06-03-2013 - 06-04-2013
32nd Annual Northeast Recycling Conference "The Dirt on Recycling"
06-03-2013 - 06-05-2013
Illinois Recycling Conference
06-06-2013 - 06-08-2013
AOR Conference: Sustainable Oregon
06-18-2013 1PM EDT - 2PM EDT
June Webinar: Reverse Supply Chain – Part II
08-18-2013 - 08-21-2013
Georgia Recycling Coalition Annual Conference
09-23-2013 - 09-25-2013
Arkansas Recycling Conference
10-02-2013 - 10-04-2013
Recycling Council of Alberta’s Annual Waste Reduction Conference
10-07-2013 - 10-09-2013
Iowa Recycling and Solid Waste Management Conference and Trade Show
10-08-2013 - 10-09-2013
Kansas Organization of Recyclers Annual Conference and Exhibition
2012-13 Sustainable Materials Management Webinar Series
A partnership between NRC and the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (PARMC) in delivering innovative programming to those who are seeking integrated opportunities for materials management.
July 2012
Sustainability Efforts in the Healthcare Industry – Part I: Focus on Plastics Recycling
Learn about the recently formed Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HRPC) whose mission is to inspire and enable the healthcare community to implement sustainable, cost-effective recycling solutions for plastic products and materials used in the delivery of healthcare. HPRC members work collaboratively to be a change agent for sustainable healthcare product and packaging lifecycle with the end goal of increasing the amount of healthcare plastics recycled, becoming a leading resource for data, education, materials, speakers, and case studies, and being an authority for guidance, technical input, and demonstrated best practices.
Monday, July 16, 2012/ 1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers:
Kurt Duska, President epi Recycling Solutions, Inc, Erie, PA.
Bill Turpin, Director of Strategic Business for WM Healthcare Solutions, a subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., Houston, TX
Topic Subject Matter – Healthcare Facility Waste Management, Plastics Recycling
Technical Complexity - Moderate
August 2012
Sustainability Efforts in the Healthcare Industry – Part II: Focus on Food Service Source Reduction and Recycling
This webinar will describe the partnership between a large food service vendor and a local health network and their efforts to increase sustainability through source reduction, recycling and composting.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speaker:
Andy Barsky, Senior GM Food & Nutrition Service, Sodexo
Topic Subject Matter – Healthcare Facility Waste Management, Organic Waste Management
Technical Complexity - Moderate
September 2012
Understanding Domestic and Global Recycling Commodity Markets - How Are Recycled Material Prices Determined?
Ever wonder how recycled commodity prices are collected compiled and reported? Learn from industry insiders
Tuesday, September 18, 2012/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers:
Joseph Pickard, Chief Economist and Director of Communications, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
Greg Rudder, Editor, Pulp and Paper Week
Others TBD
Topic Subject Matter – Recovered Materials Commodities Markets
Technical Complexity – Moderate/High
October 2012
Recycled Materials in Transportation Projects – Use of Recycled Rubber, Construction Demolition Waste, Compost and Other Recovered Materials in Highway Construction and Maintenance Projects
This webinar is a continuation of the February 2012 sustainable materials management series webinar addressing triple mix glass use in transportation projects. Our presenters will describe the utilization of recovered materials including rubber, C/D waste and compost in highway construction and maintenance projects.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers:
Barrie Cogburn, Director, Landscape and Enhancement Section, Design Division, Texas Department of Transportation
Craig H. Benson, PhD, PE, DGE, NA, Co-Director, Recycled Materials Resource Center
Topic Subject Matter – Recycled Materials/ Engineering Specifications
Technical Complexity – Moderate/High
November 2012
Recycling in Life Cycle Analysis – How Important Is It?
Learn how manufacturing systems based on recycled production and recovery of recycled materials offer substantial system-wide or “life-cycle” environmental advantages over systems based on virgin production that rely on incineration or landfilling.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers: Rep. from the Quantis Group
Others TBD
Topic Subject Matter – Life Cycle Analysis
Technical Complexity – Moderate/ High
December 2012
Food Recovery Efforts in North America – Getting Food to the Table Before It Becomes Waste
According to the EPA, an estimated 39.7 million tons of food is thrown away every year. This equates to over half of the food grown, processed, and transported. 50 million Americans have food insecurity, however, enough nutritious calories are grown and produced each year to feed every American. This webinar will discuss these and other facts and figures about our food supply and the problem of hunger in our country.
