2017 CONFERENCE ARCHIVED INFORMATION
2017 Pre Conference Workshops August 8, 2017
Tuesday, August 8, Zero Waste Training 9:00 am -4:00 pm
Gary Liss, President of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council
Gary has over 39 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field. He was a founder and past President of the National Recycling Coalition and was Solid Waste Manager for the City of San Jose, CA. In San Jose, Mr. Liss developed their recycling programs into national models, which are currently diverting 62% of the overall waste stream.
Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste, and a special Zero Waste advisor to the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN). Mr. Liss has documented Zero Waste Businesses, developed Zero Waste Business Principles and helped organize Zero Waste business conferences. Mr. Liss has also worked on more Zero Waste community plans than any other individual in the United States.
Gary Liss & Associates (GLA) develops Zero Waste Plans; helps public and private sector clients on strategic solid waste and recycling policy and program analyses; evaluates and develops Resource Recovery Parks; designs incentive-based solid waste and recycling systems; drafts RFPs and contracts for municipal solid waste and recycling services; and develops proposals and joint ventures among innovative reuse; recycling and composting companies.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
Tuesday, August 8, Household Hazardous Waste Training 1:00-5:00 pm
Gil Kauffmann has 24 years of experience in the field of hazardous waste clean-up and disposal. Gil has a degree in Biology with a background in Chemistry from the University of Missouri – St. Louis.Gil started out as a Field analyst performing lab packs, drum disposal, tank cleaning and small remediation projects.
Gary Liss, President of the U.S. Zero Waste Business Council
Gary has over 39 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field. He was a founder and past President of the National Recycling Coalition and was Solid Waste Manager for the City of San Jose, CA. In San Jose, Mr. Liss developed their recycling programs into national models, which are currently diverting 62% of the overall waste stream.
Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste, and a special Zero Waste advisor to the GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN). Mr. Liss has documented Zero Waste Businesses, developed Zero Waste Business Principles and helped organize Zero Waste business conferences. Mr. Liss has also worked on more Zero Waste community plans than any other individual in the United States.
Gary Liss & Associates (GLA) develops Zero Waste Plans; helps public and private sector clients on strategic solid waste and recycling policy and program analyses; evaluates and develops Resource Recovery Parks; designs incentive-based solid waste and recycling systems; drafts RFPs and contracts for municipal solid waste and recycling services; and develops proposals and joint ventures among innovative reuse; recycling and composting companies.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
Tuesday, August 8, Household Hazardous Waste Training 1:00-5:00 pm
Gil Kauffmann has 24 years of experience in the field of hazardous waste clean-up and disposal. Gil has a degree in Biology with a background in Chemistry from the University of Missouri – St. Louis.Gil started out as a Field analyst performing lab packs, drum disposal, tank cleaning and small remediation projects.
2017 25th Anniversary Missouri Recycling Association Award Winners!
The Missouri Recycling Association (MORA) is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year and will be holding its annual award luncheon on August 10 in Osage Beach, Missouri as part of its annual conference. A total of 8 award winners will be recognized with the Missouri Recycling Association’s 25 Anniversary Award.
Barbara Lucks of Springfield, Missouri, received the prestigious MORA President’s Award. Lucks spent 22 years promoting recycling through her work for the City of Springfield, first as a material recovery and education coordinator from 1994 to 2011 and then as Springfield’s first sustainability officer from 2011 to 2016.
Rolling Hills Creative Living (RHCL) of Albany, Missouri, a group home serving individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities is being recognized for implementing and securing the continuation of curbside recycling programs in Albany and Grant City, Missouri.
Betty and Greg Fier of Branson, Missouri, will be accepting their award for their work as volunteers to establish and grow a recycling program in the Village of Indian Point near Branson.
Donna Utter of Clarksdale, Missouri, will be receiving her award for her long-standing promotion of recycling through her work with the Region D Solid Waste Management District in northwest Missouri, AbitibiBowater Recycling, Ripple Glass, the Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District’s Grant Review Committee and the Missouri Recycling Association.
Michelle Goth of Kansas City, Missouri, will be honored for her work to promote recycling in Missouri through her current position as General Manager – Kansas City with Ripple Glass and by serving on recycling boards throughout the region.
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. of Maryville, Missouri, will receive their award for implementing comprehensive recycling practices throughout operations at their Maryville facility. Kawasaki’s recycling initiatives have resulted in an approximately 93% landfill diversion rate from April 2016 to March 2017 and a 95% diversion rate for a 2015 construction project.
Computer Recycling Center of Springfield, Missouri, a certified electronics recycler, will accept their award for their long-standing electronics recycling services and community outreach. The Center accepts many types of electronic, universal and appliance waste for free and collects over 1,000 tons of material annually.
Refab of St. Louis, Missouri, a non-profit organization, will be honored for their work to salvage building materials and provide employment opportunities for veterans. Refab’s deconstruction crews salvage materials from old buildings, refabricate these materials, and sell the finished products to the general public at Refab’s retail location.
2017 Award Winners PowerPoint
Since 1992 the Missouri Recycling Association has sought to lead Missouri toward environmental sustainability through waste reduction and recycling. Each year MORA recognizes companies, programs and individuals who have displayed dedication to this goal.
Barbara Lucks of Springfield, Missouri, received the prestigious MORA President’s Award. Lucks spent 22 years promoting recycling through her work for the City of Springfield, first as a material recovery and education coordinator from 1994 to 2011 and then as Springfield’s first sustainability officer from 2011 to 2016.
Rolling Hills Creative Living (RHCL) of Albany, Missouri, a group home serving individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities is being recognized for implementing and securing the continuation of curbside recycling programs in Albany and Grant City, Missouri.
Betty and Greg Fier of Branson, Missouri, will be accepting their award for their work as volunteers to establish and grow a recycling program in the Village of Indian Point near Branson.
Donna Utter of Clarksdale, Missouri, will be receiving her award for her long-standing promotion of recycling through her work with the Region D Solid Waste Management District in northwest Missouri, AbitibiBowater Recycling, Ripple Glass, the Mid-America Regional Council Solid Waste Management District’s Grant Review Committee and the Missouri Recycling Association.
Michelle Goth of Kansas City, Missouri, will be honored for her work to promote recycling in Missouri through her current position as General Manager – Kansas City with Ripple Glass and by serving on recycling boards throughout the region.
Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. of Maryville, Missouri, will receive their award for implementing comprehensive recycling practices throughout operations at their Maryville facility. Kawasaki’s recycling initiatives have resulted in an approximately 93% landfill diversion rate from April 2016 to March 2017 and a 95% diversion rate for a 2015 construction project.
Computer Recycling Center of Springfield, Missouri, a certified electronics recycler, will accept their award for their long-standing electronics recycling services and community outreach. The Center accepts many types of electronic, universal and appliance waste for free and collects over 1,000 tons of material annually.
Refab of St. Louis, Missouri, a non-profit organization, will be honored for their work to salvage building materials and provide employment opportunities for veterans. Refab’s deconstruction crews salvage materials from old buildings, refabricate these materials, and sell the finished products to the general public at Refab’s retail location.
2017 Award Winners PowerPoint
Since 1992 the Missouri Recycling Association has sought to lead Missouri toward environmental sustainability through waste reduction and recycling. Each year MORA recognizes companies, programs and individuals who have displayed dedication to this goal.
2017 Conference Speaker Bios
Plenary Speakers
Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet.
Adam Minter is an American writer who serves as an Asia-based columnist at Bloomberg View. In addition to his work with Bloomberg,Adam covers a range of topics for publications that have include Bloomberg Business Week, Smithsonian, The Wall Street Journal, Time, The Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, Mother Jones, Scientific American, ARTN news, Sierra, and many others.
His first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade (Bloomsbury 2013)is a critically acclaimed and best selling insider’s account of the hidden world of globalized recycling, from the US to China and points in between.
Adam has covered the global recycling industry for more than a decade. In 2002, he began a series of groundbreaking investigative pieces on China’s emerging recycling industries for Scrap and, later, Recycling International that were recognized, in 2004, with the first Stephen Barr Award for individual excellence in business feature writing, awarded by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Since then, he has been cited, quoted, and interviewed on recycling and waste by a range of international media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Vice, The Guardian, and National Public Radio. He regularly speaks to groups about the global waste and recycling trade including colleges, universities, trade groups, TEDx, and a 2014 invited lecture to the Royal Geographic Society in London.
Adam Minter is sponsored by Region H Solid Waste Management District and Region L Solid Waste Management District and Missouri Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Management Program.
Scott Cassel, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Product Stewardship Institute (PSI)
Scott has over 30 years of experience tackling waste management issues in the public/private, and nonprofit sectors. Prior to founding the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) in 2000, he served seven years as the Director of Waste Policy and Planning for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, where he developed and implemented solid and hazardous waste management policies and programs. Scott is a nationally renowned leader in the product stewardship movement and has experience across multiple product categories, including electronics, lamps, thermostats, pharmaceuticals, mattresses, packaging, and paint. As PSI’s CEO, he developed the widely acclaimed facilitation process that the organization uses for stakeholder engagement and consensus-building—a process that resulted in the nation’s first industry-run, government-mandated paint stewardship program. Scott holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Dispute Resolution from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in Geology and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Cassel is sponsored by the MARC Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources SWMP.
Bob Gedert, NRC President
Sustainable Material Management: Municipal Implementation Strategies
Bob has more than 35 years of experience in recycling collection, solid waste facility operations and contract management responsibility. He has direct public sector experience leading cities and counties toward zero waste goals through a systems management approach, including leading practices in sustainable materials management through pragmatic cost efficient collection systems. He is a Senior Recycling Consultant for Resource Recycling Systems, and former Department Director of Austin Resource Recovery - City of Austin TX. Bob is also actively involved in a variety of industry associations and leadership positions, including his role as President of the National Recycling Coalition.
Peter Hofherr, St. James Winery
Peter Hofherr (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) brings both business sense and a strong understanding of the wine industry to his family’s business, St. James Winery. Grape and wine production has a long history in the St. James area. Officially recognized as the Ozark Highlands, this region is fondly known as "Little Italy of the Ozarks". With a degree in Microbiology from Auburn and a MBA with a concentration of Finance from Georgia State University, Peter returned home to St. James Winery in 1995, and he served as winery general manager until 2001. Peter then responded to the call of public service as first, Deputy Director, and then Director of Agriculture and finally as Chief of Staff to the Governor for the State of Missouri. Peter rejoined St. James Winery in 2007 and he is currently serving as Board President of the Missouri Agricultural Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to support projects that promote sound agricultural practices, growth in agribusiness and agritourism, international agricultural exports, urban agriculture, food safety, farm safety practices, youth development and education. Peter has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Missouri.
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership
Scott is Senior Director of Technical Assistance for The Recycling Partnership, a national non-profit dedicated to improving the performance of the U.S. recycling system. Prior to joining the Partnership, Scott directed North Carolina’s recycling program, overseeing policies and programs to expand and enhance the recovery of materials, increase public access to recycling services, and grow the state’s recycling economy. Scott has participated in a wide range of regional and national initiatives to advance recycling and materials management, working with groups such as the Southeast Recycling Development Council, the Product Stewardship Institute, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, the Association of Plastics Recyclers, and AMERIPEN.
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful
Brenda joined Keep America Beautiful (KAB) in Fall of 2010 to enhance the organization’s efforts to improve recycling – specifically how to engage and motivate individuals to recycle the right materials. In her role to grow the reach and impact of KAB’s recycling initiatives, she is responsible for strategic planning, research, and program design and implementation building from KAB’s behavior change system.
Prior to joining KAB, Brenda served as the Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications for Novelis -a global aluminum rolling and recycling company. Brenda has worked on various environmental issues both in the public and private sectors, starting her career working for the U.S. House of Representatives, Energy and Environment Small Business Committee.
Brenda also serves on the Board of Directors of the Sustainable Electronics Recycling International – whose mission it is to promote environmentally responsible reuse and recycling practices throughout the electronics sector; the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, and the Social Marketing Quarterly Editorial Board.
