Most speaker presentations are downloadable in pdf format:
Joe Angevine | Sean Homenick | The Hon. Shannon Phillips* |
Meegan Armstrong* | Joe Hruska | David Schaaf* |
Jack Astill* | Wayne Hubbard | Laura Selanders* |
Charles Blanc & Tristan Surtees* | Steph Karba | Andrew Stephens* |
Isabelle Couture & Briana Loughlin | Monica Kosmak | Bill Stitt* |
Amber Crawford | Allen Langdon* | Dr. David Swann* |
Shauna Finlay* | Jim Lapp* | Usman Valiante* |
Dr. Omar Gatto | Chris Lindberg | Jolanta Wagner |
Teddie Geach | Geoff Love* | Valda Walsh* |
John Graham* | Timo Makinen | Sarah Webb* |
Scott Hamlin | Carey McIver* | Alfred Wong |
Brenda Heelan Powell | Glen Murray | |
Kari Herlevi | Leanne Olson |
*no presentation available
Photos by Zach Manntai
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- WEDNESDAY, September 19
- THURSDAY, September 20
- FRIDAY, September 21
WEDNESDAY, September 19
- 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Caddyshack - Golf at Banff Springs
Renowned for its panoramic beauty, The Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course is situated in Banff National Park, a mile high in the Canadian Rockies. With a breathtaking view in every direction, it is a captivating and challenging course. Amateurs and professionals alike are constantly amazed by its sense of difficulty. The optical illusions created by the mountains towering overhead can deceive the eye of even the most skilled player. Dress code enforced, no metal spikes
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Conference Registration / Welcoming Refreshments
Sponsored by Alberta Used Oil Management Association
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Waste Land - Francis Cooke Landfill Open House
Stop in on your way to the conference and learn about the progressive features at this Class III landfill site:
- Sustainability, loop-closing elements included in new office building.
- Use of recycled bio-mass as a renewable space heating fuel.
- Multi-stream Class III diversion and onsite processing to address marketing barriers.
- How a small “rural” resource recovery operation helped open the largest compost facility in Canada more or less on schedule and how that helped us address marketing issues.
- Long term differential fee structure as incentive for recycling and financial self-sufficiency and how that is working – or not.
- Financial structure addressing long-term financial liability such as closure and post closure costs through a pro-active financial reserve program.
- When you wake up one day and your office building is gone: Working through disasters – two major fires and 2013 floods in a 5 year span.
- Next generation CRD developments. Custom-designed sorting-at-the-face bin system.
- 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Tours:
The Holy Mountain – Banff Waste Management Stars
This is an all-encompassing tour of Banff, starting with a quick stop to view the “bear-proof” residential recycling collection system and a visit to the transfer site and reuse centre. Then on to the N-Viro biosolids processing facility where the resulting soil amendment is sold as a registered CFIA fertilizer to agricultural producers in central Alberta. This tour concludes with a stop at the Fenlands Banff recreation centre which was completely rebuilt in 2009 to LEED Silver Standards and houses largest solar installation in the Bow Valley.
Three Sisters – Canmore Transfer Station and Recycling Depot, RAW Distillery
Enjoy the short drive to Canmore to see the newly upgraded Waste Management Centre. Featuring the new transfer station, sort line and many other award-winning collection programs (HHW, scrub and brush, leaf and grass, etc.). Finish this tour off right, with a with a guided tour and “tasting adventure” at the RAW Distillery production warehouse.
***Closed toed shoes are mandatory
Sponsored by Alberta Environmental Rubber Products and General Recycling Industries
Walk of Fame – Banff Centre
Join Jim Oliver for a Campus tour of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. We will describe the history of the Rocky Mountains, exploration in the Bow Valley and Banff Centre. We will visit creative spaces in the Theatres, Music, Visual Arts and Media and Production. You will be amazed and inspired!
Sponsored by sonnevera international corp
- 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Exhibit Viewing & Refreshments
- 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Plenary Session: Risky Business - Legal Issues
This session digs into legal issues impacting our industry, including jurisdictional range of the Municipal Government Act, cannabis disposal, bylaws and contracts.
Moderator: Joel Sanchez (City of Lethbridge)
- Brenda Heelan Powell (Environmental Law Centre) – Municipalities & the Environment: Municipal Jurisdiction in Environmental Matters
- Shauna Finlay (Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer LLP) – Contracts: Consistency and Expectations
- Alfred Wong (Micron Waste Technologies) – Waste Cannabis Management
Sponsored by City of Lethbridge
- 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
RCA AGM
- 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Guardians of the Galaxy - Stewardship Discussion
Presented by Alberta Recycling and Beverage Container Management Board
- 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Red Carpet Reception & Minister's Address
- The Hon. Shannon Phillips, Minister of Alberta Environment and Parks
Sponsored by Merlin Plastics
THURSDAY, September 20
- 7:45 am - 8:30 am
Exhibit Viewing & Refreshments
Sponsored by Beaver Municipal Solutions
- 8:30 am - 8:45 am
Conference Opening and Welcome
- Leah Seabrook, RCA President
- Dr. David Swann, MLA Calgary-Mountain View and Leader of the Alberta Liberal Opposition
- 8:45 am - 10:15 am
Plenary Session: Back to the Future - Waste Diversion Legends
If you want institutional memory, this session has it! Some of the most recognized names with a long history in waste reduction and recycling will review the changes they have seen over the years, and speculate where they see things headed in the future.
Facilitator: Brock Macdonald (Recycling Council of British Columbia)
- Jack Astill (Capital Paper Recycling Ltd.)
