Building Zero Waste Communities: Tools to Take Home
Rockford, IL – June 3, 2012
Agenda
8:45 – 10:15 Zero Waste Around the U.S: Reports from Zero Waste Communities
- Austin, TX
- Boulder, CO
- Atlanta, GA
- Logan County, OH
10:45 – 12:15 Essential Elements of Zero Waste
- Zero Waste Brand, Recognition and Certification of Zero Waste Businesses, Communities & Professionals
- Producer Responsibility and Product Redesign
- End landfilling and incineration
- Building the Infrastructure Beyond Recycling
- New Rules and Economics: Policies to Incentivize Zero Waste
12:15 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 Organizing for Zero Waste in Your Community
- “How to Organize for Zero Waste”
- “E-Guide and Tools for Getting to Zero Waste”
- “Organizing for High Waste Diversion”
1:45 – 3:30 Zero Waste in Action
- Zero Waste Plans for Communities
- Zero Waste Businesses
- Product Bans: Updates on Plastic Bag bans and Styrofoam Container bans
- Focusing first on Reduce and Reuse
- Resource Recovery Parks
3:30 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:15 Tools for Moving to Zero Waste
- Resources for Zero Waste Communities
- Tools for Zero Waste & Climate Change
- Zero Waste, Economic Development and Green Jobs
- Facility Fighting- Stopping Landfills and Incinerators
- Procurement as a Tool for Zero Waste and EPR
7:00 GRRN Networking and Drinks
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Ruth Abbe, HDR National Zero Waste Practice Leader
- Peter Anderson, RecycleWorlds Consulting Group
- Richard Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates and Chair, Zero Waste Alliance and GRRN President
- Linda Christopher, GRRN Executive Director
- Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network
- Bob Gedert, Director, Austin Resource Recovery
- Alan Hale, Logan County Solid Waste District, Ohio
- Dan Knapp, Urban Ore
- Gary Liss, Gary Liss & Associates and Zero Waste International Alliance
- Eric Lombardi, Eco-Cycle, Boulder
- Susan Mooney, Chief, Municipal and Industrial Materials Section, USEPA Region 5
- Mel Nickerson, Staff Attorney, Environmental Law & Policy Center
- Anne Nicklin, Building Materials Reuse Association
- Ann Schneider, CA Sierra Club Zero Waste Committee
- Paul Schultz, Resource Management Coordinator, Dubuque, IA
- Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
- Monica Wilson, Recycling Works and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)