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The 2016 New Mexico Recycling & Solid Waste Conference: Overcoming Challenges in a New Era
Thank You for Helping to Make the Conference a Success!

Jointly Hosted by The New Mexico Recycling Coalition & New Mexico SWANA Road – Roadrunner Chapter – Sept 26-28, 2016  Albuquerque 

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Conference Presentations Posted Online!

In case you wanted to refer back to any of the great presentations or check out any presentations you missed, the conference presentations are posted online below.  If any are missing, we are working to fill these gaps.  If you need help jogging your memory, please visit the program overview HERE.

Tuesday, September 27th Presentations

Morning Breakout Session 

• Overcoming Challenges in a New Era – The Evolving Ton
  • Scott Hutchings – The Changing Waste Stream: Are You Ready?
  • Neal Denton – Braving the Storm – Strategies for Sustaining Recycling Programs
  • Jack Chappelle – The Changing Municipal Waste Stream And Its Impact on Diversion
• Launching Organics Programs: Organics Collection
  • Dr. Lisa Skumatz and Dana D’Souza – Launching Organics Programs Contacts
• Beyond Traditional Household Recycling – Next Steps to Increase Diversion
  • Cody Marshall – Curbside Recycling Best Management Practices
  • Michelle Wagner – Cartons Recycling’s Newest Success Story
  • Joan Snider – Finding markets for mulch and compost final
• Managing Landfill Gases
  • David Mezzacappa – Updated Gas Collection Rules for Landfills
  • Marcia Pincus & Angelica Gurule – Study of a Closed Landfill with LFG Issues Los Alamos

Afternoon Breakout Session

• Safety
  • Anna Riggs-Eader – Culture of Safety Estancia Valley SWA
  • Steve Mauer – Creating a Culture of Safety South Central SWA
  • Tom Parker
• Closed Landfill Management
  • Charles Fiedler and Jim Brooks – Organic Evapotranspiration Cover Project
  • Bart Faris – Post Closure Landfill Care Case Study
  • Auralie Ashley-Marx – Dream Big For Future Uses for Old Landfills
    El Llano Landfill Case Study – Espanola
• Solutions for Hard to Manage Material
  • Bill Morris – Electronics Recycling 3.0
  • Sam McCord – Recycling in Isolation
  • Marc Bonem – Managing Household Hazardous Waste
• Outreach & Education – Raising Awareness
  • Dana D’Souza – Smarten Up Our Outreach
  • Adam Schlachter – Effective Marketing Using Metrics to Improve Your Performance
  • Mary Canavan – Tools of Engagement Case Study Nasa WSTF

Wednesday, September 28th Presentations

Morning Breakout Session 

• Tribal & Rural Recycling
  • Gloria Skeet, Roselyn John & Guarena Skeets – Model for Regional Waste Management at Navajo Chapters
  • Mike Smith – Hub and Spoke in Tribal and Rural Communities
  • Cynthia Naha – Developing a Tribal Recycling Program
• Organics Processing & Marketing
  • Charles Fielder – PER Organics Management Study Village of Angel Fire + See the final report HERE
  • Robert Flynn – Hidden Compost Contaminants Hormones and Antibiotics
• Solid Waste Management
  • Dave Yanke – Full Cost Accounting and SW Rate Structuring
  • Auralie Ashley-Marx
  • Klaus Kemmer – Las Cruces’ Foothills Landfill Post Closure

Afternoon Breakout Session 

• Fostering Community Buy-In for Recycling
  • Lisa Skumatz – Productive Stakeholder Meetings
  • Karen Sweeney – Fostering Community Buy In For Recycling with Citizen Activists
  • Shirlene Sitton – Santa Fe Bag Ordinance
• Business Recycling Program Development
  • Ralph Wrons – Zero Waste Goal Now What
  • John Thompson – Recycle Right Through Small Station Design
  • Pam Egan – Development of a Recycling Program NASA White Sands
• Illegal Dumping – Enough!
  • MaryLou Ward – Catching the Illegal Dumper Dona Ana County
  • Layne Duesterhaus – Illegal Dumping of Infectious Waste
  • Bill Myers – Scrap Tire Managment
• Out of the Landfill
  • George Schuman – Clean Fill vs. C&D Debris
  • Joe Lewandowski – Searching for E.T. & the Atari Tomb

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Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Friedman Recycling Companies; South Central Solid Waste Authority; Gordon Environmental; PNM; Waste Management; Camino Real Environmental Center; Keep New Mexico Beautiful; Natural Evolution; Northwest New Mexico Regional Solid Waste Authority; Rehrig Pacific; Sandia National Laboratories, CDM Smith; Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc.; SCS Engineers; Acme Iron & Metals; The Carton Council; Centennial Recycling; Golden Equipment; NewGen Strategies; Pro-Tainer, Inc.; Solutions; Souder, Miller & Associates; & Wilkens Industries Inc.