2024 Conference Presentations
NRC Congress | Tuesday, NOVEMBER 19, 2024
9:30AM–9:45AM
Glimmerglass | Welcome to the Congress!
Gary Carrel President - NYSAR3 | Erie County
Richard Anthony NRC Board of Directors
Leslie Lukacs President of NRC Board of Directors
9:45AM–10:25AM
Glimmerglass | Plenary Session: Federal Legislation
Kristen Hildreth ReMA
10:25AM–11:25AM
Iroquois Room | Concurrent Session 1: Outreach - Engaging the Next Generation
Justin Canelas Hawaii Youth Leader
Dennis Uyat Zero Waste Youth
Zero Waste Advocates Hawaii Youth Clean Stream
10:25AM–11:25AM
Kingfisher Room | Concurrent Session 2: EPR
Peter Blair Just Zero
Megan Daum American Beverage Association
Jordan Wells National Stewardship Action Council
11:50AM–12:50PM
Iroquois Room | Concurrent Session 1: Composting
Alyson Schill CAREIT
Julia Spector Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Kate Worley Denali
11:50AM–12:50PM
Kingfisher Room | Concurrent Session 2: Support for Zero Waste Businesses
Esther Houari City of Austin, Austin Resource Recovery
Patrick Owens EcoTrax
2:00PM–3:00PM
Iroquois Room | Concurrent Session 1: Global Policies on Plastics and Climate
Chris Burger Horizon Enterprises
Kristine Kubat Recycle Hawai'i
2:00PM–3:00PM
Kingfisher Room | Concurrent Session 2: Equitable Funding for Zero Waste
Nena Shaw EPA
Sophia Huda NRC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
3:20PM–4:15PM
Glimmerglass | Closing Plenary: Transforming Solid Waste Management Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Nena Shaw EPA
DAY 1 | Wednesday, NOVEMBER 20, 2024
9:00AM–9:15AM
Glimmerglass | Welcome to the Congress!
Gary Carrel President - NYSAR3 | Erie County
9:15AM–10:15AM
Glimmerglass | Plenary Session: A Look at New York State's Climate Initiative and Materials Management
Jen Metzger, PhD Ulster County
10:45AM–12:00PM
Iroquois Room | Concurrent Session 1: Modeling Climate Change in the SMM Industry
Ken Bruder Advanced Climate Resources, LLC
Abbie Webb Casella
10:45AM–12:00PM
Kingfisher Room | Concurrent Session 2: Who Not How: Creating Successful Partnerships to Positively Impact the Community & Climate
John Bottorff University at Buffalo
Erin Moscati University at Buffalo
Renee Panetta CET
1:30PM–2:45PM
Iroquois Room | Concurrent Session 1: What's on the Horizon: EPR in NYS
Marisa Adler Resource Recycling Systems
David Bender Circular Polymers
Robert Peoples CARE
Dawn Timm Niagara County/NYPSC
1:30PM–2:45PM
Kingfisher Room | Concurrent Session 2: Collecting and Analyzing Debris to Inform Local SMM Action
Katie Leung Riverkeeper
Lisa Piering OCCRA
3:00PM–4:00PM
Iroquois Room | Concurrent Session 1: "We the People" How Individuals can Impact Changes in their Community
Marjorie Clarke Inwood Preservation
Alexandra Regan NYSAC
3:00PM–4:00PM
Kingfisher Room | Concurrent Session 2: Don't Go Breaking My Heart: Fixing the Things We Love With Repair Events
Shawna Stevenson Binghamton Repair Day
Darren Cotton The Tool Library
Suzie Fromer Sustainable Hudson Valley
DAY 2 | Thursday, NOVEMBER 21, 2024
9:00AM–10:00AM
Glimmerglass | Plenary Session - Rebuilding Confidence in Recycling
Lydia Keenan The Recycling Partnership
Alec Cooley Busch Systems
11:00AM–12:15PM
Iroquois Room | Concurrent Session 1: Bridging Environmental Justice and Sustainable Materials Management Toward Equitable Solutions
Khila Pecoraro Cornell Cooperative Extension Schenectady County
Maria Bianchetti Resource Recycling Systems
Alanah N Keddell NYSDEC
11:00AM–12:15PM
Kingfisher Room | Concurrent Session 2: Recycling Beyond the Bin – Establishing the Ontario County Can Carrier Collection Program
Andrea Calarco Casella
Ken Greenwood Watershed Brewing FLX
Kaitlynn McCumiskey Ontario County Department of Sustainability and Solid Waste Management
12:15PM–2:15PM
Glimmerglass | NYSAR3 Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon
