6:30 – 7:00
Morning Stretch
(Looking for volunteer activity leaders. If interested, contact mb@swana.org)
8:00 – 19:00
Onsite Registration Open
8:00 – 9:00
2017 Awards Program
All are welcome.
Climate Change
8:00 – 8:30
Greenhouse Gases and Waste: A Changing Climate for Decision-making (0.5 CEU)
Dominic Hogg, Founding Director, Eunomia Research & Consulting, United Kingdom
Room 316
This presentation reviews the overall impact that improved waste and resource management may make to the balance of emissions from the waste management sector.
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Closing Dumpsites
8:00 – 8:30
Recovery of Volumes within Active or Exhausted Landfills: Patented Retaining Structure (0.5 CEU)
Daniele Cocca, Chief Environmental Engineer and Overseas Sales Manager, Geom. Ciro Frisoli & C. S.a.s., Italy
Room 323
This presentation provides a general overview of the process that constitutes Geom. Ciro Frisoli & C. S.a.s.’s, patented landfill retaining structure.
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Smart Technologies Resource Management
8:00 – 8:30
Meaningful Convergence of Smart City Solutions and Core City Services (0.5 CEU)
Leila Dillon, Vice President, Global Marketing & NA Distribution, BigBelly, Massachusetts
Room 321
This session steps outside the comfort zone to examine how smart, connected technology can transform public space waste management.
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Waste Management Challenges
8:00 – 8:30
Modeling Heat Generation at Landfills Experiencing Elevated Temperatures (0.5 CEU)
Dr. Morton Barlaz, Distinguished University Professor, North Carolina State University, North Carolina
Room 309
This presentation will outline appropriate actions to manage landfills with elevated temperatures.
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Resource Management Circular Economy
8:00 – 9:30
Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Resource Management (2.5 CEUs)
Björn Appelqvist, Ramboll. Chair of the ISWA Working Group on Recycling and Waste Minimisation, Denmark
John Skinner, Environmental Consulting LLC (former ISWA President and former executive director of SWANA), Washington, D.C.
Ole Morten Petersen, Managing Director of DAKOFA (Waste and Resource Network Denmark), Denmark
Bettina Kamuk, Global Market Director, Waste to Energy, Ramboll, Denmark
Philip White, Associate Professor, Industrial Design and Senior Sustainability Scientist, Arizona State University
Room 315
This session will present the outcome of ISWA’s Barriers to Sustainable Resource Management project, leading to a panel discussion from multiple perspectives.
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8:00 – 9:30
Grow Your Business, Reach New Markets: U.S. Government Value-Add Services for U.S. Exporters (2.5 CEUs)
Craig O’Connor, Director of Business Development, Environmental & Sustainable Technology Exports, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Robert Sexton, Director, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Washington, D.C.
David Vidal, International Trade Finance Policy Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Washington, DC
Room 314
This session will highlight the resources that U.S. Government offers industry exporters to enter or increase their presence in international markets.
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Resource Management
8:00 – 9:30
Food Waste: One of the World’s Dumbest Problems (2.5 CEUs)
Ruth Abbe, Principal, Abbe Associates, California
Lana Suarez, Associate Chief, Materials Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
Tamara Shulman, Team Lead, Solid Waste Planning, Tetra Tech, Canada
Marie Mourad, Food Waste Researcher and Consultant, Sciences Po Paris - Center for the Sociology of Organizations, France
Room 310
Learn about solutions to reduce food waste, expand food donation and feed hungry people.
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Smart Technologies
8:00 – 9:30
Smart Technologies in Collection Transportation, Part 2: “But Wait Here’s More” (2.5 CEUs)
Jason Gates, Co-Founder, Compology, California
Bryan Dodds, Director Aftermarket Product Development, McNeilus Truck, Pennsylvania
Don Diego Padilla, Vice President, FleetMind, Quebec
Room 308
As a follow-up to the discussion on Monday, this session will detail specific technologies and how they are transforming, and disrupting the industry.
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8:30 – 9:00
CEU FasTrack Meet Up
Circular Economy
8:45 – 9:15
Circular Economy in Hamburg (0.5 CEU)
Ronja Grumbrecht, Process Engineer, Stadtreinigung Hamburg, Germany
Room 319
Following this presentation, participants will be able to understand and evaluate ways waste treatment gains reusable products and generates electrical power.
