Agenda

Sustainable Solid Waste Management Training

The Federal Building

The Dining Room Conference Room, Ground Floor

222 W 7th Ave, Anchorage, AK

September 10-12, 2014

Wednesday September 10

8:15 / Coffee
8:30-9:00 / Sign in and registration
9:00-9:45 / Introductions, listing solid waste concerns/issues, sharing concerns as a group
9:45-10:45 / Collection and Waste Characterization
10:45-11:00 / Break
11:00-12:00 / Solid Waste Health Risks: Toxics in Household Products, ACAT
12:00-1:25 / Lunch
1:25-2:25 /

Solid Waste Inspections, Waste Indexes, WEAR Results, Overview of Operating a SW Program DEC, Stephen Price

2:25-2:35 / Break
2:35-3:30 / Junk Car Recycling Program and Solid Waste Enforcement, Tom Teasdale, Northway
3:30 – 3:40 / Break
3:40 - 4:10 / Solid Waste Program Successes and Lessons Learned, Martha Turner, Nulato Village
4:10-4:45 / Group idea(s) or experiences for planning a recycling/storage/banning/composting program with good participation.

Thursday September 11

8:15-8:30 / Sign-in and coffee
8:30-9:00 / Group discussion/idea sharing, or online solid waste resources
9:00-10:00 / Operating a small scale composting, baling, and recycling facility, Paul Berry, Gustavus
10:00-10:15 / Break
10:15-11:00 / Operating a small scale composting, baling, and recycling facility, Paul Berry, Gustavus, continued
11:00-12:00 / Cans and Plastics Recycling and Funding Possibilities, Mary Fisher, ALPAR
12:00 – 12:25 / Bathroom & Stretch Break and make sure you have your lunch.
12:25-1:30 / Travel to Mat-Su Landfill
1:30-2:30 / Tour of the Mat-Su Landfill and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program
2:30-2:45 / Travel to Valley Recycling Center
2:45-3:45 /

Tour of the Valley Community for Recycling Solutions Recycling Center

3:45-4:45 /

Travel back to Anchorage

Friday September 12

8:15-8:30 / Sign-in and coffee
8:30-9:00 / Solid Waste Funding Possibilities, Zender Environmental
9:00-9:05 / Break
9:05-9:50 / Composting, and Lessons Learned from Running a Regional Hub Recycling Center, Leif Albertson, UAF
9:50-10:00 / Break
10:00-10:45 / Composting, and Lessons Learned from Running a Regional Hub Recycling Center, Leif Albertson, UAF, Continued
10:45-11:45 / Vern Monette, Interstate Batteries, Preparing, packaging, and shipping your batteries for recycling
11:45-1:00 / Lunch
1:00-2:00 / Solid Waste Equipment, Stephen Price and Doug Huntman, DEC
2:00-4:00 / Field Trip to Schnitzer Steel (Recycling and Backhaul)
4:00-4:30 / Feedback forms, final wrap up

Zender Environmental Health and Research Group

400 D St Ste 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 277 2111 www.zendergroup.org