New Mexico Recycling & Solid Waste Conference:
Recovery, Redesign, Resiliency (R3)
September 20-22, 2021
Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown
Jointly Hosted by The New Mexico Recycling Coalition &
New Mexico SWANA Roadrunner Chapter
Thank you for helping to make the 2021 Conference a Success!!
Thank you!
Thank you for being a part of our NM Recycling & Solid Waste Conference! Please see the links below to find presentations from the 2021 conference!
| Tuesday, September 21 | ||
| Keynote Speaker, Brenda Haney Solid Waste Director City of Lubbock & National President of SWANA Lessons Learned.......Where Do We Go From Here? | ||
| Breakout Session A | ||
| Recycling in New Mexico - Statewide Updates | Landfill Management | |
| Levi Lementino & Amanda Otieno, NM Environment Department, Solid Waste Bureau: Using State Data to Identify Recycling Trends in New Mexico | Andy Yuhas, Parkhill: Regulatory Shift in Landfill NSPS and Emissions Guidelines, State Implementation, Compliance Hurdles and Emissions Challenges | |
| Juliana Ciano, NM Recycling Coalition: Know What to Throw NM Media Campaign - Available Tools & Statewide Impact | Ken Ziegler, City of Albuquerque: Visualizing Pre-Regulatory Closed Landfills: Albuquerque’s Experience | |
| Dr. Sonia Samir, Parkhill: PFAS_and PAH - Why New Regulations? Are They Regulated? | ||
| Breakout Session B | ||
| Landfill Gas & Airspace | Sustainable Materials Management & Environmental Justice | |
| Paul Olson, City of Albuquerque: No Country for Old LandGEM, Landfill Gas Generation Forecasting Problems in Arid Regions | Lisa Skumatz, SERA: The Social Side is Really Important: Quantitative Evidence on Recycling Access, Performance and Other Factors in the US | |
| Matt Kingsley & Frank Pugsley, Parkhill: Landfill Airspace Management Efficiency: The Righ Equipment and the Right Amount of Soil | Gloria Skeet & Roselyn John: Navajo Nation, Baahaali & Chichiltah Chapter: Overcoming Rural Recycling Challenges on Navajo Nation | |
| Tom Parker & Doug Williams, Jacobs: Design of an Active LFG Control System at an Arid Site | Lisa Larocque, City of Las Cruces: Las Cruces' New Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban: A Step by Step Process | |
| Wednesday, September 22 | ||
| Breakout Session C | ||
| Organics Diversion | Reducing Contamination of Recyclables | |
| Sarah Pierpont, NM Recycling Coalition: Backyard Compost Virtual Training | Lisa Skumatz & Ann Vander Vliet, SERA: Best Strategies for Addressing Contamination - New Results from a Nationwide Study, Why are OOPS Tags So Popular & DO They Work? | |
| Genevieve Morgan, NM Environment Department, Solid Waste Bureau: Autumn is Here: How to Start Composting Leaves from Backyards to Municipalities | Michaela Beggins, City of Santa Fe: Recycle Right: Effective Local Messaging | |
| Charles Fiedler, Parkhill: Organic Evapotranspiration Cover - The White Paper Report | ||
| Breakout Session D | ||
| A Closer Look at NM Programs | Circular Economy & Recycling Markets | |
| Michelle Leonard, SCS Engineers: Los Alamos County - Food Scrap Diversion Feasibility Study | Megan Daum, American Beverage Association: Every Bottle Back: The Beverage Industry's Commitment to Circularity | |
| Tammy Belone, Jemez Pueblo: Jemez Pueblo: A Rural Example of Scalable Recycling | Meghan Wiebe, RRS Consulting: End Markets Accelerated - A Collaborative Approach to Building Circular Economies | |
| Lucy Stanus, NM Clean & Beautiful, NM Dept of Tourism: NM Clean & Beautiful Grants: Investing in Waste Reduction Throughout New Mexico | Frank Sanchez & Victoria Lara, Town Recycling: Changing Markets & Impacts on New Mexico's Recycling | |
| Lunch and Plenary Session: Data-Driven Programs - Making Informed Choices in SW and Recycling | ||
| Dave Yanke, NewGen Strategies & Solutions, LLC & Jill Holbert, City of Albuquerque: Evaluating the Feasibility of Building a Municipal MRF-A Case Study for the City of Albuquerque | ||
| Shirlene Sitton, City of Santa Fe: Increasing Efficiency with On-Board Solid Waste Tracking Systems. | ||
| Afternoon: Solid Waste and Recycling Roundtable Discussion | ||
| Greg Polk, Filmmaker - New Mexicans Taking Action on Plastic Waste Short Documentary | ||
| Ernie Rodarte, PNM Resources: PNM's Corporate-wide Diversion Program: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle | ||
| Jalal Rastegary, NMSU: Engineering New Mexico Resource Network's NM Pollution Prevention Program | ||
| Anthony Lucero, PNM Resources: PNMR Fleet Electrification Acquisition Strategy | ||
| Genevieve Morgan, NM Environment Dept: Solid Waste Bureau: Recycling & Compost Facility Registration Overview | ||
Recycling Awards
Congratulations to the 2021 Recycling Award Winners!
2021 NM Recycling Coalition Recycling Award Winners:
Þ Diversion Project of the Year – Town Recycling/Santa Fe Operations
Þ Resiliency/Safety Entity of the Year – South Central Solid Waste Authority
Þ Recycling Facility of the Year – University of New Mexico Recycling Services
Þ Compost Facility Employee of the Year – Los Alamos County Environmental Services
Þ Recycler of the Year – Gloria Skeet, Navajo Nation Baahaali Chapter
Þ E. Gifford Stack Lifetime Achievement Award – Charles Fiedler
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