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Agenda of The 2007 Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Planning and Implementing Green Festivals and Events Workshop

John Homa, City of Knoxville Tennessee
Catherine Wilt, University of Tennessee

Monday, March 12, 2007

Keynote Opening Session

Welcome to SERC 2007
Traditional Recycling: Markets Outlook Panel
Moderator: Jerry Powell, Resource Recycling
Bill Moore, Moore & Associates
Tom Burns, Strategic Materials
Bill Heenan, Steel Recycling Institute
Rudy Underwood, American Plastics Council
Steve Thompson, Aluminum Association

Funding Solid Waste and Recycling Services

Ray Moreau, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.
Joe Dunlop, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Darrell R. O'Neal, New River Solid Waste Association

Which way to go? Single Stream, Dual Stream, Source Separation

Moderator: Phillip Bresee, Broward County, Florida
Mike Taylor, WM/Recycle America
Jerry Powell, Resource Recycling
Ralph Simon, SP Recycling Corp.

Pay-as-you-Throw: Can it Work for Your Community?

Moderator: Pam Swingle, US EPA Region 4
Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc.
Suki Janssen, Athens-Clarke, Georgia
Tim Bratton, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Concurrent Session 1: Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling

Moderator: Kim Smith, City of Fairhope
Pam Swingle, US EPA Region 4
Mark Williams, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Stan Sharp, Mobile Forest Products

Concurrent Session 2: Emerging Trends in Non-Traditional Recyclables

Moderator: Victor Storelli, Storelli Recycling Company, Inc.
Carpet: Bob Peoples, Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE)
Expanded Polystyrene: Gene Jones, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.
Ammunition: Gene Jones, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.
Auto Part Reuse: Eric Singer, Pull-A-Part, LLC

Concurrent Session 3: Recycling Awareness and Special Events Recycling

Moderator: Randy Hartmann, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Special Events Recycling: Greening of Events and Venues
Barbara Heineken, City of Tampa, Social Marketing Strategies for Recycling Awareness
Kelley Dennings, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Concurrent Session 4: Organics Composting & Waste-to-Fuels

Brian Taylor, Recycling Today Media Group
Richard Schroeder, BioResource Management, Inc.
Kevin Jones, Earth Clean Technologies, Inc.

Concurrent Session 5: Continuing Role of Material Exchanges in the Southeast

Moderator: Richard Buggeln, Tennessee Materials Exchange
Gene Jones, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.
Chuck Boelkins, Georgia Industrial Material Exchange

Concurrent Session 6: Electronic Recycling

Moderator: Peter Muscanelli, International Association of Electronic Recyclers (IAER)
David Thompson, Panasonic
Jon Yob, Creative Recycling Systems, Inc.
Seth Heine, CollectiveGood International

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Concurrent Session 7: Beneficial Reuse

Cam Metcalf, Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
Use of Mixed Glass, Waste Tires, and Fluorescent Tube Glass in Pre-Cast Concrete Products, Gene Jones, Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.
From Sand to Glass back to Sand: Broward County Closes the Loop by Utilizing Recycled Glass for Beach Renourishment, Phillip Bresee, Broward County, FL

Concurrent Session 8: Trends in Rural Recycling

Moderator: Lisa White, SP Recycling Corp.
Christina Treglia, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation
Carroll Copeland, Liberty County, FL
Mickey Mills, Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corporation

General Session: Sustainable Packaging

Moderator: Frances Kennedy, Tetra Pak, Inc.
Is Sustainable Packaging Sustainable?, Michele Wagner, Tetra Pak, Inc.