Roundtable: Transforming Waste Management for the 21st Century

Transforming Solid Waste Management in Connecticut & Beyond

Agenda

1:00 Welcome

• Dan Esty, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP)

1:15 Visions for the 21st Century

• Panelists:
  Kim Jeffery [PDF], Nestle Waters North America, Inc.
  Howard J. Brown [PDF], dMass
• Facilitator: Dan Esty, Connecticut DEEP

2:30 State of Waste [PDF]

• Allen Hershkowitz [PDF], Natural Resources Defense Council
• Additional Resources
  • More Jobs, Less Pollution [PDF]
  • NRDC/Major League Baseball PSA

3:15 Break

3:30 Economic Opportunities in the Waste Stream

• Panelists:
  Nikhil Krishnan [PDF], McKinsey & Company
  Amy Perlmutter [PDF], Perlmutter Associates
• Facilitator: Curt Spalding, U.S. EPA Region 1, Regional Administrator
• Additional Resources: McKinsey & Company Report – Resource Revolution: Meeting the world’s energy, materials, food, and water needs

4:45 Transforming Our Materials Economy

• Discussion
• Facilitator: Macky McCleary, Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut DEEP

5:30 Reception