CRRA2021

Founder

Jamie Facciola is an award-winning social entrepreneur whose work on developing local solutions to circular economy challenges has been covered in BBC News, Fast Company, and GreenBiz. Her current project, Furniturecycle, is a Solutions Lab that explores furniture waste from the bottom up. Her professional background is in environmental science and corporate environmental management. She is on the Board of the National Upholstery Association, and holds a Master of Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at UCSB.

What I Learned From Studying Street Furniture for One Year

We have a furniture waste crisis. Waste generated from furniture and home furnishings has soared to over 12 million tons in 2018, an explosive 600% increase in just 60 years. To contextualize this crisis, I take it to a neighborhood level. Since Jan. 2019, I have been photographing street furniture in my Oakland neighborhood. In the first 15 months, I catalogued over 50,000 pounds of street furniture within two miles of my home. The results are as overwhelming as they are insightful, and I believe provide important clues for how we think about and respond to this perennial challenge. In this presentation, I will zoom in to share my data analysis and observations from photographing street furniture, and then I will zoom out to give a high-level overview of how different industries are responding to the furniture waste challenge/opportunity as the circular economy starts to gain traction locally, in the furniture industry, and beyond.

Executive Director

Tedd is a leader in waste prevention and recycling policy in California for decades and serves as an expert in rural county issues. The Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority is a JPA formed by the City of Crescent City and the County of Del Norte in 1992 to administer and manage all solid waste, recycling, composting, and HHW facilities, services, and programs throughout Del Norte County, California.  Tedd serves as a leader of the Regional Council of Rural Counties Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority and is a primary co-author of the Commission's Report to the State.

Returning to Sender: Re-Addressing Dumping and Litter

Tedd Ward will discuss the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority’s strategies to reduce, collect, and enforce controls on dumping in a rural coastal county with >75% public land and without mandatory collection requirements.  Innovative aspects include a set of local ordinances that enable cleanup and enforcement based on dumped materials that can be tied to an address, and a program that engages unhoused residents cleaning up areas of encampment.

Clean Community Supervisor

Jamaica was raised in Oakland and has been employed by the City of Oakland for over seven years. She started her career in 2013 at the Keep Oakland Clean & Beautiful division as a Street Sweeper Operator. In February 2019, she was Promoted to an Environmental Enforcement Officer. In July 2019 she was promoted to the Clean Community Supervisor. Prior to her tenure with the City of Oakland, she spent 12 years in various positions with Caltrans. During her employment with Caltrans, Jamaica worked as a Toll collector, Landscape/Highway Maintenance Worker, Equipment Operator ll, Leader and acting supervisor.

Approaching Illegal Dumping Through Engagement, Encouragement, Education, Enforcement and Eradication

The Call Center at the City of Oakland receives tens of thousands of calls every year related to illegal dumping.  A small team of professionals staff the City in four different zones trying to educate residents and businesses about the impacts of illegal dumping, including “Zone Walks”.  These same staff also enforce the illegal dumping ordinances and laws using Administrative Citations, Civil Penalty’s and “24hr Order to Abate” notice process.  Finally, the City staff also work on eradication to get abandoned waste removed from the streets.  This includes their "Bulky Block Party" events. During this presentation, attendees will learn more about how the City of Oakland strives “to maintain the health and aesthetics of our city streets, through Engagement, Encouragement, Education, Enforcement and Eradication in an effort to Keep Oakland Clean & Beautiful!

Executive Director

Doug has been “talking trash” for over 28 years.  He is currently the Executive Director for the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC), a position he has held since August 2018.  Previously he spent over 18 years with Sacramento County as a Program Manager, over 2 years in consulting, and over 5 years with Yolo County as an Operations Manager. He has a degree in Civil Engineering from California State University, Chico and currently serves as Chair on the SWANA California Chapters Legislative Task Force (LTF) and Vice Chair of the Illegal Dumping Technical Advisory Committee (IDTAC).