Kale Roberts, Program Officer, ICLEI USA
ICLEI Can Support Your City’s Sustainability with the U.S. Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol”
Kale is a Program Officer with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA where he supports cities across the country to manage greenhouse gas emissions and develop their climate action plans, and Blogging Coordinator and former renewable energy beat editor for Mother Earth News magazine. His previous roles have been as Climate Change Adaptation Support with the United Nations Development Programme in the Asia-Pacific region, a Program Coordinator for the Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program in Northern California, and a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Kingdom of Thailand (2010-2012). He was a Rachel Carson Scholar at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy from 2014-2016 (M.S., Climate Science and Policy). He is based in New York's Hudson Valley and Seattle, Washington.
Kale Roberts is sponsored by Solid Waste Management District C and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Adam Minter, author of Junkyard Planet.
Adam Minter is an American writer who serves as an Asia-based columnist at Bloomberg View. In addition to his work with Bloomberg,Adam covers a range of topics for publications that have include Bloomberg Business Week, Smithsonian, The Wall Street Journal, Time, The Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, Mother Jones, Scientific American, ARTN news, Sierra, and many others.
His first book, Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade (Bloomsbury 2013)is a critically acclaimed and best selling insider’s account of the hidden world of globalized recycling, from the US to China and points in between.
Adam has covered the global recycling industry for more than a decade. In 2002, he began a series of groundbreaking investigative pieces on China’s emerging recycling industries for Scrap and, later, Recycling International that were recognized, in 2004, with the first Stephen Barr Award for individual excellence in business feature writing, awarded by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Since then, he has been cited, quoted, and interviewed on recycling and waste by a range of international media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Vice, The Guardian, and National Public Radio. He regularly speaks to groups about the global waste and recycling trade including colleges, universities, trade groups, TEDx, and a 2014 invited lecture to the Royal Geographic Society in London.
Adam Minter is sponsored by Region H Solid Waste Management District and Region L Solid Waste Management District and Missouri Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Management Program.
Scott Cassel, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Product Stewardship Institute (PSI)
Scott has over 30 years of experience tackling waste management issues in the public/private, and nonprofit sectors. Prior to founding the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) in 2000, he served seven years as the Director of Waste Policy and Planning for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, where he developed and implemented solid and hazardous waste management policies and programs. Scott is a nationally renowned leader in the product stewardship movement and has experience across multiple product categories, including electronics, lamps, thermostats, pharmaceuticals, mattresses, packaging, and paint. As PSI’s CEO, he developed the widely acclaimed facilitation process that the organization uses for stakeholder engagement and consensus-building—a process that resulted in the nation’s first industry-run, government-mandated paint stewardship program. Scott holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Dispute Resolution from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a bachelor’s degree in Geology and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
Scott Cassel is sponsored by the MARC Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources SWMP.
Bob Gedert, NRC President
Sustainable Material Management: Municipal Implementation Strategies
Bob has more than 35 years of experience in recycling collection, solid waste facility operations and contract management responsibility. He has direct public sector experience leading cities and counties toward zero waste goals through a systems management approach, including leading practices in sustainable materials management through pragmatic cost efficient collection systems. He is a Senior Recycling Consultant for Resource Recycling Systems, and former Department Director of Austin Resource Recovery - City of Austin TX. Bob is also actively involved in a variety of industry associations and leadership positions, including his role as President of the National Recycling Coalition.
Peter Hofherr, St. James Winery
Peter Hofherr (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) brings both business sense and a strong understanding of the wine industry to his family’s business, St. James Winery. Grape and wine production has a long history in the St. James area. Officially recognized as the Ozark Highlands, this region is fondly known as "Little Italy of the Ozarks". With a degree in Microbiology from Auburn and a MBA with a concentration of Finance from Georgia State University, Peter returned home to St. James Winery in 1995, and he served as winery general manager until 2001. Peter then responded to the call of public service as first, Deputy Director, and then Director of Agriculture and finally as Chief of Staff to the Governor for the State of Missouri. Peter rejoined St. James Winery in 2007 and he is currently serving as Board President of the Missouri Agricultural Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to support projects that promote sound agricultural practices, growth in agribusiness and agritourism, international agricultural exports, urban agriculture, food safety, farm safety practices, youth development and education. Peter has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Missouri.
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership
Scott is Senior Director of Technical Assistance for The Recycling Partnership, a national non-profit dedicated to improving the performance of the U.S. recycling system. Prior to joining the Partnership, Scott directed North Carolina’s recycling program, overseeing policies and programs to expand and enhance the recovery of materials, increase public access to recycling services, and grow the state’s recycling economy. Scott has participated in a wide range of regional and national initiatives to advance recycling and materials management, working with groups such as the Southeast Recycling Development Council, the Product Stewardship Institute, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, the Association of Plastics Recyclers, and AMERIPEN.
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful
Brenda joined Keep America Beautiful (KAB) in Fall of 2010 to enhance the organization’s efforts to improve recycling – specifically how to engage and motivate individuals to recycle the right materials. In her role to grow the reach and impact of KAB’s recycling initiatives, she is responsible for strategic planning, research, and program design and implementation building from KAB’s behavior change system.
Prior to joining KAB, Brenda served as the Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications for Novelis -a global aluminum rolling and recycling company. Brenda has worked on various environmental issues both in the public and private sectors, starting her career working for the U.S. House of Representatives, Energy and Environment Small Business Committee.
Brenda also serves on the Board of Directors of the Sustainable Electronics Recycling International – whose mission it is to promote environmentally responsible reuse and recycling practices throughout the electronics sector; the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, and the Social Marketing Quarterly Editorial Board.
Kale Roberts, Program Officer, ICLEI USA
ICLEI Can Support Your City’s Sustainability with the U.S. Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol”
Kale is a Program Officer with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA where he supports cities across the country to manage greenhouse gas emissions and develop their climate action plans, and Blogging Coordinator and former renewable energy beat editor for Mother Earth News magazine. His previous roles have been as Climate Change Adaptation Support with the United Nations Development Programme in the Asia-Pacific region, a Program Coordinator for the Alliance to Save Energy’s Green Campus Program in Northern California, and a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Kingdom of Thailand (2010-2012). He was a Rachel Carson Scholar at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy from 2014-2016 (M.S., Climate Science and Policy). He is based in New York's Hudson Valley and Seattle, Washington.
Kale Roberts is sponsored by Solid Waste Management District C and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Break Out Session Speaker Biographies and Session Descriptions
Wednesday, August 9
Plenary: Kale Roberts, Supporting Your City's Sustainability Efforts
ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability is the leading global network of local governments dedicated to sustainability, resilience, and climate action, with a network of more than 1,000 cities, towns, and counties around the globe. ICLEI has produced the Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol in recognition of the contribution recycling and composting can make to greenhouse gas reduction efforts, and the high degree of influence that local governments have in this area. The Protocol represents the new national standard for measuring emissions benefits of recycling and composting at the community level. Learn how ICLEI USA can support your city, town, or county climate action and sustainability efforts in addition to ensuring the waste community is not left out of these important local discussions.
Sponsored by Northeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission
Plenary: Bob Gedert, National Recycling Coalition, SSM: Municipal Implementation Strategies
Sustainable Materials Management is a universal approach to how we manage materials more productively over their entire lifecycles. By looking at a product’s entire lifecycle new opportunities can be found to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, and reduce cost. Most SMM strategies are focused on producer or manufacturer impacts on upstream waste streams and waste prevention. However, municipalities are required to pick up the trash - regardless of corporate responsibility. How can SMM principles be applied at the back-end of the supply chain? How can SMM at the local level impact diversion capture? How can municipalities collaborate with producers and manufacturers to create a "sustainable" materials management system that is economical and efficient for local governments?
This presentation will explore the application of SMM principles on municipal solid waste collection programs and how the focus and service delivery is different han integrated waste management and leads the attendees toward SMM as a logical next step after integrated waste management, moving toward higher diversion within a systems approach
Plenary Panel: The Evolving Waste Stream: Challenges & Opportunities
Jennifer Mackey, Senior Industry and Sustainability Specialist at Spartech
Jennifer is a marketing professional in the plastic packaging industry, Jennifer leverages her extensive experience to spearhead sustainable solutions by developing and implementing key strategies, processes and systems in Spartech's Packaging business. She interacts with players in the packaging value chain from raw material suppliers to Fortune 100 food, consumer and healthcare customers to guide sustainable packaging development. She evaluates packaging for materials and structures that meet today’s recyclability guidelines, incorporation of recycle content and/or transition to alternative materials including bioplastics. She believes that partnerships among brand owners, packaging manufacturers, recyclers and industry trade organizations help boost sorting, reprocessing and reuse of materials, which advances circular economies in our communities. To support customer and Spartech's environmental goals, Jennifer monitors greenhouse gas emissions, recycling rates and water usage as well as performs lifecycle assessments to ensure continuous improvement. In a prior role with the company, she led community outreach by forming a global network of social responsibility coordinators at 25 sites to launch and facilitate volunteer and giving programs. Jennifer holds a PhD from Penn State with a dissertation on the topic of international corporate social responsibility, an MBA in finance from University of Stirling-United Kingdom, and a Master’s in Community and Economic Development (ABD) from Penn State. Jennifer is an active member of the Association of Plastics Recyclers and Sustainable Packaging Coalition. She leads Spartech’s green team in its involvement with the St. Louis Green Business Challenge, volunteers as a member of an United Way allocations committee and teaches Junior Achievement curriculum.
Enrico Siewert, QRS RePoly, has been in the recycling industry since 2005 when he purchased a metal processing facility in Milwaukee, WI. The company was sold to a large competitor in 2013. In 2010 Enrico founded Recycling Solutions, a company focused on recovering paper mill’s residual metals, fiber, and plastics. This was the first of its kind processing facility in the world. Having a deep understanding and expertise in systems and value stream mapping, Enrico over several years, conducted numerous industrial scale trials in Europe. In doing so, Enrico was able to successfully integrate and sequence equipment to be able to recover difficult mixed residual plastic streams and convert them back into marketable commodities. In 2012 Enrico met Greg Janson of QRS through a mutual vendor. Shortly thereafter Enrico decided to partner with Greg, Dave Bellon, and Matt Janson to form Re-Poly, and relocated his family to St Louis, MO. Since 2010 Enrico has personally engineered and managed the construction of 3 large scale recycling plants in the US, focused on recovering residual plastics from challenging mixed waste streams. Enrico served in the United States Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer from 1988-1996. While serving Enrico attended the San Diego State University, studying mechanical engineering. Enrico was deployed to Iraq to serve in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm.
Max Babits, Resource Recycling Systems
Max is a Project Analyst at RRS, who has worked on the Materials Recovery for the Future Collaborative. He assisted in MRF testing and data analysis of flexible packaging at IMS recycling services in San Diego and EMTERRA recycling in Vancouver B.C. Similar work Max has done involves economic studies of recyclable commodities both for RRS and external clients; including MRFs, Municipalities, and Non-Profits. Studies illustrate marketplace volatility and its relationship to other variables, and analysis of commodity composition and their value in the recycling stream. Max has a degree in mechanical engineering from Eastern Michigan University.
Jan Rayman, ReWall Company
Jan, Founder and CEO of The ReWall Company, leads strategic business development and operations initiatives. A native of the Czech Republic, Jan also directs research and development activities with the European inventors of ReWall technology and with several US universities and testing centers. He earned a Master's Degree in Economics from Pardubice University in the Czech Republic. Jan gained valuable firsthand experience regarding the lack of eco-friendly, durable building materials in the US market during his assignment with a U.S. construction and remediation company in the early '00s. Jan's vision combines the European recycling experience with ReWall technology to provide a product like no other in the US building materials marketplace.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3:00-4:00 PM
What's in your Bin?
