New Jersey WasteWise Bulletins

U.S. Green Building Council Overview and Sustainable Building Opportunities – Medea Villere, Program Manager, U.S. Green Building Council and Wayne DeFeo, Principal and Founder, DeFeo Associates, Villere Presentation – DeFeo Presentation

The Delaware River and Bay Authority’s Award-Winning Office and Public Space Waste Reduction and Recycling Program – Al Fralinger, Environmental, Health and Safety Manager, Delaware River and Bay Authority

Webinar Recording

November 3, 2021 Meeting

NJWWBN Agenda 11-2021

Minutes November 3 2021

Overcoming Disaster – Marcal Update and Paper Recycling Discussion-Bill Schlenger, Director of Purchasing, Marcal Company

Innovative Glass Recycling Technology – Theresa Andrejack Loux, Technical Director, Aero Aggregates of North America, LLC

School Recycling Inspection and Education Program – Liz Sweedy, Morris County Recycling Coordinator, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority

Taking Strides Down the True Platinum Zero Waste Road – Dr. Nadereh Afsharmanesh, Vice President of Sustainability and Education, ECOS (Earth Friendly Products)

May 6, 2021 Meeting

NJWWBN Agenda

Minutes May 6 2021

New Jersey’s Upcoming Ban on Single Use Bags – JoAnn Gemenden, Executive Director, New Jersey Clean Communities

The U.S. Plastics Pact…Rethinking the Way We Design, Use and Reuse Plastics – Emily Tipaldo, Executive Director, U.S. Plastics Pact

The Environmental and Economic Benefits of Reusable Transport Packaging – Tim Debus, President and CEO, Reusable Packaging Association

Case Study: Merck & Co., Inc.’s Award Winning Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiatives – Angie Morales, Senior Specialist, Energy & Sustainability, Merck & Co., Inc.

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Recording of the Webinar

November 10, 2020 Meeting

NJWWBN Agenda Nov 2020

Minutes WasteWise November 10 2020

Long Beach Township’s Oyster Shell Recycling Partnership – Angela Andersen, Sustainability Coordinator, Long Beach Township

Putting Used Bikes and Sewing Machines to Good Use – David Schweidenback, President, Pedals 4 Progress/Sewing Peace
No PowerPoint

Worldwide Paper and Plastics Recycling Markets Update – Mike Arcieri, Trader, Ekman Group
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Case Study: PSE&G’s Successful Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiatives – Rebekah Cocola, Associate Project Manager and Bridget Donnellan, Permitting Specialist IV

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November 13, 2019 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	191113_Agenda
Minutes	–	191113_Minutes
Update	–	–
The DEP’s Sustainability Speaker Series	Gina Gambacorto, NJDEP, Bureau of Energy and Sustainabilityy	No PowerPoint
Repair Cafes – Reuse/Waste Reduction that Benefits the Community	Lorraine Graves, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2	USEPA_Repair-Cafe.pdf
Green Purchasing and Waste Impacts and Innovations	Kevin Lyons, Associate Professor, Rutgers Business School, Director, Public Private Community Partnerships	Rutgers Green Supply.pdf
TerraCycle’s “Loop” Packaging Reuse Initiative	Benjamin Weir, Loop Marketing, TerraCycle	TerraCycle.pdf
Case Study: Church & Dwight Co., Inc. – Waste Reduction and Recycling in the Office and Manufacturing Sectors	Vince Magda, Church & Dwight, Co., Inc.	Case Study – C&D.pdf

May 9, 2019 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	Agenda 19-05-09.pdf
Minutes	–	Minutes 19-05-09.pdf
Update	–	–
Toy Donation and Reuse	Bronna Lipton, Executive Director, Second Chance Toys	SC_Toys.pdf
Organics Recycling Technology That Turns Food Waste into Green Energy	Arielle Bernard, CORe Sales Support Manager, Waste Management	COReWM_2019.pdf
Recycling Markets – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow	John Stanton and Fred Petrone, Atlantic Coast Fibers LLC	ACR.pdf
Closed Loop Partners: Advancing Recycling Technologies in North America	Ron Gonen, CEO, Closed Loop Partners	CLP Presentation.pdf
The ABCs of Plastics and Plastics Recycling	Wayne DeFeo, Essex County Recycling Coordinator and Principal/Founder, DeFeo Associates	No PowerPoint

