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Managing Waste: A Workshop on Addressing Perception,
Establishing Metrics and Developing Systems and Partnerships

October 19, 2010
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon

Event Recap

Participant Organizations

Air & Waste Management Association
Boeing
Carbon Solutions Northwest
Center for Resource Solutions
City of Gresham, Oregon
City of Portland Bureau
     of Planning & Sustainability
Clackamas County
Con-way
Doyle Engineering
Energy Recovery Council
FMYI
Good Company
HP
Metro Portland
MGM Resorts International
MWW Group
News Corporation
Nike
Oregon Department of
     Environmental Quality
Partners for a Sustainable
     Washington County Community
Portland State University
RW Beck (an SAIC Company)
The Climate Group
Tri-County Hazardous
     Waste & Recycling
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington County, Oregon
Waste Management
Xerox Corporation
Zero Waste Energy

Plenary Presentations

Session I: Overview of the Energy and Climate Implications Related to Managing Waste

  • Ed BoissonSenior Consultant, Water, Environment & Transportation, RW Beck (an SAIC Company)
  • David AllawayPolicy Analyst, Solid Waste Program, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
  • Rich TaubermanExecutive Vice President, MWW Group
  • Richard W. Sprott – Immediate Past President, Air & Waste Management Association

Special Lunch Presentation

  • David AllawayPolicy Analyst, Solid Waste Program, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Session II: Lifecycle Perspectives of Materials Production

Session III: Developing Systems, Addressing Usage and Disposal of Materials, and Emerging Technologies

  • Bruce WalkerSolid Waste & Recycling Program Manager, City of Portland Bureau of Planning & Sustainability
  • Noelle StuderSustainability Coordinator, Portland State University
  • Brittin Witzenburg Sustainability Coordinator, Oregon Convention Center

Session IV: Waste-to-Energy Opportunities and Barriers

  • Ted MichaelsPresident, Energy Recovery Council
  • Joshua SkovPrincipal, Good Company
  • Daniel HagenDirector, WM Organics Growth Group, Waste Management
  • Blaine CollisonDirector, Green Power Partnership Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Next Steps

  • A working group focused on issues covered during this workshop will be launched in January 2011.
  • ACCO Working Groups are open to members and partners of ACCO.  Additional membership opportunities for previously unavailable sectors will be announced shortly.
  • Attendees interested in helping to lead initiatives under this working group, or simply in participating, should communicate that interest to ACCO Executive Director Daniel Kreeger (dkreeger@ACCOonline.org).

Co-presented by:

This pre-conference workshop was hosted in conjunction with the Renewable Energy Markets 2010 Conference

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