2010 MRN/SWANA-MA Conference
Thursday, June 24, 2010
9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome
- Robin Ennis (President of SWANA’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter) Chief, Collections Section Montgomery County, Solid Waste Division
- Chaz Miller (President of MRN), Director, State Programs, National Solid Wastes Management Association
9:30 a.m. – 10:15
a.m.
Keynote:
Increasing Recycling: How
Do We Get There? – Mitch Kessler, President, Kessler Consulting, Inc. Click here for handout.
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent
Sessions:
Markets
Update
- Paper: Jonathan Sloan, President, Canusa Hershman - Click here for handout.
- Plastics: Jonathan Sloan, President, Canusa Hershman - Click here for handout.
- Glass: Austin Lilley, Area Manager NE Region - Glass Division, Strategic Materials - Click here for handout.
- Electronics and Metals: Brian Ryerson, President, Ryerson Resource Recycling
Alternative Fuels
- CNG Trucks: Robin Ennis, Chief, Collections Section Montgomery County, Solid Waste Division
- Alternative Fuels in Collection Vehicles - Greg Martin, Business Development Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region, Clean Energy Inc. - Click here for handout.
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
Recycling in Three Maryland Communities
- Baltimore City – Tonya Simmons, Recycling Coordinator, City of Baltimore
- Baltimore County – Charlie Reighart, Recycling & Waste Prevention Manager, Baltimore County - Click here for handout.
- Montgomery County – Eileen Kao, Chief, Waste Reduction & Recycling, Montgomery County - Click here for handout.
Landfill Gas Energy
- EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program – Chris Godlove, EPA - Click here for handout.
- DWSA Case Study for LFGE / Wellfield – Robin Roddy, DSWA - Click here for handout.
- GHG and RECs - Eric Peterson, P.E., SCS Engineers - Click here for handout.
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
New Technologies
- Waste to Water – Joseph F. Mullineaux, Senior Associate Director, Department of Dining Services, University of Maryland
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Food Composting – Collection &
Processing
- Harold Wiggins, President, Paterson Environmental Holdings - Click here for handout.
- Walker Lunn, Founder &Managing Member, Envirelation
- Mark Smallwood, Mid Atlantic Green Mission Specialist, Whole Foods - Click here for handout.
5:00 p.m.
Networking Reception and Dinner at Olive Grove Restaurant
Friday, June 25, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
Zero Waste Success Stories (MRN)
- Chestertown, MD – Panel moderated by Ford Schumann, President, Infinity Recycling
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent
Sessions:
Managing Recycling Collection: Using Modern Technology to Enhance Programs
Jan Ely, Residential Recycling Program Coordinator, Frederick County
With Andrew White, Rehrig Pacific and John Neyman with Allied/Republic - Click here for handout.
Regulatory Update (SWANA)
MD Erosion & Sediment Control and Stormwater Management – Matt Parlakian, P.E., EA Engineering - Click here for handout.
GHG Regulatory Update – Brent Dieleman, SCS Engineers - Click here for handout.
Chesapeake Bay TMDL – Bill Rue, EA Engineering - Click here for handout. .
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 a.m.
Promoting Your Program Through
Social Media
Peggy Hoffman, President, Mariner Management & Marketing - Click here
for handout.