City of Santa Monica - Office of Sustainability and the Environment
Global Recycling Council (www.crra.com) and
Earth Resource Foundation presents
"The Pieces of Zero Waste:
Compostable Plastics: Certification, Labeling and Food Ware Composting"
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 9 am to 1:30 pm
City of Santa Monica Main Library
Conference Program
Agenda
8:30 am Coffee and Registration
9:30-11:00
Welcome:
Stephanie Barger, Executive Director, Earth Resource Foundation
Dean Kubani
, Director, Office of Sustainability and the Environment
Presentations:
Josephine Miller, City of
Santa Monica
and Alex Dmitriew, City of
San Francisco
: “Managing Municipal Non-Recyclable Food Container Bans: The challenges of identifying compliant compostable bioplastics.”
Thomas Wright, Sustainable Bizness Practices: “Will Green Plastic enable Zero Waste?”
John Connolly, JFConnolly & Associates: “Certification 101: BPI and ASTM 6400”
Brian Glasbrenner, and Steve Davies, NatureWorks LLC: “The Facts & Fiction around Bioplastics”
Tim Ronan, Primo Water: "Producer Responsibility. Before, during and after introduction”
Dave Baldwin, Community Recycling: “What really happens to your bioplastic container in industrial composting”
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:15 Breakout Session: “How do bioplastics fit into the Zero Waste Policies?”
12:15 – 12:30 Break and lunch by Green Truck
12:30 – 1:00 Presentations by breakout groups and working lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Next Steps and Adjourn
Summary of Breakout Session
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