Webinars Available on Demand
Closing the Loop: From Waste to Wealth and Clean Energy for Sustainable Rural Communities
April 17, 2019 from 12:30-2pm CT
Located in rural northeastern Maryland, West Nottingham Academy (WNA) is an international boarding and day school (grades 9-12) with 130 students from 21 countries, 9 states, and surrounding counties in Maryland. As a Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education Certified Sustainable School, WNA engages with regional partners and neighbors in its efforts to be more environmentally sustainable and contribute to building more sustainable and viable communities. These connections open opportunities for educational, volunteer, and service-learning partnerships for students and faculty.
One such partnership is with Kilby Farm and Creamery, one mile from campus. Kilby Farm serves as an outdoor classroom for WNA and accepts WNA food waste to feed their methane digester, generating clean energy and fertilizer for the farm. The school helps to “Close the Loop” by purchasing products from Kilby Farm.
Closing the Loop: From Waste to Wealth and Clean Energy for Sustainable Rural Communities will discuss a range of strategies that can assist farms and rural/small town communities in becoming more environmentally sustainable and viable. Through the application of best management practices for handling livestock manure and diverting food scraps from rural/small town wastestreams, farms and communities can “close the loop” and help build markets for locally produced products.
A preview of WNA's Student Environmental Council (SEC) Documentary Film, Closing the Loop: From Waste to Wealth and Clean Energy will open the webinar.
Presenters
· Virginia Kennedy, PhD, WNA’s Director of Sustainability Programs and Curriculum
· Students from WNA’s Environmental Policy and Action Class and Student Environmental Council
· Bill Kilby, Kilby Farm and Creamery
To Register for the webinar, click here
April 17, 2019 from 12:30-2pm CT
Located in rural northeastern Maryland, West Nottingham Academy (WNA) is an international boarding and day school (grades 9-12) with 130 students from 21 countries, 9 states, and surrounding counties in Maryland. As a Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education Certified Sustainable School, WNA engages with regional partners and neighbors in its efforts to be more environmentally sustainable and contribute to building more sustainable and viable communities. These connections open opportunities for educational, volunteer, and service-learning partnerships for students and faculty.
One such partnership is with Kilby Farm and Creamery, one mile from campus. Kilby Farm serves as an outdoor classroom for WNA and accepts WNA food waste to feed their methane digester, generating clean energy and fertilizer for the farm. The school helps to “Close the Loop” by purchasing products from Kilby Farm.
Closing the Loop: From Waste to Wealth and Clean Energy for Sustainable Rural Communities will discuss a range of strategies that can assist farms and rural/small town communities in becoming more environmentally sustainable and viable. Through the application of best management practices for handling livestock manure and diverting food scraps from rural/small town wastestreams, farms and communities can “close the loop” and help build markets for locally produced products.
A preview of WNA's Student Environmental Council (SEC) Documentary Film, Closing the Loop: From Waste to Wealth and Clean Energy will open the webinar.
Presenters
· Virginia Kennedy, PhD, WNA’s Director of Sustainability Programs and Curriculum
· Students from WNA’s Environmental Policy and Action Class and Student Environmental Council
· Bill Kilby, Kilby Farm and Creamery
To Register for the webinar, click here
West Coast Climate & Materials Management Forum: A Review of Sustainability Frameworks Expanding Material Stewardship Potential
Thursday, April 18 from 12-1:30pm CT
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) embody global aspirations for environmentally and socially equitable economic development. They offer a unifying lens for progress towards ecological, human, and material wellbeing. Yet, implementing the ambitions embodied in the SDGs across critical domains such as poverty, hunger, health, education, governance, biodiversity, and just economic development is a complex undertaking. At the same time, businesses, communities, governments, and academia rely on several different “sustainability” frameworks to organize, prioritize, and communicate their efforts. These sustainability frameworks, however, are typically focused on much narrower bands of activities than warranted to support the SDGs. Examples of sustainability frameworks include Pollution Prevention, Zero Waste, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Materials Management.
In this webinar, Maurie Cohen will provide an overview of the SDGs and cover the basic premise to set the context for the overall discussion. He will highlight the role of the SDGs in supporting the United Nations 2030 Agenda and discuss opportunities that exist for expanding their use in contemporary policy making, especially in terms of providing a more synthesized paradigm for advancing comprehensive conceptions of sustainability.
