This year's CT Recycling Conference will focus on the 2021 session of the CT General Assembly and the materials management challenges facing the state of Connecticut.
While we are disappointed that we cannot hold this year's event in person, we are anything but disappointed with the content. This year's event will include the following:
Noon: Overview and Recommendations of the Connecticut Coalition for Sustainable Materials Management (CCSMM)
- DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes
1 - 3 pm: Lightning Round Panels
- Unit Based Pricing: Kristen Brown, Waste Zero & Steve Changaris, NWRA
- EPR: Jennifer Heaton-Jones. Product Stewardship Council & Kelsey Wentley, CT River Council
- Bottle Bill: Lou Rosado Burch, Citizens Campaign for the Environment & Bree Dietly, American Beverage Association
- Organics/Food Diversion: Sam King, Blue Earth Compost & Dan Martens, Novamont
- Polystyrene Ban: Kelsey Lamp, Environment CT & TBD
3 pm: Legislative Leaders Panel:
- Senator Christine Cohen, Co-Chair, Environment Committee
- Representative Dorinda Borer, Co-Chair, Environment Committee*
- Senator Craig Miner, Ranking Member, Environment Committee*
- Representative Stephen Harding, Ranking Member, Environment Committee
4 pm: Adjourn
* Invited
If you work in materials management for a non-profit, the state, a municipality or corporate organization, you don't want to miss this event. The 2021 session of the CT General Assembly will have a tremendous impact on materials management policy in the state of Connecticut. Engage with opinion leaders from across the state as they stake their ground.
