New Mexico Recycling Conference 2010
Hub and Spoke: Rolling Towards 33%

Hosted by the New Mexico Recycling Coalition &

New Mexico Environment Department: Solid Waste Bureau

June 22-23, 2010, Albuquerque, NM

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline March 1st

Keynote speakers, lectures, panel discussions, and roundtables in the categories listed below will be selected.  To initiate your participation as a speaker, experts from industry, academia, government, recyclers and consultants are invited to submit papers describing research, applications, tools and case studies.  Approximately 20-30 minutes are provided for each presentation, including questions and responses. Presenters will be provided a free one-day registration for the day that they speak.

We are especially interested in the following TOPICS:

• Energy connection to recycling materials and how to calculate savings

• Economics of accounting – full program accounting, real costs & real savings

• Hub and spoke recycling

• Cooperative marketing of materials

• Industry recycling best practices: C&D, Hospitality, and Film

• “Steal This” – replicable events, education campaigns or programs

• School and university recycling

• Getting to 33% - how to radically increase a community’s recycling rate and participation

• Commercial recycling program development

• Zero waste programs and initiatives

• Hard to recycle items and programs

• Pay-as-you-throw incentives to recycle

• Organics diversion

• Rubberized asphalt use on community level

• Rural recycling

• Safety

• Green procurement

• Education and outreach

When completing the application, please keep these points in mind:

1.    How is your subject contemporary and relevant?  Explain what is new or unique about the information presented.

2.    What specific benefits or advantages will attendees gain from this topic?  Be specific about the tools and techniques you provide for attendees.

3.    What will the participants be able to do as a result of attending this session?

4.    Provide examples of how the points presented can be transferred to other organizations.