Tips on Testifying in Enforcement Cases.

• Mitch Cohen, Illinois Attorney General's Office
  
• Dan Merriman, Ilinois EPA

Electronics Recycling:

• CRT Processing and Recycling: Travis Griggs, Intercon Solutions, Inc.
  
• Recycling Wireless Devices: Craig Bosworth, Hobi, Inc.
  
• Community Based Refurbishing and Re-use Programs: Angela Haas, WITS

EDUCATION TRACK

LEED Basics :

• Introduction to LEED Certification: Andrea Love (800 kb PDF)
  
• Advancing Green Buildings: John Albrecht, Knight Engineering (7.3 MB PDF)
  
• Green Solid Waste Facilities: Lee Lohman, CDM

Bioreactor Landfilling

• Update on Florida's New River Bioreactor Landfill: Debra Reinhart, Univ. of Central Florida (2.5 MB PDF)
  
• Five Bioreactor Landfills that comply with Subtitle D: John Baker, Alan Engineering

Tues 6/12
CS 2
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

EDUCATION TRACK

Educating the Public on Enforcement Issues

• Paul Purseglove, Illinois EPA
  
• Gary Steele, Illinois EPA

Food Scrap Composting

• Institutional Vermicomposting: Andilee Warner, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  
• Curbside Compost Collection: Rod Muir, Sierra Club Canada
  
• Proposed Compost Regulations:
  Kay McKeen, SCARCE

Material Handling:

• C&D Debris Recycling:
  Ken Barnes, Waste Management Research Center
  
• Tire Recycling: Chris Hanson, Advanced Groundcare, Inc.
  
• Compact Fluorescents: Lenny Worth,Fluorecycle

Planning & Management:

• Public Collection in Chicago: Charles Wren and Frank Respondi, Chicago Dept of Streets and Sanitation
  
• Public Collection in Pekin: Greg Ranney, City of Pekin
  
• WCCSWA 10 Year Regional Disposal Project: Christina Seibert, Shaw Environmental
  
• Split Contracts & Reporting: Karen Rozmus, Village of Oak Park

Tues 6/12
CS 3
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm

Enforcement Roundtable

• Paul Purseglove and Gary Steele, Illinois EPA
  
• Rich Finley, Illinois EPA

Raising the Bar: New State Perspectives on Recycling

• Cynthia Moore, Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources
  
• Jeff Geertz, Iowa Dept of Natural Resources

Climate Change & Waste Diversion:

• The Role of Recycling in Mitigating Climate Change: Rod Muir, Sierra Club Canada
  
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and Trading Program: Steve McComb, Chicago Climate Exchange

EDUCATION TRACK

• Documentary: "Trashed" (Waste, Recycling, and Over-Consumption in the U.S.): Bill Kirkos, OXI Productions hosts.

Criminal Enforcement of the Environmental Protection Act

• Mitch Cohen, Illinois Attorney General's Office
  
• Dan Merriman, Illinois EPA

Textile Recycling

• Boost Recycling Rates by Keeping Clothes out of Landfills: Scott Okun, Unique Thrift Stores and Jana M. Hawley, Kansas State University
  
• End Markets for Recovered Textiles: Mattias Wallander, U'S Again, LLC
  

Sustainable Business Models:

• Gary Conner, Caterpillar, Inc.

EDUCATION TRACK

"Special Wastes":

• Defining Waste Types: John Tripses,IEPA
  
• Mercury-containing Device Collection & Management: Mary Allen, SWANCC
  
• Clean Construction & Demolition Debris: Paul Purseglove, IEPA

Enforcement Issues related to Solidifying Liquid Waste and Alternate Final Cover Systems.

• Alternative Earthen Final Covers for Landfills, Matt Ballance, P.E., Aquaterra Environmental Solutions
  
• Liquids in a Landfill - Solidification Process, Anastasia Welch, P.E., Aquaterra Environmental Solutions

EDUCATION TRACK

Recyclemania: National College and University Recycling Contest

• Jacob Hassan, US EPA Region V
  
• Andilee Warner, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  
• William Fineran, Augustana College

Green Initiatives Information Fair

An informal session of table top displays featuring Green Initiatives ranging from river clean-ups to renewable energy.

Alternative Technologies:

• Waste-to-Energy Alternatives: Walt Niessen, CDM (1.7 MB PDF)
  
• Phytoremediation and Alternative Capping/Leachate Treatment Solutions: Lou Licht, Ecolotree