Tuesday, October 24, 2006

8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00

Welcoming Remarks –Don Maurer, NHDES, Treasurer, NERC Board of Directors

9:30

Role of Organics for Sustainability ~ Keynote Speaker ~ Dr. Richard Stehouwer, Penn State University

11:30

Composting ~ Carla Castagnero, AgRecycle, Inc.

12:30

LUNCH - Wiggins Tavern
ADVISORY MEMBER LUNCH -By Invitation Only

1:30

Anaerobic Digestion ~ Maria Kelleher, RIS International Ltd.

2:30

Bio-reactors -John Baker, Allan Environmental

5:30 - 7:30

Social Hour at the Northampton Brewery - sponsored by

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

7:30 – 9:00

Swap & Share - Networking opportunity to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00

Welcoming Remarks: Brenda Grober, NY ESU; President, NERC Board of Directors

9:30

Shaking Each Tree Branch Part III – Increasing Recovery from Grammar Schools to Colleges and Universities.

• Jennifer Spoor, Naef Recycling ~ Go Green Initiative
• Chris Ratcliffe, Triple M Production & John Trevor, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation ~ Rhode Island’s Recycling Report Card
• Roger Guzowski, Hampshire College - Proven Methods for Institutional Recycling

12:30 

LUNCH - Wiggins Tavern

1:30

Rethinking Metrics – State and Manufacturers Perspective on Measuring Recycling

• Chip Foley, Steel Recycling Institute

3:30

Adjourn

Thursday, October 26, 2006 – NERC Board Meeting