[USCC] EPA Zero Waste Webinar Announcement

[Cary Oshins]

You are cordially invited to EPA’s Next RCC Web Academy on Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 1:00-2:30 PM (Eastern Time)

To register visit: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/rcc/web-academy/index.htm 

Zero Waste: From Philosophy to Practical Implementation, September 17,
2009

  Description

  The “zero waste” philosophy aims to minimize waste and resource
  consumption in order to conserve energy, mitigate climate change,
  reduce water usage, prevent toxics creation, and minimize ecosystem
  destruction.  With almost one-third of greenhouse gas emissions
  attributed to the acquisition of materials, reducing consumption has
  the potential to significantly affect climate change.

  As more and more local governments and businesses commit to achieving
  zero waste, innovative techniques to reach this goal are being piloted
  across the country. From source reduction to product re-design to
  reuse to eliminating incentives for raw material extraction and
  landfilling, the path to zero waste requires moving beyond recycling
  to a more integrated and holistic resource management system.



  Join us to hear the latest in our progress towards zero waste. Learn
  more about the practical implementation of zero waste plans and
  different methods of eliminating waste disposal.  Participate in a
  panel discussion with experts in the field: Gary Liss (Consultant,
  Gary Liss and Associates), Kathy Frevert (California Integrated Waste
  Management Board), and Holly Ellmore (Green Foodservice Alliance).





   Speakers



  Kathy Frevert serves as the team leader for Extended Producer
  Responsibility at the California Integrated Waste Management Board
  (Board), currently part of the California Environmental Protection
  Agency (EPA). The team is charged with implementing the Board’s
  strategic directive to develop producer-financed and producer-managed
  systems for product discards.  Over that past 17 years at the
  Integrated Waste Management Board, Kathy has served as a facilitator
  for the State’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Task Force
  and the State’s first Sustainable Building Task Force, in additional
  to working on several source reduction program development projects.

  Gary Liss has over 35 years of experience in the solid waste and
  recycling field.  He is now President of Gary Liss & Associates (GLA),
  a Zero Waste consulting firm.  Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero
  Waste and has helped more communities develop Zero Waste plans than
  anyone else in the U.S.  He was a founder and past President of the
  National Recycling Coalition and was Secretary to the California State
  Senate Task Force on Waste Management in 1989, which led to the
  adoption of AB939 and related recycling legislation in California.
  Mr. Liss was also Solid Waste Program Manager for the City of San Jose
  where he initiated and managed their nationally recognized model
  recycling programs, which resulted in their current overall diversion
  rate of 62%.

  Holly Elmore is the Founder and Executive Director of the Green
  Foodservice Alliance (GFA), an affiliate of the Georgia Restaurant
  Association (GRA). The GFA works with pioneers in the industry on
  creating templates for eco-friendly policies and procedures for others
  to follow. Holly has over 15 years of experience in the foodservice
  arena.  In February 2009, the Zero Waste Zone (ZWZ) in Downtown
  Atlanta, a partnership of GFA and Atlanta Recycles, was announced as
  the first such zone in the southeast and one of the first in the
  nation. The focus for the charter participants is the largest
  foodservice operations in the zero waste zone, including convention
  facilities, event and entertainment venues, hotels and restaurants. In
  the second phase, all foodservice operators will be recruited for
  participation.



Janice Johnson
US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division Materials Conservation and Recycling Branch

Mail Code:  5306P
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC  20460

Office:  703/308-7280  Fax:703/308-8609
Johnson.Janice at epa.gov
www.epa.gov/recycleonthego

Actual Address:
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