SWANA Southern New England Chapter Annual Recycling Conference
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Description
Join us for Southern New England’s largest annual recycling and solid waste conference focused
on waste diversion opportunities and innovative waste management solutions..
Hear from top professionals on a variety of recycling and waste management topics including:
disposal ban on commercial organics and food waste, odor management, siting an organics
facility, textile recycling, zero waste initiatives and more!
Visit our exhibit hall filled with recycling and waste management related products and service
providers.
7:30 am to 8:45 am
REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST & EXHIBITs
8:45 am to 9:00 amWelcome
Hank VanLaarhoven, Chapter President
9:00 am to 10:00 am TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Session A – Zero Waste
Moving Toward Zero Waste in New England: Is having a zero waste goal possible in your town?
Christin Walth, Toward Zero Waste Newburyport
Jeri Weiss, EPA New England
Raytheon’s Zero Office Waste (ZOWe) Program: Learn how they eliminated trash containers and achieved greater than 90% recycling.
Brian Balukonis, Raytheon Company
Session B – Landfill Projects
Landfill Solar Array Construction – Greenfield Landfill Solar Field.
Jeff Thelen, Tighe & Bond
Matt Wzorek, Tighe & Bond
Investigation of a Perched Leachate Mound in a Hybrid Landfill/Balefill: A fascinating look inside the subsurface conditions of a landfill prior to a gas sale program.
Joseph P. Curro, P.E., BCEE, CDM Smith
10:00 am to 10:30 am Break & Exhibit Hall
Session A – Food Waste Regulatory Update
Massachusetts Commercial Organics Waste Ban: Learn about the MassDEP Organics Action Plan in preparation for the 2014 ban, including food waste.
John Fischer, Massachusetts DEP
Session B – Municipal Curbside Collection
Pay-as-you-throw, Automation or Something Else?
What’s right for your town?
Carolyn Dann, Massachusetts DEP
Municipal Representatives Invited
11:30 am to 1:00 pm LUNCH & EXHIBIT HALL
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Bloom
Drawing FOR AUTOGRAPHED books!
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Session A – Organics
Siting a Source Separated Organics Facility in MA.
Thomas A. Mackie: Mackie Shea O’Brien PC
Waste Characterization Study: New Market District.
Zoë Neale, Save That Stuff
Session B – Used Textile Recycling
Used Textiles: A valuable, under-tapped resource in our trash and our closets.
Claire Sullivan, South Shore Recycling Coop.
Brooke Nash, Massachusetts DEP
Paul Curry, Bay State Textiles
Larry Groipen, ERC Wiping Products
Bill LaBelle, Morgan Memorial Goodwill
Ross Lohr, Project Repat
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm BREAK & DESSERTS IN THE EXHIBIT HALL
Bring your copy of American Wasteland for an autograph session with Jonathan Bloom!
2:45 pm to 3:45 pm PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Panel A – What’s for Dinner?
Ask the experts your questions about composting, food reduction and food rescue.
Jonathan Bloom, Food Waste Expert/Author
Ashley Stanley, Lovin Spoonfuls Food Rescue,
Food Bank Invited
Panel B – What’s that Smell? Assessing Odor Issues at Waste Handling Facilities
Dealing with Odor Concerns from Landfills to Cow Manure and Food Waste-to-Energy.
Russell Anderson, LEED AP, CEC Inc.
Michael Lannan, Tech Environmental
Odor Panel- Ask your Questions about Odor Nuisance and Odor Control
Panel of Local Solid Waste Professionals
Jonathan Bloom, a Boston native, is a journalist and food waste expert who wrote the book American Wasteland and created the blog Wasted Food. He also consults on food waste reduction, most recently working with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.