New with DEQ"

Planning for Zero Waste

• Hao Zhang, JMU - “Policies and Programs Supporting Zero Waste”
• Keith Boisvert, VA DEQ  - “Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Moving Toward Zero Waste”
• Lisa Skumatz, SERA – “Percent Recoverables Remaining (PRR)- The Metric for the Future?"

Product Stewardship

• Scott MacDonald, Prince William County Solid Waste, “Enhancing Producer Responsibility Requirements in Virginia”
• Walter Willis, Lake County IL Solid Waste Agency, “Illinois Product Stewardship Council and Producer Responsibility in Illinois"
• Mark Walter, Brown County WI Port & Resource Recovery, “Associated Recyclers of WI Stewardship Committee and Impact on PS Initiatives”

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Keynote: 

Plenary Presentation:  Christopher Shorter, Director, District of Columbia Public Works

Zero Waste Business Workshop – Gary Liss

Markets Plenary – Broken Glass

• Bill Hess, Evolution Glass - The Evolution of Recycled Glass
• Joe Benedetto, RDS
• Lynn Bragg, Glass Packaging Institute
• Mike Smaha, Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Litter Session

• Linda Zirkle, Rockingham County – “Critters, Litter & Magic, Litter & Recycle”
• Clara Mills, Spotsylvania County – “Clean Up & Cash In Program”
• Pam Cooper, Chesterfield County – “Chesterfield County’s Neighborhood Sweep Program”

Construction/Demolition Debris

• Meredith Evans, Fauquier County – “Managing a Municipal C&D Recycling Facility”
• Michelle Minstrell & Raea Leinster - “Diverting Paints for Reuse Without Increasing Program Costs”
• Brent Trainum & Jeff Nance, “Latex Paint Recycling”

Managing Recycling Programs

• Kim Hynes, CVWMA and Tad Phillips, TFC Recycling- "Best Practices for Managing Residuals in Expanding Curbside Recycling Programs"
• Lisa Skumatz, SERA – “Hitting The Contamination Problem – Options & Results”