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Climate Change
8:45 – 9:15
Quantifying GHG Emissions Reduction from Waste and Resource Management Techniques (0.5 CEU)
Alex Stege, Senior Project Advisor, SCS Engineers, Arizona
Room 316
This presentation will allow participants to understand the limitations of life-cycle analysis in guiding local solid waste management decisions.
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Closing Dumpsites
8:45 – 9:15
Transforming a Large Inactive Urban Landfill into a Successful Park (0.5 CEU)
Joseph Curro, Principal Engineer, CDM Smith, Massachusetts
Room 323
Following the presentation, participants will be able to monitor and document the activities involved in closing and capping a landfill properly.
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Resource Management
8:45 – 9:15
Circular Economy Approach in Oman’s Waste Management (0.5 CEU)
Mohammed Al-Harthy, Executive Vice President, Strategic Development, Oman Environmental Services Holding Company “be’ah”
Room 318
This presentation will feature legacy issues and practices explaining how the company went about putting its circular economy strategy in place.
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9:00 – 9:30
ISWA Award Presentation
9:30 – 10:30
KEYNOTE: Megacities Solid Waste Leaders Panel (1 CEU)
Kathryn Garcia, Commissioner, New York City Department of Sanitation, New York
Jim McKay, General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, City of Toronto, Canada
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10:00 – 14:00
Exhibit Hall Open
Young Professionals
10:45 – 12:00
How Local Government Waste Policies Resemble the Energizer Bunny (1 CEU)
Barry Shanoff, Esq., General Counsel, SWANA
Room 321
Besides summarizing key cases, Mr. Shanoff will discuss policy implications of court decisions that have shaped the development of solid waste law.
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12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break in the Exhibit Hall
Young Professionals
12:00 – 13:00
SWANA YP Annual Meeting
12:30 – 13:45
ISWA Working Group on Landfill (Meeting jointly with the SWANA Landfill Management Technical Division)
Room 311
After you eat, come join ISWA’s Working Group on Landfill and SWANA’s Landfill Management Technical Division for a “Meet and Greet” conversation.
14:00 – 15:00
How to Get Published 101 (1 CEU)
Dr. Agamuthu Pariatamby, FASc, Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences University of Malaya (Editor-in-Chief of WM&R), Malaysia
Matt Landau, Senior Publishing Editor, SAGE Publishing, California
Lucy Price, Marketing Manager, SAGE Publishing, California
Room 315
This panel discussion is for those interested in publishing in the International Solid Waste Association’s academic journal, Waste Management and Research.
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Closing Dumpsites
14:00 – 14:30
Closing Dumpsites: Assessing the Practicality of a Solution (0.5 CEU)
Bruce Clark, Project Director, SCS Engineers, Florida
Room 323
This presentation compares the alternate design with the regulatory design of a dumpsite closure project, and the costs and practicality associated with both.
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Energy Recovery
14:00 – 14:30
New Community Engagement Techniques to Avoid Costly Delays for EfW (0.5 CEU)
Paul Davison, Managing Director, Proteus Public Relations Ltd, United Kingdom
Room 320
The presentation will explain the strategies and three levels of communications needed to gain public acceptance for energy from waste.
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Smart Technology
14:00 – 14:30
Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Landfill Gas Potential (0.5 CEU)
Robert Walker, Data Scientist, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., Maryland
Jeremy Morris, Senior Engineer, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., Maryland
Room 321
This presentation will explore machine learning algorithms that can be used to predict how changes in landfill operations might affect long-term gas potential.
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Climate Change
14:00 – 14:45
KEYNOTE: The New Plastics Economy (0.75 CEU)
Gary Crawford, VP International Affairs, Public Affairs Department, Veolia, France
Rachel Goldstein, Global Sustainability Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Mars, Incorporated, Virginia
Michiel De Smet, Project Manager, New Plastics Economy, Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation, United Kingdom
The Speakers will present the New Plastics Economy Initiative: a system that will capture material value and improve economic and environmental outcomes.
