46TH RCBC CONFERENCE ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY JUNE 10-12, 2020
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#RCBC2018 Speaker Presentations 

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Wednesday, May 8
Session One: Opening Keynote - Reducing Waste through Market Forces in the Circular Economy 
  • Jonathan Arnold, Canada's Ecofiscal Commission

Session Two: RCBC Town Hall Multi-Sector Issues Overview
  • Moderated by Christina Seidel, Recycling Council of Alberta and Harv Aujala, Recycling Council of BC

​Thursday, May 9 
Session Three: System Solutions to Common Problems
  • Moderated by Jodi Tomchyshyn London, JTL Consulting
  • ​Gary Rodricks, Telus:  Metal theft, A Public Safety Issue
  • Emily Willobee, West Vancouver: Bins Don’t Recycle, People Do; Engaging Community in West Vancouver’s Streetside Recycling Efforts
  • Alec Cooley, Busch Systems: Best Practices for Maximizing Recycling in Public Spaces
  • Sarah Miller, Recycle-Smart: Enhancing Solid Waste Diversion​
 
Session Four: Plastics: Turning the Tide on Ocean Waste
  • Moderated by Joe Hruska, Canadian Plastics Industry Association
  • A Message from Catherine McKenna, Federal Environment Minister
  • Chloe Dubois, Ocean Legacy Foundation: A Plastics Keynote
  • Sarah Marshall, NOVA Chemicals: Initiatives to Reduce Plastic Waste at Home and Abroad
  • Kim Timmer, CleanFarms: Agricultural Plastics Recycling: Moving Beyond the Pilot Phase
 
Session Five: 25 Years of Extended Producer Responsibility
  • Moderated by Laura Selanders, CESA
  • Bob McDonald, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy: An EPR Overview
  • Allen Langdon, Encorp Pacific (Canada): Redefining How People Recycle in BC
  • Mark Kurschner, Product Care Recycling
  • Cynthia Shanks, Keurig Canada and Lyndsey Chauhan, Recycle BC: Consumer Education for Better Recycling: A Case Study Driven by Keurig-Recycle BC Collaboration

Session Six: Focus on the Circular Economy
  • Moderated by Mikael Metauro, Cascades
  • Jill Doucette, Synergy Sustainability Institute: Project Zero: Towards a Circular Economy on Vancouver Island
  • Randy Kahlon, ABC Recycling: The Circular Economy of Scrap Metal Recycling
  • Tracy Casavant, NISP Canada: Advancing the Circular Economy via Industrial Symbiosis: Lessons from the NISP Canada Pilot​
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Session Seven: Reuse and Repair
  • Moderated by Rosemary Cooper, One Earth: Share, Reuse, Repair
  • Al Boflo, Reclaim Plastics: Repairing Plastic Bumpers for Reuse
  • Chris Diplock, The Thingery: Community Sharing
  • Leanne Koehn, Ridge Meadows Recycling Society: Repair Cafes​ ​

Friday, May 10
Session Eight: Organics Diversion, Part 1
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  • Jamie Benton, Fraser Valley Regional District; Julie Dickson-Olmstead, Save-On Foods: Fraser Valley Food Recovery Network; 
  • Vivian De Giovanni and Heather Connell, City of Guelph: Reducing Our ‘Food’print:  Creating Canada’s First Circular Food Economy
  • Tim Corcoran, Molok North America: Collecting Organic Materials - Why Semi-Underground Collection is an Ideal Waste Collection Method

Session Seven: Organics Diversion, Part 2​
  • Regine Varley, Westin Whistler Resort: An Overview of Westin's Sustainability Initiatives
  • Oliver Berger, Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society: Small Groups, Big Steps!
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