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Home > Events > Forums > Spring 08

Spring 08 Forum

April 3 & 4, 2008
Travelodge Hotel, Regina

"Not Exactly Wasting Away"

The Spring 08 Forum, held at the Travelodge in Regina April 3 & 4, was another great success. Thanks to our sponsors and to our registrants for their support!

Click on the blue titles to see presentations.

Thursday, April 3

10:00 : Workshop —Effective Media Communication

— understanding media, how to get the right messages across, making the most of your promotion dollars. Presented by Zapwell Communications.

2:00 Keynote Speaker: Holistic Management — Holistic Management Applicable to Common Day Problems— Leonard Pigott

3:30 Concurrent Session A: Not on Any Diet: Hazardous Materials

  • Saskatchewan ’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program — Rich Wilkins, Saskatchewan Environment
  • Fluorescent Lamp Recycling — John Brodner, K-Light Recycling
  • Collection of Mercury Thermostats — Bernie Bolen, SaskPower


3:30 Concurrent Session B: Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home: Screening of the Andrew Nisker Film that follows a Toronto family who keep all their garbage and recyclables for three months.

  • 2007 Saskatchewan Waste Minimization Awards
  • In July 2007, Mike Vaughn of Regina, along with his friend Jason Minvielle, drove a 1993 Geo Metro in the world-famous Mongol Rally, an annual 13,000-km charity event. Tonight, he’ll tell us of his adventures. See their blog...


Friday, April 4

8:30 Working on our Waste Diet: Community Efforts

  • Update on Regional Waste Management— Wally Lorenz, ARWMAS
  • Snapshots of Waste Management from Interesting Places - Mark Smishek, City of Regina
  • Tools for community sustainability — Rodney Sidloski, Help International, Weyburn

10:30 Concurrent Session C : The Organic Diet: Composting

  • Composting Issues Across Canada - Susan Antler, Composting Council of Canada
  • Low-tech / No-tech Composting in Saskatoon - Larry Mullen, SWRC
  • It’s Not Compost Until you Put it Somewhere … Where Compost in Saskatchewan Goes — Joan Harrison, SWRC

10:30 Concurrent Session D : Bags, Wrap & Twine: Challenges in Recycling Agricultural Plastics

  • BC’s Ag Plastics Recycling Pilot — Janice Johnson, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen
  • Alberta ’s Agricultural Plastic Recycling Efforts — Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta
  • Recycling of Hay Bale Wrap—Grant Cameron, EPIC/Alberta Plastics Recycling Association


    Forum sponsored in part by:
chenington productcare epic
Allied Paper Savers sstc sweep
envirotec crown-shred sarrc
wm newalta CofR
loraas ecycle tetrapak
  capital swana

And our major sponsor of Forum events,

sasktel

 


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