Recycling BIN Summit
University Plaza Waterfront Hotel
110 W. Fremont St.
Stockton, CA
August 9, 2011
10am - 2pm
RECYCLING BIN (Build Infrastructure Now)
Help Create Jobs and Reduce Green House Gas Emissions
The Mandatory Commercial Recycling (MCR) Measure, soon to be available for official public comment at the California Air Resources Board, focuses on increased commercial waste diversion as a method to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under California’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32). To achieve the measure’s objective, an additional 2 to 3 million tons of materials will need to be recycled annually from the commercial sector by the year 2020.
Currently, approximately 5-20% of the recyclable materials collected in California remain in the State for remanufacturing; the majority of the recycled materials are shipped to other parts of the United States or to global markets. In other words 80-95% of our recyclable materials are leaving California, specifically heading to overseas markets. So, too, are the jobs, tax revenues, and commerce that could come from processing and using these materials for manufacturing locally.
The Recycling BIN (Build Infrastructure Now) Coalition proposes that we move towards eliminating the word ‘waste’ from our vocabulary and begin seeing these materials as resources/feedstock for other products. To accomplish this goal a dramatic restructuring of our integrated waste management collection, diversion, and disposal system to a materials management system must occur.
Please join our statewide coalition in formulating bridge strategies for transitioning our present system. Help us develop domestic infrastructure and keep our recyclables here, putting Californians back to work with sustainable green jobs and cutting greenhouse gas generation at the same time.
Agenda
| 08:30 | Check in and Registration |
| 10:00 | Welcome by Council Member Susan Eggman, City of Stockton |
| 10:10 | Opening Speaker: Patty Moore, Moore Recycling Associates, Inc. |
| Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director of CPSC, Moderator | |
| 10:45 | Stakeholder Panel: California Association of Recycling Market Development Zones (CARMDZ), California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA), Recology, California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED), Rock Tenn, California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC), Recycling Organizations of North America (RONA), Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce |
| Panelist will share perspectives and offer suggestions on linking waste diversion and GHG reductions with domestic infrastructure, economic development and jobs for Californians. | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Speakers: Jerry Noel, Visions Paint Recycling, and Frank Cvetovac, Epic Plastics |
| 1:00 | Afternoon Speaker: Dr. Mike Biddle, MBA Polymers, Inc. |
| 1:30 | Recycling BIN Scoping Breakouts Facilitated by: Trish Kelly (Applied Development Economics), Mandy Rose (CARMDZ), John Davis (CRRA), Bill Davis (W.R. Davis Collaborative) |
| 2:00 | Wrap up. |
Complimentary lunch for those who register before August 5th.
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