Mary Patterson, St. Louis Department of Health
Mary has been in the solid waste field for 21 years and currently is the Waste Diversion Supervisor for the Saint Louis County Department of Public Health. Running for her fourth term, Mary has served as Secretary and is the current Chair of the Education Committee. Mary is excited about MORA’s role in moving Missouri to 75% Waste Diversion. In 2014, she wrote a successful grant to Region L that received $25,000 in funding for a “Strive for 75 Education Campaign”. Mary oversaw contracts and created content for “Strive for 75” education pieces that included a press kit, MORA’s first billboard and an update of the Missouri Recycling Guide. She would like to continue her service to MORA as a member of the Board of Directors.
Brent Batliner, Republic Services
Brent has been in the recycling business all his life. He started working for his Uncle at Batliner Paper in KC over 40 years ago sorting computer tab cards on the weekends and during the summers of his high school and college years. Brent graduated from Rockurst College with a BS in Biology and spent the next 7 years working with his brother at Midwest Shredding in Kansas City. He then moved to St. Louis and spent the next several years with BFI running recycling plants and ending my career with them as a Materials Marketing Manager for recyclable materials out of 5 states. Not long after BFI sold to Allied I went to work for QRS in St. Louis, becoming the VP of Marketing and Sales. In 2010 QRS sold to Republic, where Brent remains as GM.
Stephen Herring, Republic Services
Steve is the Marketing and Residential Sales Advisor for Republic Services St. Louis. He has 3+ years at this current role where responsibilities include branding, education, recycling training and residential sales.
HHW- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Lauren Henry, City of Jefferson
Lauren has been in the Recycling Industry for 7 years as a Neighborhood Services Specialist with the City of Jefferson. Beginning in 2010, Lauren has been dedicated to increasing the recycling services available in Jefferson City. She has developed and managed over 6 new recycling programs for the city and written/received over $150,000 in grants to implement these programs, one of the largest being the Household Hazardous Waste Facility which is now in its 6th year of operation. Because of these efforts, Jefferson City now diverts about 50% of their residential waste from the local landfill. Lauren is HAZWOPER certified, has been Chairperson of the Region H Solid Waste Management District since 2012 and was the recipient of the MORA Young Recycling Professionals award in 2016.
Gil Kauffmann has a degree in Biology with a background in Chemistry from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Gil has 24 years of experience in the field of hazardous waste clean-up and disposal. Gil started out as a Field analyst performing lab packs, drum disposal, tank cleaning and small remediation projects. The past 20 years, Gil has been in sales/marketing positions.
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership, Plenary
Scott is Senior Director of Technical Assistance for The Recycling Partnership, a national non-profit dedicated to improving the performance of the U.S. recycling system. Prior to joining the Partnership, Scott directed North Carolina’s recycling program, overseeing policies and programs to expand and enhance the recovery of materials, increase public access to recycling services, and grow the state’s recycling economy.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Room 1
Rural Recycling and Key Metrics
Tom Anderson is an Executive Officer II with the Financial and Business Assistance Section of the Land Quality Bureau for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Tom has been with the Iowa DNR for 30 years, the last 25 years involving reducing the generation of solid waste and Iowa's reliance on landfills through waste reduction/recycling financial assistance programs and special projects.
Michelle Leonard, Vice President, SCS Engineers, is a recognized leader in the field of resource management and recycling. She has assisted numerous public and private sector clients in the preparation of solid waste management plans, designed and implemented waste reduction, recycling and reuse programs, and evaluated existing programs to identify opportunities to economically and efficiently use resources. Michelle is active in local, regional and state-wide recycling efforts. She serves as the Past President of SWANA, is the Past Director of the Sustainable Materials Management Division, and on the Board of the SWANA Southern California Chapter. Ms. Leonard directs SCS’s Sustainable Materials Management practice, and lives and works in Pasadena, CA.
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership
Scott is Senior Director of Technical Assistance for The Recycling Partnership, a national non-profit dedicated to improving the performance of the U.S. recycling system. Prior to joining the Partnership, Scott directed North Carolina’s recycling program, overseeing policies and programs to expand and enhance the recovery of materials, increase public access to recycling services, and grow the state’s recycling economy.
Room 2
New Business, New Missouri Jobs
Charles Bone, 3M Columbia MO CIH
Charles is a 16-year safety specialist and industrial hygienist who enjoys leading recycling initiatives. Starting with LDPE baling and simple changes that reduced the site’s 2015 landfill/production ratio by nearly 75% within the year, he is currently working to recycle PU foam and initiate waste-to-energy with a goal of zero landfill in 2018. In his spare time, Charles enjoys spending time with his family, “euro/strategy” board and card games, street tacos, and switching trash cans with recycling receptacles when people aren’t looking.
Trinke Vaughan, Senior Environmental and Safety Leader for the Joplin Mineral Wool Plant, Owens Corning
Trinke is originally from Clemson, South Carolina, and grew up in the southeast. She majored in Environmental Biology at Columbia University in Manhattan and has been in the Environmental and Safety Field for a total of 10 years. Trinke spent 5 years coaching Women’s College Basketball and has been with Owens Corning 7 years, all in Environmental/Safety Roles. She started with Owens Corning as an EHS Specialist at the Fairburn Insulation Plant just south of Atlanta and In 2012 transitioned to the Atlanta Roofing and Asphalt Plant as the Environmental and Safety Leader. In 2014 she returned to the Fairburn Plant as the Senior Safety Leader and in August of 2015 accepted her current role and relocated from Atlanta to Joplin in July 2016. Trinke enjoys the outdoors and being active and personally has a vested interest in sustainability and waste reduction, and thoroughly enjoy opportunities to integrate what she does for a living with what she loves.
Joseph Martinich, Recycling and Jobs: The Kansas City Metro Recycling Economic Information Study
Joseph S. Martinich, Professor Emeritus of Operations Management at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He has worked with businesses on waste reduction, recycling, energy efficiency, and air quality management. Dr. Martinich is the author of two books and numerous articles and technical reports, including recycling economic information studies of Missouri and the St. Louis and Kansas City Metro areas. Dr. Martinich currently teaches courses on lean production and the environmental aspects of business operations. He holds BS and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University and an MA in Economics from California State University-Fullerton.
Room 3
Mastering Resources & Communication
Laurie Duncan, City of Springfield Sustainability Division
Laurie has been in the field of both formal and informal education for over 30 years. She believes every day is an opportunity to learn something new, and regularly puts that belief into practice! Laurie and her husband Ron live in Nixa, MO. Their son Andrew is a baker in Sullivan’s Mill at Silver Dollar City. Kayaking, fishing and sitting on the front porch swing are a few favorite activities.
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful
Brenda joined Keep America Beautiful (KAB) in Fall of 2010 to enhance the organization’s efforts to improve recycling – specifically how to engage and motivate individuals to recycle the right materials. In her role to grow the reach and impact of KAB’s recycling initiatives, she is responsible for strategic planning, research, and program design and implementation building from KAB’s behavior change system.
Kale Roberts, Blogger ICLEI Can Support Your City’s Sustainability with the U.S. Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol”
Kale is a Program Officer with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA where he supports cities across the country to manage greenhouse gas emissions and develop their climate action plans, and Blogging Coordinator and former renewable energy beat editor for Mother Earth News magazine
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1:40-2:40 p.m.
Room 1:
Creating Jobs and Sustainability
Natalie Couch, Lake Area Industries Styrofoam Project, joined the Lake Area Industries team in December last year. Natalie graduated from Camdenton High School in 2000 and received her Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Central Missouri in 2003. After a 13 year Career with Cintas as a Plant Manager and Office Manager, returning to the lake area to be close to family and work in such a rewarding role was a dream come true.
Enrico Siewert, QRS RePoly, has been in the recycling industry since 2005 when he purchased a metal processing facility in Milwaukee, WI. The company was sold to a large competitor in 2013. In 2010 Enrico founded Recycling Solutions, a company focused on recovering paper mill’s residual metals, fiber, and plastics. This was the first of its kind processing facility in the world. Having a deep understanding and expertise in systems and value stream mapping, Enrico over several years, conducted numerous industrial scale trials in Europe. In doing so, Enrico was able to successfully integrate and sequence equipment to be able to recover difficult mixed residual plastic streams and convert them back into marketable commodities. In 2012 Enrico met Greg Janson of QRS through a mutual vendor. Shortly thereafter Enrico decided to partner with Greg, Dave Bellon, and Matt Janson to form Re-Poly, and relocated his family to St Louis, MO. Since 2010 Enrico has personally engineered and managed the construction of 3 large scale recycling plants in the US, focused on recovering residual plastics from challenging mixed waste streams. Enrico served in the United States Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer from 1988-1996. While serving Enrico attended the San Diego State University, studying mechanical engineering. Enrico was deployed to Iraq to serve in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm.
Room 2:
Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
Nadja Karpilow, MARC, coordinates the district grant and Regional HHW Collection program for the MARC SWMD. As programs coordinator,she provides technical assistance and resources to district members and grantees and also helps local governments
improve programs and services.
J.L..Phillips, Bed Head Mattress Recycling
J.L. has been involved in banking and finance for over thirty-five years in the region. He was Area President of a local financial institution with Assets of over One Hundred Fifty Million dollars for twenty years. It has always been his desire to see the region maintain its natural and pristine beauty. His knowledge and management skills should help move the company forward and help continue additional areas of recycling.
Terry Stone, Bed Head Mattress Recycling
Terry has been in the waste management business for over forty years. He has been both owner and managed national companies related to this area. He has been responsible for the four state area and thousands of customers. He realizes the effect and the future liabilities our region will suffer by not making the commitment to be apart of the ever increasing need and desire to maintain the environmentally friendly Ozark Region we are privilege to live in.
Both owners have made financial and time commitments to see that the area is provided an outlet for materials that would otherwise be placed in landfills and take years, if ever, to return to its natural state.
Room 3:
From Batteries to Thermostats
Tim Warren is Regional Account Manager for Call2Recycle, a unique North American environmental stewardship organization dedicated to the responsible collection, transport and recycling of NiCad, Ni-MH, Ni-Zn, Li-Ion and SSLA batteries (all batteries in Canada). Covering a thirteen state region, he works with local governments, public agencies, corporations, retailers and other entities to assist them in recycling their used rechargeable batteries, as well as cell phones.
John Sartain is a Product Manager for the Residential Solutions business unit of Emerson Electric, located in St. Louis, Mo. He has a BS in Marketing and Management from Indiana University and has been working in the HVAC industry for 30+ years and holds several HVAC related patents. Originally from Chicago area, John has also spent time the Great Northwest primarily in Seattle area during his Career with Emerson. John played a role in drafting the original Energy Star thermostat specification and today participates in other similar energy saving initiatives. He has served on the TRC Board of Directors since 2003.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 3:30--4:30 p.m.
Room 1:
Building Partnerships
Ben Kreitner, Waste Minimization Coordinator , City of Columbia – Office of Sustainability
Ben has worked for a year with City of Columbia and has a B.S. in Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Science (University of Missouri – Columbia) and a M.S. in Aquatic Biogeochemistry (Ball State University). Ben coordinates all waste diversion and reduction programs within the City of Columbia. He communicates with residents and businesses to improve public awareness and recycling participation. Based on public response and personal research, he proposes new ideas that might further reduce or divert waste from entering the City-owned landfill. This task requires him to consolidate and analyze solid waste data to determine which programs are not operating successfully efficiently. Ben is also working to establish and seek approval for long-term waste diversion goals for the City of Columbia.
Nicholas Paul, Recovery Superintendent , City of Columbia – Solid Waste Utility
Nick has worked for 13 years with City of Columbia . He has a BA: Criminal Justice (Columbia College) and a M.A: Business Administration (William Woods University). Nick supervises the City-owned Material Recovery Facility and proposes ideas that improve recycling sortation and collection. He coordinates the purchases and maintenance of equipment and works to improve employee health and safety within the solid waste division. Nick also assists with utility billing and solicits commercial properties to add recycling services.
