<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_lu73c45n2" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div><font size="4">Here is an opportunity to learn more about zero waste programs. Check out the information below and consider attending the hybrid option.  </font><br><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_lu739it01" alt="image.png" width="555" height="281"><br></div><div><div style="min-height:100%"><div class="gmail-nH" style="width:1280px"><div class="gmail-nH" style=""><div class="gmail-nH gmail-aqk gmail-aql gmail-bkL" style="display:flex;background-color:transparent"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-bkK" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="gmail-nH" style="border-radius:16px;margin-bottom:16px;overflow-y:hidden"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-ar4 gmail-z"><div class="gmail-aeI"><div class="gmail-AO" style=""><div id="gmail-:3" class="gmail-Tm gmail-aeJ" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;overflow-y:scroll;padding-right:0px;height:769px"><div id="gmail-:1" class="gmail-aeF" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:bottom;min-height:579px"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH" role="main"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-g"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-a98 gmail-iY" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;min-height:64ex;min-width:502px;margin:0px;padding-right:16px"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-aHU gmail-hx" style="background-color:transparent;min-width:502px;padding:0px"><div role="list"><div class="gmail-h7 gmail-ie" role="listitem" aria-expanded="true" tabindex="-1" style="padding-bottom:0px;max-width:100000px;clear:both;outline:none"><div class="gmail-Bk" style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;width:936px"><div class="gmail-G3 gmail-G2" style="border-top:none;padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-right:0px;border-bottom:0px rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left:0px;border-radius:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div><div id="gmail-:15w"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:initial"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:1af" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div id="gmail-:1bx" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="direction:initial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>The <b>Zero Waste Forum and International Dialogue</b> will be held in San Francisco on April 4th and 5th as part of the Zero Waste Forum —  a week of events held in conjunction with International Zero Waste Day. This is a recognized Zero Waste Event by the <b>United Nations</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>Keynote Speakers: </div><div><b><a href="https://www.un.org/pga/77/zeynep-celikel/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="font-size:unset;letter-spacing:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",arial,sans-serif;text-transform:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;text-transform:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size:inherit"><font color="#0000ff">Dr. Zeynep Celikel</font></span></a>, </b>United Nations, Advisor in Human Rights & Humanitarian Team in the Office of the President of the 77th session of the General Assembly,</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/crystal-dreisbach-09b52a163/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="font-size:unset;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",arial,sans-serif;text-transform:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;text-transform:inherit;font-weight:700;line-height:inherit;font-size:inherit"><font color="#0000ff">Crystal Dreisbach</font></span></a><b>, </b>CEO of Upstream,  Expanding the Reuse and Circular Economy,</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://katiepatrick.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" style="font-size:unset;font-weight:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",arial,sans-serif;text-transform:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;text-transform:inherit;font-weight:700;line-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