Shannon Barbuto, Regional Fresh Produce Sourcer for Feeding America will explain how her non-profit organization and a collation of other NPO's and retail food industry representatives are developing strategies to address this problem.
Pete Pearson, Sustainability Director for SUPERVALU will explain how his company is creating an effective logistics program through which grocery stores can more efficiently source fresh food from local farmers and develop closed-loop waste cycles to reduce food waste.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers:
Shannon Barbuto, Regional Fresh Produce Sourcer, Feeding America
Pete Pearson, Sustainability Director, SUPERVALU
Topic Subject Matter – Food Recovery/ Donation, Logistics
Technical Complexity – Low
January 2013
Biodegradable Plastic Resins – Debunking the Myths
Can biodegradable plastics be recycled? Can they be composted? Are they really biodegradable? In this webinar, Industry experts will tackle this somewhat confusing and contentious topic.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Presenter: David Brooks, Certification Manager, Biodegradable Products Institute
Topic Subject Matter – Biodgreadable Plastic Resins/ Organic Chemistry
Technical Complexity – Moderate/ High
February 2013
Complementing Anaerobic Digestion Projects with Composting Operations – Improving the Bottom Line by adding Compost to Production Outputs
The main purpose of an anaerobic digestion facility is to produce and recover methane gas from organic waste materials. A sometimes-overlooked byproduct of this process is the digestate, which is often overlooked as a material that has no value. Learn how some facilities are using this material as a feedstock in composting operations to produce high-value compost and soil amendments.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers: TBA
Topic Subject Matter – Anaerobic Digestion/ Organics Composting
Technical Complexity – Moderate/ High
March 2013
Measuring the Economic Impact of Organics Diversion and Product Manufacturing
The modern composting industry has been around for several decades. Measuring its impact on our economy has been difficult due to the lack of specific industrial classification codes. Learn about the efforts that are being made to provide separate classification codes that will enable a more accurate measurement of important data such as number of jobs, payroll and sales related to composting activities.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers:
Al Rattie, US Composting Council
Robin Sweere, EcoScraps
Topic Subject Matter – Economic Analysis/ North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes
Technical Complexity – Moderate
April 2013
A Look at E-Scrap Legislation in the United States
26 States have some sort of legislation that regulates the disposition of electronic scrap. Learn about the major similarities and differences as well as emerging issues concerning e-scrap regulation.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers:
Jason Linnell, Executive Director, National Center for Electronics Recycling
Walter Alcorn, VP of Environmental Affairs and Industry Sustainability, Consumer Electronics Association
Topic Subject Matter – Electronic Scrap Collection and Recycling/ State Legislation
Technical Complexity – Moderate
May 2013
Post-Consumer Resin Supply Chain: Where are we today, Where are we heading, and What are the barriers?
An expert in plastics recycling, our presenter, Patty Moore will discuss what is referred to as "pinch points", and why and where they are found in the post-consumer plastics supply chain. This will assist existing and potential users of recycled plastics to better understand, and mitigate real world challenges. Through the presentation, collection program operations, recycling managers, government officials, processors of recycled materials, and end users will gain knowledge of how they influence use of this commodity.
Tuesday, May 21 2013/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Presenter:
Patty Moore, President and CEO of Moore Recycling Associates, Inc.
June 2013
Reverse Supply Chain – Part II
Dr’s. Dunn and Young are back by popular demand to continue the discussion from the May 2012 sustainable materials management series webinar concerning the role recycling in reverse supply chain logistical systems. This webinar will delve deeper into the reverse supply chain system concepts in domestic as well as global markets.
Tuesday June 18, 2013/1:30 – 2:45PM EDT
Speakers:
Richard Young, PhD, Professor of Supply Chain Management, The Pennsylvania State University
Steven Dunn, PhD, Ph.D., CPIM, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Topic Subject Matter – Supply Chain Systems/ Business Logistics
Technical Complexity – Moderate/ High
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