Please note that this is a tentative schedule and items are subject to change.
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Exhibitor Set Up
Speakers
CRRA Annual Policy Round Table
Speakers
Welcome Reception
Speakers
Yoga with Tedd
Speakers
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
Speakers
Opening Day Plenary
Speakers
Case studies in upcycling; how to create reuse, repair and redistribution opportunities in your community
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
REUSE/REDUCE
Speakers
Moderator
Ruth Abbe, Abbe & Associates
Creating opportunities for reuse and repair in your community.
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
REUSE/REDUCE
Speakers
Jeanine Sidran, StopWaste
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Reuse/Reduce
Presentation Title
Creating opportunities for reuse and repair in your community.
City of Hermosa Beach Community Yard Sale
Speakers
Kristy Morris, City of Hermosa Beach
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Education and Outreach
Presentation Title
CA SB 1383 Implementation, Creating an Edible Food Recovery Program--A How-To Guide
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Jack Johnson, County of San Mateo, Office of Sustainability
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Susan Takalo, 2nd Harvest Food Bank
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Joe La Mariana, SBWMA and RethinkWaste
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Andrew Cheyne, California Food Banks
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Moderator
Jack Johnson, County of San Mateo, Office of Sustainability
Food Recycling and Rescue - A Community Effort
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Suk Chong, Los Angeles County Public Works
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Judi Gregory, Go2Zero Strategies
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Isaac Chu, Tawa Industries
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Moderator
Michelle P Leonard, SCS Engineers
Practical Proposals for Problematic Plastic Packaging
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ZERO WASTE PLANS
Speakers
Mike Sangiacomo, Recology, Inc.
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Doug Kobold, California Product Stewardship Council
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Lori Mendez, esq, Law, Law Offices of Lori R. Mendez, P.L.C.
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John Moore
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Tim Goncharoff, County of Santa Cruz
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Presentation Title
The Frontiers of Plastic Pollution Prevention
Moderator
Tedd Ward, M.S., Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority
When Curbside Doesn’t Cut It: Managing Plastics, Carpet, and E-Waste
Speakers
Moderator
Justine Fallon, Mattress Recycling Council
Future of E-Waste Management in California
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Ana Maria Stoian-Chu, CalRecycle
Presentation Category
Markets
Presentation Title
Corporate Pressure Points
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
REUSE/REDUCE
Speakers
Kelly McBee, As You Sow
Presentation Category
Reuse/Reduce
Presentation Title
Carpet Recycling in California - Successes, Challenges, and Learnings
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
POLICY
Speakers
Jacy Bolden, CARE
Presentation Category
Policy
Presentation Title
Speed Mentoring
Speakers
California’s Deserts: Climate, Cultural and Conservation Initiatives
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
POLICY
Speakers
Dr. Cameron Barrows, UC Riverside Center for Conservation Biology Desert Studies Initiative
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
A Citizen (Community) Science Approach to Understanding the Effects of Climate Change in Southern California
April Sall, CA Desert Coalition and Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Energy Development and Conservation in the California Desert
Deanna Pressgrove, City of Cathedral City
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Creating a Sustainable City Culture
Moderator
John Davis
Changing Times, Diverse Populations: Research and Outreach for Today’s Recycling Challenges
Speakers
Moderator
Victor Sanchez, City of Chula Vista, Environmental Services Dept.
Recycling Education and Outreach Strategies in Times of Change
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Kate Wilkins, CalRecycle
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Keeping it Clean: Communicating Effectively to Reduce Contamination
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Lisa Duba, Gigantic Idea Studio
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Insights from CA Mattress Recycling Study in Select Hmong, Latino, Korean, and Chinese Communities
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Amanda Wall, Mattress Recycling Council
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Presentation Title
Stephen Groner, S. Groner Associates
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Resetting Expectations: Recycling’s New World Order
Speakers
Moderator
Ruth Abbe, Abbe & Associates LLC
Best Practices in Passing Large Rate Increases
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
POLICY
Speakers
Garth Schultz, R3 Consulting Group, Inc.
