Regional Workshop on Sustainable Development

9:30am - 9:40am

Welcome


Tony McDowell
Executive Director, Earthplace

Daphne Dixon
Co-founder and Execultive Director, Live Green Connecticut

9:40am - 10:00am

Regional Perspective: Reducing Contamination in the Recycling Stream Through Collaboration with All Stakeholders - Why Regional Collaboration Matters

Sherill Baldwin
Sustainable Materials Management, CT DEEP

10:00am - 10:15am

Conversation - What are the Effects of Contaminated Recycling on Facilities and What Actions Can Be Taken That Create Solutions and Municipal Cost Savings

Daphne Dixon
Co-founder and Executive Director, Live Green Connecticut

Jennifer Heaton-Jones
Executive Director, Housatonic Resources and Recovery Authority

10:15am-10:45am

Subject Matter Experts: Solutions for Contamination in the Recycling Stream


Daphne Dixon
Co-founder and Executive Director, Live Green Connecticut

Louis P. Grasso Jr., LEED AP
Manging Partner, Urban Mining Northeast

Louis Burch
Connecticut Program Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment

10:45am - 10:50am

Introduction to Municipal Transfer Station Conversation


Anthony McDowell
Executive Director, Earthplace

10:50am - 11:15am

What is the Condition of Connecticut"s Municipal Transfer Stations and What are Potential Solutions to Challenges?

Daphne Dixon
Co-founder and Executive Director, Live Green Connecticut

Darren J. Oustafine P.E.
Assistant Public Works Director, Darien

Michael Zembruski
Director of Solid Waste and Recycling, Fairfield

Jessica Paladino
Waste Programs Manager, Norwalk

Peter A. Ratkiewich, P.E.
Director of Public Works, Westport

11:15am - 11:30am

Break

11:30am - 12:25pm

Interactive Session


Toolkit
Daphne Dixon
Co-founder and Executive Director, Live Green Connecticut

Best Practices and Solutions

Anthony McDowell
Executive Director, Earthplace

12:25pm - 12:30pm

Closing Remarks


Daphne Dixon
Co-founder and Executive Director, Live Green Connecticut