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Climate Change
14:00 – 15:00
Climate Change, Vulnerability through IWMS, Climate Resilience Analysis, Dubrovnik Croatia (1 CEU)
Christos Tsompanidis, Chemical Engineer, ENVIROPLAN S.A, Greece
Room 310
This presentation will compare the results of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in various scenarios for integrated and sustainable waste management systems.
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Closing Dumpsites
14:00 – 15:00
Challenges for Closing Open Dump Sites in India (1 CEU)
Robert Dick, Vice President, SCS Engineers, Virginia
Ranjiv Gupta, Ph.D., P.E., Project Engineer, Geosyntec Consultants, Arizona
Nimmi Damodaran, Principal Associate, Abt Associates, Maryland
Thomas Frankiewicz, Lead, International Biogas Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division, Washington, D.C.
Kamal Raj, Team Member, Infrastructure and Green Initiatives, Infosys Ltd, India
Room 314
The panel in this session will discuss their experiences studying and working with communities in India to improve solid waste practices.
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Resource Management
14:00 – 15:30
A Hop across the Pond: A Discussion of U.S. and European Recycling and Waste Reduction (1.5 CEUs)
Tracie Onstad-Bills, Northern California Director SMM, SCS Engineers, California
Herman Huisman, Senior Advisor, RWS, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, The Netherlands
Room 308
Speakers will describe the similarities and differences between recycling and waste reduction policies and programs in the U.S. and Europe.
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Closing Dumpsites
14:45 – 15:15
Technical Problems and Challenges of Closing Open Dumps (1 CEU)
James Law, P.E., BCEE, LEED AP BD&C, Project Director, SCS Engineers, North Carolina
Room 323
This presentation addresses common challenges when closing open dumps in developing countries and aims to stimulate audience participation and discussion.
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Circular Economy
14:45 – 15:15
Accounting for Non-hazardous Industrial Waste in the United States (0.5 CEU)
Jonathan Krones, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Connecticut
Jon Powell, Ph.D. Student, Yale University, Connecticut
Room 319
This presentation delivers a method to populate the first reliable, economy-wide account of non-hazardous industrial waste in the U.S.
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Climate Change Energy Recovery
14:45 – 15:15
New Waste-to-Energy Plant as a Catalyst for a Smart City (0.5 CEU)
Philip Heylen, Chairman of the Board, ISVAG, Belgium
Room 316
This presentation will examine the role of the waste-to-energy plant in the fight against climate change.
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Energy Recovery
14:45 – 15:15
Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Fraction from Municipal Solid Waste (0.5 CEU)
Thomas Gratz, Director of Sales, Hitachi Zosen Inova USA, LLC, Georgia
Room 320
By attending this presentation, participants will learn about the beneficial use of organics from municipal solid waste.
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Resource Management
14:45 – 15:15
Learning from the Successes of a Municipal Materials Reuse Program (0.5 CEU)
Lashan Branham, Chief Operating Officer, L.A. SHARES, California
Room 318
This presentation will examine how a municipal reuse program can address the escalating problem of overcrowded landfills.
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Smart Technology
14:45 – 15:15
ZenRobotics Automated Picking Stations (0.5 CEU)
William Hancock, Vice President of Operations, Plexus Recycling Technologies, Colorado
Room 321
The presentation will explain why robotics are the future of the solid waste industry.
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Waste Management Challenges
14:45 – 15:15
Drivers of Opportunity in Solid Waste (0.5 CEU)
Michael Hoffman, Managing Director, Stifel, Maryland
Room 309
Audience participants will be presented with a dynamic assessment of how the fundamentals of solid waste management could change.
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Marine Litter
15:00 – 15:45
Marine Litter Keynote Session: Introduction of Marine Litter Segment (0.75 CEU)
ISWA Marine Litter Task Force
Circular Economy
15:30 – 16:00
Navigating the Development of a Circular Economy Roadmap (0.5 CEU)
Lenny Van Klink, Director, RebelGroup BV, The Netherlands
By attending this presentation, participants will better be able to understand the principles of creating more circular cities using Rotterdam as an example.
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Energy Recovery
15:15 – 16:15
2017 European Union Emission Directive for Waste to Energy Facilities (BREF) (1 CEU)
Ole Hedegaard Madsen, Technology Director, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, Denmark
Johnny Stuen, Technical Director, Waste to Energy Agency, City of Oslo, Norway
Larry Hiner, Interim General Manager, Palm Beach Resource Recovery Corporation, Babcock and Wilcox, Florida
Room 315
This discussion will be based on a short presentation of the main news in the European Union's updated waste-to-energy standards.