Rusty Worley, Downtown Springfield Association
Rusty Worley has served as the Executive Director of the Downtown Springfield Association for eleven years. Prior to joining the DSA staff, he was a member of the Urban Districts Alliance Board of Directors from 2000 to 2005 and served as its President in 2003-04. He is a graduate of Leadership Springfield Class XV and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Jordan Valley Park Advisory Committee and the Missouri State University College of Arts and Letters Advisory Board. Rusty is a two-time graduate of Drury University, earning his bachelor's degree in business administration and communication in 1992 and his master's in business administration in 1994.
Room 2:
Wasted Food or Food Waste?
Jim Callier, EPA Food recovery Program, is the manager of the Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention Section at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 7 office in Kansas City, Kansas. Jim has over thirty years of experience working at EPA, primarily in Region 7. Jim has both working and management experience in many of EPA’s programs including hazardous and solid waste, brownfields, and pollution prevention. Jim is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Rolla with a B.S. Degree in Geological Engineering.
Rana Bains, Blue Bird Composting, was born and raised on a farm in India. He came to the United States in 2006. His educational background includes studies in the fields of business and agriculture. He has studied at California Polytechnic State University, the University of Missouri - Columbia, and the University of Vermont. He has received professional certification by the Highfields Center For Composting and the Maine Compost School. Mr. Bains founded Bluebird Composting in 2012. Located in Fulton, Missouri, the company recycles food waste, woodchips, horse bedding, and yard waste. Bluebird Composting recycles these materials, reducing landfill waste and creating compost. Crediting a warm community reception and a quality product, Bluebird Composting’s production has doubled each year since opening. Mr. Bains has partnered with numerous agencies, including several food manufacturing plants, the city of Fulton, and several local community garden projects. He is optimistic regarding the future growth of Bluebird Composting and enjoys meeting with others committed to sustainability. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family, raising chickens, and hobby gardening.
Room 3:
Paving the Way with Tires
Dan Fester, MDNR Tire Program - Dan began his career with the Department of Natural Resources’ Solid Waste Management Program in 1988. He has been chief of the scrap tire unit since 1996 which then became the scrap tires and llegal dumping unit in 2007. The unit is responsible for all scrap tire activities and also for all solid waste illegal dumping enforcement and surveillance camera activities. Dan has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and Agricultural Economics and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Dan is a lifelong Missourian and enjoys a variety of hobbies, including golf, hunting, home built aircraft and country western dancing.
Jim Marcum, Pettis County Chip & Seal Project
Jim is starting his second term as the Pettis County Commissioner and currently serves as Chair for the Region F Solid Waste Management Board. Jim has been around the road construction business for 44 years. In 2014 Pettis County received a grant for a recycled rubber chip seal business plan. In 2015 the idea was shown to the Scrap Tire Advisory Group (STAG) and they funded environmental testing to be done at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Friday, August 11
Breakfast Plenary
Chris Nagel holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Resources from Lincoln University, with an emphasis in Wildlife Management, as well as an Associates Degree in Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. He has been employed with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for 19 years, and is presently the Director of Solid Waste Management Program. Prior to this, he held a number of technical and supervisory positions in the Solid Waste Management and the Air Pollution Control Programs. Mr. Nagel’s interests include spending time with his family and friends enjoying the outdoors hunting and fishing as well as wood working and raising/training horses with his wife and son.
Chris Bussen
Waste Characterization Update, MDNR SWMP/MSW
Jeff Heisler earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Truman State University, with a focus in Management. He has been employed with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) for 10 years. For a little over a year now, he has served as the Chief of the Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP) Operations Section. In addition to his current role with SWMP, he has also worked for MODNR’s Hazardous Waste Program Tanks Section as well as MODNR’s Division of Administrative Support Budget Program. Away from work, Mr. Heisler enjoys spending time with his family and coaching his kids’ sports teams throughout the year.
Cynthia Mitchell joined MSW Consultants in 2016 after spending over 20 years working in the solid waste industry for public sector, non-profit and commercial organizations. She most recently served as the Solid Waste Utility Manager for the City of Columbia (Missouri), where she managed the operational and financial aspects of residential and commercial trash and recycling collection, a Class I bioreactor landfill, a compost facility and material recovery facility (MRF). Her expertise encompasses all aspects of a full-service collection, disposal and recovery solid waste utility, including planning, rate setting and budgeting; personnel management; procurement/contracts; capital projects; rolling fleet and routing; heavy equipment; subtitle D and bioreactor landfill operations; waste analysis, minimization and sustainability programs; facility operation and regulatory compliance. She is an active member of multiple public works/solid waste and recycling trade associations. She has managed waste characterization projects ranging from statewide to individual business in scope.
Missouri Tracking Plenary Panel
Lisa McDaniel is the Solid Waste Manager for the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), Kansas City’s regional planning organization, where she oversees
regional solid waste management policy and planning initiatives related to waste reduction, resource recovery and market development.. Before joining MARC Lisa managed a variety of solid waste projects for both municipal and private sector clients that have spanned the country. Locally, she was project
manager for the development of solid waste management plans for Kansas City, Missouri and Lee’s Summit. Nationally, she has developed solid waste management plans for municipalities, counties, planning commissions, and the federal government. Lisa has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Illinois State University and a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Miami University of Ohio12 NOON - 1:30 PM Welcome and Keynote Address
State Representative Rocky Miller, a Republican, represents parts of Camden and Miller Counties (Lake of the Ozarks Region) (District 124) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2012. In addition to his legislative duties, Rep. Miller is a professional engineer and land surveyor and owner of Miller Companies, an engineering, environmental services and land surveying firm. He graduated from Missouri S & T in 1988 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and acquired an MBA from St. Ambrose University. Rep. Miller, a sixth generation resident of the district, resides in Osage Beach.
Plenary: Kale Roberts, Supporting Your City's Sustainability Efforts
ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability is the leading global network of local governments dedicated to sustainability, resilience, and climate action, with a network of more than 1,000 cities, towns, and counties around the globe. ICLEI has produced the Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol in recognition of the contribution recycling and composting can make to greenhouse gas reduction efforts, and the high degree of influence that local governments have in this area. The Protocol represents the new national standard for measuring emissions benefits of recycling and composting at the community level. Learn how ICLEI USA can support your city, town, or county climate action and sustainability efforts in addition to ensuring the waste community is not left out of these important local discussions.
Sponsored by Northeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission
Plenary: Bob Gedert, National Recycling Coalition, SSM: Municipal Implementation Strategies
Sustainable Materials Management is a universal approach to how we manage materials more productively over their entire lifecycles. By looking at a product’s entire lifecycle new opportunities can be found to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, and reduce cost. Most SMM strategies are focused on producer or manufacturer impacts on upstream waste streams and waste prevention. However, municipalities are required to pick up the trash - regardless of corporate responsibility. How can SMM principles be applied at the back-end of the supply chain? How can SMM at the local level impact diversion capture? How can municipalities collaborate with producers and manufacturers to create a "sustainable" materials management system that is economical and efficient for local governments?
This presentation will explore the application of SMM principles on municipal solid waste collection programs and how the focus and service delivery is different han integrated waste management and leads the attendees toward SMM as a logical next step after integrated waste management, moving toward higher diversion within a systems approach
Plenary Panel: The Evolving Waste Stream: Challenges & Opportunities
Jennifer Mackey, Senior Industry and Sustainability Specialist at Spartech
Jennifer is a marketing professional in the plastic packaging industry, Jennifer leverages her extensive experience to spearhead sustainable solutions by developing and implementing key strategies, processes and systems in Spartech's Packaging business. She interacts with players in the packaging value chain from raw material suppliers to Fortune 100 food, consumer and healthcare customers to guide sustainable packaging development. She evaluates packaging for materials and structures that meet today’s recyclability guidelines, incorporation of recycle content and/or transition to alternative materials including bioplastics. She believes that partnerships among brand owners, packaging manufacturers, recyclers and industry trade organizations help boost sorting, reprocessing and reuse of materials, which advances circular economies in our communities. To support customer and Spartech's environmental goals, Jennifer monitors greenhouse gas emissions, recycling rates and water usage as well as performs lifecycle assessments to ensure continuous improvement. In a prior role with the company, she led community outreach by forming a global network of social responsibility coordinators at 25 sites to launch and facilitate volunteer and giving programs. Jennifer holds a PhD from Penn State with a dissertation on the topic of international corporate social responsibility, an MBA in finance from University of Stirling-United Kingdom, and a Master’s in Community and Economic Development (ABD) from Penn State. Jennifer is an active member of the Association of Plastics Recyclers and Sustainable Packaging Coalition. She leads Spartech’s green team in its involvement with the St. Louis Green Business Challenge, volunteers as a member of an United Way allocations committee and teaches Junior Achievement curriculum.
Enrico Siewert, QRS RePoly, has been in the recycling industry since 2005 when he purchased a metal processing facility in Milwaukee, WI. The company was sold to a large competitor in 2013. In 2010 Enrico founded Recycling Solutions, a company focused on recovering paper mill’s residual metals, fiber, and plastics. This was the first of its kind processing facility in the world. Having a deep understanding and expertise in systems and value stream mapping, Enrico over several years, conducted numerous industrial scale trials in Europe. In doing so, Enrico was able to successfully integrate and sequence equipment to be able to recover difficult mixed residual plastic streams and convert them back into marketable commodities. In 2012 Enrico met Greg Janson of QRS through a mutual vendor. Shortly thereafter Enrico decided to partner with Greg, Dave Bellon, and Matt Janson to form Re-Poly, and relocated his family to St Louis, MO. Since 2010 Enrico has personally engineered and managed the construction of 3 large scale recycling plants in the US, focused on recovering residual plastics from challenging mixed waste streams. Enrico served in the United States Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer from 1988-1996. While serving Enrico attended the San Diego State University, studying mechanical engineering. Enrico was deployed to Iraq to serve in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm.
Max Babits, Resource Recycling Systems
Max is a Project Analyst at RRS, who has worked on the Materials Recovery for the Future Collaborative. He assisted in MRF testing and data analysis of flexible packaging at IMS recycling services in San Diego and EMTERRA recycling in Vancouver B.C. Similar work Max has done involves economic studies of recyclable commodities both for RRS and external clients; including MRFs, Municipalities, and Non-Profits. Studies illustrate marketplace volatility and its relationship to other variables, and analysis of commodity composition and their value in the recycling stream. Max has a degree in mechanical engineering from Eastern Michigan University.
Jan Rayman, ReWall Company
Jan, Founder and CEO of The ReWall Company, leads strategic business development and operations initiatives. A native of the Czech Republic, Jan also directs research and development activities with the European inventors of ReWall technology and with several US universities and testing centers. He earned a Master's Degree in Economics from Pardubice University in the Czech Republic. Jan gained valuable firsthand experience regarding the lack of eco-friendly, durable building materials in the US market during his assignment with a U.S. construction and remediation company in the early '00s. Jan's vision combines the European recycling experience with ReWall technology to provide a product like no other in the US building materials marketplace.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3:00-4:00 PM
What's in your Bin?
Mary Patterson, St. Louis Department of Health
Mary has been in the solid waste field for 21 years and currently is the Waste Diversion Supervisor for the Saint Louis County Department of Public Health. Running for her fourth term, Mary has served as Secretary and is the current Chair of the Education Committee. Mary is excited about MORA’s role in moving Missouri to 75% Waste Diversion. In 2014, she wrote a successful grant to Region L that received $25,000 in funding for a “Strive for 75 Education Campaign”. Mary oversaw contracts and created content for “Strive for 75” education pieces that included a press kit, MORA’s first billboard and an update of the Missouri Recycling Guide. She would like to continue her service to MORA as a member of the Board of Directors.
Brent Batliner, Republic Services
Brent has been in the recycling business all his life. He started working for his Uncle at Batliner Paper in KC over 40 years ago sorting computer tab cards on the weekends and during the summers of his high school and college years. Brent graduated from Rockurst College with a BS in Biology and spent the next 7 years working with his brother at Midwest Shredding in Kansas City. He then moved to St. Louis and spent the next several years with BFI running recycling plants and ending my career with them as a Materials Marketing Manager for recyclable materials out of 5 states. Not long after BFI sold to Allied I went to work for QRS in St. Louis, becoming the VP of Marketing and Sales. In 2010 QRS sold to Republic, where Brent remains as GM.
