CRRA 2023 Conference and Trade Show

C&D Zero Waste Coordinator

Eric Pasewalk has over 8 years of experience working with multiple stakeholders across the C&D Recycling landscape in Northern Califronia.  He began as a Construction Account Manager managing all aspects of C&D collection and recycling services for Waste Management of Alameda County.  As an Industrial Account Manager with WM, Mr. Pasewalk was responsible for inbound C&D material into all Bay Area facilties.  Joining SF Environment as the C&D Zero Waste Coordinator, Eric is now responsible for the implementation of San Francisco's construction and demolition debris recovery programs.  His work focuses on debris reduction and material recovery strategies.            

Requiring 3rd Party Verification: San Francisco Model

Learn about San Francisco's efforts to partner with different regional C&D facilties to deliver consistent and verifiable material recovery.  Regulations for the implementation of San Francisco’s Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Ordinance require facility owners/operators to engage the services of a qualified third-party to conduct verification of recovery rates for recoverable materials.  To be listed as a registered facility with the City and County of San Francisco, facilities need to engage with qualified third-party verifiers, submit a records access authorization letter and submit annual reports for materials accepted that originated in San Francisco.

These efforts are one part of the Envrionment Department's regulatory oversight of 15 mixed debris processing facilities, over 350 debris haulers, and more than 30,000 permitted construction activities that generate approximately 1.5 million tons of debris each year.

Director of Marketing

Jerame has been in the industry for 10 years focusing on Organics/Inert Marketing, Account Management, and Sales for all inbound recyclable commodities at Zanker Recycling (GreenWaste), in San Jose. In the early part of his tenure, Zanker tasked Jerame with developing a sales distribution network for stormwater and erosion control products derived from recyclable materials, while also concentrating on outbound sales for aggregate and organic products such as Class II Base Rock and Compost. After working closely with Zanker's Operational Team,  the life cycle for the commodities recycled at Zanker and end markets. 

The How and Why: Third Party Certified Diversion Rates

As a LEED Green associate, Jerame helps Zanker maintain all third-party certification for construction and demolition debris recycling for GreenWaste.Come learn how Zanker Recycling continually innovates by investing in new technology for all processing dealing with source separated and commingled commodities. Are you interested in knowing what it takes to maintain strong end markets? The relationships between municipalities and a recycling facility are vital to help projects succeed in acheiving overall diversion rates. There are various types of reports which are created and maintained to present a clear narrartive of what is actually being reported. How can we make this process easier and more widely understood?

Director, LEED

Wes Sullens, LEED Fellow, oversees Materials & Resources activities for the non-profit organization USGBC. Wes is responsible for the materials credits in the LEED Rating System and guides leadership criteria related to construction waste, product manufacturing, raw material sourcing, material transparency, circular economy, and embodied carbon.  Mr. Sullens also leads USGBC’s participation in green building codes, including CALGreen and co-sponsorship of the International Green Construction Code. He has worked in the public, private and nonprofit sectors for more than 20 years on broad topics including energy efficiency, building codes, supply chain sustainability, and chemicals transparency.

LEED & Construction Waste

Come learn what's coming next in LEED! By the end of 2023, LEED version 5 will be released to the public and changes are coming to the C&D credits. Will there be a focus on waste prevention? Third-party verification of recycling rates? Requirements to reduce embodied carbon of waste materials? Come to this session to find out and to have a voice in how LEED evolves.

Since 1997, the LEED Rating System has always rewarded leadership in construction and demoltion waste management. In LEED v4, published in 2013, the rating system changed its approach and no longer allows ADC to count as recycling. LEED v4 also put an emphasis on higher-use on-site source separation for materials recovery, rather than commingled waste. Third-party verification of recycling facilities has been encouraged through the use of addtional "pilot" credits in LEED for almost a decade.  Now, with LEED v5 being developed, the presenter will discuss leadership in C&D waste management in 2023 and how (and if) third-party certifications play a role. 

Senior Program Manager

Judith Silver has been engaged in the fields of resource recovery, waste prevention and recycling for 35 years.  She has experience in multiple facets of the zero waste world  - as a local government zero waste staff person,  working for a  hauler, for a paper broker and as a sustainability consultant. Most recently she has been a working on SB 1383 implementation and compliance and C&D implementation and compliance for RecycleSmart, a six member JPA located in in Central Contra Costa County.

Using 3rd Party C&D Facility Verification for Program Success

My presentation will focus on RecycleSmart's 3rd party facility verification requirement for C&D processing facilities that wish to receive mixed loads from projects generated in our agency's service area. It will describe why RecycleSmart has this requirement and how we implement and enforce it. I will describe the history of our Municipal Recovery Certification and how it has evolved over the last few years. I will explain how this requirement ensures that project proponents in our service area can deliver mixed loads of C&D to approved facilities with confidence that the diversion % assigned to their loads is accurate. Attendees will learn about our C&D Ordinance, our use of Green Halo, our outreach to project proponents and how we maintain our list of approved C&D mixed processing facilities. I will take an in depth look at a few facilities in order to illustrate the value of a 3rd party verification system. In addition to meeting CalGreen and SB 1383 requirements, RecycleSmart understands that a robust C&D program is critically important to achieving a high diversion rate and commits energy and resources to ensuring a successful program each year.

Practice Group Lead