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Resource Management
15:15 – 16:15
Franchising as a Tool to Foster Sustainable Materials Management (1 CEU)
David Herberholz, Director of Solid Waste and Recycling, City of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Erick Roberts, Superintendent, Environmental Services, City of Springfield, Missouri
Room 310
This panel discussion will focus on the application of residential and commercial collection franchising to foster additional waste diversion.
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Climate Change
15:30 – 16:00
Reducing Our Carbon Footprint with Exposed Geosynthetic Cover Systems (0.5 CEU)
Clay Reichert, P.E., Technical Manager, GSE Environmental, Georgia
Room 316
This presentation will allow participants to understand the environmental and economic advantages to using an exposed geosynthetic cover system.
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Closing Dumpsites
15:30 – 16:00
Dump Closure as Part of Guam’s Solid Waste System Turnaround (0.5 CEU)
Christopher Lund, P.E., PSS, CPESC, Senior Vice President/Owner, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB), Virginia
Room 323
This presentation will walk attendees through cover selection options for solid waste systems in extreme locations.
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Energy Recovery
15:30 – 16:00
Innovative Two-Phase Anaerobic Digestion (0.5 CEU)
Jonathan Wong, Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Room 320
This presentation will report on how two-phase anaerobic digestion will lead to better commercialization potential.
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Resource Management
15:30 – 16:00
High Diversion (HD) Mixed Waste Processing (0.5 CEU)
Jake Westerhof, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Canada Fibers/Urban Resource Group, Canada
Room 318
This presentation will outline options for processing mixed solid waste to recover materials for recycling, composting and energy recovery.
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Smart Technology
15:30 – 16:00
Selective Collection Projects Using Mobile Technology: The Startup Minha Coleta (0.5 CEU)
Gisele Benedicto Dos Santos, Waste Consultant, COPPE - Prefeitura de Mesquita, Brazil
Room 321
Participants will learn how the municipality of Mesquita is succeeding with the implementation of the waste selective collection program.
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Waste Management Challenges
15:30 – 16:00
Master the Science of Solid Waste Operations through Process Improvement (0.5 CEU)
Neal Bolton, President/Lead Consultant, Blue Ridge Services, Inc., California
Room 309
Using case studies and real-life examples, this presentation will discuss how to master the science of solid waste operations through process improvement.
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Circular Economy
16:00 – 17:00
Zero Waste and the Circular Economy in Action Around the World (1 CEU)
Pål Mårtensson, Let’s Do It Foundation/Zero Waste Europe, Sweden
Rodrigo Sabatini, President, Instituto Lixo Zero Brasil (Institute Zero Waste Brazil)
Ana Carvalho, Board Member, Zero Waste International Alliance and Environmental Specialist, City of San Diego, California
Neil Seldman, Board Member, Zero Waste International Alliance and President, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington, D.C.
Leslie Lukacs, Board Member, Zero Waste International Alliance and Sustainable Material Management/Zero Waste Consultant, SCS Engineers, California
This session highlights efforts of the Zero Waste International Alliance and National Affiliates supporting communities working towards a world without waste.
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Resource Management
16:00 – 18:00
Evaluating the Impact on Waste Management caused by the Changing Waste Stream Composition (2 CEUs)
Robert Schoenberger, P.E., Ph.D., Board Member, Chester County Solid Waste Authority, Pennsylvania
Alex Stege, Senior Project Advisor, SCS Engineers, Arizona
James Law, S.C.,P.E., BCEE, LEED AP, Project Director, SCS Engineers, North Carolina
Tim Mitchell, P.E., Project Manager, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Pennsylvania
David Dugger, S.C., Landfill Manager, City of Denton, Texas
Luis Marinheiro, Senior Environmental Engineering Consultant, Chair of the Working Group on Landfill of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), Portugal
Room 308
This panel discussion examines factors impacting changes to waste composition, and their implications for waste management, particularly sanitary landfilling.
