Florida Recycles Day
Friday, November 15
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Patel College for Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida
- 8:30 am Check in begins
Coffee & pastries sponsored by Publix - 9:00 am Welcome
Liz DeWitt – Chair, Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation
liz.dewitt@flabev.orgKaren Moore – Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Karen.S.Moore@floridadep.govDr. Pradeep Haldar – USF Patel College for Global Sustainability
phaldar@usf.edu - Florida’s Commitment to Recycling
Liz DeWitt, President/CEO Florida Beverage Association & Chair of the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation – Moderator- FDEP Study on Capacity
Hannah Sackles – University of Florida
hsackles@ufl.edu - State of the Recycling Markets
Gene Jones – Southern Waste Information eXchange (SWIX)
gene@swixusa.org - Investment in infrastructure
Mike DeClerck – WM
mdeclerc@wm.com
- FDEP Study on Capacity
- FDEP Recycling Recognition Awards Presentation
Karen Moore, Florida Department of Environmental Protection- Dan Pellowitz, Executive Director – Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
dpellowitz@swa.org -
Kari Hodgson, P.E., Division Director – Solid Waste – Collier County
Kari.Hodgson@colliercountyfl.gov - Baker County
- Dan Pellowitz, Executive Director – Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
- “Take Charge Florida” – The importance of recycling batteries
Lindsay Hempfling, Bealls – Moderator- “Take Charge Florida” – Florida’s new educational program about batteries
Karen Moore – FDEP
Karen.S.Moore@floridadep.gov - How one local government is handling batteries
Travis Barnes, Hillsborough County Solid Waste
BarnesT@hcfl.gov - What’s happening in other states?
Morgan Crapps, Redwood Materials
morgan@redwoodmaterials.com
- “Take Charge Florida” – Florida’s new educational program about batteries
- Lunch sponsored by Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
Grab your box lunch and return to the auditorium to network After you are finished, please take your containers and uneaten food to our recycling room next door. There you can recycle the boxes, aluminum cans and plastic bottles and place food waste in the composting bin. We have a sharing table for unused items! - FRPF Recycling Champion Award Winners
Liz DeWitt, FL Beverage Association & Chair of the FRPF- USF Stavros Center Sustainability Superheroes Program
danger@sdhc.k12.fl.us - Goodwill Industries Suncoast & Hillsborough County Solid Waste Department -Donation & Waste Diversion Program
Karbowski@goodwill-suncoast.com
GallagherD@hcfl.gov - Collier County’s Preserve Our Paradise: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Hodgson@colliercountyfl.gov - Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Closed Loop Recycling Value Assessments
eblack@cocacolaflorida.com
jomitchell@cocacolaflorida.com - Desert Wireless Recycling Continual Recycling
Aron Harris
aron@desertwr.com
- USF Stavros Center Sustainability Superheroes Program
- From Waste to Resources: Innovative Recycling Strategies for Campaign Signs, Building Materials, Textiles and Food Waste
Kayla Caselli, Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Tampa – Moderator- Campaign signs
Kyle Pukylo – NuCycle Energy
kpukylo@nucycleenergy.com - Building materials
Ty Chiles – Cemex
chiles@cemex.com - Textiles
Donn Githens, Goodwill Manasota & Raymond Randall, WM
githens@gimi.org
rrandall@wm.com - Food Recovery
Brian West, Publix
West@publix.com
- Campaign signs
- Wrap up and thank you
- Thank you to our sponsors:
