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”