2018 Colorado SWANA Annual Conference Program

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1 2018 Colorado SWANA Annual Conference Program Wednesday, October 10, :00am-2:00pm 12:00pm-5:00pm Exhibitor Set-up Registration 1:00pm 2:30pm Session 1 Mini-Training--Leadership In Public Works Speaker: Brian Pettet, Public Works Director, Pitkin County Leadership in any capacity: family, community, organizational or just with friends is not easy. How do some people make it seem so natural? Were they born as natural leaders? Can anyone develop leadership traits? You will find out in this session as several disciplines of effective leaders will be presented and discussed. You will leave this interactive session with skills and techniques that will enhance your leadership ability and potentially change the way you approach life s challenges. 2:30pm 2:45pm Break 2:45pm 4:15pm Session 2 Technical Session Speaker 1: : What is Gresham's Law, What Does it Mean for MRFs, Contamination and the Green Fence, Lisa Skumatz, SERA Speaker 2: National Recycling Survey: What Does the Real World Think, Dana D Souza, SERA Speaker 3: City of Aspen Study: Single Use Bag Reduction Policies and Surveys, Liz Chapman, Senior Environmental Health Specialist, City of Aspen 4:30pm 6:00pm Colorado SWANA Annual Meeting

2 6:00pm 8:00pm Welcome Reception Thursday, October 11, :00am 5:00pm 8:00am 9:00am 9:00am 10:00am Speaker 1: Speaker 2: Registration Open Breakfast Welcome and Opening, Brad Coleman, President, Colorado SWANA Welcome to Glenwood Springs, Debra Figueroa, Glenwood Springs City Manager Keynote Address: Darla Arians, Boulder County In a world filled with ever-changing, complex issues in waste management, ranging from Chinese tariffs to technological advances to the safety challenges of hazardous materials coming into our facilities every day, leaders need to find new ways of responding to adaptive challenges. We need to get comfortable with ambiguity and seek insight from a broader range of places, including from our peers. We need to continuously frame and reframe not only our answers but also the questions we pose. In other words, we need to approach change much less like mechanics and more like designers. Attend the opneing keynote address and hear a motivated keynote driven by the YOU, the audience, the designers! In her dynamic opening keynote for SWANA, Darla Arians, who leads Boulder County in their zero waste mission, will guide us in collaborative strategic conversations that drive positive change. Be prepared to listen, to participate and to be inspired by this open space dialogue! 10:15am 10:30am Break in Exhibit Area 10:30am 12:00pm Breakout Session 3 Track 1: Fleet Management Speaker 1: The Benefits of Automated Lubrication in the Refuse Industry, Bup Minardi. Mountain Regional Speaker 2: Equipment Issues and Best Practices in a Landfill Application, Mark Welch, Caterpillar Speaker 3: Covering Your Assets, Larry Oxenham, American Society for Asset Protection Track 2: Rural Waste Diversion Solutions That Beat the Odds Moderator: Laurie Batchelder Adams, LBA Associates, Inc. Recycling is not the easy sell that it used to be. While many of our customers still think recycling is free, the reality of global market restrictions, long haul distances and single-stream contamination conspire to drive diversion costs well above those for disposal in many rural communities. Many of these same cities and towns also struggle with the variability of seasonal tourists who expect recycling to look

3 just like it did at home. Several rural and mountain governments on the western slope, however, have found solutions that are not only cost-effective but credible to the public - even in these days of economic chaos. This session will look at some surprising best practices that expand services to variable populations, create diversion incentives across all sectors, address contamination and even address wildlife/trash interactions. Join us and see if there are policy or program components that might work in your community. Speakers: Jeff Durbin, Fraser Town Manager Jessie Burley, Town of Breckenridge Sustainability Coordinator Levi Lloyd, Durango Director of City Operations 12:00pm 1:30pm Lunch Lunch Presenter: CDPHE Update, Joe Schiefflin, CDPHE Solid Waste Program Manager 1:30pm 3:00pm Breakout Session 4 Track 1: Landfill Operations and Technology Speaker 1: Update on Advanced Site Characterization Tools for Subsurface Mapping of Gas Migration, John Fontana, Vista Geo Science Track 2: Mini-Training-Commercial Compost 101 Presenter: Shawn Bruckman, Mountain Waste A one and half hour session on composting basics. Speaker 2: The Six W s of Construction Quality Assurance, Doug Eagleton, Performance Driven Workforce 3:00pm 3:30pm Break in Exhibit Area 3:30pm 5:00pm Breakout Session 5 Track 1: Trash Talk Track 2: Unique Diversion Programs

4 Speaker 1: Local Governments and Municipal Solid Waste Management, Emily Wilson, CDPHE Speaker 2: What s in the Trash? Winn Cowman, Souder Miller and Associates Speaker 3: Applying New Technologies to Waste Management, Neal Bolton, Blue Ridge Services Speaker 1: Textile Reuse and Recycling, Miles Thompson, USAgain Speaker 2: Mattress Recycling, Chris Conway, Spring Back Colorado Speaker 3: The Painted Landfill, Jennifer Richardson, Mesa County 5:30pm 8:30pm Reception/Awards Banquet Presenter: The History of Glenwood Springs

5 Friday, October 12, :00am 9:00am 9:00am 4:00pm Breakfast Training-Waste Screening at MSW Management Facilities Instructors: David Plush, Pitkin County Landfill Operations Foreman Barrett Jensen, Mesa County Solid Waste Director Waste Screening at MSW Management Facilities This course reviews the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, particularly Subtitle D, Part and provides examples of methods and procedures to identify and screen waste at a MSW Disposal facility. The fundamental and practical elements of waste screening, types of equipment used, space requirements and handling of unacceptable waste are discussed. Course Objectives Understand the goals and fundamentals of a waste screening program, federal, state and provincial regulations; Define hazardous waste, identify waste generator categories, recognize exemptions to hazardous classification; Understand standard operating procedures, including recordkeeping and reporting; Know how to select random loads, identify unacceptable waste and radioactive materials; Know the techniques for preparing a waste screening area, using personal protective equipment, and examples of typical tools and equipment used for waste screening; and Know when to notify agencies, how to temporarily store unacceptable materials, and how to respond when acceptable and unacceptable wastes are identified.

6 9:00am 10:30am Session 6 Safety Session Speaker 1: The Value of Safety, John Schumacher, Assurance Agency Speaker 2: Put Your Team s Safety on Autopilot, Sharon Lipinski, Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist 10:30-10:45am Break 10:45am-12:15pm Session 7 More Trash Talk Speaker 1: Conclusions of Hydrogeological Modeling of a Water Balance Cover and Compacted Clay Cover for Final Closure, Caleb Stock, Tetra Tech Speaker 2: Falconry as an Effective Means of Wildlife Control, Jackie Hurd, Predator Bird Services Speaker 3: Spray-on Applied Waste Cover, Alex Fisch, LSC Environmental Products 12:00pm 3:00pm Tour-Rifle Wastewater Treatment Plant and South Canyon Landfill (Tour Limited to 25 Attendees)