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
What Can California Learn from the EU’s Approach to Single Use Plastic and the CE
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ZERO WASTE PLANS
Speakers
Sarah Edwards, Eunomia Research & Consult, INC.
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Responding to the Recycling Markets: How to Adapt Your Franchise Agreements to the “New Normal”
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Marva Sheehan, HF&H Consultants, LLC
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Presentation Title
The Missing Link of a Sustainable Food System: A Kitchen
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Colleen Foster, City of Oceanside
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Vallie Gilley, O'side Kitchen Collaborative
Presentation Category
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Jenna Roripaugh, O'side Kitchen Collaborative
Presentation Category
Organics
Presentation Title
Heather Sorgine, O'side Kitchen Collaborative
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Sarah Davis
Tools and Grants
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ZERO WASTE PLANS
Speakers
Andre Vllasenor, U.S. EPA Southern CA Field Office Planning & State Development Office
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Reducing Excess Food: Set Your Sight on Source Reduction
Hank Brady, CalRecycle
Presentation Category
Education and Outreach
Presentation Title
SB 1383 Existing Tools and Funding Programs
George Minter, SoCalGas
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
The Waste-Energy Nexus: Your waste can be everyone’s renewable energy
Mr. Robert C. Hilton, CMC, HF&H Consultants
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
SB 1383 Implementation Tools Coming Soon
Moderator
Tracie Bills, SCS Engineers
Contract Risks and Reasonable Rate Structures
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Implicit in the Fine Print - Market Risk Allocation in Recyclables Processing Agreements
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Constance Hornig, Law Offices
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Encouraging Behavior Change through Reasonable Rate Structures
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Jennifer Chong, City of Half Moon Bay
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Kristine Day, City of Beaumont
Presentation Category
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Lily Quiroa, Waste Management
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Carrie Baxter, R3 Consulting Group, Inc.
Monica Devincenzi, Republic Services
Organics: feeding people, generating fuel, creating soil
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Moderator
Neil Edgar, California Compost Coalition
SB 1383 Edible Food Recovery Framework & Edible Food Measurement
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Martine Gabrielle Boswell, CalRecycle
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Getting clean organics at the source: education, outreach, and monitoring
Speakers
Kimberly Scheibly, Marin Sanitary Service
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
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PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Yaniv Scherson, Ph.D., P.E., Anaergia
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Organics Recycling and Renewable Energy Generation from Mixed Solid Waste
Technologies advancing C&D diversion
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Shane Magennis, Florin Perkins Disposal
Presentation Category
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Bibhrajit Halder, Ph.D, Safe AI Inc.
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Ryan Fogelman, Fire Rover LLC
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Jerame Renteria, Zanker Recycling
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Michael Gross, Zanker Recycling
The Pulse of Reuse in San Francisco & the Bay Area - Textiles and Deconstruction
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
REUSE/REDUCE
Speakers
Nicole Tai, GreenLynx and Bay Area Deconstruction Workgroup
Presentation Category
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Steffen Kuehr, TekTailor, Inc.
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Hilary Near, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Reception in Exhibit Hall
Speakers
The Trash Monologues
Speakers
Yoga with Hilary
Speakers
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
Speakers
A Secret Worth Sharing for School Recycling: California’s Local Conservation Corps Network
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
SCHOOLS
Speakers
Jennifer Duran, Local Conservation Corps, Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
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Alan Ha, San Jose Conservation Corps
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
A case study on how Local Conservation Corps can help schools improve their waste management systems
Brandon Benton, Conservation Corps North Bay
Presentation Category
Zero Waste Plans
Presentation Title
Electronic Waste Recycling and Education for School Districts
Moderator
Debbi Dodson, Carton Council
Campus Zero Waste Programs
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
ZERO WASTE PLANS
Speakers
Julie Muir, PSSI/Stanford Recycling
Presentation Category
Organics
Presentation Title
Christine Flowers, Keep California Beautiful
Presentation Category
Zero Waste Plans
Presentation Title
Mike Carey, Orange Coast College Recycling Center
Presentation Category
Zero Waste Plans
Presentation Title
Hassan Ghamlouch, Bachelor, University of California Riverside
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
How UC Riverside Will Achieve the University of California Zero Waste Goal
Moderator
Julie Muir, PSSI/Stanford Recycling
Preventing and Donating Surplus Food from Institutions: Success Stories from Fremont Unified and San Diego
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
SCHOOLS
Speakers
Julio Navarrete, Fremont Unified School District
Presentation Category
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Annalisa Belliss, StopWaste
Presentation Category
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Geertje Grootenhuis, San Diego Food System Alliance
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Karl Go-Reynoso, Sodexo School Services, Fremont Unified School District
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Child Nutrition Services Takes on Food Share Rollout After Successful Pilot
Moderator
Hugo Gregoire, StopWaste
Transforming Plastics Residuals into Marketable Chemicals
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
REUSE/REDUCE
Speakers
Miranda Wang, BioCellection, Inc.
