[OKC] Free EPA Webinar 4/15: Rural Recycling

[Alig, Jennifer L.]

Jennifer Alig

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Subject: Free EPA Webinar 4/15: Rural Recycling

 

"Rural Recycling-Bridging the Gaps" free EPA webinar, Thursday, April
15, 12:00-1:30 EDT.

 

This Free Online Webinar is for: Federal, state, local and tribal
government waste management professionals and any interested parties.

 

To register:  Go to www.epa.gov/epawaste/rcc/web-academy/index.htm

 

Description:

As small towns and rural communities work to provide recycling services,
they are faced with unique challenges that make effective recycling
programs expensive and difficult to implement.  From the distances
between households to the smaller financial base, communities across
America are struggling to provide recycling services.  They struggle
with the question:  How do I provide effective and efficient recycling,
composting and waste prevention services at a cost I can afford?  There
are solutions and many communities have discovered ways of engaging
their community to reduce, reuse and recycle the Rural America way.
Join us on April 15th to hear two experts talk about resources for
implementing recycling in rural communities and to give examples of
programs that work.  Also, bring your stories to share or get advice
during the roundtable portion of the call. 

 

Speaker Bios:

English Bird is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Recycling
Coalition (NMRC), a nonprofit education and advocacy organization with a
mission to lead New Mexico to value waste as a resource.  She developed
the Rural Recycling Technical Assistance Program, funded by the U.S.D.A.
Rural Utilities Program, to provide direct technical assistance,
assistance with grant applications, and targeted trainings to 110
communities. NMRC and the New Mexico Environment Department have
targeted federal stimulus monies to assist in the creation of
regionalized recycling centers.

 

Justin Stockdale offers his in depth knowledge of waste diversion and
recycling program design to clients through his consulting firm The
Recycled Revival. Recent projects include the development of Solid Waste
Plans for the City of Albuquerque, McKinley County, NM, and Taos Pueblo.
As Project Manager for the New Mexico Recycling Coalition, Justin wrote
and produced the Rural Recycling Resource Kit, designed to provide a
comprehensive resource for recycling program managers and other solid
waste officials across rural New Mexico. Justin is currently developing
a materials marketing coop, R3:Rural Recycling Resources for NMRC.
Justin has also led NMRC's Mapping Project which developed GIS resources
to assist in interpreting the status of solid waste management in New
Mexico.

 

 

For questions about the EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) Web
Academy Program, please call Janice Johnson in Virginia at (703)
308-7280.

 

 

 

 

 

Ilda T. Hershey

Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service

Assistant State Extension Specialist

Solid Waste Management Programs

Oklahoma State University

536 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078

Phone: 405-744-9806

Fax: 405-744-9835

ilda.hershey at okstate.edu

http://agecon.okstate.edu/wastenew

 

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