To Infinity and Beyond Waste September 15 and 16, 2011 Swift Current, SK Sky Centre
Presentations (or see program below):

Program:

Thursday, September 15

1:30 Mission Briefing -- Keynote Speaker

Time Travel? Or Crystal Ball? Predicting how lifestyle changes will impact curbside recycling programs (4.3Mb) -- Maria Kelleher (by videoconference) is principal of Kelleher Environmental, a company she founded in 2002. Maria specializes in diversion of paper, wood, packaging, organics and electronics through financing, collection and policy changes. She recently carried out a market assessment for wood and biomass in southern Ontario, and is currently working on a paper markets study, exploring financing options for Region of Niagara and financial modelling of the electronics recycling system in Alberta.

Sponsored by SWEEP and Sask. Paint Recycling Program

3:00 Getting Ahead of the Speed of Light: Preparing for the Phase-Out of Incandescent Light Bulbs

• Lighting: Infinite Choices? (1.7Mb) -- Angie Bugg, Sask. Environmental Society
• End-of-Life Options for Lighting (4.3Mb) -- John Brodner, K-Light Recycling
• Saving Energy by Reducing Light Pollution (2.7Mb) -- Richard Huziak, Sask. Light Pollution Abatement Committee

Sponsored by Canadian Plastics Industry Association

Friday, September 16

8:45 Waste Reduction on the Home Planet: Lessons from Local Municipalities

• Swift Current (41Kb) -- Dan Knutson, City of Swift Current
• Gravelbourg (3.7Mb) -- Gordon Murray, Town of Gravelbourg
• Mission Forward (2.1 Mb) -- Deb Machay and Ellaine Hawrylak, Town of Maple Creek

Sponsored by Machinex

10:45 Recycling=Infinity -- Markets & End Uses for Recycled Materials

• True Value Assessment for Recyclables: Proximity Based Models to Shrink the Loop (1.2Mb)
  -- Jeff Malmgren, Durable Solutions Inc.
• The Glass is Half Recycled (700Kb) -- Sean Homenick, SARCAN Recycling
• A Primer on Saskatchewan Fibre Markets (2.7Mb) -- Crown Shred & Recycling

Sponsored by Recycle Systems

12:45 Closing Speaker: Wind Power and Sustainable Communities (360Kb) -- Kristy Sletten, Southwest Wind Energy (Invited)

Sponsored by Durable Solutions Inc.

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