2020 Virtual Conference and Exhibition
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Up to three (3) SWANA CEUs available!
Join Florida’s premier recycling association on Wednesday, June 10 for our first ever virtual conference and annual business meeting as we unite for a day of education and information sharing. Participation offers the opportunity gain education from leading recycling and waste reduction professionals from within the State of Florida and beyond. RFT is hosting three (3) virtual sessions in addition to our annual business meeting. Details are below.
How do register?
- Review each session below.
- Register for each session individually.
- Check your email for the Zoom webinar information and save it to your calendar.
- You’re done!
Reminders will be sent to registrants in each session prior to each event. Registration is FREE for RFT members.
Not a member? We’ve got you covered. Register as a member at the rate of $175 and start receiving member benefits today! Visit us online an join today at https://recyclefloridatoday.org/join-as-a-member/.
Participants may also register for access to this event for only $50 for the entire day. If you decide to join as a member later in this year, you will receive a $50 credit off of your new membership fee. *Non-members will receive an invoice for the $50.00 registration fee via email.
Residential Programs, Budgeting, and Safety During Pandemics – Lessons Learned and Learning!
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EST)
Summary: Hear from industry professionals on lessons learned and learning in managing changes in residential streams, focus on potential impacts on budgets and how to keep recycling relevant as well as in suggested best practices and procedures for safely handling and working with recyclable and waste materials during pandemics.
Speakers:
- Lacey Larramore and George White, Marion County Solid Waste and Recycling – Hear from Marion County on how COVID-19 may have impacted their residential programs.
- Mike Fernandez, Miami-Dade Solid Waste Department – COVID-19’s impact to the Department’s solid waste operations.
- Tom Outerbridge, Sims Municipal Recycling – Suggestions of best practices and procedures for environmental service providers from PPE, social distancing, and more!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkf-GvqjojGdB9Byz2kcqvO8qFAkn1qjis
How to Remotely Reach and Educate Your Residents During COVID-19
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 10:30 AM to Noon (EST)
Summary: Want to ensure you do not isolate your residents from recycling education? Join us to hear Alita Kane from The Recycling Partnership, Tamara Reynolds with the City of Orlando and Chris Perry from FDEP as they discuss several Best Management Practices that can be used to reach your residents during this time, along with tools and resources available to do this.
Speakers:
- Alita Kane, The Recycling Partnership – Want to ensure you do not isolate your residents from recycling education? The Recycling Partnership will discuss several Best Management Practices that can be used to reach your residents during this time, along with tools and resources available to do this.
- Tamara Reynolds, City of Orlando – Hear about how Orlando’s Solid Waste office and the City’s Communications team have worked to continue essential services while at the same time giving residents up to date information about potential service impacts.
- Chris Perry, Florida Department of Environmental Protection – Provide updates on state-wide education & outreach campaigns and introduce planning for upcoming public-private partnership initiatives.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIod-Gupz4sG92gITWC_ZO_uB0Njtq0Mf4d
Virtual Annual Business Meeting
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM (EST)
Summary: Join Florida’s premier recycling association on Wednesday, June 10 for our first ever virtual conference and annual business meeting as we unite for a day of education and information sharing. Participation offers the opportunity gain education from leading recycling and waste reduction professionals from within the State of Florida and beyond. Join us and hear updates from our executive committee, shares on committee activities, announcement of our 2020-2022 elections, and other exciting shares. You don’t want to miss it!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcofu6vrzIpGdIsSg9snKOhVFvskauz5fd0
How Recycling Supports Essential Products in Various Manufacturing Supply Chains
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Summary: One positive effect that has come out of the life-changing events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has been a shift in how we look at recycling as a society. For years, the public perception was all about the environmental benefits of recycling and keeping usable material out of landfills. As recycling became a bigger part of our daily lives over the past 30 years, companies came to rely on recyclables as feedstock in their manufacturing processes. When nationwide lockdown policies first hit, waste and recycling companies scrambled to ensure classification as an essential business. We also quickly realized that recycling was about more than the environment. Products such as boxes, paper towels and tissues, beverage cans and grocery packaging all rely heavily on recycled content and a reduction in recycling efforts threatened that supply chain.
In this session, hear enlightening facts and statistics about how much we depend on recycling to help fill the needs of our manufacturing base as well as a presentation on food waste diversion during these challenging times.
Speakers:
- Dawn McCormick, Waste Management Inc. of Florida – A focus on the importance of recyclable materials needed for certain manufacturing supply chains.
- Stephanie Baker, KW Plastics – The COVID-19 pandemic had changed the conversation around packaging and has many reconsidering the value of plastics in our homes.
- Scott Breen, The Can Manufacturers Institute – Hear how the aluminum beverage can has the leading recycling rate and recycled content among beverage containers, and the metal can industry is focused on maintaining high recycling rates of cans amid the Coronavirus so that the significant environmental and economic benefits that come from recycling cans continues.
- Kirsten Langan, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County – Food recovery organizations, such as Second Harvest food bank have been quickly adapting operations during these times; working hard to not only divert potential waste from the landfill, but also, and more importantly, feed those in our community that are most affected by the Covid19 Pandemic.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcOCprT0pH9YySSq90MG6xgw7fuyySQHd
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