All activities are on the Zero Waste USA Main Stage – https://tinyurl.com/ZWmainstage,
except the three Concurrent Sessions, which are linked below.
If you are having difficulty logging in, please visit the Zoom Keys page.
For session descriptions and speakers, visit the Schedule.
| PST | Password for all links: NZWC2021 |
| 7:45AM | Networking and Zoom Assistance |
| 8:00AM | Welcome |
| 8:10AM | Plenary: Rethink and Redesign |
| 8:55AM | Keynote: Yvette Arellano, Fenceline Watch – Latinx and Low-Income Communities are Paying the Costs of Plastic Pollution |
| 9:25AM | Plenary: The Decline of Single-Use Disposables – Reusable Foodware Systems |
| 10:15AM | Concurrent Sessions |
| Preventing Plastic Pollution on the Planet https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom5 | |
| Zero Waste Youth in Action https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom2 | |
| Fast Fashion: Addressing Overconsumption through Expanding Sustainable Choices https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom4 | |
| Academics & Policy: Zero Waste at Higher Learning Institutions https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom3 | |
| 10:45AM | Plenary: Expanding Reuse Infrastructure |
| 11:30AM | Sponsor Showcase |
| 12:00PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| Zero Food Waste https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom5 | |
| Effective Outreach: Zero Waste Pop-Ups & Community Training Programs https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom3 | |
| Zero Waste Myth Busting: Characterization and Contamination https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom4 | |
| Zero Waste Approach to Wildland Fire Response https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom2 | |
| Federal Funding for Reduce, Reuse, Recycling and Composting Infrastructure https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom6 | |
| 12:30PM | Keynote: Paul Connett – Untrashing the Planet One Community at a Time |
| 1:00PM | Plenary: Recycling Is Infrastructure Too! |
| 1:45PM | Plenary: Compostable Organics Out of Landfill Now – COOL Now! |
| 2:30PM | Concurrent Sessions |
| Zero Waste Myth Busting: Inreach vs Outreach https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom4 | |
| The Evolving Consensus on EPR: Corporate Control to Municipal Reimbursement and Other Trends https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom5 | |
| International Zero Waste Case Studies https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom3 | |
| Recycling Reinvented: Addressing Systemic Reform for an Industry on the Verge of Transformation https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom6 | |
| Hard to Recycle https://tinyurl.com/ZWZoom2 | |
| 3:00PM | Happy Hour, Networking and Sponsor Showcase |
