NYS Chapter Solid Waste Assoc. of North America - Past Proceedings

Past Proceedings

2016 Mixed Waste MRFs

City of San José Using Mixed Waste Processing to Transform the Commercial Solid Waste System – Abigail Shull

The Relationship Between Source Separated Recyclables and Recyclables Recovered From Mixed Waste MRFs and its Affect on Revenues – Scott J Horne, Counselor, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries

Redefining Waste – Infinitus Energy, LLC

Mixed Waste Processing – Myles Cohen

MSW processing: years of waste handling knowledge paired with technology – J.Bourgeois, Eng. Sherbrooke OEM

The Value of Mixed Waste Processing – Jeff Draper, Zero Waste Energy

2015 Game Changing Initiatives for Solid Waste in New York City

NYC Organics Collection Pilot and Resue Initiatives – Bridget Anderson & Katherine Kitchener

Snow Operations: New Approach – Shari Pardini & Edward Grayson

The Solid Waste Facility Challenge: Lessons from NYC – Robert Orlin & Steven Brautigam

DSNY’s Fleet Sustainability Program – Robert Rocco DiRico & Chief Spiro Kattan

Digital Media & Mobile Technology for Improved Public Communications – Vito A. Turso & Belinda Mager

Bladerunner: GPS Support for DSNY Field Operations – Joseph Greco & Tom Jelliffe

2013 Impacts of New Gas Supplies on the Waste Industry and Renewable Subsidies in New York

Development of CNG Fueling Stations & Contracts in NY and the Northeast for the Waste Industry– Harry Gladfelter

Atlantic County Utilities Authority, NJ- New CNG Fueling Stations, Collection truck Conversion & Regional CNG Infrastructure– Gary Conover

The Impact of Natural Gas Prices and Government Policies on the WTE Sector– Ted Michaels

NYS’s Current Solid Waste Disposal Regulatory Framework for Gas Development Wastes– Richard Clarkson

NYS’s Current Solid Waste Disposal Regulatory Framework for Gas Development Wastes– Richard Clarkson, Division of Materials Management, NYSDEC

CNG Fueling Developments and Renewable Conversion to RNG – Technology and Update on a RNG Fleet– Bernard Sheff, PE, Vice President Anaergia Inc (this one was sent in 2 parts)

2013 Zero Waste Zero Landfill Zero Packaging Industry Government Perspectives

Getting to Zero on a National Scale– Susan Robinson

Targeting Zero Waste on a Local Level– Portia Sinnott

What is the best disposal option for the “Leftovers” on the way to Zero Waste?– Dr. Jeffrey Morris

The View from Here to Zero– Michelle Leonard

Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging & Printed Paper– Paul Gardner

Starting down the road to Zero Waste– Stephanie Greenwood

2012 Anaerobic Digestion for Organic Wastes

Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal SSO in the City of Toronto– Ian Dickinson, AECOM

Dry Fermentation Anaerobic Digestion: UW-Oshkosh– Christine McKiernan, BIOFerm Energy Systems

Comparison of Two Farm Digester Projects– Frank Howe and Greg McCarron, SCS Engineers

Quasar Energy Group High Solids Anaerobic Digestion– Quasar Energy Group

CH4 Biogas Co-Digestion Facility CH4 Biogas

Co-Digestion of Manure and SSO – New England Organics

2011 Plastics Myths Mysteries

The Big Picture: Markets, Fuels, Bags, China, Resins, Coding– Jerry Powell, Resource Recycling Magazine

Recycling As The Cornerstone of Extended Producer Responsibility-Dan Lantz, Cascades Recovery, Inc

Fishing for Energy-Covanta Energy’s Program to Recover Plastics from the Marine Environment– Meg Morris, Covanta Energy

It’s No Secret- CIA (Commercial/Industrial/Agricultural) Plastics Recycling – Igor Beylin & Arthur Akopyan, Universal Commodity Services, Inc

Discarded Agricultural Plastics: Evolving Infrastructure Markets for Recycling– Lois Levitan, PhD, Department of Communication, Cornell University

2011 Incentive Programs to Reduce Waste and Increase Recycling Pay As You Throw PAYT

PAY-AS-YOU-THROW PROGRAMS City of Utica & Others – William Rabbia, Executive Director Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority

Overview of the Division of Materials Management – Sal Ervolina, Executive Acting Director Division of Materials Management

LESSONS FROM THE FRONT: PAYT In Southold and on Long Island – James Bunchuck, Southold Town Solid Waste Coordinator

2010 Implementing the New Electronics Take Back Law in New York

The Regulatory Frame Work An Overview of NYS’s Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act – Mark Moroukian, NYSDEC, Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials, Bureau of Hazardous Waste Regulation

Merging Perspectives How the Legislation Meets Key Industry and Government Concerns – Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

An Uneven Playing Ground Where New York Stands Among the Patchwork of State E-Waste Legislation – Jason Linnell, Executive Director, National Center for Electronics Recycling

Utilization of New York State’s Existing Infrastructure for Ewaste Recycling – Peter Bennison, Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery

Assessing and Documenting the Costs of Compliance With E-Waste Take Back Legislation – Walter Alcorn, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)

2009 The Challenge of Being Green Recent Progress with Problem Recyclables

Challenges and Opportunities for Waste-to-Energy in NY – Peter Costa Environmental Project Coordinator, Westchester County Environmental Facilities

Waste-to-Energy: Back to the Future – Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc

Inclusion of Municipal Solid Waste as a Renewable Energy Source – Theodore S. Pytlar, Jr. VP, Solid Waste Group Dvirka & Bartilucci Consulting Engineers

Understanding life-cycle environmental trade-offs for diverting materials from landfills – P. Ozge Kaplan, PhD, Research Fellow