2024 Workshop Agenda:

• 9:00 AM

  • Registration, Networking, Coffee and Snacks

• 9:45 AM

  • Opening Remarks

• 10:00 AM

  • Organics

  • Speakers: Robert Kurtz, Commercial Accounts Manager, Rust Belt Riders; Tony Staubach, Food Waste Diversion Coordinator, Hamilton County R3Source

• 11:00 AM

  • Solutions for Hard to Recycle Materials

  • Speakers: Sarah Fink, Environmental Specialist 2, Ohio EPA; Bryan Gebhart, Director of Sales and Marketing, Phoenix Recycling Inc.

• 11:50 AM

  • Lunch

• 12:15 PM

  • Past Grant Recipients Showcase

  • Speakers: Doug Snyder, Project Manager, Adams-Clermont Solid Waste District; Alex Nelson, Program Director, Coshocton County Recycling & Litter Prevention; Crissa Cummings, Executive Director, Athens Hocking Recycling and Refuse

• 12:45 PM

  • Networking

• 1:00 PM

  • Impactful Policies and Programs

  • Speakers: Aryeh Alex, Sustainability Manager, City of Columbus; Sheila Davis, Business Program Administrator, SWACO; Carol Giulitto, Program Manager, ReWorks

• 1:55 PM

  • Break

• 2:00 PM

  • Innovations in Consumer Packaging

  • Speakers: Rachel Petropoulos, Sustainability Specialist, CIFT; Yael Vodovotz, PhD, Professor, The Ohio State University

• 3:00 PM

  • Closing Remarks​