Communication, Education & Marketing Track at SOAR 2024

This track has been curated by the Communication, Education & Marketing (CEM) Technical Division.
The division is currently focusing on:

  • Circular Economy: including local government pilot programs and partnerships and design changes which impact MRFs
  • Climate Change: solid waste and recycling industry mitigation strategies
  • Infrastructure needs for hard-to-recycle items: batteries and other dangerous single-stream contaminates, film and flexible packaging, solar panels, and renewable energy equipment for collection, disposal, and recycling

To learn more about the all of SWANA's technical divisions, join us on Tuesday morning for breakfast. 

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Monday, April 15, 2024
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLandfill Rebranding Committee Meeting 
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMWhat’s Your Problem? Transform Your Trashy Marketing StrategiesRamona Simpson - Town of Queen Creek
Ryley Buchanan - Town of Queen Creek
Kevin Pagsolingan - Town of Queen Creek
Christian Lee - Town of Queen Creek
Sandy Hornburg - Town of Queen Creek
4:00 PM - 4:45 PMSuccessful Waste Diversion Program Development Through Inter-Governmental CooperationCameron Garcia - Pitkin County Solid Waste Center
4:00 PM - 4:45 PMUnwrapping Film and Flexible Plastic RecyclingAmanda Jordan - City of Phoenix
Tiana Lightfoot-Svendsen - The Recycling Partnership
4:00 PM - 4:45 PMEnvironmental Justice and the Landfill Gas Energy IndustryLauren Aepli - US EPA
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMIntegrating Trends on Social Media into Solid Waste MessagingEdgar Castro Tello - City of Tampa Solid Waste
Shelby Lewis - City of Tampa
10:00 AM - 10:45 AMWhen Sustainability is Evaluated for Your Community, Do You Understand WHY it is Measured?Jamie Zawila - GT Environmental, Inc.
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMThe New and Latest Waste Minimization Strategies in Material ManagementLauren Romanazzi - SCS
3:00 PM - 3:45 PMLarge Solutions for Large WasteSara Kirby - Oregon Metro
Eugenia Manwelyan - Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PMIndustry Approach to Lithium-Ion Battery FiresAmy Lestition Burke - Solid Waste Association of North America
Elizabeth Roe - Eco Partners, Inc.
Vincent Murphy - WM
James Moore - Merced County Regional Waste Authority
Lynsey Baer - Delaware Solid Waste Authority
Thursday, April 18, 2024
9:00 AM - 12:30 PMExperiential Learning: City of Phoenix 27th Avenue Campus 

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