WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009



Making Space for Recycling Fiesta 1&2

Effective recycling collection and processing requires sufficient space to store material until it can be accessed. This session explores three different strategies for assuring space is available for recyclable materials. See how the City of Napa established a comprehensive requirement for collection enclosures. While space for recycling collection at multifamily locations has always been a challenge, learn how San Luis Obispo addressed this thorough a unique split-container solution. Finally, examine how the County of San Bernardino increased their diversion while overcoming the obstacles of using a contracted facility operator.

Speakers:

"Enclosure Standards," Kevin Miller, City of Napa Public Works Department

"Split container and Multifamily recycling," Peter Cron, San Luis Obispo County IWMA

"Integrating Recycling into Contracted Facility Operations," Olivia Sanchez, County of San Bernardino

Moderator: Heidi Sanborn, CA Product Stewardship Council

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Documenting Deconstruction - a Zero Waste
Strategy Fiesta 3

When people deconstruct rather than demolish, valuable resources are kept out of the landfill. In addition, reused material not only reduces the demand for virgin material; it is a critical step in greenhouse gas reduction. This session will examine how deconstruction is a cornerstone in zero waste strategies, from the basics, to advanced diversion calculations and material chain of custody. The deconstruction of a large warehouse on the former Oakland Army base is chronicled, including a wonderful time-lapse video of the entire process.

Speakers:

"Chronicles of the deconstruction of a former Army Base Warehouse," Meri Soll, StopWaste.Org

"Beyond Zero Waste: Reversing Waste with Building Deconstruction," David Bennink, RE-USE

Consulting

Moderator: Eric Corey Freed, organicARCHITECT

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Local Task Forces Fiesta 7 & 8

AB 939 requires each county to establish a local task force to assist with the development of County-Wide Integrated Waste Management Plans and providing a forum for public discussion of solid waste management, waste reduction, and recycling issues. In some counties, preexisting advisory groups were re-purposed and in other areas, new groups formed. Membership includes representatives from each city and the county plus from local environmental, recycling, composting and disposal businesses, agencies and non-profits. Often a wonderful repository of experience and advice, as well as a potential hotbed of conflicts of interest balanced by each other, the LTF can be the public's first line of defense against short-term actions with long-term ramifications.

Panelists:

Michael W. Anderson, Vice Chair, Sonoma County AB 939 Local Task Force on Integrated Waste Management

Richard Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates

Melodye Serino, Zero Waste Programs Analyst and Staff Liaison to the Local Task Force for Santa Cruz County

Jaime A. Lozano, City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

Paul Alva, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Moderator: Portia Sinnott, MS+, LITE Initiatives and Vice Chair, Sonoma County AB 939 Local Task Force on Integrated Waste Management



Vendors Showcase New Programs Fiesta 6

Technological breakthroughs are typically accomplished through research and development in private companies. Yet, our conference has traditionally been reluctant to let vendors talk about their products outside of the Exhibit Hall. Well this session breaks the mold! Come and hear three vendors talk about innovative products and technologies. Learn about the Recycle Bank believes that an incentive-based approach holds the key in moving residents toward a zero waste world. Find out about Envirco's patented Enhanced Autogenous Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion (EATAD) process that uses heat responsive microbes to process organic waste and create a stable organic fertilizer. Discover how Huls Environmental created an innovative media outreach, Green Street Dream, that takes a comprehensive look at air, water, energy, and waste and gets it all into one little iMagazine CD.

Speakers:

"The Recycle Bank," Kim Jordan, Recycle Bank

"Aerobic Digestion," Jennifer Mitchell, Envirco

Moderator: Bob Gedart, California Resource Recovery Association

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Franchises, Rates, and Contracts Desert Suite 1 & 2

Panelists will explore strategies to craft rate structures, franchise agreements, and professional service contracts, incorporating incentives to reduce, reuse, compost, recycle, as well as to procure for producer responsibility, sustainability, and recycled content. Questions to be explored include Bid or RFP? How to structure rates to control cost increases? How can Joint Powers Authorities make contracting more efficient? How to cope with multiple franchises and haulers? Should your legal counsel or a consultant be used to draft your next agreement? How many ways can you improve your next agreement?

Panelists:

Donna Perala, City of San Jose

William O'Toole, EcoNomics Inc

Cliff Feldman, South Bayside Waste Management Authority

Moderator: Tedd Ward, Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority

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Funding Programs - Where Do We Get the Cash? Fiesta 1&2

The current economy significantly affects recycling budgets and, as cities continue to divert resources from disposal, revenues continue their decrease. This session will discuss specific funding sources: who are using them, and analysis of scenarios and risks. Is it better to overhaul the rates and services or should you add host fees or even the sale of carbon credits? The focus of this session is to demonstrate practical alternatives to disposal based funding.

Speakers:

"Funding Alternatives for Zero," Rob Hilton, HF&H Consultants

"Funding Municipal Zero Waste Programs in California's Current Economy," Jo Zientek, City of San Jose

"Managing Risk and Performance: Ratesetting in the Commercial Sector to Integrate Incentives for Diversion and Hauler Performance," Lisa Skumatz, SERA

Moderator: Angela Brantley, City of Monterey

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Non-Profits and How They Fit Into the Big Picture Fiesta 3

Non-profits provide an augmentation to the resources available to municipalities and commercial organizations. Non-profits provide a wealth of motivated and community-oriented people to help you achieve your goals. This session will examine non-profit recyclers in the US and their contributions to the Zero Waste and Recycling sectors. The local Conservation Corps create a green pathway out of poverty for young adults ready to become contributing members of society and are ready to collaborate with organizations to help meet those recycling goals. Also examined is the role of the non-profit consultant and how to best utilize this valuable, and often grassroots, community asset.

Speakers:

"Non-Profit Recyclers Alive and Well in the 21st Century," Martin Bourque, Ecology Center

"The Role of Non-Profit Consultants," Noelle Bell, Ecology Action of Santa Cruz Local "Conservation Corps - Green Jobs for At-Risk Youth," Scott Dosick, CA Association of Local Conservation Corps

Moderator: Bonnie Butler, City of Ontario

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Viral Marketing Online & Offline Fiesta 7 & 8

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, the Blogosphere. These days you can't help but be exposed to the highly contagious "viral" communications bug. This pandemic has left many with flu-like symptoms, scrambling feverishly to launch blogs, sign up for RSS feeds, and "tweet" as frequently as possible, whether or not they have anything to chirp about. But can Web 2.0 tactics alone truly get your message out or, more importantly, change behavior? This session will help vaccinate you against random acts of outreach, using real-word case studies to help you get real value from word-of-mouth marketing.

Speakers:

Cathleen Chavez, City of Los Angeles

Jeff Lindenthal, Monterey Regional Waste Management District

Stefanie Pruegel & Shana McCracken, Gigantic Idea Studio, Inc.

Moderator: Lisa Duba, Gigantic Idea Studio, Inc.

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Good not only for Universities and Schools, but also For Host Cities:

How to turn Zero Waste into Reality? Focus on Universities and Schools! Fiesta 6

This session will present the results of an evaluation of four "green" programs aimed across the spectrum of students - K-8, high school, and university-level. The analysis will identify strategies that worked well in "connecting" with students, and provides suggestions on lessons learned that will be useful for implementation of programs elsewhere. Next, a blueprint for environmental collaboration between a city and its local public university that leveraged mutual resources and goals will be presented. Working with a San Jose State University graduate class, the City of San Jose taught important concepts and in returned gained valuable and previously unknown information.

Speakers:

"Getting the "Green" Message across to K-12 and College Students: Results from Evaluations of California Programs". Juri Freeman, SERA

"Leveraging Public Universities to Meet Zero Waste Goals: a Case Study," Emy Mendoza, City of San Jose,

Moderator: Julie Muir, PSSI/Stanford Recycling

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Zero Marine Debris Desert Suite 1 & 2

The Oceans are polluted. The world is recognizing that there is no place called "away" and the oceans have been used as a sink for discards forever. The increasing amount of plastic in the ocean is of great concern to the health and the sustainability of the planet. What it is and what could be done, with the focus on our coast line and our vision of zero waste.

Panelists:

Leslie Taniman, Seventh Generation Advisors

Stephanie Barger, Earth Resource Foundation

Richard Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates

Moderator: Richard Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates

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Implementing a Commercial Food & Organics Recycling Program Certification Training Fiesta 1&2

This course will provide students with an understanding of how to plan and implement commercial food and organics programs. Among the topics covered are: regulatory, environmental and economic drivers; inclusion and exclusion of material types; degrees of source separation and reasons for each; program planning steps; considerations in contracting for services or working with existing haulers; developing cost and incentive structures, case studies of programs and of commercial food and organics generators, programmatic and generator-level hurdles and steps to overcome them, customer outreach strategies, customer training approaches, incorporating source reduction and reuse, environmentally preferable purchasing, program and participant evaluation metrics and methods, types of processing facilities, end products and uses and supportive state and local policies.

Instructors:

Steven Sherman, Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc

John Hanscom, Commercial Recycling and Organics Specialist



Introduction to Extended Producer Responsibility Certification Training Fiesta 3

This class will cover important basics about EPR or Product Stewardship including definitions of the terms, overview of how EPR policies have been implemented throughout the world. It will cover how EPR policy is evolving in California and the United States including what EPR systems already exist, who are the organization working on these issues and all the related groups working on zero waste and recycling issues, and both voluntary and mandatory and current 2009 legislative efforts. The course will also review and discuss the key elements of an End of Life system as outlined in the report to CIWMB titled "Framework for Evaluating End of life Product Management Systems".

Instructors:

Heidi Sanborn, California Product Stewardship Council

Susan Collins, Container Recycling Institute



Beyond Recycling: How Businesses Get to Zero Waste Certification Training Fiesta 7 & 8

This "Beyond Recycling: How Businesses Get To Zero Waste" class (aka "Zero Waste Business" class) will build on the introductory information provided in the CRMTI Clean Production class. In particular, this class will review the Zero Waste Business Principles, then go into detail on how to implement those principles for a particular business to achieve Zero Waste. Examples will be given of how different companies have addressed different issues that have come up in pursuing Zero Waste.

Instructors:

J. Michael Huls, Huls Environmental Management

Stephanie Barger, Earth Resource Foundation



GRRN Zero Waste Community Planning Certification Training Fiesta 6

What is Zero Waste? How is different from Recycling? Garbage is not inevitable. It is the result of bad design. It can be designed out of the system. Community Organizing & Political Strategies for Zero Waste Zero Waste is systemic change. Change comes from the outside.

Instructors:

Linda Christopher, Executive Director of the GrassRoots Recycling Network

Gary Liss, Gary Liss Associates