R4 Summit Agenda

R4 Summit
(Reduce, Reuse, Rot, Recycle)

Thursday, November 6th 2008, 9am-4pm
BOCC, Marathon Govt Center

9am Welcome, Introductions and Purpose
Alison Higgins, GLEE President & Monroe County Representative

KSAP Policy Maker Updates

9:30 State and Federal Initiatives:
Governors Climate Change Action Team, World Wildlife Fund
Federal Initiatives – Jody Smith Williams, GLEE Vice President
Blueprint for the New President and 111th Congress – Andy Seth, Climate Communities

10am Updates & Current Recycling Rates from Local Governments (5 minutes each)
City of Key West
City of Marathon
City of Key Colony Beach
City of Layton
Village of Islamorada Monroe County

10:30 Utilities & Key Partner Updates (5 minutes each)
Florida Keys Electric Cooperative
Keys Energy Services
Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
South Florida Water Management District
Monroe County School District
Florida Keys Community College
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Key West Resort Utilities
Key Largo Waste Water District
US Navy
USFWS

11:30 Lunch (Reserve by 9am Tuesday): Sandwiches by Cristiano’s, $8 donation requested.

R4 Workshop

12:15 Introduction to the 4 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Rot (35min)
Phil Bresee, Chair, Recycle Florida Today
(Definitions of waste diversion, MRF’s, Single vs. dual streams, Organic wastes, Landfills, Tipping fees, Revenue sharing, Waste to energy, Florida’s 75% by 2020 & 10% Compost by 2010 goals, Current % average in state, Prioritization of 4R’s, Obstacles and opportunities)

Introduction to Keys Imports and Exports (25min)
Monroe County and Waste Management, Marathon Garbage Services & Keys Sanitary Services
Key West and Waste Management
Islamorada and Veolia Environmental Services

  • 2007 stats divided by waste, recyclables, yard waste
  • What gets picked up, how it travels & where it all ends up.
  • Residential and Business pricing.
  • Educational efforts
  • Bin availability/sizes
  • Islamorada’s new contract & PAYT
  • Key West pilot of single stream & FDEP grant proposal for organics composting

1:15 Stealing the Wheel: Existing R4 Success Stories in other Areas
From RFPs to Curbside Campaigns: Steve Thompson, Program Director, Curbside Value Partnership

Organic Mulching: Chris Snow, Hillsborough County and previous RFT organics chair. Bill Townshend, South Dade Soil & Water Conservation District

Trash Equality: Pay As You Throw

Business Incentives & Education: Tom Franklin, Recycling Coordinator for Sarasota County

Innovative Incentives: Tom Bowers, Florida Representative, Recycle Bank

Considerations for including Waste to Energy: Harvey Gershman, President, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc

Reducing Emissions with the 4 R’s: Eli Yewdall, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

3:15 Goal for the Keys: 25% Waste Diversion by 2010 - 75% by 2020:
Action #1: Share Standards & Ordinances Action #2: Equalize Costs and Responsibilities Action #3: Bring Back the Mulch Action #4: Subsidize Good Behavior Action #5: Coordinate Keyswide

3:45 Wrap Up:
Want to see it again? www.keysGLEE.com
New: Carbon Emissions Reporting
Free: Energy Star Webinars
Reminder about “Blueprint for the New President” Pass the word!

4pm Meeting End

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