Stephen Herring, Republic Services
Steve is the Marketing and Residential Sales Advisor for Republic Services St. Louis. He has 3+ years at this current role where responsibilities include branding, education, recycling training and residential sales.
HHW- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Lauren Henry, City of Jefferson
Lauren has been in the Recycling Industry for 7 years as a Neighborhood Services Specialist with the City of Jefferson. Beginning in 2010, Lauren has been dedicated to increasing the recycling services available in Jefferson City. She has developed and managed over 6 new recycling programs for the city and written/received over $150,000 in grants to implement these programs, one of the largest being the Household Hazardous Waste Facility which is now in its 6th year of operation. Because of these efforts, Jefferson City now diverts about 50% of their residential waste from the local landfill. Lauren is HAZWOPER certified, has been Chairperson of the Region H Solid Waste Management District since 2012 and was the recipient of the MORA Young Recycling Professionals award in 2016.
Gil Kauffmann has a degree in Biology with a background in Chemistry from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Gil has 24 years of experience in the field of hazardous waste clean-up and disposal. Gil started out as a Field analyst performing lab packs, drum disposal, tank cleaning and small remediation projects. The past 20 years, Gil has been in sales/marketing positions.
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership, Plenary
Scott is Senior Director of Technical Assistance for The Recycling Partnership, a national non-profit dedicated to improving the performance of the U.S. recycling system. Prior to joining the Partnership, Scott directed North Carolina’s recycling program, overseeing policies and programs to expand and enhance the recovery of materials, increase public access to recycling services, and grow the state’s recycling economy.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Room 1
Rural Recycling and Key Metrics
Tom Anderson is an Executive Officer II with the Financial and Business Assistance Section of the Land Quality Bureau for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Tom has been with the Iowa DNR for 30 years, the last 25 years involving reducing the generation of solid waste and Iowa's reliance on landfills through waste reduction/recycling financial assistance programs and special projects.
Michelle Leonard, Vice President, SCS Engineers, is a recognized leader in the field of resource management and recycling. She has assisted numerous public and private sector clients in the preparation of solid waste management plans, designed and implemented waste reduction, recycling and reuse programs, and evaluated existing programs to identify opportunities to economically and efficiently use resources. Michelle is active in local, regional and state-wide recycling efforts. She serves as the Past President of SWANA, is the Past Director of the Sustainable Materials Management Division, and on the Board of the SWANA Southern California Chapter. Ms. Leonard directs SCS’s Sustainable Materials Management practice, and lives and works in Pasadena, CA.
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership
Scott is Senior Director of Technical Assistance for The Recycling Partnership, a national non-profit dedicated to improving the performance of the U.S. recycling system. Prior to joining the Partnership, Scott directed North Carolina’s recycling program, overseeing policies and programs to expand and enhance the recovery of materials, increase public access to recycling services, and grow the state’s recycling economy.
Room 2
New Business, New Missouri Jobs
Charles Bone, 3M Columbia MO CIH
Charles is a 16-year safety specialist and industrial hygienist who enjoys leading recycling initiatives. Starting with LDPE baling and simple changes that reduced the site’s 2015 landfill/production ratio by nearly 75% within the year, he is currently working to recycle PU foam and initiate waste-to-energy with a goal of zero landfill in 2018. In his spare time, Charles enjoys spending time with his family, “euro/strategy” board and card games, street tacos, and switching trash cans with recycling receptacles when people aren’t looking.
Trinke Vaughan, Senior Environmental and Safety Leader for the Joplin Mineral Wool Plant, Owens Corning
Trinke is originally from Clemson, South Carolina, and grew up in the southeast. She majored in Environmental Biology at Columbia University in Manhattan and has been in the Environmental and Safety Field for a total of 10 years. Trinke spent 5 years coaching Women’s College Basketball and has been with Owens Corning 7 years, all in Environmental/Safety Roles. She started with Owens Corning as an EHS Specialist at the Fairburn Insulation Plant just south of Atlanta and In 2012 transitioned to the Atlanta Roofing and Asphalt Plant as the Environmental and Safety Leader. In 2014 she returned to the Fairburn Plant as the Senior Safety Leader and in August of 2015 accepted her current role and relocated from Atlanta to Joplin in July 2016. Trinke enjoys the outdoors and being active and personally has a vested interest in sustainability and waste reduction, and thoroughly enjoy opportunities to integrate what she does for a living with what she loves.
Joseph Martinich, Recycling and Jobs: The Kansas City Metro Recycling Economic Information Study
Joseph S. Martinich, Professor Emeritus of Operations Management at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. He has worked with businesses on waste reduction, recycling, energy efficiency, and air quality management. Dr. Martinich is the author of two books and numerous articles and technical reports, including recycling economic information studies of Missouri and the St. Louis and Kansas City Metro areas. Dr. Martinich currently teaches courses on lean production and the environmental aspects of business operations. He holds BS and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University and an MA in Economics from California State University-Fullerton.
Room 3
Mastering Resources & Communication
Laurie Duncan, City of Springfield Sustainability Division
Laurie has been in the field of both formal and informal education for over 30 years. She believes every day is an opportunity to learn something new, and regularly puts that belief into practice! Laurie and her husband Ron live in Nixa, MO. Their son Andrew is a baker in Sullivan’s Mill at Silver Dollar City. Kayaking, fishing and sitting on the front porch swing are a few favorite activities.
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful
Brenda joined Keep America Beautiful (KAB) in Fall of 2010 to enhance the organization’s efforts to improve recycling – specifically how to engage and motivate individuals to recycle the right materials. In her role to grow the reach and impact of KAB’s recycling initiatives, she is responsible for strategic planning, research, and program design and implementation building from KAB’s behavior change system.
Kale Roberts, Blogger ICLEI Can Support Your City’s Sustainability with the U.S. Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol”
Kale is a Program Officer with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA where he supports cities across the country to manage greenhouse gas emissions and develop their climate action plans, and Blogging Coordinator and former renewable energy beat editor for Mother Earth News magazine
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1:40-2:40 p.m.
Room 1:
Creating Jobs and Sustainability
Natalie Couch, Lake Area Industries Styrofoam Project, joined the Lake Area Industries team in December last year. Natalie graduated from Camdenton High School in 2000 and received her Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Central Missouri in 2003. After a 13 year Career with Cintas as a Plant Manager and Office Manager, returning to the lake area to be close to family and work in such a rewarding role was a dream come true.
Enrico Siewert, QRS RePoly, has been in the recycling industry since 2005 when he purchased a metal processing facility in Milwaukee, WI. The company was sold to a large competitor in 2013. In 2010 Enrico founded Recycling Solutions, a company focused on recovering paper mill’s residual metals, fiber, and plastics. This was the first of its kind processing facility in the world. Having a deep understanding and expertise in systems and value stream mapping, Enrico over several years, conducted numerous industrial scale trials in Europe. In doing so, Enrico was able to successfully integrate and sequence equipment to be able to recover difficult mixed residual plastic streams and convert them back into marketable commodities. In 2012 Enrico met Greg Janson of QRS through a mutual vendor. Shortly thereafter Enrico decided to partner with Greg, Dave Bellon, and Matt Janson to form Re-Poly, and relocated his family to St Louis, MO. Since 2010 Enrico has personally engineered and managed the construction of 3 large scale recycling plants in the US, focused on recovering residual plastics from challenging mixed waste streams. Enrico served in the United States Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer from 1988-1996. While serving Enrico attended the San Diego State University, studying mechanical engineering. Enrico was deployed to Iraq to serve in combat operations during Operation Desert Storm.
Room 2:
Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite
Nadja Karpilow, MARC, coordinates the district grant and Regional HHW Collection program for the MARC SWMD. As programs coordinator,she provides technical assistance and resources to district members and grantees and also helps local governments
improve programs and services.
J.L..Phillips, Bed Head Mattress Recycling
J.L. has been involved in banking and finance for over thirty-five years in the region. He was Area President of a local financial institution with Assets of over One Hundred Fifty Million dollars for twenty years. It has always been his desire to see the region maintain its natural and pristine beauty. His knowledge and management skills should help move the company forward and help continue additional areas of recycling.
Terry Stone, Bed Head Mattress Recycling
Terry has been in the waste management business for over forty years. He has been both owner and managed national companies related to this area. He has been responsible for the four state area and thousands of customers. He realizes the effect and the future liabilities our region will suffer by not making the commitment to be apart of the ever increasing need and desire to maintain the environmentally friendly Ozark Region we are privilege to live in.
Both owners have made financial and time commitments to see that the area is provided an outlet for materials that would otherwise be placed in landfills and take years, if ever, to return to its natural state.
Room 3:
From Batteries to Thermostats
Tim Warren is Regional Account Manager for Call2Recycle, a unique North American environmental stewardship organization dedicated to the responsible collection, transport and recycling of NiCad, Ni-MH, Ni-Zn, Li-Ion and SSLA batteries (all batteries in Canada). Covering a thirteen state region, he works with local governments, public agencies, corporations, retailers and other entities to assist them in recycling their used rechargeable batteries, as well as cell phones.
John Sartain is a Product Manager for the Residential Solutions business unit of Emerson Electric, located in St. Louis, Mo. He has a BS in Marketing and Management from Indiana University and has been working in the HVAC industry for 30+ years and holds several HVAC related patents. Originally from Chicago area, John has also spent time the Great Northwest primarily in Seattle area during his Career with Emerson. John played a role in drafting the original Energy Star thermostat specification and today participates in other similar energy saving initiatives. He has served on the TRC Board of Directors since 2003.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 3:30--4:30 p.m.
Room 1:
Building Partnerships
Ben Kreitner, Waste Minimization Coordinator , City of Columbia – Office of Sustainability
Ben has worked for a year with City of Columbia and has a B.S. in Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Science (University of Missouri – Columbia) and a M.S. in Aquatic Biogeochemistry (Ball State University). Ben coordinates all waste diversion and reduction programs within the City of Columbia. He communicates with residents and businesses to improve public awareness and recycling participation. Based on public response and personal research, he proposes new ideas that might further reduce or divert waste from entering the City-owned landfill. This task requires him to consolidate and analyze solid waste data to determine which programs are not operating successfully efficiently. Ben is also working to establish and seek approval for long-term waste diversion goals for the City of Columbia.
Nicholas Paul, Recovery Superintendent , City of Columbia – Solid Waste Utility
Nick has worked for 13 years with City of Columbia . He has a BA: Criminal Justice (Columbia College) and a M.A: Business Administration (William Woods University). Nick supervises the City-owned Material Recovery Facility and proposes ideas that improve recycling sortation and collection. He coordinates the purchases and maintenance of equipment and works to improve employee health and safety within the solid waste division. Nick also assists with utility billing and solicits commercial properties to add recycling services.
Rusty Worley, Downtown Springfield Association
Rusty Worley has served as the Executive Director of the Downtown Springfield Association for eleven years. Prior to joining the DSA staff, he was a member of the Urban Districts Alliance Board of Directors from 2000 to 2005 and served as its President in 2003-04. He is a graduate of Leadership Springfield Class XV and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Jordan Valley Park Advisory Committee and the Missouri State University College of Arts and Letters Advisory Board. Rusty is a two-time graduate of Drury University, earning his bachelor's degree in business administration and communication in 1992 and his master's in business administration in 1994.
Room 2:
Wasted Food or Food Waste?
Jim Callier, EPA Food recovery Program, is the manager of the Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention Section at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 7 office in Kansas City, Kansas. Jim has over thirty years of experience working at EPA, primarily in Region 7. Jim has both working and management experience in many of EPA’s programs including hazardous and solid waste, brownfields, and pollution prevention. Jim is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Rolla with a B.S. Degree in Geological Engineering.
