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Workshop on Agricultural Plastics Waste Collection & Recycling
Hotel Northampton, Northampton, MA
October 4, 2006
Developed by the Joint NEWMOA/NESCAUM Open Waste Burning Workgroup (funded by grant from EPA Region 1-NE)
| Agenda | |
|---|---|
| 9:30 – 9:40 | Introductions & Review of Agenda |
| 9:40 – 10:10 |
Overview of Agricultural Plastics Waste Generation in the Northeast: Amounts & Types and Challenges to Recycling
Speaker: Lois Levitan, Environmental Risk Analysis Program, Cornell University |
| 10:10 – 10:30 |
New York Dairy Farm Study/ Big Foot Baler Demonstration
Speaker: Lois Levitan, Environmental Risk Analysis Program, Cornell University |
| 10:30 – 11:00 |
New Jersey’s Agricultural Plastics Recycling Program
Speaker: Dennis DeMatte, Cumberland County Improvement Authority, NJ |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:45 – 12:15 |
Lessons from Marina Shrink Wrap Programs
Speaker: Gerry DiSchino, Rhode Island Marine Trades Association (invited) |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:30 |
Collecting Agricultural Plastics for Recycling: Summary of Challenges & Opportunities
Speaker: Natalie Starr, DSM Environmental |
| 1:30 – 3:00 |
Facilitated Panel Discussion: Markets for Plastics Collected from Agricultural Uses
Panel members: Dennis DeMatte, Cumberland County Improvement Authority, Andrea Dahl, Trex in Winchester, VA (invited); Paul Tomasi, Northeast Kingdom Solid Waste District, Lois Levitan, Cornell Evironmental Risk Analysis Program |
| 3:00 – 3:30 |
The Plastofuel Option for the Dirtiest Plastics
Speaker: Jim Garthe |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Wrap Up & Next Steps |
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