11:00a |
OPENING PLENARY NRC Welcome Chemical Recycling Policies |
Bob Gedert – National Recycling Coalition Jay Basset – NRC Board Member Komie Jain – Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries Jamie Kaminski -Zero Waste Canada Leslie Lukas – NRC Board & Conference Committee |
11:30a |
Murray J. Fox Scholarships & NRC Awards |
Bob Gedert – National Recycling Coalition Jack DeBell – debellP3 LLC Lisa Skumatz – Skumatz Economic Research Associates |
11:55a |
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT & BREAK |
Exciting Announcement from Re-TRAC Connect |
12:00p |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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Innovative Solutions in Technology |
Matt Hittle – Ohio EPA Chris Ronson – Re-TRAC Connect Judi Gregory – Go2Zero Strategies Zane Harvey – SMART Compliance, Inc. Bob Hollis -SMART Compliance, Inc. |
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Recycling is Infrastructure Too Campaign |
Brenda Platt – Institute for Local Self Reliance Gary Liss – Zero Waste Associates Bob Gedert – National Recycling Coalition Jay Basset – Lifecycle Building Center Board Member |
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Best Practices in Organics Policies |
Chris Sparnicht – Zero Waste USA Heather Trim – Zero Waste Washington Rick Anthony – Zero Waste USA Lisa Skumatz – Skumatz Economic Research Associates |
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đ CURC College & University Recycling Coalition Workshop Keynote |
Corey Berman – University of Vermont Leana Houser – Johns Hopkins University Jack DeBell – debellP3 LLC G.L. Genco – Generation Conscious + students |
12:55p |
âď¸ BREAK |
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1:00p |
đ Lunchtime PartyTRAC with Hot Topic Tables |
⢠Exporting Harm – Race to Zero Waste ⢠Zero Waste – Zero Waste USA ⢠Workforce Development & Minority Communities – ISRI ⢠Circular Economy & Recycling – Rheaply ⢠Bin Design Specs – Busch Systems ⢠Measurement & Data – Re-TRAC Connect ⢠100 3R Policies – Zero Waste Associates ⢠NRCâs Draft Strategic Plan – National Recycling Coalition ⢠Education & Outreach – Maggie Clark ⢠Meet Your Intern – NRCâs Campus Council |
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đ CURC Collegiate & Government Partnerships |
Leah Ceperley – University of Dayton Leana Houser – Johns Hopkins University Cara Murray – Baltimore Dept. of Public Works Ava Richardson – Baltimore City Dept. of Planning |
1:45p |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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Container Deposit Best Practices |
Dan Leif – Resource Recycling Magazine Scott Breen – Can Manufacturers Institute Susan Collins – Container Recycling Institute |
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Making Progress on Multi-Family Recycling |
Cynthia Vant Hul – Mariposa Eco Consulting Aryeh Alex – City of Columbus Matt James – The Recycling Partnership Evan Novell – City of Orlando |
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Best Practices for Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion |
Arley Owens – Earth Team Green Sophia Huda – NRC JEDI Council Mary McClellan – Carolinas Recycling Association Tracie Bills – California Resource Recovery Association Julia Au – Northern California Recycling Association |
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đ CURC Collegiate & Commercial Sector Partnerships |
Jamey Pavey – Earlham College Jennifer Maxwell – Appalachian State University Chandler Cummins – Advanced Composting Technologies |
2:45p |
âď¸ CASUAL NETWORKING BREAK |
Meet Me in a Zoom Room – Informal Small Room Networking Pick a breakout, introduce yourself, relax and chat – this is not a facilitated break, but just a place to meet up with other folks with similar interests: ⢠Reuse ⢠Biz Recycling ⢠Community Recycling ⢠Organics ⢠NRC Reunion |
3:00p |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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Tackling Single Use Products |
Graham Hamilton – Break Free from Plastics Jan Dell – The Last Beach Cleanup Nick Lapas – Californians Against Waste |
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Outreach to Underserved Communities |
Sophia Huda – NRC JEDI Council Berenice Garcia Tellez – City & County of Denver Keysha Burton – The Recycling Partnership Guisela Latorre – Ohio State University |
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đ CURC Collegiate & Nonprofit Partnerships |
Franklyn Cantor – University of the Arts Heather Trim – Zero Waste Washington |
4:00p |
CLOSING PLENARY Rebuilding Public Confidence in Recycling |
Alec Cooley – Busch Systems Elizabeth Schussler – The Recycling Partnership Chaz Miller – Miller Recycling Associates Wes Schultz – California State University Daniel Weston – WA State Dept. of Ecology |
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đ CURC Breakout Roundtable Topical Session |
⢠Waste in Labs ⢠Choose Your Own Waste Adventure ⢠Vendor Contracts ⢠Pesky Material Streams ⢠(Re)Launching a Waste Diversion Program |
5:00p |
đ END OF DAY 2 |
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