[p2tech] EPA Zero Waste Webinar 9/17/09

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EPA's RCC Web Academy:
Zero Waste: From Philosophy to Practical Implementation
September 17, 2009

You are cordially invited to EPA's Next RCC Web Academy on Thursday, 
September 17, 2009 @ 1:00-2:30 PM EDT (10 am-11:30 am PDT)

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


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 
<http://www.garyliss.com/>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
<file:///C:/DOCUME~1/Gary/LOCALS~1/Temp/www.epa.gov/recycleonthego>www.epa.gov/recycleonthego

Actual Address:
Two Potomac Yards (North Building)
2733 South Crystal Drive
5th Floor, #5342
Arlington, VA  22202

Gary Liss
Gary Liss & Associates
4395 Gold Trail Way
Loomis, CA  95650-8929
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
gary at garyliss.com
www.garyliss.com 
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