This all-day workshop (the third in a series of three) is for participants to assist the Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority in designing pilot extended producer responsibility (EPR) projects for fluorescent lamps for potential implementation through local public-private partnerships. This workshop is funded through a grant by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB).
9:00 a.m. |
Welcome
Agenda Review and Web Participation |
Wesley Chesbro, Board Member, CIWMB
Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director, California Product Stewardship Council |
9:05 a.m. |
Local Government Perspective |
Kevin Hendrick, Director, Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority |
9:10 a.m. |
State Initiatives: EPR Framework and Relationship to Green Chemistry |
Howard Levenson, Sustainability Director, CIWMB: Roles and Responsibilities and Essential Key Elements
Don Owen, Green Chemistry Initiative Coordinator, Department of Toxic Substances Control: Green Chemistry Initiative and EPR |
9:20 a.m. |
Panel #1: International Initiatives: Europe and Canada |
Christoph Berens von Rautenfeld, OSRAM Chief Financial Officer and European WEEE Expert
Rob Koppejan, Phillips WEEE Project Leader Europe
Alister Rinfret, Balcan Industries Lamp Crushers and Recycling System in the U.K.
Michael Vanderpol, Environment Canada |
10:50 a.m. |
National Initiatives |
Scott Cassel, Executive Director Product Stewardship Institute (remote) with Sego Jackson (on site): National Lamp Dialogue
Bill Magavern, Sierra Club: Lamp Management Guidance Document |
11:15 a.m. |
Panel #2: California Initiatives |
Karl Palmer, DTSC: AB 1109 Lamp Task Force
Leonard Robinson, DTSC: Take It Back Partnership Results
Rob D’Arcy, Santa Clara: Lamp Program
Kristina Miller: Tehama County Lamp Program |
12:00 |
Lunch |
|
1:00 p.m. |
Panel #3: Collection/Financing Systems Outside of California |
Lauren Cole, King County, WA: Retail take-back
Karen Knaebel, State of Vermont: Retail and other take-back locations |
1:30 p.m. |
Panel #4: Role of Producers, Recyclers, and Utilities in New EPR System |
Ken Woodlin, Wal-Mart: National chain tried one-day collection
Karen Farfan, IKEA, National chain permanent lamp collection
Barry Jordan, VEOLIA: International Lamp Recycler, ALMR member
Rex Bell, PG&E: Utility With Lamp Collection Program
Dan Gillespie, Ontario CA: Lighting Resources, Lamp Recycler
Gailen Vick, Reverse Logistics Association |
2:45 p.m. |
Panel #5: Role of Producers in New EPR System
|
Ric Erdheim, Phillips Electronics: Reduced mercury lamps
Jen Dolin, OSRAM Sylvania Inc. |
3:45 p.m. |
Group Facilitation to Design Pilot Projects
Audience will offer suggestions and identify options they think might be worthy of pilot projects or implementation in California. |
|
4:30 p.m. |
Procurement Language to Support EPR for Lamps |
Alicia Culver, Green Purchasing Institute |
4:45 p.m. |
Summarize the day, tools for local actions in support of EPR, commitments to next steps and specific pilot projects. |
|
5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
|