Minal Mistry will then introduce each framework starting with their operating principles, strengths, and shortcomings. The discussion will include a review of each framework’s activities in relation to the material life cycle – from resource extraction, manufacture, distribution, use and discard management. The life cycle overlay will provide an illustration of the gaps between the theoretical potential of each approach and the current state of engagement. The goal of the webinar is to illustrate how sustainability efforts as a whole could be made stronger by cooperative approaches that leverage existing learning in different domains, and support progress towards key aspects of the SDGs.
Register here
Thursday, April 18 from 12-1:30pm CT
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) embody global aspirations for environmentally and socially equitable economic development. They offer a unifying lens for progress towards ecological, human, and material wellbeing. Yet, implementing the ambitions embodied in the SDGs across critical domains such as poverty, hunger, health, education, governance, biodiversity, and just economic development is a complex undertaking. At the same time, businesses, communities, governments, and academia rely on several different “sustainability” frameworks to organize, prioritize, and communicate their efforts. These sustainability frameworks, however, are typically focused on much narrower bands of activities than warranted to support the SDGs. Examples of sustainability frameworks include Pollution Prevention, Zero Waste, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Materials Management.
In this webinar, Maurie Cohen will provide an overview of the SDGs and cover the basic premise to set the context for the overall discussion. He will highlight the role of the SDGs in supporting the United Nations 2030 Agenda and discuss opportunities that exist for expanding their use in contemporary policy making, especially in terms of providing a more synthesized paradigm for advancing comprehensive conceptions of sustainability.
Minal Mistry will then introduce each framework starting with their operating principles, strengths, and shortcomings. The discussion will include a review of each framework’s activities in relation to the material life cycle – from resource extraction, manufacture, distribution, use and discard management. The life cycle overlay will provide an illustration of the gaps between the theoretical potential of each approach and the current state of engagement. The goal of the webinar is to illustrate how sustainability efforts as a whole could be made stronger by cooperative approaches that leverage existing learning in different domains, and support progress towards key aspects of the SDGs.
Register here
Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals and Amendment to the Hazardous Waste Listing for Nicotine
April 24, 2019 from 12 - 2:30pm CT
Webinar Description:
On February 22, 2019, EPA finalized tailored and streamlined standards for managing hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that reduce the cost and compliance burden for the healthcare sector while ensuring the safe management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. These changes provide regulatory certainty and national consistency on how the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) applies to the reverse distribution of prescription pharmaceuticals while incorporating flexibilities to accommodate current business practices.
With this rule EPA is also taking a common-sense regulatory approach to the disposal of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved, over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies (i.e., patches, gums and lozenges), which will no longer be considered hazardous waste when discarded.
Join us for a webinar to learn more about these regulatory changes.
Please see EPA's website for this rule for more information and to access additional resources:https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/management-pharmaceutical-hazardous-waste.
Presenters:Kristin Fitzgerald, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (fitzgerald.kristin@epa.gov)
Kristin has been with the U.S. EPA for eighteen years, working primarily on hazardous waste generator issues. Kristin started working with RCRA over twenty-five years ago, answering questions on the RCRA/Superfund Hotline. She holds a B.A. in Government from St. Lawrence University in New York and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University in Virginia.
Laura Stanley, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (Stanley.Laura@epa.gov)
Laura has been an economist with the U.S. EPA for three years, working primarily on hazardous waste generator issues. She holds a B.S. in economics from James Madison University and an M.A. in economics from George Mason University.
Brian Knieser, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (Knieser.Brian@epa.gov or 703-347-8769)
Brian started at EPA in 2016 in the hazardous waste recycling and generator program. Since then he has primarily worked on the Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals rulemaking and implementation of the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements rule. He has a B.S. from the College of William & Mary, and an M.S. from Johns Hopkins University.
About the Series:
The RCRA Expert Brownbag Webinar Series is an effort to capture and share RCRA institutional knowledge and expertise within the EPA and with state and tribal partners. In this series RCRA experts share their keys to success and go-to resources in their area of expertise. Webinars are offered live on CLU-IN and recorded for future viewing.
Register here!
