May 17-19, 2017
Radisson Hotel, Saskatoon
Waste ReForum 2017 is the joint conference of SWANA Northern Lights and SWRC. Co-Creation is a collaborative process that brings everyone together to develop solutions that work for all of us. The conference will examine the role of waste reduction and waste management in a circular economy and look at ways we all can contribute to arriving at solutions.
Proceedings
Wednesday, May 17
Pre-Conference Workshop -- Circular Economy Lab -- Chris Lindberg, Natural Step Canada
Workshop: Exploring the world of textile waste -- Sabine Weber, Sustainable Strategies and Solutions
Thursday, May 18
Keynote Speaker -- Building a Local Circular Economy -- Jonathan Pereira, Plant Chicago
Opening Plenary -- The Circular Economy in Practice
- What the Heck does Circular have to do with the Economy? -- Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta
- Circular, or Spinning in Circles...? -- Mikhael Metauro, Cascades
- Textiles: A challenge for the Circular Economy -- Sabine Weber, Sustainable Strategies & Solutions
Session A -- Improving Landfill Performance
- The Impact of Social and Technological Change on Waste Management -- Jim Lapp, City of Edmonton
- Revaluating the Life Expectancy of a Landfill -- Greg Kuntz, City of Regina
- Tire Derived Aggregate in Landfill Leachate Collection Systems -- Ian Fleming, University of Saskatchewan
Session B -- Preventing Food Waste
- Avoiding Food Waste in Hotel Kitchens -- Scott Torgerson, Radisson Hotel
- National Food Waste Reduction Strategy - Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta
- Red Deer's Feed 500 - Mary Curtis, City of Red Deer
Session C -- Keeping Workers Safe
- Incident Investigations – Cathy Davidson, City of Saskatoon
- Developing Smarter, Safer Drivers -- Randall Soutter, FleetMind
- Arc Flash and Grounding: Safety Compliance and Good Practice -- Chris Riddle, EPG Companies
Session D -- Waste Management in Small and Remote Communities
- Solid Waste Management for Northern and Remote Communties -- Molly Morse, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Designing and Constructing Landfills in Remote Communities, Bob Jardine, Associated Engineering
- The True Cost of Landfill Closures -- Michel Lefebvre, Tetra Tech
Session E -- The Next Big Things
- Public Space Recycling in Manitoba -- Christa Rust, CBCRA
- Grain Bag Recycling: YES, it is happening -- Barry Friesen and KimTimmer, CleanFARMS
- BioProducts Revolution: Biomass and the Opportunity to Reduce Carbon Emissions -- Jamie Bakos, Titan Carbon Smart Technologies
Session F -- Campfire Session on Public Education
- Design your own recycling program from the very beginning in this interactive session. Participants will be grouped together and given a recycling stream with the task of creating an effective recycling program. How will a system be designed that suits the needs of all stakeholders, and how do we communicate it effectively?
Friday May 19
Keynote Speaker -- The Whitecap Story -- Chief Darcy Bear, Whitecap Dakota First Nation
Session G -- Technological Considerations for Processing Organics
- Alberta Organics Diversion and Implications for Leachate Quality -- Steve Johnson, AECOM
- Approaches to Selecting Food Waste Processing Technologies -- Darryl McCartney, University of Alberta
- Economics of Dry Batch Digestion for Small Municipalities – An Alberta Case Study -- Alex Hayes, Alberta Innovates
Session H -- Provinical Ministry updates
- Manitoba Sustainable Development -- Ashley Keep
- What's New in Alberta -- Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment (Waste Stewardship) - Che-Wei Chung
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment (landfills) -- Mike Rathwell
Session I -- Co-Creating a Clean Stream -- Tackling Contamination
- Get That Garbage Outta Here! – Betsy Varghese, Dillon Consulting
- Dealing with Recycling Contamination (aka: Keeping Diapers, Samurai Swords, Kittens, Needles and other non-recyclables out of the Blue Carts) -- Daniel Mireault, City of Saskatoon
Waste ReForum 2017 is bullfrogpowered with 100% green electricity.