Scholarships Available to Attend Recycling Conference

[Marisela Castro]

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From: "Bruce Olszewski" <bruce.o...@sjsu.edu>

Hello Everyone!  

I'm writing to encourage your attendance at this conference. CDR has been granted 20 scholarships (!) which means you can attend this professional event for free!  This event is consistently rated as the best recycling conference in the nation.  It's also nice that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes.  This is a great way to learn about this growing field, learn of career possibilities and to meet a few pros from government, industry, and non-profits who are active in the field.  If you want to make a difference in your career and to be well-paid, this is good time-investment and free makes it even better!  You're welcome to bring a friends or family.  

I'll be going and can take 4 people with me.  Let me know if you'd like to go and if you'd like to carpool.  I need to send a list of those who are going on Friday.   For more conference details please see http://ncrarecycles.org/2016/03/ru-speakers-2016/

Bruce Olszewski, Director and Lecturer

San Jose State University

Environmental Studies Department

Center for the Development of Recycling (CDR)

Santa Clara County Recycling, Household Hazardous Waste Hotline and Website

One Washington Square

San Jose, CA 95192-0204

www.RecycleStuff.org

www.sjsu.edu/depts/EnvStudies

Office: (408) 924-5350, CDR: 1-800-533-8414, EnvS: (408) 924-5450

     

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Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser » NCRA e-News February 26, 2016 ZERO WASTE WEEK REMINDERS EARLY BIRD PRICES END TONIGHT! Tour and Speakers Announced Below!   Recycling Update Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 8:30am - 4:40pm Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA   Doors open at 8am!                   Bring your coffee mug!   SAVE $50 -- REGISTER TODAY! Members - $100, Non-Members - $175 AFTER 2/26: Members - $150, Non-Members - $225   Recycling Update: THE event of the season for Northern California discards management professionals! The day features 25 experts speaking on the spectrum of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot, as well as networking opportunities, a delicious Zero Waste lunch and plenty of ideas to bring home to your community. Often referred to as conference “speed dating,” speakers have only 10 minutes (plus a few minutes of Q&A) to let you know about the latest and greatest in waste reduction, high diversion and Zero Waste. Attendees include municipal staff, service providers, consultants and activists as well as local, regional and state policy-makers and members of the media covering Sustainability, Zero Waste, Reuse, Recycling, Composting and Product Stewardship. Thanks to the Program Committee - NCRA President Laura McKaughan and Rebecca Jewell!   Tour: Unwanted and Imperfect Food Tour - Redistribution, Collection and Anaerobic Digestion Wednesday, 3/23/16, 9:30am - 2pm, $30, after 3/14, $40 Interested in what happens to our local food scraps? How about unwanted food? On Wednesday, March 23, NCRA will tour Marin Sanitary’s food scrap collection program and the Marin Sanitary/Central Marin Sanitation Agency's Food To Energy Anaerobic Digestion Facility. After lunch in San Rafael, the tour will visit Imperfect Produce, an innovative Emeryville CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) that delivers “cosmetically-challenged” fruit and veggies to homes and offices. Sign up soon; this tour will fill up fast!   Speakers: JARED BLUMENFELD, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, USEPA REGION 9 - PACIFIC SOUTHWEST. Appointed by President Obama in 2009, Mr. Blumenfeld’s priorities at EPA include strong enforcement, environmental justice, protecting and restoring our air, land and waters, building strong federal, state, local and tribal partnerships and taking action on climate change. Before joining the EPA, he was Director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment for eight years. While there he helped initiate many landmark environmental laws including San Francisco’s plastic bag ban, a 2020 Zero Waste goal, LEED Gold building standards and an overarching precautionary principle framework DANA FRASZ, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, FOOD SHIFT.  In 2003, Ms. Franz  launched an award-winning program at Sarah Lawrence College to recover and redistribute surplus food from local businesses and the school dining hall. Ms. Franz founded Food Shift of Oakland, CA in 2012 to help strengthen the food recovery infrastructure, provide jobs and improve access to good nutrition. Alameda Kitchen, Food Shift's newest initiative, raised $32,000 via Indegogo in 30 days and they are now working raising the remaining $90,000 needed to open their doors. MIGUEL ROBLES, CO-FOUNDER AND PROJECT DIRECTOR, BIOSAFETY ALLIANCE. Artisan, poet, urban farmer and activist, Mr. Robles has founded several organizations and campaigns of great social impact including Justice Begins with Seeds and Soil Not Oil Campaign and International Conference. Well-known throughout the social justice networks, he has spoken at conferences and community events about immigrant rights and environment/al non-GMO advocacy. For years Mr. Robles has hosted a weekly Spanish language program at a commercial Bay Area radio station in which he educates listeners about urban farming, sustainability, environmental issues and food. These three will be joined by 20 or more other innovators including: Maria Javier, Environmental Specialist, City of Fremont Environmental Services, “Fremont Times Square: A Local Success Story." Teresa Montgomery, Public Relations Manager for Garden City Sanitation, “San José Residential Food Scraps Pilot-- from Fork to Feed!” Matt Cotton, Compost Consultant, Integrated Waste Management Consulting, “Compost Rules: Moren just CalRecycle/Title 14 Regs.” Dana Frasz, Founder of Food Shift, “Food Waste Reduction in Santa Clara County.” Jessica Connolly, Recycling Programs Coordinator for multifamily dwellings at Marin Sanitary Service, “Multifamily Dwelling Compost Pilot: Measuring how Outreach Tools Influences Participation.” Evan Edgar, Principal, Edgar & Associate, “The California Plan before the Ban Goes Global.” Doug Button, President and General Manager, South San Francisco Scavenger,“ Making Gas Not Trash.” Tim Dewey-Mattia, Recycling & Public Education Manager for Napa Recycling & Waste Services, “Disaster Diversion - Zero Waste Lessons from the Napa Earthquake, Drought, Floods, & Wildfires.” Jessica Robinson and Laura McKaughan, NCRA Board of Directors and Co-Project Leads, “Tough Love, Organics Outreach to MFDs in East Oakland.”   Rob Hilton, Vice President, HF&H Consultants, “How to Stop Worrying and Start Loving Charges for Recycling and Organics.” Damon Carson, President, repurposedMATERIALS, “Repurposing Industrial Waste Streams.” Josh Simpson, Director of Marketing, Kamps Propane, “Innovation for Recreation – The Little Kamper Refillable Propane Tank." Eric Dubinsky, Project Scientist, Ecology Department at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, “The Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Thermophilic Compost.” Maybo AuYeung, Zero Waste Coordinator, Zero Waste Palo Alto, "Organizing Youth for Change." Mike O’Donnell, Managing Director, Mattress Recycling Council, “Mattress Collection and Recycling Programs.” Wes Nelson, Sales and Marketing Manager, GreenWaste Carpet Recycling, “California’s Magic Carpet Ride." Susan Collins, President. Container Recycling Institute, “California Beverage Container Program Needs Our Help.” For more information, visit NCRA at www.ncrarecycles.org and select Activities, ZWW/Recycling Update. Also check out the NCRA YouTube Channel to see a sample of past RU presentations.   Copyright © 2016 Northern California Recycling Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this announcement because you are a NCRA member and/or previously took part in one of our events. 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