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Waste ReForum 2021
Waste ReForum 2021
The Path Forward
April 27-29, 2021 – Virtual
SWRC’s 2021 Waste ReForum Conference was held virtually April 27-29. The conference theme was The Path Forward, which considered the directions we could take to get to zero waste and a circular economy.
Tuesday, April 27
Keynote Speaker — A crisis on top of a crisis: How COVID-19 has impacted the recycling industry in North America Dan Leif, Resource Recycling, Inc. VIDEO
Session includes comments from local experts: Wendy Yaworski, REACT Waste Management District & Dale Schmidt, Loraas Disposal
Parallel Path I: Innovative Approaches to Collecting Organics
- It’s Time to Stop Trucking Around Water: City of Nelson’s Pre-Treatment Organics Program VIDEO — Ginger Lester, City of Nelson & Alex Hayman, FoodCycler
- Community Composting: The Benefits of a Diverse & Distributed System VIDEO — Brenda Platt, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
- Regina’s Food and Yard Waste Pilot VIDEO — Garrett Ruiters, City of Regina
- Building Better Communities VIDEO — Alex Miller, BigBlock Construction
- Don’t Demolish — Unbuild VIDEO — Adam Corneil, Unbuilders
- Construction/demolition Material Recovery VIDEO — Doug Dawley, KBL
Wednesday, April 28
ATMO Recycling Ltd was a Canadian not for profit/social enterprise, created in 2017 by industry leader Graham Lewis.
Lightning Talks — Leaning into the Curve — VIDEO innovators in circular economy solutions have five minutes and ten slides to inspire and intrigue.
- Reducing the “Supply Chain Link” through Food Waste Reduction — Bruce Hardy, Myera Group
- Circular Packaging Options: “The Box” — Emmanuel Lemor, Living Packets
- From Trash to Gold: How a New Bio-Plastic is Paving the Way for a more Sustainable Economy — Derek Schaefer, UBQ Materials
- Reusable Takeback Systems — Nancy Prevost-Maurice and Caroline Thibault, Nulla Project
- Food Ecosystems through a Circular Economy — Catherine Beaudoin, Zesty Kits
- From Disposable to Sustainable: “Grin” – Simon Cooper, Grin Toothbrush
- Digital Platforms: Simplifying Food Waste – Eric Tribe, FlashFood
- Carbon Neutral Commercial Building Materials – Dallas Klassen, Interface
- Circular Denim: An Alternative to Fast Fashion Mud Jeans – Laura Vicaria, Mud Jeans
- Designing Products for a Circular Economy – Ferdinand Tchounkeu, Nespresso
Parallel Path III: This One’s a Fixer Upper
- Fixation: Creating a Repair Culture VIDEO — Sandra Goldmark, Author
- The Right to Repair VIDEO — Michael Coteau, Ontario MPP
- Prince Albert’s Repair Cafe VIDEO — Les Dickson
Parallel Path IV: The Home Front
- New programs for Agricultural Plastics VIDEO — Tammy Shields, Cleanfarms
- Moving Forward Together — an update on Saskatchewan’s Solid Waste Management Strategy VIDEO — Brienne Bennett & Pamela Berry, Ministry of Environment
- Leading the Charge: Saskatchewan’s Battery Collection and Recycling Program VIDEO — Kristen Romilly & Chad Moussa Call2Recycle
Thursday, April 29
Keynote Speaker — Where Do We Go From Here? Moji Igun, Blue Daisi Consulting VIDEO
Parallel Path V: Sketching a new direction — Redesign
- NextGen Fibre: Redesigning paper and rayon VIDEO — Valerie Langer, Fibre Solutions Strategist, Canopy
- Dell Circular Design – Product Takeback, Materials, & Packaging VIDEO — Allison Ward, Dell
Parallel Path VI: On the right track — Working on Reducing Contamination
- StreamSight: Reducing Recycling Contamination through Machine Learning VIDEO — Sam Dietrich, Prairie Robotics
- Applying Behaviourial Insights to Address Recycling Contamination VIDEO — Bernadette Celis-Clarke & Dennis King, Region of Peel
- How can Psychology Contribute to Waste Reduction? VIDEO — Jiaying Zhao, UB