2011 MRN/SWANA-MA Conference Program
New Decade, New Challenges:
Markets, Technologies & Motivations
Thursday,
June 16, 2011
7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration Open
8:00
a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in
Exhibit Area
9:00
a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome
- Robin M. Roddy, President of SWANA’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter
- Chaz Miller, President of MRN, Director, State Programs, National Solid Wastes Management Association
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Keynote: N.C. Vasuki - Former CEO, Delaware Solid Waste Authority
(Retired), Past President SWANA
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Break and Exhibits Open
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Markets Update
- Paper: Mike Benedetto, President, TFC Recycling
- Plastics: Mylinda Jacobsen, Envision Plastics
- Glass:
Bryan Vickers, Glass Packaging Institute and Mike
Smaha,Manager,
U.S. Government Affairs,Owens-Illinois
- Electronics & Metals: Mike Fannon, President, CDM e-Cycling
Landfill Innovation
- Leachate Treatment Using Wetlands - Laura Jo Oakes, P.E, EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc.
- Utilizing
GPS in Landfill Operations - Brent Stewart, Governmental Sales Manager, Alban Tractor, Co. - Handout and James Vescovi,
P.E., BCEE, Southern Solid Waste Management Center Facility Manager, Delaware
Solid Waste Authority - Handout
- Best Practices for Landfill Solar Installations - Joe Harrison, Project Developer, Borrego Solar Systems Inc.
12:15 -
1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibits Open
MRN Awards
SWANA Scholarships
MRN Elections
1:30
p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions:
Solutions for Handling Challenging Materials
- Mattress Recycling - Tanya Adams, Recycling Coordinator, Cecil County - Handout
- Carpet
Recycling - Frank Hurd, Chief Operating
Officer, Carpet and Rug Institute and Chairman of the Carpet America Recovery
Effort - Handout
- Propane
Tank Recycling - Tom Lokey, Owner, ProTankMD
& Bob Ernst, Recycling Program
Manager, Harford County - Handout
Regulatory Changes
- Environmental Monitoring and
Reporting, Jason Baer, Project Manager,
& Eric Frase, Environmental Specialist III, Maryland Environmental Service - Handout - New Drug Disposal Regulations, Peter Bieniek, Chief, Cecil County Solid Waste Management Division - Handout
2:15
p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Break and Exhibits Open
2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Recycling Psychology 101: Motivating the Public to Recycle
- Montgomery County’s mandatory commercial recycling program and participation motivation, Eileen Kao, Montgomery County Chief, Waste Reduction & Recycling Section
- KAB’s Recycling Education: Materials and Programs that Motivate - Ed Skernolis, Vice President, Recycling, Keep America Beautiful
Ash Management
- Challenges of Ash Disposal - Jeff Marshall, SCS Engineers - Handout
3:30
p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Plenary Session
Composting
- Wilmington
Organic Recycling Center, Large Scale Composting of Food Waste in an Urban
Environment -
Nelson Widell, Co-Founder of The Peninsula Compost Group, LLC - Handout - Composting in Practice - Elizabeth Chiedi, Bates Trash Removal - Handout
- National Food Recovery Initiative - Jean Schwab, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, U.S. EPA National Food Recovery Initiative
5:00
p.m.
Networking Reception with
Refreshments & Hors D’Oeuvres (in Exhibit area)
Friday, June 17, 2011
8:00
a.m. - Noon
Registration
8:30 a.m.
- 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in
Exhibit Area
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Key note address:
Harvey Gershman, President, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. - What the Future of Solid Waste Management May
Hold - Handout
9:45
a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Break and Exhibits Open
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Plenary Session
Green Building / Green Schools
- The Basics of Green Building - Brad Guy, Assoc. AIA,
LEED AP, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, The Catholic University of America - Handout
- Maryland Green Schools Program - Joanne Schmader, Interim MD Green School Coordinator, Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education - Handout
- Considerations
for Greening Transfer Stations - Michael
Kalish, SCS Engineers - Handout
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Plenary Session
Product Stewardship
- Product Stewardship Overview - Victor Bell, Environmental Packaging International - Handout
- Take Back Programs -Todd Ellis, North East Regional Account Manager, Call2Recycle - Handout
- Washington D.C. Bag Tax - Emily Rice, Environmental Protection Specialist,
Stormwater Management Division, District Department of Environment, Government
of the District of Columbia - Handout
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch