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2024 Virtual Winter Summit – March 12th

March 12 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

$50 – $75

Registration is OPEN!

Save on travel and make plans now to participate in Recycle Florida Today’s virtual Winter Summit and join Florida’s professionals for leading education and networking event for the recycling, sustainability, and environmental professional. Recycle Florida Today will be hosting our 2024 Virtual Winter Summit on Tuesday, March 12th via Zoom. Registration allows you to join free anytime throughout the virtual conference.

This year’s agenda covers a wide area of topics including recycling and collection innovations, corporate sustainability, best business practices, public education and more. Register now and don’t miss the opportunity to gain valuable insight and knowledge while networking with other environmental and recycling professionals.

Date: Tuesday, March 12th

Start Time: 9:00 am (EST)

Platform: Zoom

Registration: $50 for RFT Members; $75 for Non-Members

On the Agenda

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Florida Legislative Update, Part 2 –

Speakers: The Recycle Florida Today, Inc. Legislative Committee

Summary:

Hear an update of the waste and recycling bills from the 2024 Florida Legislative Session.

State of Recycling in Florida: Understanding the Costs, Environmental Impacts, and Ways to Improve –
Speaker: Malak Anshassi, PhD; Florida Polytech University

Summary:

Summary: Curbside recycling programs are changing due to rising contamination in recyclables, impacting trade and costs. A Hinkley Center funded Florida Poly study explored adjustments like removing the program, boosting recycling, excluding glass, and targeting specific materials to understand their effects on residential waste management costs, climate change mitigation, and enhancing landfill space.

Regional Community Anaerobic Digestion for Organic Waste Diversion Workshop –
Speaker: Daniel Meeroff, PhD; Florida Atlantic University, Sumaiya Sharmin, Florida Atlantic University; Tanja Rauch-Williams, Ph.D., Metro Water Recovery; and Ruth Spierling, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Breakout Session Moderators: Daniel Meeroff, Sumaiya Sharmin, Lusnel Ferdinand, Rakib Chowdhury, and Fred Bloetscher

Workshop Overview:

The workshop will convene a working group of key stakeholders to be informed about the results of the USEPA-funded Anaerobic Digestion for Organic Waste Diversion grant program at Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

Stakeholders include state, local, and federal regulatory agencies, engineering consultants, water/sewer utility managers, solid waste managers, haulers, private organics managers, landfill gas users, food waste generators, research faculty, and other key contributors.

The session will introduce the grant funded research results conducted at FAU over the 3-year project period including experimental data and results of modeling and life cycle cost assessments. This will be followed by a highlight of opportunities and lessons learned from existing successful organics waste diversion projects, and a speaker who will identify research gaps and possible future implementation projects to provide missing performance data for best management practices related to organics diversion from landfills to anaerobic digestion facilities.

After the presentations, workshop participants will be invited to enter breakout rooms to address perceived legal, policy, or social barriers to implementation and identify additional strategies, practices and performance measures that are currently not considered or lacking field experience. A summary report of the workshop will be produced by FAU. All presentations and summaries will be made available in electronic format, and a survey will solicit additional information from participants such as subjective rankings and comments on implementation projects and cost-benefit scenarios.

Complimentary Workshop:

Not a member? Experience Recycle Florida Today, Inc. with an invitation to join. You are invited to participate in the afternoon Regional Community Anaerobic Digestion for Organic Waste Diversion Workshop complimentary. The workshop starts at 2:00 PM (EST) and a separate registration link to join the workshop complimentary is located below. Sign-up to participate today!

Winter Summit registrants gain access to the full virtual program and are automatically registered for the Regional Community Anaerobic Digestions for Organics Waste Diversion Workshop.