Zero Waste Symposium 2025
| Time | Track | Description |
| 8:00 AM | Registration & Light Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM | Opening | Lori Mendez• Zero Waste San Diego Land Acknowledgment |
| 9:02 AM | Opening |
Richard Anthony • Zero Waste San Diego
Definition of Zero Waste and The Eight Pillars |
| 9:07 AM | State Politics |
Senator Catherine Blakespeare • California Senate District 38 |
| 9:18 AM | Affiliate Update | Tracie Bills • California Resource Recovery Association Updates On CRRA |
| 9:29 AM | Keynote | Darcy Shiber-Knowles • Dr. Bronners REFILL! REFILL! OK! |
| 9:50 AM | State Legislation | Nick Lapis • Californians Against Waste California’s Policies and Legislations Update |
| 10:01 AM | State Legislation | Nate Pelczar • California Product Stewardship Council California Leads on EPR Textiles and Gas Cylinders |
| 10:12 AM | State Legislation | Jordan Wells • National Stewardship Action Council HHW EPR Policy |
| 10:23 AM | Local Gov’t Update | Jeremy Bauer • City of San Diego Environmental Services Department San Diego’s Residential Collection Service Updates |
| 10:34 AM | Local Gov’t Update | Joshua Keyton • County of San Diego Public Works Edible Food Recovery – A Collaborative Effort |
| 10:45 AM | Local Gov’t Update | Avecita Jones, Molly Reeves, & Chris Vasquez City of Carlsbad: Sustainable Materials Management Division Fix It with Carlsbad: Repair, Restore, Revive |
| 10:56 AM | Local Gov’t Update | Manuel Medrano • City of Chula Vista How is the city meeting state mandates? |
| 11:07 AM | Hauler | Amelie Brollini • Waste Management Organics – Agri-Services |
| 11:18 AM | Hauler | Melissa Pérez • Republic Services Otay Food Waste Recycling Program |
| 11:29 AM | Questions & Answers | |
| 11:39 AM | Video Showcase | |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch/Networking | |
| 1:05 PM | Video Showcase | |
| Time | Track | Speaker |
| 1:11 PM | Best Practices | Portia Sinnott • MS+/Abbe & Associates, LLC Zero Waste Characterization Studies 101 |
| 1:22 PM | Best Practices | Sue Beets-Atkinson • SMB Management Services Zero Waste – what is the end goal? |
| 1:33 PM | Best Practices | Maricruz Carrillo • Menos Waste Green Without the Wash: Authentic Sustainability in Packaging |
| 1:44 PM | ZW Programs | Edward Baskin • City of San Diego Public Space Recycling: Customizing Programs for Unique Spaces |
| 1:55 PM | ZW Programs | Tory Romero • City of Long Beach Successful Coalition Organizing in Long Beach for Reuse and Repair |
| 2:06 PM | ZW Businesses | Jeannine Davison • Amai Upcycled Edible Cup |
| 2:17 PM | ZW Businesses | Ted Reiff • Reuse People Reuse Opportunities in San Diego |
| 2:28 PM | ZW Businesses | Romi Rossel & Fiorella Borkert • Bountiful Bags Upcycling for Change: Turning Trash Into Purpose-Driven Treasures |
| 2:39 PM | Questions & Answers | |
| 2:45 PM | Break / Networking / Video Showcase | |
| 3:06 PM | Local Programs | Tyler Douhitt • Mattress Recycling Council Strengthening California’s Environment One Mattress at a Time |
| 3:17 PM | Local NPO | Dr Ron Askeland • San Diego Sierra Club Sierra Club – Waste and Toxic Materials Reduction |
| 3:28 PM | Local NPO | Madeline LaScola & Kelsey Corbran Goodwill Industries of San Diego County Instilling a Deeper Culture of Zero-Waste |
| 3:39 PM | SB 1383 | Colleen Foster • HF&H Consultants, LLC Navigating the Road to SB 1383 Compliance: JACE Enforcement and Program Impact Analysis |
| 3:50 PM | SB 1383 | Jessica Toth • Solana Center for Environmental Innovation Commercial Surplus Food: Extraordinary Successes & Lessons |
| 4:01 PM | SB 1383 | Alexandra White • Produce Good SB 1383 collaboration |
| 4:12 PM | SB 1383 | Chelsea Nelson, Wesley Burt, & Manuel Medrano • Jimbo’s, +Box, & City of Chula Vista SB 1383 Food Recovery Collaboration |
| 4:23 PM | Local NPO | Jack Gonzalez • Save the Albatross Coalition and Zero Waste Youth Senate Bill 45: Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution in California |
| 4:34 PM | State Politics | Assemblymember Tasha Boerner • California State Assemblymember District 77 Protecting Californians from Toxic Microplastics |
| 4:45 PM | Questions & Answers | |
| 4:51 PM | ZWSD Affiliate | Ruth Abbe • Zero Waste USA Affiliate Update |
| 4:58 PM | Closing Remarks | Richard Anthony • Zero Waste San Diego In closing… |
| 5:00 PM | After Hours Networking |
Join us at Khan’s Cave to keep this discussion going!
9350 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, Suite F, San Diego, CA 92123 |