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Circular Economy
16:15 – 16:45
Pulling Together Private and Public-Private Circular Economy Loop Deals (0.5 CEU)
Roger Feldman, Esq., Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP, Washington, D.C.
Room 319
This presentation explains new forms of transactions for government/private company collaborations in terms of their relationship to key legal /policy issues.
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Climate Change Resource Management
16:15 – 16:45
Composting in the U.S.: Using Organics to Reduce Climate Change (0.5 CEU)
Matt Cotton, Principal, Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC, California
Room 316
This presentation will highlight recent developments in both policy and practice towards reducing disposal of organics in landfills.
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Closing Dumpsites
16:15 – 16:45
Dumpsites Remediation Holistic Model (0.5 CEU)
Lucia Barcia, CEO, Impactos Ambientales SA, Argentina
Room 323
This presentation will allow participants to better design, plan and develop a closing dumpsites project for Latin American and other developing countries.
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Energy Recovery
16:15 – 16:45
Smart Control Systems: Maximize Plant ROI and Support Preventative Maintenance (0.5 CEU)
Allan Evora, President, Affinity Energy, North Carolina
Wayne Marshall, P.E., Principal/CEO, Petra Engineering, and Managing Director, ReNew Petra, North Carolina
Room 320
This presentation will outline how to design your plant control system for maximum ROI by using a scalable and comprehensive SCADA system.
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Resource Management
16:15 – 16:45
Recycling Business Models that Work (0.5 CEU)
Ron Gonen, CEO, Closed Loop Partners, New York
Room 318
This presentation will demonstrate how to attract the capital to grow your recycling program, or to build a profitable program or business.
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Energy Recovery
16:30 – 17:30
Biowaste Recovery is the Essential Ingredient of a Low Carbon Waste Policy (1 CEU)
David Newman, President, World Biogas Association, United Kingdom
Mohammed Al-Harthy, Executive Vice President, Strategic Development, Oman Environmental Services Holding Company “be’ah”
Johnny Stuen, Technical Director, Waste to Energy Agency, City of Oslo, Norway
Dominic Hogg, Founding Director, Eunomia Research & Consulting, United Kingdom
Kathleen Salyer, Deputy Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Ricardo Cepeda-Márquez, Head of Solid Waste Initiative, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, United Kingdom
Ranjith Kharvel Annepu, Co-Founder and Curator, be Waste Wise, New York
Room 315
The presentation explores reasons for sporadic biogas uptake in less developed regions, and how governments can enhance biogas technologies.
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Circular Economy
17:00 – 17:30
Method for Dynamic Visualization of Waste Management Performance (0.5 CEU)
Roland Pomberger, Head of Chair of Waste Processing Technology and Waste Management, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, AVAW, Austria
Room 319
This presentation describes the dynamic visualization of waste management performance using the Ternary Diagram Method.
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Closing Dumpsites
17:00 – 17:30
Management of Water in the Final Cover of Dumpsites (0.5 CEU)
Ali Khatami, Vice President, SCS Engineers, Virginia
Room 323
The intent of this presentation is to address the design of an effective management system for one of several types of liquids at a landfill facility.
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Smart Technologies
17:00 – 17:30
Macroencapsulation as a Means to Increase Capacity and Reuse Materials (0.5 CEU)
Jeff Crate, P.G., President, Waste Resource Services, LLC, Virginia
John Swenson, Managing Partner, EnCAP-IT, Virginia
Room 321
The presentation will address the use of encapsulation technology, and several case studies illustrating its implementation.
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Waste Management Challenges Circular Economy
17:00 – 17:30
Let’s Share Circulair: Rotterdam Makes It Happen (0.5 CEU)
Pex Langenberg, Vice Mayor for Mobility, Sustainability and Culture, City of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rotterdam is one of the leading cities in circular economy in The Netherlands.
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Marine Litter
17:00 – 17:45
Marine Litter Keynote Session (0.75 CEU)
Young Professionals
17:45 – 18:15
Breakout Session with Chad Pregracke (0.5 CEU)
The ISWA Young Professionals Group will host a post-session discussion with the presenter of the Marine Litter Keynote Session.
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19:00 – 23:00
Gala Networking Event
Dinner and entertainment at Camden Yards, the home stadium of the Baltimore Orioles, a major league baseball team.
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