Schedule

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7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration Open
 
7:30 a.m.– 8:30 a.m.
Welcome Refreshments
 
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Opening Comments
 
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Running a Retrofit

How can plant managers and operators effectively oversee retrofitting new equipment and full-scale processes? Two speakers explain how they successfully handled these installations.

Speaker: Jim Marcinko, Waste Management Inc.
Speaker: Jill Martin, Recycling & Resource Recovery Administrator, Outagamie County Recycling & Solid Waste
 
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Networking Refreshment Break
 
10:15 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Separating Do’s and Don’ts
Ensuring optimal performance of separation equipment is essential for throughput and quality assurance. These back-to-back panels, one focused on fiber and the other on containers, dig into the best practices for three key equipment classes for operators: screens, ballistic separators and optical sorters.
Co-Moderator: Nat Egosi, RRT Design & Construction
Co-Moderator: Mark Henke, Senior Manager, Recycling, Republic Services
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Fiber

Panelist: David Marcouiller, Machinex
Panelist: Pieter Eenkema van Dijk, CEO, Van Dyk Recycling Solutions
Panelist: Rich Reardon, BHS

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Containers

Panelist: Nick Davis, CP Group
Panelist: Scott Jable, Stadler America LLC
Panelist: Michael Drolet, Steinert US

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Q&A

An interactive Q&A session with all of our panelists.

 
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
 
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
War Stories

An open forum for operators to share the challenges encountered in running a plant.

 
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Figuring Out the Floor

Effectively managing a tipping floor when it comes to residential versus commercial streams is crucial. We’ll examine how plant managers can prevent mixing separate loads.

Speaker: Joaquin Mariel, Balcones Resources
Speaker: Brad Dunn, Rumpke
 
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Networking Refreshment Break
 
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Straightening Out Safety

Two industry safety managers, one from an independent company and one from a large corporation, review ideal practices, from getting employee “buy-in” to fostering worker retention through a safe plant environment.

Speaker: Jerry Sjogren, E.L. Harvey
Speaker: David Lewis, Director of Safety, Recycling, Waste Management Inc.
 
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Digging into Data
 
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Networking Refreshment Break
 
5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Examining Employees’ Efficiencies
 
5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Closing Comments/Forum Concludes
 
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception