[OKC] Fwd: [OKRA] Free EPA Webinar 10/20: Community Recycling Programs

[Jennifer Alig]

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From: Hershey, Ilda <ilda.hershey at okstate.edu>
Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:39 PM
Subject: Free EPA Webinar 10/20: Community Recycling Programs


 EPA Sustainable Materials Management Web Academy– Community Recycling
Programs: What’s Working, What’s Not, October 20, 2011, 1:00-2:30 EST
(12:00-1:30 CST)****

To register, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/536282419****

*Description:*  Strong community recycling programs can contribute to a
healthy, united community. Join us to hear from experts in the field about
community recycling programs and learn how you can make your program(s)
thrive. Though these may be southeastern approaches, the lessons learned can
be applied nationwide for creating successful community recycling programs.*
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Did you know?****

**·     **A Municipal Government
Toolkit<http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/rcra/mgtoolkit/index.html>
 was created to provide the information and resources necessary for state
and local governments to make successful recycling programs a reality in
communities. The toolkit is a compilation of fact sheets, case studies,
recycling reports, and links to online tools aimed at helping you improve
your community recycling program.****

**·     **Some of the many benefits of community recycling programs are the
prevention of greenhouse gases and supporting local economies by creating
jobs and tax revenue. Recycling programs can also help to improve water and
air quality and are building blocks for sustainable growing communities.****

**·     **Strong recycling programs have the ability to create jobs. While
trash disposal simply transfers waste to its grave, recycling gives new life
to salvageable materials, thus creating opportunities for new jobs. The more
times a recyclable material is used before disposal, the greater the number
of jobs that can be created.****
Speaker Bios:****

**·     ***Will Sagar,** *Policy Director with the Southeast Recycling
Development Council (SERDC), will speak about leveraging private partners
for increased collection in communities and the economics behind it. SERDC’s
mission is to unite industry, government and non-government organizations to
promote sustainable recycling in the Southeast. Efforts include a specific
focus upon the economic impact of the recycling industry. Will graduated
from the University of North Carolina with a double major on Economics and
Mathematics. After selling the excavation business he built and operated for
a decade, he was the Solid Waste Director for Transylvania County, NC for 16
years. While there he started the recycling program, built the first lined
landfill in Western NC, implemented PAYT, and established permanent HHW and
electronics collection. Later with Henderson County, he started electronics
collection and created a county energy accounting system. Will serves as
President of the Board of Directors the Carolina Recycling Association.****

**·     ***Blair Pollock, *Solid Waste Planner with the Orange County (NC)
Solid Waste Management Department, will speak about the successes of
establishing community recycling program in Orange County, NC. Blair
initiated public recycling programs for Orange County in 1987. He has served
in the Solid Waste Management Department since that time focusing on
increasing and improving recycling and waste reduction county-wide. He was a
founding member of the Carolina Recycling Association in 1988 and writes the
"On the Ground" column for their on-line publication 'The R-Word'. He holds
a recycling manager training certification from SWANA and a Masters Degree
in City and Regional Planning from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
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For questions about the EPA’s Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) Web
Academy Program, call Janice Johnson in Virginia at (703) 308-7280.****

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