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color:black'>Free webinar opportunity from EPA, Thursday, July 15, 12-1:30 CST
(same day & time as Econservation’s PAYT webinar, unfortunately)…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.2pt;mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt'><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Recycling
and Market Development of Unique Materials<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Most
people are familiar with how to recycle paper, bottle and cans, but what about
materials like flower pots, toys, mattresses, the dreaded Styrofoam (polystyrene
technically) and plastic cups? Learn how to recycle the “hard
stuff” from three experts at this month’s Resource Conservation Challenge
webinar. To register, go to <a
href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/488065443">GoToWebinar</a> </span><a
href="http://www.epa.gov/epahome/exitepa.htm"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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src="cid:image001.gif@01CB190E.DBA792A0" alt="Exit EPA"></span></a><span
lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-bottom:6.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.0pt'><b><span lang=EN
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Speaker Bios<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Elizabeth A. Bedard</span></strong><b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>
-</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'> Ms. Bedard has over 30 years experience in the solid waste
management and recycling field, always searching for new, creative and
sustainable ways to “dig deeper into the dumpster”. As Director of
the NH Governor’s Recycling Program for fifteen years, she successfully
developed statewide municipal, business and school recycling programs. She is
one of the founders as well as served twice as Executive Director of the
Northeast Resource Recovery Association, the oldest and largest recycling
cooperative in the US. In addition her experience as a local Selectperson and
other Board positions have given her a valuable base of regional, state and
local experience. Now, as a consultant, she is the Director of the Association
of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers “Rigid Plastics Recycling Program”.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Chuck Brickman</span></strong><strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> is the owner of
Ohio Mattress Recovery and Recycling, a green business started in 2006 to help
colleges, universities, businesses, and municipalities to divert the mattresses
they were sending to landfills. Mr. Brickman received his B.S. from The Ohio
State University in 1998 and his masters degree from Kent State in 1999. Ohio
Mattress Recovery and Recycling has helped to divert over 1,000,000 pounds of
mattresses from landfills since the business has started.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Connie S. Oppedal</span></strong><strong><span
lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;
font-weight:normal'> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
font-weight:normal'>is the CEO of Gateway to Special Abilities, LLC.
Connie has developed a successful business model that incorporates
re-use, re-purposing and recycling methods to create closed loop systems that
bring environmentally sound solutions to business partners. She has a
Master’s degree in Counseling and Personnel Services from Drake
University, Des Moines, Iowa and has over 20 years experience providing
services to persons with disabilities. She will talk about how her
company, which provides opportunities for people with special needs, provides
recycling and other solutions for businesses. Although it is not the only
material they can handle, they are successfully collecting and densifying
Styrofoam (and then transporting it for recycling into picture frames) at 6
locations serving over 3000 stores. More than 8 million pounds of
polystyrene is projected to be recycled at these locations.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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