Tuesday, October 16, 2007

8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00

Welcoming Remarks – Brenda Grober, Empire State Development Environmental Services Unit ; President, NERC Board of Directors

9:30

Global Recycling Markets Update – Chip Foley, Vice President, Steel Recycling Institute

10:45

Large Retailers’ Environmental Strategies & Their Effect on Source Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling

• Phyllis Harris, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Jesse Larose, Home Depot

12:30

LUNCH - Wiggins Tavern
ADVISORY MEMBER LUNCH - By Invitation Only

2:00

Get Updated - Legislative Activities on Electronics and RISE—tax credits for recycling equipment –

• Rona Cohen, Council of State Governments
• Mark Reiter, ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries)

3:00

Movement of Materials Across State Lines & Effect on Regional Recycling Markets

• Jennifer Griffith, NEWMOA (Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association) ~ Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste
• Hans Arnold, Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority ~ Flow Control

5:00

Adjourn

5:30

Social Hour at Northampton Brewery sponsored by

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00

Welcoming Remarks: James Short, Delaware Department of Resources and Environmental Control, Vice-President, NERC Board of Directors

9:15

Role of Recycling and Climate Change Take part in the discussion

• Keith Weitz, RTI International
• Jason Farren, Environmental Engineer

11:15

Barriers to Food Waste Composting in the Northeast  

• Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

12:30 

LUNCH - Wiggins Tavern

1:30

Expanding Markets in the Northeast for Challenging Recyclables  - Glass and Carpets

• Brenda Grober, New York Environmental Services Unit
• Bob Bylone , Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center
• Phil Bailey, SustainAbility
• Bob Peoples, CARE (Carpet America Recovery Effort)

3:30

Adjourn