Northeast Commercial Paper Stakeholders’ Summit

Agenda

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 Welcome, Introductions and Opening Remarks: “Why this Issue and Why Now”? – Sarah Weinstein, Mass. Department of Environmental Protection, Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association, Solid Waste Program Chair

9:50 Setting the Stage: Obstacles and Opportunities – Facilitator: Doug Thompson, Senior Associate, Keystone, Boston, MA

• Panelists: Michael Buono, Director of Program Development, Environmental Service Management Group, Inc. Northeast Region, Wall, NJ
• Scott Reed, Fiber Procurement Northeast Region, RockTenn, Solvay Mill, Syracuse, NY
• David Stukus, President, Turner Waste and Salvage, Coventry, RI
  Sean Duffy, President, FCR, A Division of Casella Waste Systems, Charlotte, NC

A Panel discussion about making commercial paper recycling work for the generator, hauler, processor, and paper user.

10:50 Break

11:00 Essential Ingredients for Commercial Paper Recycling – All Participants

• Identification of key issues, obstacles, opportunities, ideas and priorities for significantly increasing commercial paper recycling in the Northeast.

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Summary of Morning – Doug Thompson, Facilitator

1:10 Elements of Coordinated Strategy – Small Groups

• Small group discussions about what regional strategies would be successful, and how they might work.

2:45 Break

3:00 Report Out: Interactive briefing on group discussion – Facilitators

3:30 Reactions – All Participants

• Discussion of recommendations from the small groups, identifying areas of agreement and disagreement.

3:50 Next Steps – Sarah Weinstein

4:00 Adjourn