November 1, 2018 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	Agenda-18-11-01
Minutes	–	Minutes-18-11-01
Update	–	–
Food Donation and its Positive Impact on Waste Reduction	Tim Vogel, Director of Food Sourcing, Community Food Bank of New Jersey	FoodWaste
Is Zero Waste Still a Realistic Goal Given the Challenges of Today’s Recycling Market?	Michael Buono, Director of Program Development, Environmental Service Management Group, Inc.	ZeroWaste
What’s New in Scrap Tire Recycling/Management	Mary Sikora, President, Recycling Research Institute and Publisher/Editor of the Scrap Tire News	Tire
Going Beyond the Traditional Recyclable Materials	Lisa Hamilton, Senior Environmental Engineer, NJ Natural Gas Company	NJNGC

May 10, 2018 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	NJWWBN Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	Minutes May 10, 2018. pdf
Update	–	–
Update on the Chinese Recyclable Commodities Import Restrictions	Steve Changaris, Chapter Director, National Waste & Recycling Association – NJ Chapter	NJNWRA.pdf
Using Social Media to Promote Your Recycling Program	Sara Verrillo, Digital Media Specialist, Atlantic County Utilities Authority	ACUA.pdf
The Big Sweep Office Supply Reuse Program	Laurene O’Donnell, Pioneers – A Volunteer Network, Chapter 99	Telecom.pdf
Recycling Electronics from the Business Sector…What Can Be Recycled…How is it Recycled?	Jim Entwistle, President, Newtech Recycling, Inc.	Newtech.pdf
Raritan Valley Community College’s Award-Winning Waste Reduction, Recycling and Sustainability Programs	Sue Dorward, Sustainability and Energy Coordinator, Raritan Valley Community College	RVCC.pdf

Wastewise Meeting Presentation Archive 2017-2011

November 2, 2017 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	171102Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	171102Minutes.pdf
Update	–	–
The New Jersey Sustainable Business Registry	Helaine Barr, NJDEP, Bureau of Energy and Sustainability	NJSBR.pdf
Maintaining a New Jersey Green Business Chamber of Commerce	Allan Fliss, Founder and Executive Director, New Jersey Green Association	NJGA.pdf
Contamination of the Recycling Stream and the “Recycle Often, Recycle Right” Educational Campaign	Bill Lehman, Area Business Development Manager – Recycling, Waste Management, Inc.	RecycleOftenRight.pdf
Zero Waste Strategies and Certification	Sue Beets-Atkinson, Zero Waste Advisory Council Chair, Green Business Certification Inc.	Zero Waste.pdf
Campbell Soup Company’s Appetizing Waste Reduction and Recycling Program	Michael E. Downs, Environmental Sustainability Analyst, Campbell Soup Company	www.campbellcsr.com

May 10, 2017 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	16-11-02 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	17-05-10 Minutes.pdf
Update	–	–
Municipal Recycling Enforcement and Education Strategies	Ron Lottermann, Recycling Coordinator, Fair Lawn Borough	Lottermann.pdf
Medical Equipment Reuse and Refurbishment	Lynn Tighe, Vice President, Goodwill Home Medical Equipment	Goodwill.pdf
What’s New in Glass Recycling?!	Bryan Vickers, Recycling Consultant, Glass Packaging Institute	Glass.pdf
Polystyrene (aka “Styrofoam”) Recycling	Elizabeth Coleman, Sales Coordinator, Foam Cycle LLC	Foam.pdf
From Plastic Bags to Plastic Lumber	Samara Norman, Senior Material Buyer, Trex Company, Inc.	Trex.pdf

