Sustainable Materials Management Web Academy
The Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Web Academy series is a free resource for SMM challenge participants, stakeholders and anyone else interested in learning more about SMM principles from experts in the field.
From these webinars, you can learn about key issues, successful projects, and a variety of best management practices for creating stellar materials and waste management programs. Hear from experts around the country on what works and what doesn’t and how to make your program more successful.
The format for the webinars is a formal presentation followed by a question and answer session and discussion time.
SMM Web Academy Calendar
Sign up for upcoming webinars and find presentations from past webinars below. You must register for each webinar separately.
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| January 19, 2017 |
The Story and Highlights of Oregon’s 2050 Vision of Materials Management |
David Allaway, Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Elaine Blatt, Senior Policy and Program Analyst, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
| December 15, 2016 |
Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2014 |
Swarupa, Ganguli, Measurement Team Leader, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Hope Pillsbury, Analyst, U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery |
| November 17, 2016 | Recycling Collection Programs: A Bigger Pinch Point Than We Thought |
Adam Gendell, Associate Director, Sustainable Packaging Coalition Kelly Cramer, Senior Manager, Sustainable Packaging Coalition |
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New Tool Kit: Keeping Food out of Landfill: Policy Ideas for States and Localities |
Emily Broad-Leib, Director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic and Deputy Director of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School Christina Rice, Clinical Fellow, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic Jill Mahoney, Extern, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic Marina Shkuratov, Harvard Law School, J.D. Candidate, Class of 2018 Sydney A. Montgomery, Harvard Law School, J.D. Candidate, Class of 2018 |
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Food: Too Good to Waste – Community Results and Lessons Learned |
Ashley Zanolli, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Karen May, King County (WA) Department of Natural Resources & Parks Jennifer Jordan, City of Iowa City (IA) |
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| August 18, 2016 |
How Recycling Got Its Groove Back: Turning Up the Quality |
Keefe Harrison, Executive Director, The Recycling Partnership Janice Paré, Municipal Recycling Analyst, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Patrick Mallalieu, Operations Supervisor, Republic Services Rob Colson, Department of Public Works Director, West Springfield, MA Gunther Wellenstein, Solid Waste Manager, Lowell, MA Jason Hale, Communications Lead, The Recycling Partnership |
| June 23, 2016 |
Pollinator Habitat & Food Security - What’s All the Buzz About? |
Dr. Bruce Rodan, White House Office of Science & Technology Dr. Vicki Wojcik, Pollinator Partnership Monica Pech, U.S. General Services Administration |
| May 26, 2016 |
Feed the People: Public/Private Collaboration results in a 30% increase in food rescued in Vermont |
Eric Davis, Feeding America Bryn Oakleaf, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Mica Seely, Vermont Foodbank Ben Theriault, Hannaford Supermarket |
| April 28, 2016 |
Preview of the Soon to Be Released Nationwide Public Service Campaign to Reduce Wasted Food |
Dana Gunders, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Cece Wedel, Campaign Director – The Advertising Council |
| April 14, 2016 | How Communities Can Transform Waste Streams through Policies and Programs |
Karen Irwin, U.S. EPA, Region 9 Caroline Mitchell, City of Fort Collins |
| March 31, 2016 |
Changes in the Waste Stream -- the Future of the Curbside Material Mix |
Chaz Miller, Director of Policy/Advocacy National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) Dylan de Thomas, Campaign Director – Editorial Director Resource Recycling, Inc |
| February 25, 2016 |
Innovative Collaborations in the Hospitality Sector to Increase Food Recovery |
Laura Abshire, National Restaurant Association Laura Zaspel, Serendipity Catering Lorenzo Macaluso, RecyclingWorks in MA/Center for EcoTechnology Jim Larson, Food Donation Connection |
| December 17, 2015 |
Managing “Recycling” Contamination: What Works and What is a Waste |
Bob Cappadona, Vice President Recycling, Casella Recycling Tom Moreau, General Manager, Chittenden Solid Waste District Heather Cashwell, Education & Outreach Coordinator, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality |
| November 19, 2015 | State Policies to increase Organics Diversion from Landfills: MA and VT one year in and CA the new kid on the block |
Nora Goldstein, BioCycle John Fischer, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Josh Kelly, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Marshalle Graham, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Marshalle Graham, CalRecycle |
| October 15, 2015 | Does plastics recycling need to be so confusing? |
Tonya Randell, Project Manager, Moore Recycling Associates Alex Arnett, Waste Reduction Supervisor, City of Greensboro |
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Changing How We Think About Our Resources for a Better Tomorrow: How to Donate Surplus Food from K-12 Schools |
Jimmy Nguyen, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C Gloria Quinn, Ramona High School, Ramona, California André Villaseñor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Los Angeles, California Kathleen Weil, Founder and Executive Director, The Food Bus, Arlington, Virginia |
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Let's WRAP (Wrap Recycling Action Program): Best Practices to Boost Plastic Film Recycling in Your Community |
Shari Jackson, Director, Film Recycling, Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council Becky Curtis, Recycling Assistant, City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works |
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"Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2013" Assessing Trends in Materials Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the United States |
Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator in EPA's Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) |
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Pay-As-You Throw: Growth & Opportunity for Sustainable Materials Management |
Dr. Lisa Skumatz, Dana D’Souza and Dawn BeMent: Skumatz Economic Research Associates (SERA), and the non-profit Econservation Institute (EI) Juri Freeman: City and County of Denver, Colorado Allison Fraley: Kaua’i County, Hawaii |
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Milestone 4: Measuring Impact |
David Klein and Chris Henson, Costco Wholesale, Columbus OH Amanda Hong, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Andre Villasenor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Bobby Renz, ICF International |
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Milestone 2: Data Analysis, and Creating and Implementing Waste Reduction Strategies; & Milestone 3: Tracking Progress |
Cat Sullivan and Executive Chef Tim Cunningham, Northern Arizona University (NAU) Ray Dennis and Chef Dana Massimiani, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) Ismail Samad, Executive Chef of Daily Table, a nonprofit grocery store, and the Gleanery restaurant Amanda Hong, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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Reducing Wasted Food: How Packaging Can Help |
Todd Bukowski, HAVI Global Solutions Dr. Ronald Cotterman, Sealed Air Corporation |
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Wasted Food to Energy: How six Water Resource Recovery Facilities are Boosting Biogas Production & the Bottom Line |
Sophia Skoda, East Bay Municipal Utility District Jason Dow, Central Marin Sanitation Agency Chuck Rogers, Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant Sharon Thieszen, Sheboygan Wastewater Treatment Plant Todd Bukowski, West Lafayette Wastewater Utility |
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Recycling Right: Tactics and Tools for Effective Residential Outreach (Part TWO) |
Candy Castellanos, Waste Management PNW Karen Bandhauer, Curbside Value Partnership |
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Milestone 1: Preparing for a Wasted Food Assessment and Establishing a Baseline |
Andrew Shakman, LeanPath Amanda Hong, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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Food Waste Reduction Alliance, a unique industry collaboration |
Gail Tavill, Vice President of Packaging and Sustainable Productivity, ConAgra Jason Wadsworth, Sustainability Manager, Wegmans |
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Recycling Right: Tactics and Tools for Effective Residential Outreach (Part One) |
Sego Jackson, Snohomish County Solid Waste Division Candy Castellanos, Waste Management Pacific Northwest Karen Bandhauer, Curbside Value Partnership |
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Managing Wasted Food with Anaerobic Digestion Incentives and Innovations |
David Babson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Caitlin Sparks, The Prasino Group Mel Kurtz, Quasar Energy Brandon Julian, Pure Energy Group |
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The Changing "Waste" Stream |
Susan Robinson, Waste Management |
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Be an Endorser! |
Rachel Chaput, US EPA - Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Suzanne Forbes, Wakefern Food Corp. Rocco D'Antonio, Organic Diversion, LLC Michelle Andrews, Washington State Department of Ecology |
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Cupertino CA and Cambridge MA: Tips for How Communities Can Successfully Engage Businesses to Divert Food Scraps |
Cheri Donnelly, Environmental Programs Manager, Cupertino Public Works Department, Cupertino, CA: Cheri joined the City in March 2008 and is responsible for both the stormwater management compliance program as well as the integrated waste management and diversion (recycling and composting) programs. Randi Mail, Recycling Director, Cambridge, MA: Randi joined the City in 2002 working to encourage people to consume less, reuse and donate materials, and recycle what cannot be eliminated or re-used. She oversees weekly curbside recycling collection that serves 45,000 households, City buildings, and schools; operation of a Recycling Center open to residents and small businesses; public education efforts. |
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How to Reduce Wasted Food: |
Julie Schilf, US EPA - Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Amanda Hong, fellow, US EPA |
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Compost from Food Waste: |
Rachel Chaput: US EPA - Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Gregg Twehues: Co-founder of Compostwerks! LLC Peter Moon: President and principal engineer of O2 Compost Tom Goldsmith: Staff director for energy and environmental conservation at St. John’s University |
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Building Collection Infrastructure for Composting: Success in the greater Worcester, Massachusetts area |
Sean Pontani: Green Business Support Manager, Center for EcoTechnology (CET), Northampton, MA Sandy Giancola: Preventive Maintenance Manager, Big Y Foods, Inc. Springfield, MA Paul Degnan: Materials Marketing & Sourcing Manager for E. L. Harvey & Sons, Inc. Westboro, MA |
- Search the EPA Archive for SMM Web Academy webinars from 2013 and earlier.