[OKRA] EPA Zero Waste Webinar Announcement

[Shields, Susie]

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

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

Zero Waste: From Philosophy to Practical Implementation, September 17,
2009 

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 Gary Liss & Associates
<http://www.garyliss.com/>  (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. 
        

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