Rana Bains, Blue Bird Composting, was born and raised on a farm in India. He came to the United States in 2006. His educational background includes studies in the fields of business and agriculture. He has studied at California Polytechnic State University, the University of Missouri - Columbia, and the University of Vermont. He has received professional certification by the Highfields Center For Composting and the Maine Compost School. Mr. Bains founded Bluebird Composting in 2012. Located in Fulton, Missouri, the company recycles food waste, woodchips, horse bedding, and yard waste. Bluebird Composting recycles these materials, reducing landfill waste and creating compost. Crediting a warm community reception and a quality product, Bluebird Composting’s production has doubled each year since opening. Mr. Bains has partnered with numerous agencies, including several food manufacturing plants, the city of Fulton, and several local community garden projects. He is optimistic regarding the future growth of Bluebird Composting and enjoys meeting with others committed to sustainability. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family, raising chickens, and hobby gardening.
Room 3:
Paving the Way with Tires
Dan Fester, MDNR Tire Program - Dan began his career with the Department of Natural Resources’ Solid Waste Management Program in 1988. He has been chief of the scrap tire unit since 1996 which then became the scrap tires and llegal dumping unit in 2007. The unit is responsible for all scrap tire activities and also for all solid waste illegal dumping enforcement and surveillance camera activities. Dan has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture and Agricultural Economics and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Dan is a lifelong Missourian and enjoys a variety of hobbies, including golf, hunting, home built aircraft and country western dancing.
Jim Marcum, Pettis County Chip & Seal Project
Jim is starting his second term as the Pettis County Commissioner and currently serves as Chair for the Region F Solid Waste Management Board. Jim has been around the road construction business for 44 years. In 2014 Pettis County received a grant for a recycled rubber chip seal business plan. In 2015 the idea was shown to the Scrap Tire Advisory Group (STAG) and they funded environmental testing to be done at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Friday, August 11
Breakfast Plenary
Chris Nagel holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Resources from Lincoln University, with an emphasis in Wildlife Management, as well as an Associates Degree in Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. He has been employed with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for 19 years, and is presently the Director of Solid Waste Management Program. Prior to this, he held a number of technical and supervisory positions in the Solid Waste Management and the Air Pollution Control Programs. Mr. Nagel’s interests include spending time with his family and friends enjoying the outdoors hunting and fishing as well as wood working and raising/training horses with his wife and son.
Chris Bussen
Waste Characterization Update, MDNR SWMP/MSW
Jeff Heisler earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Truman State University, with a focus in Management. He has been employed with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) for 10 years. For a little over a year now, he has served as the Chief of the Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP) Operations Section. In addition to his current role with SWMP, he has also worked for MODNR’s Hazardous Waste Program Tanks Section as well as MODNR’s Division of Administrative Support Budget Program. Away from work, Mr. Heisler enjoys spending time with his family and coaching his kids’ sports teams throughout the year.
Cynthia Mitchell joined MSW Consultants in 2016 after spending over 20 years working in the solid waste industry for public sector, non-profit and commercial organizations. She most recently served as the Solid Waste Utility Manager for the City of Columbia (Missouri), where she managed the operational and financial aspects of residential and commercial trash and recycling collection, a Class I bioreactor landfill, a compost facility and material recovery facility (MRF). Her expertise encompasses all aspects of a full-service collection, disposal and recovery solid waste utility, including planning, rate setting and budgeting; personnel management; procurement/contracts; capital projects; rolling fleet and routing; heavy equipment; subtitle D and bioreactor landfill operations; waste analysis, minimization and sustainability programs; facility operation and regulatory compliance. She is an active member of multiple public works/solid waste and recycling trade associations. She has managed waste characterization projects ranging from statewide to individual business in scope.
Missouri Tracking Plenary Panel
Lisa McDaniel is the Solid Waste Manager for the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), Kansas City’s regional planning organization, where she oversees
regional solid waste management policy and planning initiatives related to waste reduction, resource recovery and market development.. Before joining MARC Lisa managed a variety of solid waste projects for both municipal and private sector clients that have spanned the country. Locally, she was project
manager for the development of solid waste management plans for Kansas City, Missouri and Lee’s Summit. Nationally, she has developed solid waste management plans for municipalities, counties, planning commissions, and the federal government. Lisa has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Illinois State University and a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Miami University of Ohio12 NOON - 1:30 PM Welcome and Keynote Address
State Representative Rocky Miller, a Republican, represents parts of Camden and Miller Counties (Lake of the Ozarks Region) (District 124) in the Missouri House of Representatives. He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2012. In addition to his legislative duties, Rep. Miller is a professional engineer and land surveyor and owner of Miller Companies, an engineering, environmental services and land surveying firm. He graduated from Missouri S & T in 1988 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering and acquired an MBA from St. Ambrose University. Rep. Miller, a sixth generation resident of the district, resides in Osage Beach.
2017 Session Descriptions
Tuesday, Pre-conference workshops
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. - Zero Waste USA Intro to Zero Waste Class (6 hours), Gary Liss
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - HHW Training- Best Management Practices, Gil Kauffmann
Type of collection (one day event, permanent collection site), Type of site ( pack and dispose, collect and redistribute(Moberly)
Facility Set up,Traffic control, Labor (Trained, volunteers), Types of supplies, PPE, Safety
Disposal options (recycle, water treatment, reuse, incineration)
Segregation: Acids, Bases, Flammable liquids, Flammable solids, Poisons, Oxidizers, Oils, Batteries,Electronics
Packaging: (labpacks, loosepacks, bulking)
Wednesday, August 9
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. ~ Supporting Your City’s Sustainability Efforts Salon B
Kale Roberts, Program Officer, ICLEI USA: Plenary/Sue Morton, Northeast Missouri RPC
ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability is the leading global network of local governments dedicated to sustainability, resilience, and climate action, with a network of more than 1,000 cities, towns, and counties around the globe. ICLEI has produced the Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol in recognition of the contribution recycling and composting can make to greenhouse gas reduction efforts, and the high degree of influence that local governments have in this area. The Protocol represents the new national standard for measuring emissions benefits of recycling and composting at the community level. Learn how ICLEI USA can support your city, town, or county climate action and sustainability efforts in addition to ensuring the waste community is not left out of these important local discussions.
Sponsored by Northeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. ~ SSM: Municipal Implementation Strategies Salon B
Bob Gedert, President National Recycling Coalition Plenary/Sue Noel, MORA
Sustainable Materials Management is a universal approach to how we manage materials more productively over their entire lifecycles. By looking at a product’s entire lifecycle new opportunities can be found to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, and reduce cost. Most SMM strategies are focused on producer or manufacturer impacts on upstream waste streams and waste prevention. However, municipalities are required to pick up the trash - regardless of corporate responsibility. How can SMM principles be applied at the back-end of the supply chain? How can SMM at the local level impact diversion capture? How can municipalities collaborate with producers and manufacturers to create a "sustainable" materials management system that is economical and efficient for local governments?
This presentation will explore the application of SMM principles on municipal solid waste collection programs and how the focus and service delivery is different han integrated waste management and leads the attendees toward SMM as a logical next step after integrated waste management, moving toward higher diversion within a systems approach.
LUNCH/KEYNOTE ADDRESS ~12:00 noon: How We Think About Scrap Needs Repair Salon B
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View Plenary/Sue Noel, MORA
Recyclers deposit materials into a recycling container every day. Most recyclers may not care where the material goes or how it is processed but others care very much. It is no secret that pallets of electronics, scrap metal, and other recyclable material that cannot, or will not, be reused is shipped to China from all parts of the world, and particularly the United States. What is the environmental and economic impact of shipping material outside of the US? Who truly benefits? Is China the world’s largest wastebasket or an inadvertent and hidden model for what a sustainable recycling industry might look like? As author of Junkyard Planet and a son and grandson of Minneapolis scrap metal dealers, Adam offers educational and entertaining first-hand insight into China’sbillion-dollar scrap metal trade and how our waste becomes the newest electronic gadget and goods we can’t wait to buy. Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD and St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. ~ The Evolving Waste Stream: Challenges and Opportunities Salon B
Jennifer Mackey, PolyOne Plenary/Jennifer Mackey
Enrico Siewert, QRS Re-Poly Max Babits, Resource Recycling Systems Jan Rayman, Re-Wall
Join our panel of plastic and carton experts as they offer an open forum to discuss collaboration among the recycling value chain as well as challenges and best practices in material recovery. Speakers describe sustainable recycling programs implemented in partnerships with school districts, MRFs, PRFs and end market manufacturers to recover material. Among other examples, we’ll learn of an innovative application using post-consumer cartons and cups to make moisture and mold resistant, durable composite panels for the construction industry. Participate in the discussion to learn about the opportunities available in
Missouri to add new items to your recycling stream.
Sponsored by St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ~ CONCURRENT SESSIONS
What's in Your Bin? Room 62
Mary Patterson, St. Louis County Department of Health Dan Imig/Moderator
Brent Batliner, Republic Services & Stephen Herring, Republic Services DEI Consulting
Move Missouri toward 75% waste diversion by understanding what’s in your bin. You may think you know what materials are contaminating your recyclables but do you really know? Assessing the types and quantity of contaminates in your recycling bins will help you earn top dollar in a volatile commodities market and continue to move Missouri toward its new diversion goal. Learn what contaminates are truly causing problems for your service provider or MRF; how contaminated loads are handled after it leaves your site, and what you can do to insure your recycling efforts are paying off.
Sponsored by Republic Services
HHW - The Good, The Bad, and the Really Ugly! Room 62
Lauren Henry, City of Jefferson City and Gil Kauffmann Rob Didkriksen, Moderator
MO State Recycling Program
Ordinary products such as paint thinner, motor oil, pesticides, and common household chemicals can be dangerous if handled improperly. When such products are not used up completely or no longer wanted by the consumers, and need to be discarded, they become household hazardous waste. While it is legal for single family dwellings who generate HHW to discard the unwanted products in residential trash, the best practice is to dispose of HHW at a collection event or permanent collection facility.
This session is an informal discussion on the pros and cons of managing a permanent/semi-permanent HHW collection facility. No HHW facility is managed the same and this session will help attendees to think outside of the box and find the best or creative solutions to running a successful and safe facility. Topics include what to put in your request for bid, location and type of container, equipment needed, personal protective equipment, material separation, handling and storage, scheduling appointments, handy tools, and the controversy over latex paint.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
4:15 - 4:45 p.m. ~ From Vine to Wine Sustainability Salon B
Peter Hofherr, St. James Winery Plenary/Linda Adams
Join us for a green drinks plenary to learn how the path to sustainability offers success and challenges for this multi award-winning Missouri winery. Realize the struggles encountered in building a sustainable winery from the ground up and the infrastructure needed to support future recycling initiatives.
Sponsored by Service Recycling
Thursday, August 10
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. ~ Best Management Practices Salon B
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership Plenary/Ann Hamilton MORA
The Recycling Partnership works to encourage high levels of efficiency and effectiveness in curbside and other recycling collection programs. Although recycling in the U.S. has a strong foundation, there is clearly still room for improvement in increasing recycling access and participation. Urban and rural communities can improve the effectiveness of their programs through adoption of best recycling management practices and the use of proven outreach strategies that increase material volume while reducing contamination. This presentation will share both what the Partnership has learned in working with communities and tools the organization provides to help community programs.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ~ CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Rural Recycling and Key Metrics Room 62
Tom Anderson, Iowa DNR Jessica Loftis/Moderator
Michelle Leonard, SCS Engineering Silver Dollar City
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership
Missouri rural recycling programs face a multitude of challenges. Many of our rural areas are completely void of recycling programs. Perhaps it is possible for Missouri to support recycling initiatives by utilizing Iowa’s innovative approach to rural recycling. How can curbside programs best measure their performance? And what key pieces of data are necessary to make those measurements? The Recycling Partnership will share ideas of key metrics and techniques to assess and address recycling program effectiveness and efficiency. The presentation will also share examples of work done on hub & spoke infrastructure in the state of North Carolina, similar to the work being done in Iowa.
