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2019 Connecticut Recycling Conference
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Presentations
Susan Collins, CRI
Jennifer Heaton Jones, HRRA
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The Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry St, Plantsville, CT 06479
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February 19, 2019
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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The CT Recyclers Conference is an annual, day-long event featuring a robust discussion of key issues facing the recycling and materials management industries and markets in Connecticut, as well as the impacts on the many customers and stakeholders in the state.The CT Recyclers Conference is the singular event each year where municipalities, state officials, the business community and non-profit organizations in Connecticut come together in one setting to have a dialogue about the best ways to achieve our mutual goal of a 60% recycling rate statewide.
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Thank you to our Sponsors
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WELCOME REMARKS
2019 CONFERENCE OPENING REMARKS
Senator Heather Bond Somers
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Special Guest Speaker
Susan Collins, Executive DirectorContainer Recycling InstituteEven though the service is "free," there's a cost to recycling from the bin back to the materials market. Susan will present her data and analysis of the true cost of recycling blue bin materials and the cost changes as the underlying market changes. Should our programs change to adapt?
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Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Katie Dykes, DEEP Commissioner
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Recycling Markets Reporter Update
Veteran waste and recycling industry reporters Mallory Szczepanski, Editorial Director for Waste360 and Cole Rosengren Senior Editor with WasteDive will provide a recycling markets update. Mallory and Cole's joint appearance at the CRC 2018 Annual Meeting in September was so popular and informative, we couldn't wait another year to have them back. Learn about the state policy changes being considered as a result of the international markets.
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MRF Glass and Developing Markets
Panelists
MaryAnn Remolader, Assistant DirectorNortheast Recycling Council
Jennifer Heaton Jones, Executive DirectorHousatonic Resource Recovery Authority
Bill ClarkStrategic Materials, Inc.MaryAnn will present and discuss the results of the recently completed Northeast MRFs Glass Survey Report, while Jennifer will provide an overview and update on the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority's glass collection pilot in its 11 member towns. Bill from Strategic Materials, Inc., the largest US glass recycler with a facility in South Windsor, CT, and CRC Patron Member and glass processor, PACE Glass, Inc., will discuss their needs for supply and quality specifications. Pace is in the process of constructing a $90 million MRF glass recycling facility in Andover, New Jersey.
Following will be an open discussion with the audience on the future of MRF glass and what recommendations we should share with policymakers this year to ensure more glass is recovered and recycled.