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Valerie Osmond, City of San Jose Environmental Services Department
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Katelyn Lewis, Green Waste Recovery
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Jeff Anderson, City of San Jose
“Statewide Dialogue: Recycling Crisis in California”
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Mark Murray, Californians Against Waste
Presentation Category
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Alex Oseguera, Waste Management
Presentation Category
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Louie Pellegrini, Alameda County Industries
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Scott Smithline, CalRecycle
Presentation Category
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Jeff Donlevy, Ming's Recycling Corporation
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Richard Valle, Tri-CED Community Recycling
Plenary, CRRA & CPSC Awards
Speakers
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
Speakers
Carbon Farming: a tool to meet Climate Action Plan targets
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
CLIMATE
Speakers
Calla Rose B Ostrander, Phoenix Rising Resources, LLC
Presentation Category
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Dr. Chandra Richards, Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Will Bakx, Sonoma Compost/Renewable Sonoma
Compost Challenges and Opportunities in Southern California
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Jeff Ziegenbein, Inland Empire Regional Composting Authority
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Kurt Schoppe, SA Recycling and SA Organics Recycling
Presentation Category
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Tom Koutroulis, County of Orange
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Matt Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting LLC
Maximizing Recovery in Multi-Family Buildings
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Moderator
Martie Solomon, City of Chula Vista
Recycling Ambassadors: Empowering Multi-Family Residents through Peer-to-Peer Education & Outreach
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Jessica Aldridge, Athens Services
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Madisen Gittlin, Global Green
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Improving Recycling and Composting at Multifamily Properties through Zero Waste Property Plans.
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Freddy Coronado, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
School Recycling: How to Convince a School District to Get On Board
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
SCHOOLS
Speakers
Colleen Foster, City of Oceanside
Presentation Category
Zero Waste Plans
Presentation Title
Naomi Shadwell, Oceanside Unified School District
Presentation Category
Zero Waste Plans
Presentation Title
Janis Jones, Oceanside Unified School District
Presentation Category
Zero Waste Plans
Presentation Title
Adysan Schrom, Oceanside Unified School District
Presentation Category
Schools
Presentation Title
School Recycling: How to Convince a School District to Get On Board
Moderator
Jill Buck, Go Green Initiative
Exhibitor Breakdown
Speakers
Food Recovery Partnerships & Growing the Message
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Moderator
Lisa Coelho, SCS Engineers
Riverside Food Rescue & Waste Prevention Program
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
James Rowland, Riverside County Department of Waste Resources
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
When Waste Diversion Means Life – Loaves & Fishes and Joint Venture Silicon Valley’s A La Carte Program
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Mauricio Cordova , Loaves and Fishes Family Kitchen
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Source to Sea: Comprehensive Strategies to Achieve Zero Waste to Waterways
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ILLEGAL DUMPING
MARINE DEBRIS
Speakers
Moderator
Ruth Abbe, Abbe & Associates
TrashBlitz-Stopping the flow of plastic from land to sea
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Speakers
Melissa Aguayo, The 5 Gyres Institute
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Stormwater, Wastewater, and Solid Waste: Understanding the Nexus
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARINE DEBRIS
Speakers
Robert C. Hilton, CMC, HF&H Consultants
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
California Ocean Litter Prevention Strategy: Addressing Marine Debris from Source to Sea
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARINE DEBRIS
Speakers
Dr Sherry Lippiatt, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Marine Debris Program
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
What's Getting LOST in Materials Management
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Moderator
Leslie Lukacs, Zero Waste Sonoma
Measuring 'Escaped' Trash
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ILLEGAL DUMPING
Speakers
Amanda Hong, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
CalRecycle's Farm, Ranch & Tribal Land Illegal Dumping Cleanup Grant
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ILLEGAL DUMPING
Speakers
Stephanie Becker, CalRecycle
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
CalRecycle's Farm, Ranch & Tribal Land Illegal Dumping Cleanup Grant
Let’s Talk about Conversion, Not just Diversion
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Gina Lee, Circular CoLab and the UPcyclers Network
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Let’s Talk about Conversion, Not just Diversion; Upcyclers Network
Young Voices lead the way to Zero Waste in schools.
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
SCHOOLS
Speakers
Taylor Hacker, Oak Crest Middle School
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Drew Larsen, Ocean Knoll Elementary School
Presentation Category
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Maya Faris, Capri Elementary School
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Alice Larsen, Ocean Knoll Elementary School
NCRA Players - "The Road to Rancho Mirage"
Speakers
Breakfast in the Ambassador Foyer
Speakers
Continental Breakfast
Speakers
Illegal Dumping in Sacramento: Analysis and Mitigation Measures
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ILLEGAL DUMPING
Speakers
Sarah Edwards, Eunomia Research & Consult, INC.
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Chris Lehon, Sacramento County
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Manuel Medrano, City of Chula Vista
Next Gen Foodware Policies: Reducing Single Use then Compost/Recycle
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
Speakers
Kerry Parker, City of Alameda
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Martin Bourque, Ecology Center
Presentation Category
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Heidi Obermeit, City of Berkeley
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Miriam Gordon, UPSTREAM
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Jack Macy, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Rebuilding - From Recovery to Reuse. How we must consider GHG and Waste Reduction
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
CLIMATE
Speakers
Deconstruction, Wood Reuse & Reducing Greenhouse Gasses
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION
Speakers
Nicole Tai, GreenLynx, Bay Area Deconstruction Workgroup, Reuse Alliance
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Dealing with the aftermath of the Camp Fire
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
CLIMATE
Speakers
Jennifer Arbuckle, Northern Recycling and Waste Services
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Moderator
Tracie Bills, SCS Engineers
From regulation to rescue: Dealing with food loss on a large scale
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS
POLICY
Speakers
Moderator
David Didonato, City of Chula Vista
It’s Not As Scary As You Thought: How to Start Implementing SB 1383 Programs
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
POLICY
Speakers
Philip Mainolfi, HF&H Consultants, LLC
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
SB1383- The Measurements Behind The Regulation
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
POLICY
Speakers
Dieter Eckels, Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc.
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
New Era for Waste and Recycling: Realizing the Organic Waste Reduction Goals of SB 1383
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
POLICY
Speakers
Veronica Pardo, California Refuse Recycling Council, Northern District
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
National Sword and the Connection between Contamination and End Markets
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Moderator
John Davis, Mojave Desert & Mountain Recycling
Addressing Contamination: Gresham’s Law, National Sword, and Realistic Local Steps for a National Problem.
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Dr. Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D., Skumatz Economic Research Associates (SERA)
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Finding a Silver Lining: How the Circular Economy is Responding to China’s Scrap Ban
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Dylan de Thomas, The Recycling Partnership
Presentation Category
Presentation Title
Annual Cost of Contamination in Recycling Streams in the U.S.
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
MARKETS
Speakers
Susan Collins, Container Recycling Institute
Presentation Category
Markets
Presentation Title
The role community composting can play in meeting state and local organics goals
PRESENTATION CATEGORY
ORGANICS