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

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