April 24, 2019 from 12 - 2:30pm CT
Webinar Description:
On February 22, 2019, EPA finalized tailored and streamlined standards for managing hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that reduce the cost and compliance burden for the healthcare sector while ensuring the safe management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. These changes provide regulatory certainty and national consistency on how the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) applies to the reverse distribution of prescription pharmaceuticals while incorporating flexibilities to accommodate current business practices.
With this rule EPA is also taking a common-sense regulatory approach to the disposal of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved, over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies (i.e., patches, gums and lozenges), which will no longer be considered hazardous waste when discarded.
Join us for a webinar to learn more about these regulatory changes.
Please see EPA's website for this rule for more information and to access additional resources:https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/management-pharmaceutical-hazardous-waste.
Presenters:Kristin Fitzgerald, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (fitzgerald.kristin@epa.gov)
Kristin has been with the U.S. EPA for eighteen years, working primarily on hazardous waste generator issues. Kristin started working with RCRA over twenty-five years ago, answering questions on the RCRA/Superfund Hotline. She holds a B.A. in Government from St. Lawrence University in New York and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University in Virginia.
Laura Stanley, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (Stanley.Laura@epa.gov)
Laura has been an economist with the U.S. EPA for three years, working primarily on hazardous waste generator issues. She holds a B.S. in economics from James Madison University and an M.A. in economics from George Mason University.
Brian Knieser, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (Knieser.Brian@epa.gov or 703-347-8769)
Brian started at EPA in 2016 in the hazardous waste recycling and generator program. Since then he has primarily worked on the Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals rulemaking and implementation of the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements rule. He has a B.S. from the College of William & Mary, and an M.S. from Johns Hopkins University.
About the Series:
The RCRA Expert Brownbag Webinar Series is an effort to capture and share RCRA institutional knowledge and expertise within the EPA and with state and tribal partners. In this series RCRA experts share their keys to success and go-to resources in their area of expertise. Webinars are offered live on CLU-IN and recorded for future viewing.
Register here!
Foods of the Future: Great Tasting & Healthy Food for a Low Carbon World
May 2, 2019 from 11:15am - 12:45pm CT
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What is for dinner in the new carbon economy? The food industry is among the three largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Clearly the food system must transform operations to reduce its carbon footprint and help avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Sustainable growth requires a transformation in food systems through adoption of ag innovations, commercialization of plant-based meat substitutes, and dietary changes as well as policies and dietary guidelines that promote sustainable and resilience agricultural supply chains and consumer choices. How the public thinks about and accepts new food products is key to creating market demand for healthier and low carbon food. Join LightWorks, the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University, and SSF in a 90-minute exploration about how sustainable food companies are leading this transition and working to scale sufficiently to lower climate impacts. Also, hear what research and nonprofit centers are doing to aid the global transition to sustainable, healthy, and culturally appropriate food choices.
Panelists:
Kathleen Merrigan, (Moderator) currently serves as the Kelly and Brian Swette Professor in the School of Sustainability and as the inaugural Executive Director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University. Previously, Merrigan served as Deputy Secretary and COO of the United States Department of Agriculture. She is currently a board member of FoodCorps, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the World Agroforestry Centre, and affiliated with two ag tech venture capital groups.
Rebekah Moses leads impact strategy at Impossible Foods, a company addressing climate change and sustainable food futures through plant-based meat. Her work focuses on how product innovation and consumer behavior can maximize environmental outcomes and business growth. She works with Impossible Foods teams to integrate environmental and social mission into core strategy.
Daniel VennardDaniel Vennard is Director of the Better Buying Lab within the World Resources Institute. He works with food companies and experts in behavior change and marketing to develop, test and scale new approaches that can help shift diets to more sustainable options. He has written and presented widely on how consumers can be shifted towards buying more sustainable products. He is on the Advisory Council of the Culinary Institute of Americas reThink Food program. In 2017 he was recognized as one of Procter & Gamble Alumni’s ‘40 Under 40’.
May 2, 2019 from 11:15am - 12:45pm CT
Register for the Webinar
What is for dinner in the new carbon economy? The food industry is among the three largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Clearly the food system must transform operations to reduce its carbon footprint and help avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Sustainable growth requires a transformation in food systems through adoption of ag innovations, commercialization of plant-based meat substitutes, and dietary changes as well as policies and dietary guidelines that promote sustainable and resilience agricultural supply chains and consumer choices. How the public thinks about and accepts new food products is key to creating market demand for healthier and low carbon food. Join LightWorks, the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University, and SSF in a 90-minute exploration about how sustainable food companies are leading this transition and working to scale sufficiently to lower climate impacts. Also, hear what research and nonprofit centers are doing to aid the global transition to sustainable, healthy, and culturally appropriate food choices.
Panelists:
Kathleen Merrigan, (Moderator) currently serves as the Kelly and Brian Swette Professor in the School of Sustainability and as the inaugural Executive Director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University. Previously, Merrigan served as Deputy Secretary and COO of the United States Department of Agriculture. She is currently a board member of FoodCorps, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the World Agroforestry Centre, and affiliated with two ag tech venture capital groups.
Rebekah Moses leads impact strategy at Impossible Foods, a company addressing climate change and sustainable food futures through plant-based meat. Her work focuses on how product innovation and consumer behavior can maximize environmental outcomes and business growth. She works with Impossible Foods teams to integrate environmental and social mission into core strategy.
Daniel VennardDaniel Vennard is Director of the Better Buying Lab within the World Resources Institute. He works with food companies and experts in behavior change and marketing to develop, test and scale new approaches that can help shift diets to more sustainable options. He has written and presented widely on how consumers can be shifted towards buying more sustainable products. He is on the Advisory Council of the Culinary Institute of Americas reThink Food program. In 2017 he was recognized as one of Procter & Gamble Alumni’s ‘40 Under 40’.
Video Links from Past NRC Webinars
6-19-18 NRC - RMC SMM Webinar - Past, Present & Future of MRF Equipment
6-29-18 NRC - Quarterly Markets Development Webinar - China Import Restrictions II
6-19-18 NRC - RMC SMM Webinar - Past, Present & Future of MRF Equipment
6-29-18 NRC - Quarterly Markets Development Webinar - China Import Restrictions II
NRC Sustainable Materials Management Series
Free to MORA Members Clink SMM Web Academy Archived NRC Webinars 2015
NRC's four-part webinar series, made possible through funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, addresses aspects of rural product stewardship programs:
- Connecting Rural HHW Program Managers to Manufacturer-Funded Take-Back Programs recordings available online
- Paint Stewardship in Rural Areas
- Product Take-Back Programs in Rural Areas and the Role of Retailers
- Carpet and Mattress Collection Best Practices in Rural Areas
Clean, Green & Beautiful Community Learning Series (KAB)
This series of free webinars, is designed to educate and inform attendees about the current topics and trends impacting the work of Keep America Beautiful to engage individuals to create clean, green & beautiful communities. Past recorded webinars
Sort for Value Online Calculator Now available on demand http://www.plasticsrecycling.org/markets/web-seminars
Sponsored by the Association of PostConsumer Plastic Recyclers
China's Operation Green Fence policy sent many MRF operators searching for alternative markets for mixed plastic bales. Fortunately, many found domestic plastic reclaimers interested in purchasing non-bottle rigid plastic material. Although specific sorting by the MRF may be necessary to access some domestic markets, the additional sorting may well result in additional revenue. The Sort for Value Online Calculator has been developed as a tool that calculates the economic value of sorting recyclable rigid plastics.
College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC)
2017 Webinars Available on Demand ~ For details about each program and view webinar, visit curc3r.org.
The Costs of Recycling - Now available on demand
An Exclusive WASTE 360 webinar Learn about the cost of recycling from collection, to processing to marketing the finished product.
Register Today for this exclusive Waste 360 Webinar
Reuse Alliance Webinars – On demand series
Sponsored by NRC http://nrcrecycles.org/get-involved/webinars/new-to-you-a-webinar-on-reuse/
Security and Sustainability Forum - On demand archived webinars
US Composting Council - Download one of our archived webinars
at our reduced summer listening rate---just $25 for members ($75 non- members).
Learn about:
*Compost and Food Crops: Protecting Your Business & Your Customers
*Compost Benefits, Uses and Markets
*What's In Your Compost?
