Waste ReForum 2019

SWRC Waste ReForum 2019
Home Grown: Local problems. Local solutions.

April 10 – 12, 2019 – Sheraton Cavalier Hotel, Saskatoon

Presentations:

Pre-Conference Workshop: Getting People to Recycle Right: A Design Thinking Methodology—Stephanie Yong, Facilitator

Opening Keynote: Lessons for Local Communities, (no slides), Dr. Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Plenary Session — Local Waste Innovators — Lightning Talks
Innovators with solutions to local waste issues each had five minutes to present their great idea.                                 

• Recovering Elements: Extracting Gold from Electronic Waste — Stephen Foley, U of S
• FoodRenew: Renewing Food Waste in the City of Saskatoon — Steven Rau
• Smart Builds & Tiny Homes: Reduced Waste in Architecture — Crystal Bueckert, BLDG Studio
• Textile Waste: Rescuing Vintage Attire — Nicola Tabb, Better Off Duds
• @Do.More.Good: Using Social Media to Persuade Change — Launne Kolla
• Take-Home Volunteering for Office Waste Diversion Programs — Nathan Bruce, Stantec
• Sustainable Grocery Shopping: Refusing Excess Waste — Abigail Mani, Bulk Basket
• Recycling Convenience: SARCAN Drop n Go — Nolan Hubbard-Richards
• Craik Eco-Village: Sustainable Saskatchewan Community — Brent Kreuger
• The Hollows: Sustainable Dining — Christie Peters
• The Library of Things: Borrow Don’t Buy — Meg Dorwart
• Black Fox Farm & Distillery – “Just doing our little part.” — Barb Stefanyshyn-Coté
• Food Recovery : Environmental Protection and Hunger Relief — Lori Nikkel, Second Harvest 
• Xeriscaping: Low Water, Low Maintenance Gardening — Bernadette Vangool, Saskatchewan Perennial Society
• Diverting Waste in the City: Curbside Swap Program — Michael Dawe, City of Saskatoon 

Concurrent Session A: Cooperative Local Solutions

• The Bike Diversion Project: a Collaboration between the Bridge City Bicycle Co-op and the City of Saskatoon’s Landfill Operations — Pam Groat
• Environmental Benefits of CarSharing — Dave Palibroda, Saskatoon CarShare Cooperative
• How the Cooperative Model enables Waste Reduction — Victoria Morris, Saskatchewan Co-operative Association

Concurrent Session B: Municipal Tools for Waste Reduction

• Trash vs Truth: Pay as You Throw — Sheri Praski, Eco-Strategies
• Waste Diversion Strategy Implementation for Businesses and Organizations in Calgary — Nadine Sauder, City of Calgary
• Retail`s Role in Reducing Waste — John Graham, Retail Council of Canada

Concurrent Session C: Food Waste Workshop — Lori Nikkel,Second Harvest

Concurrent Session D: Using Technology to Solve Local Waste Problems

• Turbo Separator – Food Waste Depackaging System — Kevin Pedretti, Scott Equipment Company 
• Technologies to Implode Glass and to Capture Bagged Source-Separated Organics — Matt Risko, Machinex
• Zero Waste and Consumer Products — Jeremy Lang, Pela Cases

Closing Keynote Speaker: Indigenous Perspectives on Sustainability
Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann, University of Saskatchewan

Concurrent Session E: Home Grown Up North 

• Northern Saskatchewan & the New Generation: Developing a Strategy to Clean up the Land — Glen Strong, QM Points Contracting
• Take Back the Tundra: Addressing Waste Management in Northern and Remote Indigenous Communities — Lani Warsh, Scout Environmental
• Regional Waste & Recycling in Northern Saskatchewan — Betty Hutchinson, Lac La Ronge Regional Waste Management Authority

Concurrent Session F: Evolving Markets, Evolving Responsibilities

• Plastic Markets (no slides)— Lorenzo Donini, GFL Environmental
• Recycling’s Truth and Reconciliation:  The Circular Economy Fix — Jodi Tomchyshyn London, JTL Squared Consulting
• Plastics in the New World — Joe Hruska, Canadian Plastics Industry Association