Waste ReForum 2025
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Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council Annual Conference
May 28 - 30, 2025, Regina

Presentations:

Wednesday, May 28

Workshop:  Smart Fridges, AI Assistants, and Self-Driving Cars: It’s Not the Jetsons—It’s Just Tuesday -- Jeph Maystruck, Strategy Labs - Presentation

Thursday May 29

Opening Keynote: Roaring into the 2020s: Coming Full Circle -- Christina Seidel, sonnevera corp --Presentation

Session: Knowing your Onions: Creative Strategies to Prevent Food Waste

  • The Role Government can play in Building Food Recovery Networks - Jessica Regan, Foodmesh --  Presentation
  • How Grassroots Diversion can change the game -- Jaime White, Loop LResource --  Presentation
  • PARTNERING FOR CHANGE: How Love Food Hate Waste can prevent avoidable household food waste and reduce municipal waste costs - Jessica Regan, Foodmesh --  Presentation

Session: Everything is Copacetic: Procurement Strategies for a Better Planet

  • Circular Procurement for a Better Planet - Mike Fernandez, StrategyMakers Consulting - Presentation
  • SARCAN Recycling: Social Procurement - Chantelle Diakuw, SARCAN  - Presentation
  • Buy with Impact: Introduction to Social Procurement - Tori Williamson, Buy Social Canada - Presentation

Session: On the Level: Indigenous-led Initiatives

  • Ile-a-la Crosse Fish Company - Frank Morrison -- Presentation & Turning Agricultural Waste to Premium Animal Protein - Masood Risvi, NRGene Canada -- Presentation
  • RE-USE CENTER - Arron Watson, Ochapowace First Nation -- Presentation
  • Honouring the Cycle ᑲᑭᐢᑌᔨᐦᑕᒥᕽ  ᐃᐢᐸᔨᐏᐣ -- Raj Bahari, BrewNature & Rebecca Acikahte, Cowessess Ventures -- Presentation
  • Cowessess Ventures and Environmental Stewardship - Rebecca Acikahte, Cowessess Ventures -- Presentation

Session: What's the Rumble? Advances in Plastics

  • CSA R117: Plastics Recycling: Definitions, Reporting, and Measuring - Adriana Shu-Yin, CSA Group -- Presentation
  • The 3Rs of Microplastics: Reduce, Reuse, Repent - Kiera Greenaway, University of Alberta -- Presentation

Session: Get a Wiggle on: Municipal Developments

  • Smuggling ICI Waste Diversion Into City Policy -- Sue Bouchard & Chelsey Studer City of Saskatoon -- Presentation
  • Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Waste in Regina -- Willow Iorga, City of Regina -- Presentation
  • SK Recycles Update -- Kelly Goyer & Bruce Mann, SK Recycles -- Presentation

Session: Mattress Recycling Panel - SESSION VIDEO

  • Mattress Stewardshipin the United States - Scott Klag, Product Stewardship Institute - Presentation
  • City of Saskatoon - Ben Brodie - Presentation
  • City of Swift Current - Keegan Story - Video

Friday May 30

Closing Keynote: Calling in Your Allies: A Perspective from the Prohibition to 2025 - Jocelyn Peltier-Huntley, Prairie Catalyst Consulting - no presentation - worksheet

Hitting on all Six: Effective Education/Marketing Campaigns (Lightning Talks)

  • Recycle Your Batteries Canada! Brand Launch - Jordan Covens, Call2Recycle - Presentation
  • My All-Time Favourite Campaign - Jeph Maystruck, StrategyLabs - Video
  • Stretching the Possibilities - Colleen McKee, SK Recycles - Presentation
  • A Pain in the Asphalt - Colleen McKee - Presentation
  • SARCAN Pros & Cans - Sean Homenick, SARCAN Recycling - Presentation
  • The Rise of the Recycling Hero - Laurissa Perras & Pam Berry, Ministry of Environment - Presentation
  • Writers of the Storm: Counting more than Lightning Units - Jane Hubbard-Richards, SARCAN Recycling - Presentation
 
 

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