
Sheraton Hartford South Hotel
Rocky Hill, CT
On November 2 – 3, the Northeast Recycling Council(NERC) will hold its Fall Conference at the Sheraton Hartford South Hotel in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The Conference—Next Frontier for the 3Rs—will feature the topics of:
- Food Waste Reduction – Strategies & Communication
- Reuse – Packaging systems and one state’s approach to growing the reuse economy
- Repurposing Materials & C&D Reuse
- Recycling Market Development Strategies
- Increasing the Supply of Post-Consumer Plastics
The presenters to be featured include:
- Jon Smieja, VP of Circularity & Senior Analyst, GreenBiz (Keynote)
- Katy Hart, Operations Director, ReFED
- Alissa Westervelt, Senior Manager of donateNYC, New York Department of Sanitation
- Adoma Addo, Associate, Center for Biological Diversity
- Krishana Abrahim-Petrie, Project Staff, NEWMOA & Lisa Piering, Recycling Specialist, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency
- Karen Hagerman, Director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Green Blue
- Brooke Nash, Branch Chief for Municipal Waste Reduction, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Damon Carson, Owner & Founder, repurposedMaterials
- Pamela Howland, Board Member, Build Reuse
- Kellie Driscoll, Recycling Development Representative, Trex
- Susan Bush, Principal, Circular Matters
- Resa Dimino, Managing Principal, RRS and SignalFire Group
- Marie Anne Champoux-Guimond, Manager of Sustainability, Keurig Dr. Pepper Canada
- Adam, Peer, Senior Director of Packaging & Consumer Products Markets, American Chemistry Council,