- Bill Stitt (Cascades Recovery+)
- Carey McIver (Carey McIver & Associates Ltd.)
- David Schaaf (City of Lethbridge)
- Geoff Love (Love Environment)
- Jim Lapp (Tetra Tech Canada Inc.)
Sponsored by Strathcona County
- 10:15 am - 10:45 am
Exhibit Viewing & Refreshments
Sponsored by the Canadian Electrical Stewardship Association
- 10:45 am - 11:45 am
Opening Keynote: Glen Murray
Moderator: Kate Trajan (City of Calgary)
Sponsored by The City of Calgary
- 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
Sponsored by Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation
- 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Concurrent Session: Mission Impossible - Industry Updates
This session combines a variety of current industry updates that influence the daily world of recycling. Expect updates right up to show time.
Moderator: Ela Guenette (GEEP Global Inc.)
- Joe Angevine (Foothills Regional Services Commission) – Come Hell or High Water: A Comparative Analysis of the 2013 High River Flood Response
- Sean Homenick (SARCAN Recycling) – Reinventing the Bottle Depot: Or how Saskatchewan learned to stop worrying and love the technology
- Timo Makinen (NISP Canada ) – Canada’s National Industrial Symbiosis Program: Waste Re-Purposing that Delivers Triple Bottom Line Benefits
Sponsored by GEEP Canada Inc.
- 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Concurrent Session: 50 Shades of Plastic
At the recent G7 Summit held in Charlevoix, QC, the leaders of the G7 recognized the urgency of the threat of ocean plastic waste and marine litter to ecosystems and the lost value of plastics in the waste stream, and committed to moving towards a more resource efficient and sustainable management of plastics. This has raised the profile of plastic waste reduction across the globe, as reflected by the speakers in this session.
Moderator: Tammy Schwass (APRA)
- Steph Karba (Patagonia) – Microfiber Snapshot: Patagonia’s Involvement in Microfiber Research
- Amber Crawford (Association of Municipalities Ontario) – AMO’s position on Zero Plastic Waste
- Joe Hruska (CPIA) – Vision: 100% Plastic Recycling & Recovery
- Chris Lindberg (Environment and Climate Change Canada) – Toward A National Approach to Zero Plastic Waste
Sponsored by Alberta Plastics Recycling Association and Canadian Plastics Industry Association
- 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Exhibit Viewing & Refreshments
Sponsored by West Coast Reduction / Redux
- 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Session: Mona Lisa Smile - Recycling and the Arts
Waste reduction and recycling are often viewed as issues with technical solutions. However, the arts can strongly influence various parts of society, as shown in this session.
Moderator: Connie Anderson (Molok North America)
- Jolanta Wagner (Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts) – Roll Out the Red Carpet for Recycled Art
- Leanne Olson – Landfill Artist in Residence
- Charles Blanc and Tristan Surtees (Sans façon) – What’s Art Got To Do With It?
Sponsored by Molok North America
- 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Session: A Beautiful Life - Sustainable Lifestyles
The choices we make in our daily lives have a strong impact on the environment. These initiatives outline some of the efforts being made to make our lifestyles more sustainable.
Moderator: Jeroen Pieterse (Tetra Tech)
- Teddie Geach (One Earth) – Lighter Living & Sustainable Lifestyles
- Scott Hamlin (Looptworks) – Use Only What Already Exists
- Monica Kosmak (City of Vancouver) – Reducing Single-Use: City of Vancouver’s Single-Use Item Reduction Strategy
- Isabelle Couture & Briana Loughlin (Plastic-Free YYC) – Plastic-Free Living: Challenging Convenience, Disrupting the Norm
Sponsored by Tetra Tech Canada Inc.
- 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception
- 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Recyclers Guild Banquet
Sponsored by GFL Environmental Inc.
MC: Donovan Workun
- Rs of Excellence Awards
Wine sponsored by DLA Piper (Canada) LLP and eCycle Solutions Inc.
Beer sponsored by K&K Recycling Services
Entertainment: The Retrofitz
sponsored by Cascades Recovery+
FRIDAY, September 21
- 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast and Exhibit Viewing
Sponsored by Waste Connections of Canada
- 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Plenary Session: Fight Club - EPR Bearpit
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a key issue to the recycling industry and municipalities. This session will discuss current EPR developments.
Moderator: Jodi Tomchyshyn London (JTL Squared Consulting)
- Meegan Armstrong (BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy)
- John Graham (Retail Council of Canada)
- Allen Langdon (Encorp Pacific)
- Laura Selanders (CESA)
- Andrew Stephens (BCMB)
- Valda Walsh (Region 6 Solid Waste Management, Nova Scotia)
- Sarah Webb (Yes Environmental Services & Solutions)
- Usman Valiante (Corporate Policy Group LLP)
Sponsored by the City of Edmonton
- 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Exhibit Viewing & Refreshments
Sponsored by Capital Paper Recycling Ltd.
- 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plenary Session: The Tourist - International Developments
In order to consider how we can perform better, we need to look at initiatives in the rest of the world, which is what we will do in this session.
Moderator: André Joseph (GHD)
- Dr. Omar Gatto (ETRA SpA – Italy) – A Snapshot on Waste Management Success in Veneto Region (Italy)
- Wayne Hubbard (London Waste & Recycling Board) – Waste Reduction the Circular Economy Way: a Perspective from London and the UK
- Kari Herlevi (SITRA – Finland) – EU Circular Economy Initiatives: Insights into the Circular Economy by SITRA, the Finnish Innovation Fund
Sponsored by GHD
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Working Lunch
Sponsored by Recycling Product News