November 2, 2016 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	16-11-02 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	16-11-02 Minutes.pdf
Update	–	NJWWBN.pdf
Green Building Design for the Workplace: A Look at Material Selections and Design Strategies	Brooke Altidor, Allied ASID, LEED AP ID+C/Architectural Specifications Manager, CertainTeed Ceilings/Interior Designer, Beaux Art Green LLC	GB-Workplace.pdf
Food Waste Recycling: From Collection to the Development of a New Food Waste Recycling Facility in New Jersey!	Rocco D’Antonio, Managing Member, Organic Diversion	OrganicD.pdf
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s Award Winning Green Purchasing Program: Office, Cafeteria and Electronics Products Focus	Margaret Kevin-King, Building and Grounds Supervisor, Leanna Meyer, Environmental Scientist, and Kyron Jones, Excess Property Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	PPPL.pdf
Hackensack University Medical Center – a National Leader for Environmental Excellence	Kyle Tafuri, Senior Sustainability Advisor, Hackensack University Medical Center	HUMC.pdf

May 5, 2016 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	16-05-05 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	06-05-05 Minutes.pdf
Update	–
“repurposing”: the Art and Business of Giving New Life to Industrial Junk	Damon Carson, Founder and President, repurposedMATERIALS	repurposed.pdf
Transforming Edible and Inedible Residual Bionutrients into Valued Resources	Dr. Ross Hamilton, Vice President – Quality Control and Billy Frish, Regional Vice President, Darling Ingredients Inc.	Darling.pdf
Strategies for Successful Waste Reduction and Recycling Programs in the Business Sector and Implementing Sustainable Janitorial Services”	Rachel Weisslitz, National Sustainability Manager and Michael Halady, National Sustainability Manager, SBM Site Services	SBM.pdf

November 5, 2015 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	15-11-05 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	15-11-05 Minutes.pdf
Update	–
Center Stage with the Association of New Jersey Recycler	Ron Hutchinson, Vice President of Development	ANJR App.pdf
2015 New Jersey Sustainable State of the State Report (with Spotlight on Waste Management Issues)	Randy Solomon, Co-Director, Sustainable Jersey and Gary Sondermeyer, Chair, Sustainable Jersey Waste Management Task Force and Bayshore Recycling	Sustainable Jersey.pdf
Metal, Glass and Plastics Recycling Markets Update	Maite Quinn, Director, Sims Municipal Recycling,	Sims.pdf
Illegal Dumping and the Barnegat Bay Blitz Cleanup Program	Katie Barnett, NJDEP, Division of Water Monitoring and Standards and Artie Zanfini, NJDEP, Compliance and Enforcement	illegal dumping.pdf
Case Study – DSM Nutritional Products, LLC…Recycling Bottles and Cans to BioSolids and a Whole Lot More!	Andrew Tynan, Manager, Safety Health & Environment, DSM Nutritional Products, LLC	DSM.pfd

May 7, 2015 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	15-05-07 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	15-05-07 Minutes.pdf
Update	–
Green Printing and A Whole Lot More	Michael Kaufman, Owner, Cox Printers	Green Printing.pdf
Climate Change: Update on Recycling’s Impact on Greenhouse Gas Reduction	Anthony Broccoli, Associate Professor, Rutgers University Department of Environmental Sciences	Climate Change.pdf
Business Recycling Economics 101 (How Waste Reduction and Recycling Can Improve Your Bottom Line!)	Jim Morris, Associate Vice President, Rutgers University, Division of Continuing Studies	Buss Econ 101.pdf
Case Study – Getting to Zero Waste and Beyond!	Dr. Nadereh Afsharmanesh, Vice President of Sustainability and Education, Earth Friendly Products	Earth Friendly.pdf

November 13, 2014 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	11-13-14 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	11-13-14 Minutes.pdf
Update	–	11-13-14 Update.pdf
Carton Recycling Has Arrived!	Barbara Heineken, Carton Council	CC RRS.pdf
Faster, Better, Cheaper: Recycling, Waste Reduction & Sustainability Communications that Employees & Customers Will Actually Care About	William Russell,Principal, Transitioning to Green, LLC	FBC.pdf
Commercial and Residential Carpet Recycling Update	Sean Ragiel, President, CarpetCycle, LLC	Carpet.pdf
Case Study – Waste Reduction and Recycling at WithumSmith+Brown	Rhonda Maraziti, Director of Marketing and Practice Growth, WithumSmith+Brown – Certified Public Accountants and Consultants	Case Study.pdf

