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Oklahoma Recycling Seminar:
"Recycling Through a Recession"

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
ConocoPhillips OSU Alumni Center, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Click here for registration information.
Click here for press release.

NOTE: Online registration closes Monday morning, December 7.
Onsite registration will be subject to availabilty.

 AGENDA
(Click here for printable agenda in PDF format.)
Program 9am - 3:30pm
Site visit tour after program


8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.     Exhibits open

8:00-9:00 a.m.             Registration / Continental breakfast in exhibit area

9:00-9:15 a.m.             Welcome:
Scott Thompson, DEQ & Traci Phillips, OKRA

9:15-9:45 a.m.             Recycling Markets Update & Economic Outlook: Michael Patton, The M.e.t

9:45-10:15 a.m.           New Plastics Processing Facility in Adair County: Al Drinkwater, AERT

10:15-10:45 a.m.         Morning break / Networking in exhibit area

10:45 a.m.-12:00
         Recycling Operations Panel: Moderator, Fenton Rood, DEQ

  • How to Set Up a Recycling Program: Michael Patton, The M.e.t.
  • Measuring Recycling Efforts: Stan Fullingim, City of Ada
  • Screening for Recycling: David Griesel, OK Environmental Management Authority (OEMA)
12:00-12:45 p.m.         Lunch buffet sandwiches, visit exhibits & network


12:45-1:15 p.m.           Quick Look at OKRA Initiatives:

  • Materials Exchange Online Demo:  Kole Kennedy, DEQ
  • Solid Waste Management Resource Trunks:  Ilda Hershey, OCES
  • America Recycles Day High School PSA Contest: Sara Ivey, OWRB
1:15-2:15 p.m.              Organics Diversion Panel: Moderator, Fenton Rood, DEQ
  • Compost, Mulch & Firewood: Scott Baldridge, City of Miami
  • New Yard Waste Compost Facility: Scottie Williams, City of Norman
  • Compost Feasibility Study: Fred Rice, City of Edmond

 2:15-2:30 p.m.             Afternoon break and networking in exhibit area

 2:30-3:30 p.m.             Oklahoma Container Deposit Bill Discussion: Moderator, Traci Phillips

  • Jim Bologna, Saint-Gobain Containers, Sapulpa
  • Jeannine McDaniel, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Tulsa
  • Michael Patton, The M.e.t.
  • Fenton Rood, DEQ
  • Peter Walters, Saint-Gobain Containers, Muncie IN

3:30 p.m.    Optional post-seminar site visit tour of Stillwater Convenience Collection Center.






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