CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
10-20-09: Electronic copies of many presentations now available.
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Keynote Speaker
Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Neil Seldman, PhD, President and co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (Washington, DC and Minneapolis, MN) will address pressing national issues in the solid waste management sector of the economy. The presentation will describe the country’s steady progress in reaching high levels of diversion through recycling and composting through best practices. Seldman will also address transforming Iowa’s solid waste management system into a resource management system.
Seldman, a post-doctoral student of the history of ideas, is ILSR’s expert on environmental entrepreneurialism, recycling-based economic development, joint ventures between community organizations and private firms, recycling-based business recruitment, local and regional assessments of recycling business opportunities, financing recycling businesses, and the history of the US recycling movement. He has spent the last 35 years assisting cities, counties and private companies increase their recycling and composting programs and enterprises.
Iowa DNR Update
Brian Tormey, Iowa DNR
Tuesday, October 6
Today’s Recycling Markets: What’s Really Happening
A must-attend session for anyone in the business of selling and/or buying recyclables. Market status reports and outlooks for glass, metals, plastics and paper to be addressed. Speakers will discuss supply/demand balances, domestic and international trends, and policies impacting markets for these commodities.
Mick Barry, Mid America Recycling
Bryan Vickers, Glass Packaging Institute
Dave Keeling, Steel Recycling Institute
Joe Hummel, City Carton Recycling
Landfill Gas Energy Opportunities
Green energy has become a priority at the national, state and local level. The relationship between energy and the environment has renewed the interest in alternative energy projects. Learn about EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) which provides free services, can assist in determining the energy potential from your landfill, locating potential markets for LFG, conducting project feasibility studies, and providing networking services within the LFGE industry. Explore renewable energy, carbon projects and waste to energy.
Lori Hamburg, Project Professional, SCS Engineers
Mark Maloney, VP Business Development, Carbon Solutions Group
Discovering Sustainability through Dubuque’s Solid Waste Diversion Options Study
The Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency recently solicited proposals from solid waste management planning firms for developing a long-range strategic outline to divert up to 50% of the current 100,000 tons per year buried at its landfill facility. The Agency was presented with many options including product stewardship initiatives, carbon credit initiatives, reuse/repair/refurbishment opportunities, material/product bans, punitive fees for loads containing recyclable materials, upgraded compost/organics diversion facilities, construction/demolition management and an eco-literacy center. This session discusses Dubuque’s consideration of these and many more options, with the focus on cost effective and sustainable solutions.
Neil Seldman, Institute for Self-Reliance
Paul Schulz, City of Dubuque
Michael Huls, Huls Environmental Management
Do Bans Help Recycling?
Material bans can range from electronics and white goods all the way to cardboard and containers, but just how effective are they? When coupled with education campaigns, material bans can help create further sustainability in communities. Expert to share personal experiences related to successes and challenges of material bans in Wisconsin. Locally, experts will discuss the plastic bag controversy, focusing on both the recent plastic bag ban discussions, plastic bag recycling at stores, and new KIB & IGIA partnership, which focuses on the alternative of promoting reusable bags, a voluntary waste reduction program.
Joseph Van Rossum, University of Wisconsin-Extension
Gerry Schnepf, Keep Iowa Beautiful
Jerry Fleagle, Iowa Grocery Industry Association
Improving Workplace Safety in the Solid Waste Industry
Attendees will learn how to reduce fatalities, accidents and injuries involving the solid waste and recycling employees and equipment. The session will include an overview of the leading causes of fatalities and accidents in the industry, the latest OSHA compliance data, the applicable ANSI standards, and tips on making a good safety program even better.
David Biderman, General Counsel for the Environmental Industry Associations (EIA)
Greening Your Meetings & Events
Green event marketing is most definitely here to stay. Attendees will be provided with a wide array of tools and strategies to reduce costs, create innovative partnerships and demonstrate leadership in sustainability. Whether the event is for ten people or one hundred people, there are a number of resources available to ensure a small event footprint. Highlighted in this session will be the IRA’s newly published “Iowa Green Meetings/Convention Best Practices Manual,” the green aspects of the IRA/ISOSWO Fall Conference and the Waterloo Convention & Visitors Bureau’s partnership with the Green Cedar Valley Initiative.
Jennifer Ryan, East Central Iowa Council of Governments, speaking on behalf of the Iowa Recycling Association
Brooke Burnham, Waterloo CVB
Jennifer Jordan, Iowa City Landfill & Recycling Center, speaking on behalf of the IRA/ISOSWO Fall Conference Committee
Single Stream Recycling: Case Studies Across Iowa
Single stream recycling is undoubtedly a hot topic nationwide, and we don’t need to look far to find great examples of new and established programs. Cedar Rapids’ program is approximately five years old and collects glass separately. The Des Moines Metro, including both the City of Des Moines and Metro Waste Authority, has a fully commingled program that began about a year ago. Three Iowa municipality planners share successes, challenges and future plans for their single stream programs.
Reo Menning, MWA
Bill Stowe, City of Des Moines
Mark Jones, City of Cedar Rapids
Flow Control Panel Discussion
This session will address the legal perspectives on flow control from the private and public sectors, information on public entity legislation in Minnesota and the difficulties of implementing flow control at the local level.
David Biderman, General Counsel for the Environmental Industry Associations
Jim Brick, Attorney with Brick, Gentry, Bowers, Swartz, Stoltze & Levis, P.C.
Hal Morton, Executive Director, Des Moines County Regional Solid Waste Commission
Warren Shuros, Senior Project Manager, Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC
Tools to Reduce Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Measuring waste reduction and greenhouse gas emissions is becoming increasingly important for municipalities and businesses. This presentation provides tools and case studies to help municipalities and businesses promote the environmental benefits of recycling, waste prevention and buying (or manufacturing) recycled. EPA’s focus will be placed on the WasteWise Climate Profile and WARM (the Waste Reduction Model). The Iowa Waste Reduction Center will address its pollution prevention and environmental compliance assistance available to small businesses.
Jennifer Dawani, US EPA Waste Wise
Jim Olson, Iowa Waste Reduction Center | Video
Wednesday, October 7
E-Waste Developments: Emerging Issues in Legislation and Product Stewardship Initiatives
As the issue of e-waste has moved to forefront of green initiatives, it has become increasingly important for businesses, municipalities, environmentalists and manufacturers to understand the emerging responsibility for reducing the environmental impacts of products. This means providing end-users with a convenient, accessible and eco-friendly way to dispose of their electronics. Many states have already enacted electronics product stewardship legislation of varying degrees, and several more states are poised to join this effort. Experts provide updates on electronics legislation, processing, and recycling.
Tim Warren, Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC)
Jason Linnell, National Center for Electronics Recycling
Innovative Landfill Management Techniques
There are many new innovative techniques being used at landfills. In this session, learn about landfill organic stability plans required in Wisconsin. All landfills must submit a plan to reduce the amount of degradable organics remaining after site closure. In addition, learn about wetland mitigation and it’s potential positive impact on landfill expansion. The Seneca Meadows Landfill expansion took 71 acres of wetlands, but was mitigated by creating 575 acres of high-quality wetlands.
Chris Lawn, Cornerstone Environmental Group, LLC
John L. Larson, Applied Ecological Services, Inc
Building Programs through Partnerships
Partnerships are key to building successful programs. In this session, learn about three programs that capitalize on partnerships.
- The Boone County Environmental Network has worked together to promote joint events and messages that are more holistic in nature than traditional programs developed and offered by solid waste management agencies on their own.
- The Iowa Board of Pharmacy in conjunction with Iowa Pharmacy Association and Sharps Environmental Services, Inc. received a DNR SWAP grant to collect and dispose of unwanted pharmaceuticals from households and nursing homes. The TakeAway program provides the public with a safe, easy way to dispose of their unwanted and expired medications through community pharmacies.
- The Waste Management Commissions in Adair, Cass and Harrison County's along with Landfill of North Iowa and the Prairie Solid Waste Agency partnered to produce a 45 minute educational video that covers recycling programs, waste management, environmental controls, and environmental stewardship and sustainability.
Boone County Landfill/Keep Boone County Beautiful
Scott A. Smith Landfill Administrator/Recycling Coordinator
Lois Powers, Program Coordinator
Lisa K. Anderson, Environmental Education Coordinator
Kate Gainer, Vice President, Professional Affairs, Iowa Pharmacy Association
Integrated Waste Management Video
Wendy Wittrock, Operations Manager, Cass County Landfill & Recycling Center
Dan Barry, Harrison County Landfill Commission Solid Waste Manager
Recycling Economics: Making sure your program survives the down market
With weak recycling markets and a huge economic downtown worldwide, many municipalities are facing difficult decisions concerning their recycling programs. Learn valuable tips about putting concrete value to your program and enhancing recyclable commodity value to keep your program intact and strong during these difficult times. Case studies of a small rural community and large metro will give real world survival techniques.
Mick Barry, Mid America Recycling
Conversion Technologies, Recycling, and Carbon Management
The federal stimulus money and nation’s focus on energy security has boosted interest in alternative and conversion technologies. But how do these technologies compare to recycling from a lifecycle approach and can they work in concert with recycling? Learn about current and emerging technologies such as gasification, pyrolysis, and autoclaving. Explore key issues from a lifecycle, carbon management, cost, and environmental risk perspective. Gain a framework to understand this quickly changing marketplace which is both complex and geographically specific. Learn about monetizing of carbon credits and renewable energy credits in the daily markets. Smaller gas collection/control systems and the associated credit trading may have potential in Iowa, especially with Environmental Management Systems.
Nubia Pérez, Element Markets, LLC
Anna Collinson, Resource Recycling Systems
Energy and Sustainability Programs at the University of Iowa and Iowa Department of Energy
Learn about efforts at the University of Iowa that have taken sustainability to the next level with recycling, energy conservation, and overall environmental friendly programs. Also learn about the programs offered to communities by the Iowa Department of Energy to enhance opportunities to utilize energy savings in operations such as geothermal, solar, and wind.
Dave Jackson, Assistant to the Associate Vice President, University of Iowa
Roya Stanley, Office of Energy Independence
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