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Summit & Symposium Day 1
Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM MDT
Category: Recycle Colorado Event

Breakfast | 8:00am-9:00am

Welcome & State of the Organization | 9:00am-9:30am | Ballroom

EPR Implementation | 9:30am-10:30am | Ballroom

Passing Period, Coffee, Exhibitor Booths | 10:30am-11:00am

Breakout Sessions | 11:00am-12:30pm

The New Colorado Producer Responsibility Law: We did it! So now what? What is the role of Recycle Colorado in implementation? 
WolfGang Kray, Kate Bailey, Rachel Setzke

Ballroom
With the amazing work of our lobby team and many Recycle Colorado members who stayed up late to testify and contact legislators, we successfully passed the third Producer Responsibility bill in the nation and the first to create a fully producer-funded and operated statewide recycling system for all consumer-facing packaging and printed paper. So, now what? How do we implement this huge transformational policy and make sure it is successful? In this session, we will share a timeline of implementation and discuss how Recycle Colorado and its members can be instrumental in the needs assessment and setting up the advisory board. We will also have time for general questions about the new policy.

FRWD Panel
Conference Room A

Colorado Organics Management Plan - Sneak Peak & Next Steps
Jace Driver, Lisa Skumatz, Juri Freeman, Frank Franciosi, Dan Matsch

Conference Room H
This session looks at how we can best align our state and local regulations to meet our organics diversion goals. We’ll get a sneak preview of the soon-to-be-released Organics Management Plan, hear about USCC’s revised model rules, and end with an open discussion of next steps.

Passing Period, Lunch | 12:30pm-1:00pm | Ballroom

Lighting Round Talks | 1:00pm-1:50pm | Ballroom

Passing Period, Coffee, Exhibitor Booths | 1:50pm-2:15pm

Breakout Sessions | 2:15pm-3:45pm

Developing End Market Strategies with NextCycle Colorado
Juri Freeman & Kendra Appelman-Eastvedt

Ballroom
Summit attendees will learn about NextCycle Colorado, a program that challenges businesses, organizations, non-profits, universities, and entrepreneurs to develop innovative projects that create new, or improve existing, recycling and composting end markets in the state. The session will feature past participants and an interactive training opportunity for future NextCycle applicants.

The New Colorado Producer Responsibility Law: We did it! So now what? What is the role of Recycle Colorado in implementation? 
WolfGang Kray, Kate Bailey, Rachel Setzke

Ballroom
With the amazing work of our lobby team and many Recycle Colorado members who stayed up late to testify and contact legislators, we successfully passed the third Producer Responsibility bill in the nation and the first to create a fully producer-funded and operated statewide recycling system for all consumer-facing packaging and printed paper. So, now what? How do we implement this huge transformational policy and make sure it is successful? In this session, we will share a timeline of implementation and discuss how Recycle Colorado and its members can be instrumental in the needs assessment and setting up the advisory board. We will also have time for general questions about the new policy.

Contamination - Is it solvable or not? Thinking outside of the pile
Monique DiGiorogio, Kathy Carol, Christi Turner, Jessica Lally, Clinton Sanders

Conference Room H
As we work hard in Colorado to improve our diversion rates of organic materials from Colorado landfills from 15% to 36% by 2026. We must understand high levels of contamination can quickly affect our success and reduce the quality of finished compost. What does high-level contamination look like in the organics recycling stream? Where does it happen and at what level? In this session, we take a hard look at contamination, hear about real world ideas/solutions to reduce, and remove contamination. This is a low-tech manageable stream that can be made acceptable to be received by a commercial composter.  Contamination can be reduced/solved by implementing highly focused defined inspection/removal programs at smaller volume touch points. All stakeholders doing their part to support the common goal of clean organics being diverted, composted, and amended into our Colorado soils to create a truly clean circular economy, closed loop system, and a sustainable program.

Passing Period | 3:45pm-4:00pm

Lighting Talks: Innovations in Bio-Resource Management | 4:00pm-5:00pm | Ballroom

Awards Gala | 6:00pm-10:00pm MDT

Join us to honor the winners of the annual Recycle Colorado Awards. Stay to eat, dance, and have a great time.

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