Sponsored by Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission
New Business, New Missouri Jobs Room 74
Joseph Martinich, KC Impact Study Lisa McDaniel/Moderator
Charles Bone, 3M Columbia MARC SWMD
Trinke Vaughan, Owens Corning Joplin
The KC City Metro recycling economic information study commissioned by the MARC SWMD is summarized. The study estimated the number of direct and total jobs in the KCMSA created/supported by commercial recycling, reuse, and re-manufacturing activities. Manufacturers share sustainability projects, landfill reduction programs, initiatives, and the ability to create additional jobs and secure financial incentives for continued growth, solid waste district grants for low-density polyethylene (LDPE) baling, site surveys, and staff communication. Mineral Wool is a relatively unfamiliar industry in the US creating challenges in sourcing vendors and partnerships for recycling efforts. Understand the challenges of waste management, mitigation and reduction for manufacturers.
Sponsored by Closed Loop Recycling
Mastering Resources and Communication ROOM 76
Kale Roberts, Mother Earth News Kristi Kelly/Moderator
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful Quad-Lakes SWMD
Laurie Duncan, City of Springfield
Communication is key in reaching and maintaining connection with your audience to promote initiatives and share successes. Identify programs and research tools available to support you in promoting outreach education, recycling and composting in this in-depth session of resources and communication tools and practices. Discover how to develop and deliver outreach education through a variety of formats and across a wide range of audiences, how to get started and how to expand an existing program.Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to advance your message to thousands of recyclers and composters through partnerships as well as maintaining communication through the web-based content of social media and blogging to enhance your next communication campaign.
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Product Stewardship in the U.S. Salon B
Scott Cassel, Product Stewardship Institute Plenary/Dave Berger St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
As paint and electronics programs have rolled out nationally, governments have sought product stewardship solutions for other wastes. This plenary session will provide an update on U.S. activity on HHW, pesticides, batteries, thermostats, and lamps, each of which has seen developments in the past few years. Topics covered include handling multiple producers and products, compliance, funding options, and the vicissitudes of the legislative process.
Sponsored by St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
1:40 - 2:40 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Creating Jobs and Sustainability Room 76
Natalie Couch, Lake Area Industries Styrofoam Project Cassandra Ford/Moderator
Enrico Siewert, QRS Re-Poly Bridging the Gap
Camdenton’s Lake Area Industries sheltered workshop increased staff to support an innovative boat dock Styrofoam recycling program. Through many trials, tribulations and funding resources, LAI overcame obstacles to remove Styrofoam dump sites in the lake areas of Missouri and offers foam recycling of furniture packaging for more sustainable foam disposal options. QRS Re-Poly is currently on a path to vertically integrate and use two industries’ challenging waste streams. The combination of the two waste streams make a non-consumer-facing product on a scale so large and disruptive that it will truly move the needle on sustainability. Sponsored by Didion Orf
Old Mattresses Creating New Dreams Room 74
Nadja Karpilow, MARC SWMD Angie Snyder/Moderator
JL Phillips, Bed Head Mattress Recycling Ozark Headwaters SWMD
Terry Stone, Bed Head Mattress Recycling
U.S. consumers purchase nearly 40 million mattresses each year and discard about 20 million annually. Mattresses compact 400% less than regular garbage and take between 10 to 12 years to break down in a landfill. The good news is that 80% to 90% of the materials in a mattress and box springs can be recycled saving energy, greenhouse gases and waste. Discover the similarities and differences between urban and rural mattress recycling techniques as these two programs offer a fully responsible alternative for refuse collectors, mattress retailers, governments, universities, hotels, and homeowners to dispose of unwanted mattresses.
Sponsored by Quad-Lakes SWMD
From Batteries to Thermostats Room 62
Tim Warren, Call 2 Recycle Scott Cassel/Moderator
John Sartain, Thermostat Recycling Corporation Product Stewardship Institute
Voluntary product stewardship programs are the optimal choice for industries initially organizing their collection and recycling efforts. Once the program is established, however, mandatory product stewardship programs are often preferable. They maintain the long-term financial viability of the voluntary effort without having to compromise the program’s continued success or its ability to sustain a positive environmental impact. This session explores the potential landfill ban on lithium ion batteries in Missouri landfills and why mandatory product stewardship for both rechargeable and single-use batteries are the natural next step in the evolution of the industry as well as how to facilitate and manage the collection of end of life mercury thermostats.
Sponsored by EPC
2:50 - 3:30 p.m. Educate, Motivate, Activate Salon B
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful Plenary/Sue Noel
MORA
There are many elements that play a role in making a recycling program successful. Keep America Beautiful is uniquely focused on educating, motivating and activating individuals to recycle. Three key factors guide KAB’s work to improve recycling in America: convenience, communication and consistency. KAB works to identify the best ways to make recycling an easy action to take as well as develop a better understanding of how to encourage and empower individuals to take that action. Join us in this plenary session to learn more about consumer recycling attitudes and behaviors in addition to techniques and tools for engaging individuals to better understand the benefits of recycling and how to help make it a daily social norm.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Building Partnerships Room 74
Ben Kreitner, City of Columbia Mona Menezes/Moderator Nick Paul, City of Columbia City of Branson
Rusty Worley, Downtown Springfield Association
Successful multi-family and business recycling programs are shared. Opportunity for apartments, condominiums, villages, and business to combine recycling efforts is on the rise. Learn how the City of Columbia and the Downtown Springfield Association have coordinated efforts within their communities to enhance existing recycling programs, offer new collection opportunities, and how they communicate their message to residents and patrons.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
Wasted Food or Food Waste? Room 62
Jim Callier, EPA Region 7 Sara Ryan/Moderator
Rana Bains, Bluebird Composting St. Louis Composting
Identify the difference between wholesome nutritious “wasted food” that is lost or sent for disposal from retail outlets, hospitality and entertainment venues, or industrial processing and “food waste” which is beneficial through methods of composting. The Environmental Protection Agency’s food recovery hierarchy shares the best ways to prevent and divert wasted food. Realize the importance of this closed-loop sustainable food management practice to prevent and divert wasted food while creating added benefits for the environment, society and the economy through anaerobic and aerobic composting solutions.
Sponsored by St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
Paving the Way with Tires Room 76
Dan Fester, MoDNR Solid Waste Division Ruth Anne Parrott/Moderator
Jim Marcum, Pettis County Pioneer Trails RPC, Region F SWMD
The Scrap Tire Advisory Group (STAG) is a stakeholder group of legislators, Missouri state agencies, tire industry representatives, and the general public interested in scrap tire issues. The group works in tandem with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to evaluate the focus and progress of the current scrap tire program and make recommendations regarding legislation, rules or procedural changes.
This session offers a STAG progress report and discusses tire disposal options, permitted haulers, illegal dumping, regulations, and development of end markets with emphasis on a very successful end-use chip and seal paving project in Pettis county. In addition, alternative uses for scrap tires including a crumb rubber recycling process and application is explained.
Sponsored by Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission
Friday, August 11
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ~ State of Recycling Update Salon B
Chris Nagel, MoDNR SWMP Plenary/Angie Gehlert
Chris Bussen, SWAB MORA
Through the cooperative effort of citizens, business, industry, and government, Missouri can continue to increase material reuse and recycling from all solid waste sources. Reducing the amount of solid wastes generated remains the primary goal of the Solid Waste Management Program. This plenary session focuses on SWMP program updates, SWAB’s established legislative priorities, and the annual report which is awaiting acceptance by the joint interim committee.
10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Talking Trash- Characterization and Diversion Calculations Salon B
Jeff Heisler, MoDNR SWMP Plenary/Dan Imig
Cynthia Mitchell, MSW Consultants DEI Consulting
Lisa McDaniel, MARC SWMD
Kim Case, MoDNR SWMP
Data collected during physical sorting and visual observations gives us a clear picture of what is being disposed in our landfills. Most importantly, we learn what items could have been reused, recycled or composted and where to target education efforts to move Missouri forward to a 75% waste diversion rate. Missouri’s current waste characterization study progress will be the topic of discussion.
Calculation of waste diversion is complex. Learn about Kansas City’s efforts to calculate diversion and the Department of Natural Resources current methodology.
Sponsored by the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
11:30 a.m. - Noon - MORA Annual Membership Meeting
Tuesday, Pre-conference workshops
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. - Zero Waste USA Intro to Zero Waste Class (6 hours), Gary Liss
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - HHW Training- Best Management Practices, Gil Kauffmann
Type of collection (one day event, permanent collection site), Type of site ( pack and dispose, collect and redistribute(Moberly)
Facility Set up,Traffic control, Labor (Trained, volunteers), Types of supplies, PPE, Safety
Disposal options (recycle, water treatment, reuse, incineration)
Segregation: Acids, Bases, Flammable liquids, Flammable solids, Poisons, Oxidizers, Oils, Batteries,Electronics
Packaging: (labpacks, loosepacks, bulking)
Wednesday, August 9
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. ~ Supporting Your City’s Sustainability Efforts Salon B
Kale Roberts, Program Officer, ICLEI USA: Plenary/Sue Morton, Northeast Missouri RPC
ICLEI–Local Governments for Sustainability is the leading global network of local governments dedicated to sustainability, resilience, and climate action, with a network of more than 1,000 cities, towns, and counties around the globe. ICLEI has produced the Recycling and Composting Emissions Protocol in recognition of the contribution recycling and composting can make to greenhouse gas reduction efforts, and the high degree of influence that local governments have in this area. The Protocol represents the new national standard for measuring emissions benefits of recycling and composting at the community level. Learn how ICLEI USA can support your city, town, or county climate action and sustainability efforts in addition to ensuring the waste community is not left out of these important local discussions.
Sponsored by Northeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. ~ SSM: Municipal Implementation Strategies Salon B
Bob Gedert, President National Recycling Coalition Plenary/Sue Noel, MORA
Sustainable Materials Management is a universal approach to how we manage materials more productively over their entire lifecycles. By looking at a product’s entire lifecycle new opportunities can be found to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources, and reduce cost. Most SMM strategies are focused on producer or manufacturer impacts on upstream waste streams and waste prevention. However, municipalities are required to pick up the trash - regardless of corporate responsibility. How can SMM principles be applied at the back-end of the supply chain? How can SMM at the local level impact diversion capture? How can municipalities collaborate with producers and manufacturers to create a "sustainable" materials management system that is economical and efficient for local governments?
This presentation will explore the application of SMM principles on municipal solid waste collection programs and how the focus and service delivery is different han integrated waste management and leads the attendees toward SMM as a logical next step after integrated waste management, moving toward higher diversion within a systems approach.
LUNCH/KEYNOTE ADDRESS ~12:00 noon: How We Think About Scrap Needs Repair Salon B
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View Plenary/Sue Noel, MORA
Recyclers deposit materials into a recycling container every day. Most recyclers may not care where the material goes or how it is processed but others care very much. It is no secret that pallets of electronics, scrap metal, and other recyclable material that cannot, or will not, be reused is shipped to China from all parts of the world, and particularly the United States. What is the environmental and economic impact of shipping material outside of the US? Who truly benefits? Is China the world’s largest wastebasket or an inadvertent and hidden model for what a sustainable recycling industry might look like? As author of Junkyard Planet and a son and grandson of Minneapolis scrap metal dealers, Adam offers educational and entertaining first-hand insight into China’sbillion-dollar scrap metal trade and how our waste becomes the newest electronic gadget and goods we can’t wait to buy. Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD and St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. ~ The Evolving Waste Stream: Challenges and Opportunities Salon B
Jennifer Mackey, PolyOne Plenary/Jennifer Mackey
Enrico Siewert, QRS Re-Poly Max Babits, Resource Recycling Systems Jan Rayman, Re-Wall
Join our panel of plastic and carton experts as they offer an open forum to discuss collaboration among the recycling value chain as well as challenges and best practices in material recovery. Speakers describe sustainable recycling programs implemented in partnerships with school districts, MRFs, PRFs and end market manufacturers to recover material. Among other examples, we’ll learn of an innovative application using post-consumer cartons and cups to make moisture and mold resistant, durable composite panels for the construction industry. Participate in the discussion to learn about the opportunities available in
Missouri to add new items to your recycling stream.
