Zero Waste Symposium 2025
Coming soon. Printable Program (pdf)
| Time | Track | Description |
| 8:00 AM | Registration & Light Breakfast | |
| Opening | Alison Schlick • Zero Waste San Diego Land Acknowledgment |
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| Opening |
Richard Anthony • Zero Waste San Diego
Definition of Zero Waste and The Eight Pillars |
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| State Politics |
Senator Catherine Blakespeare • California Senate District 38
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| Affiliate Update | Tracie Bills • California Resource Recovery Association Updates On CRRA |
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| Keynote | Darcy Shiber-Knowles • Dr. Bronners REFILL! REFILL! OK! |
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| State Legislation | Nick Lapis • Californians Against Waste California’s Policies and Legislations Update |
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| State Legislation | Nate Pelczar • California Product Stewardship Council California Leads on EPR Textiles and Gas Cylinders |
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| State Legislation | Jordan Wells • National Stewardship Action Council HHW EPR Policy |
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| Local Gov’t Update | Jeremy Bauer • City of San Diego Environmental Services Department San Diego’s Residential Collection Service Updates |
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| Local Gov’t Update | Joshua Keyton • County of San Diego County of San Diego Zero Waste Updates |
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| Local Gov’t Update | Avecita Jones, Molly Reeves, & Chris Vasquez City of Carlsbad: Sustainable Materials Management Division Fix It with Carlsbad: Repair, Restore, Revive |
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| Local Gov’t Update | Manuel Medrano • City of Chula Vista How is the city meeting state mandates? |
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| Hauler | Amelia Brollini • Waste Management Organics – Agri-Services |
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| Hauler | Republic Services • Republic Services De-packager |
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| Questions & Answers | ||
| Video Showcase | ||
| Lunch/Networking | ||
| Video Showcase | ||
| Time | Track | Speaker |
| Best Practices | Portia Sinnot • MS+/Abbe & Associates, LLC Zero Waste Characterization Studies 101 |
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| Best Practices | Sue Beets-Atkinson • SMB Corp Zero Waste – what is the end goal? |
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| Best Practices | Maricruz Carrillo • Menos Waste Green Without the Wash: Authentic Sustainability in Packaging |
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| ZW Programs | Edward Baskin • City of San Diego Public Space Recycling: Customizing Programs for Unique Spaces |
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| ZW Programs | Tory Romero • City of Long Beach Successful Coalition Organizing in Long Beach for Reuse and Repair |
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| ZW Businesses | Jeannine Davison • Amai Amai: the Edible Cup |
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| ZW Businesses | Ted Reiff • Reuse People Reuse Opportunities in San Diego |
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| ZW Businesses | Romi Rossel & Fiorella Borkert • Bountiful Bags Upcycling for Change: Turning Trash Into Purpose-Driven Treasures |
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Break / Networking / Video Showcase
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| Local Programs | Tyler Douhitt • Mattress Recycling Council Strengthening California’s Environment One Mattress at a Time |
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| Local NPO | Dr Ron Askeland • San Diego Sierra Club Sierra Club – Waste and Toxic Materials Reduction |
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| Local NPO | Madeline LaScola & Kelsey Corbran Goodwill Industries of San Diego County Instilling a Deeper Culture of Zero-Waste |
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| SB 1383 | Colleen Foster • HF&H Consultants, LLC Navigating the Road to SB 1383 Compliance: JACE Enforcement and Program Impact Analysis |
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| SB 1383 | Jessica Toth • Solana Center for Environmental Innovation Commercial Surplus Food: Extraordinary Successes & Lessons |
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| SB 1383 | Alexandra White • Produce Good SB 1383 collaboration |
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| SB 1383 | Chelsea Nelson, Wesley Burt, & Manuel Medrano • Jimbo’s, +Box, & City of Chula Vista SB 1383 collaboration |
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| Local NPO | Zero Waste San Diego • Zero Waste San Diego | |
| Affiliate Update | Ruth Abbe • Zero Waste USA | |
| Questions & Answers | ||
| Closing Remarks | Richard Anthony In closing… |
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| 5:00 PM | After Hours Networking |
More information is coming soon…
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