2020 Michigan Recycling Coalition Annual Conference

May 6 & 7, 2020 and October 5 & 6, 2020

Virtual Events

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Presentations:

Wednesday, May 6:
MRC Annual Meeting

Collaborative Contracting for More Service at Better Prices - Michael Greenberg, GT Environmental

EGLE - PFAS in Packaging, Compost, and the Environment - What We Know - Steve Sliver, MPART; Bill Brower, WeCare Denali

Thursday, May 7

Resources for Recycling Resiliency During COVID-19

How Getting Up to Speed with Safety Regulations was Preparation for the COVID-19 Outbreak - Wendy Fought, Emmet County

EGLE - Benchmarking Materials Management for Progress - Christina Miller, EGLE; Anna Lynott, RRS

Presentations:

Monday, October 5

Keynote - Adam Minter, Journalist & Author

A New Model of Battery Stewardship - Danielle Spalding, Battery Solutions; Kate Melby, Emmet County Recycling

Virtual Tour - Country Oaks Composting

Tuesday, October 6

Program Successes: How Recycling Won - Lori Welch, City of Lansing; Katharine Tessin, Mid Michigan Waste Authority; Theo Eggermont, Washtenaw County

NextCycle Michigan

The Future of Plastics and Recycling - Growing the Plastics Circular Economy - Tonya Randell, More Recycling & Steve Alexander, Association of Plastics Recyclers

Update on Part 115 Changes - Kerrin O'Brien, Michigan Recycling Coalition & Dusty Fancher, Midwest Strategy Group