Sponsored by St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ~ CONCURRENT SESSIONS
What's in Your Bin? Room 62
Mary Patterson, St. Louis County Department of Health Dan Imig/Moderator
Brent Batliner, Republic Services & Stephen Herring, Republic Services DEI Consulting
Move Missouri toward 75% waste diversion by understanding what’s in your bin. You may think you know what materials are contaminating your recyclables but do you really know? Assessing the types and quantity of contaminates in your recycling bins will help you earn top dollar in a volatile commodities market and continue to move Missouri toward its new diversion goal. Learn what contaminates are truly causing problems for your service provider or MRF; how contaminated loads are handled after it leaves your site, and what you can do to insure your recycling efforts are paying off.
Sponsored by Republic Services
HHW - The Good, The Bad, and the Really Ugly! Room 62
Lauren Henry, City of Jefferson City and Gil Kauffmann Rob Didkriksen, Moderator
MO State Recycling Program
Ordinary products such as paint thinner, motor oil, pesticides, and common household chemicals can be dangerous if handled improperly. When such products are not used up completely or no longer wanted by the consumers, and need to be discarded, they become household hazardous waste. While it is legal for single family dwellings who generate HHW to discard the unwanted products in residential trash, the best practice is to dispose of HHW at a collection event or permanent collection facility.
This session is an informal discussion on the pros and cons of managing a permanent/semi-permanent HHW collection facility. No HHW facility is managed the same and this session will help attendees to think outside of the box and find the best or creative solutions to running a successful and safe facility. Topics include what to put in your request for bid, location and type of container, equipment needed, personal protective equipment, material separation, handling and storage, scheduling appointments, handy tools, and the controversy over latex paint.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
4:15 - 4:45 p.m. ~ From Vine to Wine Sustainability Salon B
Peter Hofherr, St. James Winery Plenary/Linda Adams
Join us for a green drinks plenary to learn how the path to sustainability offers success and challenges for this multi award-winning Missouri winery. Realize the struggles encountered in building a sustainable winery from the ground up and the infrastructure needed to support future recycling initiatives.
Sponsored by Service Recycling
Thursday, August 10
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. ~ Best Management Practices Salon B
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership Plenary/Ann Hamilton MORA
The Recycling Partnership works to encourage high levels of efficiency and effectiveness in curbside and other recycling collection programs. Although recycling in the U.S. has a strong foundation, there is clearly still room for improvement in increasing recycling access and participation. Urban and rural communities can improve the effectiveness of their programs through adoption of best recycling management practices and the use of proven outreach strategies that increase material volume while reducing contamination. This presentation will share both what the Partnership has learned in working with communities and tools the organization provides to help community programs.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ~ CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Rural Recycling and Key Metrics Room 62
Tom Anderson, Iowa DNR Jessica Loftis/Moderator
Michelle Leonard, SCS Engineering Silver Dollar City
Scott Mouw, Recycling Partnership
Missouri rural recycling programs face a multitude of challenges. Many of our rural areas are completely void of recycling programs. Perhaps it is possible for Missouri to support recycling initiatives by utilizing Iowa’s innovative approach to rural recycling. How can curbside programs best measure their performance? And what key pieces of data are necessary to make those measurements? The Recycling Partnership will share ideas of key metrics and techniques to assess and address recycling program effectiveness and efficiency. The presentation will also share examples of work done on hub & spoke infrastructure in the state of North Carolina, similar to the work being done in Iowa.
Sponsored by Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission
New Business, New Missouri Jobs Room 74
Joseph Martinich, KC Impact Study Lisa McDaniel/Moderator
Charles Bone, 3M Columbia MARC SWMD
Trinke Vaughan, Owens Corning Joplin
The KC City Metro recycling economic information study commissioned by the MARC SWMD is summarized. The study estimated the number of direct and total jobs in the KCMSA created/supported by commercial recycling, reuse, and re-manufacturing activities. Manufacturers share sustainability projects, landfill reduction programs, initiatives, and the ability to create additional jobs and secure financial incentives for continued growth, solid waste district grants for low-density polyethylene (LDPE) baling, site surveys, and staff communication. Mineral Wool is a relatively unfamiliar industry in the US creating challenges in sourcing vendors and partnerships for recycling efforts. Understand the challenges of waste management, mitigation and reduction for manufacturers.
Sponsored by Closed Loop Recycling
Mastering Resources and Communication ROOM 76
Kale Roberts, Mother Earth News Kristi Kelly/Moderator
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful Quad-Lakes SWMD
Laurie Duncan, City of Springfield
Communication is key in reaching and maintaining connection with your audience to promote initiatives and share successes. Identify programs and research tools available to support you in promoting outreach education, recycling and composting in this in-depth session of resources and communication tools and practices. Discover how to develop and deliver outreach education through a variety of formats and across a wide range of audiences, how to get started and how to expand an existing program.Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to advance your message to thousands of recyclers and composters through partnerships as well as maintaining communication through the web-based content of social media and blogging to enhance your next communication campaign.
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Product Stewardship in the U.S. Salon B
Scott Cassel, Product Stewardship Institute Plenary/Dave Berger St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
As paint and electronics programs have rolled out nationally, governments have sought product stewardship solutions for other wastes. This plenary session will provide an update on U.S. activity on HHW, pesticides, batteries, thermostats, and lamps, each of which has seen developments in the past few years. Topics covered include handling multiple producers and products, compliance, funding options, and the vicissitudes of the legislative process.
Sponsored by St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
1:40 - 2:40 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Creating Jobs and Sustainability Room 76
Natalie Couch, Lake Area Industries Styrofoam Project Cassandra Ford/Moderator
Enrico Siewert, QRS Re-Poly Bridging the Gap
Camdenton’s Lake Area Industries sheltered workshop increased staff to support an innovative boat dock Styrofoam recycling program. Through many trials, tribulations and funding resources, LAI overcame obstacles to remove Styrofoam dump sites in the lake areas of Missouri and offers foam recycling of furniture packaging for more sustainable foam disposal options. QRS Re-Poly is currently on a path to vertically integrate and use two industries’ challenging waste streams. The combination of the two waste streams make a non-consumer-facing product on a scale so large and disruptive that it will truly move the needle on sustainability. Sponsored by Didion Orf
Old Mattresses Creating New Dreams Room 74
Nadja Karpilow, MARC SWMD Angie Snyder/Moderator
JL Phillips, Bed Head Mattress Recycling Ozark Headwaters SWMD
Terry Stone, Bed Head Mattress Recycling
U.S. consumers purchase nearly 40 million mattresses each year and discard about 20 million annually. Mattresses compact 400% less than regular garbage and take between 10 to 12 years to break down in a landfill. The good news is that 80% to 90% of the materials in a mattress and box springs can be recycled saving energy, greenhouse gases and waste. Discover the similarities and differences between urban and rural mattress recycling techniques as these two programs offer a fully responsible alternative for refuse collectors, mattress retailers, governments, universities, hotels, and homeowners to dispose of unwanted mattresses.
Sponsored by Quad-Lakes SWMD
From Batteries to Thermostats Room 62
Tim Warren, Call 2 Recycle Scott Cassel/Moderator
John Sartain, Thermostat Recycling Corporation Product Stewardship Institute
Voluntary product stewardship programs are the optimal choice for industries initially organizing their collection and recycling efforts. Once the program is established, however, mandatory product stewardship programs are often preferable. They maintain the long-term financial viability of the voluntary effort without having to compromise the program’s continued success or its ability to sustain a positive environmental impact. This session explores the potential landfill ban on lithium ion batteries in Missouri landfills and why mandatory product stewardship for both rechargeable and single-use batteries are the natural next step in the evolution of the industry as well as how to facilitate and manage the collection of end of life mercury thermostats.
Sponsored by EPC
2:50 - 3:30 p.m. Educate, Motivate, Activate Salon B
Brenda Pulley, Keep America Beautiful Plenary/Sue Noel
MORA
There are many elements that play a role in making a recycling program successful. Keep America Beautiful is uniquely focused on educating, motivating and activating individuals to recycle. Three key factors guide KAB’s work to improve recycling in America: convenience, communication and consistency. KAB works to identify the best ways to make recycling an easy action to take as well as develop a better understanding of how to encourage and empower individuals to take that action. Join us in this plenary session to learn more about consumer recycling attitudes and behaviors in addition to techniques and tools for engaging individuals to better understand the benefits of recycling and how to help make it a daily social norm.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Building Partnerships Room 74
Ben Kreitner, City of Columbia Mona Menezes/Moderator Nick Paul, City of Columbia City of Branson
Rusty Worley, Downtown Springfield Association
Successful multi-family and business recycling programs are shared. Opportunity for apartments, condominiums, villages, and business to combine recycling efforts is on the rise. Learn how the City of Columbia and the Downtown Springfield Association have coordinated efforts within their communities to enhance existing recycling programs, offer new collection opportunities, and how they communicate their message to residents and patrons.
Sponsored by Mid-Missouri SWMD
Wasted Food or Food Waste? Room 62
Jim Callier, EPA Region 7 Sara Ryan/Moderator
Rana Bains, Bluebird Composting St. Louis Composting
Identify the difference between wholesome nutritious “wasted food” that is lost or sent for disposal from retail outlets, hospitality and entertainment venues, or industrial processing and “food waste” which is beneficial through methods of composting. The Environmental Protection Agency’s food recovery hierarchy shares the best ways to prevent and divert wasted food. Realize the importance of this closed-loop sustainable food management practice to prevent and divert wasted food while creating added benefits for the environment, society and the economy through anaerobic and aerobic composting solutions.
Sponsored by St. Louis-Jefferson SWMD
Paving the Way with Tires Room 76
Dan Fester, MoDNR Solid Waste Division Ruth Anne Parrott/Moderator
Jim Marcum, Pettis County Pioneer Trails RPC, Region F SWMD
The Scrap Tire Advisory Group (STAG) is a stakeholder group of legislators, Missouri state agencies, tire industry representatives, and the general public interested in scrap tire issues. The group works in tandem with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to evaluate the focus and progress of the current scrap tire program and make recommendations regarding legislation, rules or procedural changes.
This session offers a STAG progress report and discusses tire disposal options, permitted haulers, illegal dumping, regulations, and development of end markets with emphasis on a very successful end-use chip and seal paving project in Pettis county. In addition, alternative uses for scrap tires including a crumb rubber recycling process and application is explained.
Sponsored by Pioneer Trails Regional Planning Commission
Friday, August 11
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ~ State of Recycling Update Salon B
Chris Nagel, MoDNR SWMP Plenary/Angie Gehlert
Chris Bussen, SWAB MORA
Through the cooperative effort of citizens, business, industry, and government, Missouri can continue to increase material reuse and recycling from all solid waste sources. Reducing the amount of solid wastes generated remains the primary goal of the Solid Waste Management Program. This plenary session focuses on SWMP program updates, SWAB’s established legislative priorities, and the annual report which is awaiting acceptance by the joint interim committee.
10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Talking Trash- Characterization and Diversion Calculations Salon B
Jeff Heisler, MoDNR SWMP Plenary/Dan Imig
Cynthia Mitchell, MSW Consultants DEI Consulting
Lisa McDaniel, MARC SWMD
Kim Case, MoDNR SWMP
Data collected during physical sorting and visual observations gives us a clear picture of what is being disposed in our landfills. Most importantly, we learn what items could have been reused, recycled or composted and where to target education efforts to move Missouri forward to a 75% waste diversion rate. Missouri’s current waste characterization study progress will be the topic of discussion.
Calculation of waste diversion is complex. Learn about Kansas City’s efforts to calculate diversion and the Department of Natural Resources current methodology.
Sponsored by the Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
11:30 a.m. - Noon - MORA Annual Membership Meeting