May 14, 2014 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	Agenda 14-05-14.pdf
Minutes	–	Minutes 04-05-14.pdf
WasteWise Update	Margaret Kevin-King	WasteWise Update May 2014.pdf
The Sustainable Business Initiative	Athena Sarafides, NJDEP, Office of Sustainability and Green Energy	SBI Registry.pdf
Computer Reuse for the Advancement of Education	Mark DeTroia, President and Co-Founder, Computers for Kids of America	Upcycle.pdf
Domestic and International Recyclable Paper Markets	George Chen, President, New Jersey Paper Recycling Association	PaperMarkets.pdf
Miele Inc. Sustainability Initiatives for Recycling, Waste Reduction and Environmental Responsibility	Steve Polinski, Senior Manager for Regulatory Affairs and Lauren Tait, Manager of Administrative Services, Miele, Inc.	Miele Inc.pdf

November 13, 2013 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	Agenda 13-11-13.pdf
Minutes	–	Minutes 13-11-13.pdf
Hurricane Sandy’s Impact on Solid Waste Management in New Jersey	Guy Watson, Chief, NJDEP, Bureau of Recycling and Planning	Watson-NJDEP.pdf
The ABCs of Reusable Transport Packaging	Jerry Welcome, President, Reusable Packaging Association	Welcome-RPA.pdf
Case Study: McCaffrey’s Princeton…A Supermarket and a Super Recycler!	Steve Carney, Store Manager, McCaffrey’s Princeton	McCaffreys.pdf
National Computer and Electronics Recycling Update	Jason Linnell, Executive Director, National Center for Electronics Recycling	Linnell-NCER

May 9, 2013 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	5-9-13 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	5-9-13 Minutes.pdf
Textile Recycling Update	Eric Stubin, President and CEO Trans-Americans Textile Recycling	CTR.pdf
Rock and Wrap it Up! – Food Donation to Fight Hunger (and Reduce Waste at the Same Time!)	Syd Mandelbaum, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rock and Wrap it Up, Inc.	Rock&Wrap.pdf
Food Waste Composting	Nelson Widell, Co-Founder, Peninsula Compost Group	Peninsula.pdf
Princeton University’s Outstanding Waste Reduction and Recycling Program	Kristi Wiedemann, Assistant Manager, Princeton University Office of Sustainability	Princeton.pdf

November 8, 2012 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–
Minutes	–	Minutes 11-8-12.pdf
Recycling Fluorescent Bulbs and Ballasts	Joe Puro, National Bulb Recycling, Inc	Bulb.pdf
Homasote Still Going Strong	Pete Tindall, Vice President of Operations	Homasote.pdf
Bayshore Recycling Corporation’s “Mega-Mall of Recycling”	Gary Sondermeyer, Vice President of Operations	Bayshore.pdf
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Waste Reduction, Recycling and Recycled Product Procurement Program	Dave Matthews, Manager – Environmental Services	Bristol-Myers Squibb.pdf

May 17, 2012 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	05_17_12 Agenda
Minutes	–	Minutes 5-17-12.pdf
Freecycle…Reuse in Action	Maria Belton, Volunteer, Freecycle.org	Freecyle.pdf Freecycle Booklet.pdf
It’s Grease Lightning! – Transforming Vegetable Oil Into Biodiesel	Jamie Hutson, Director of Business Development, Grease Lightning/Unity Fuels	See Meeting Minutes
Building Momentum for Product Stewardship	Katherine Bourbeau, Statewide Coordinator, New York Product Stewardship Council	NYPSC_051715.pdf
Sunny Delight – Where Waste Reduction, Recycling and Sustainability are a Way of Life	Librado Guerrero, Plant Manager, Sunny Delight Beverages Co	SDBC-051712.pdf

November 22, 2011 Meeting
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Title	Presenter	File Name
Agenda	–	11-22-11 Agenda.pdf
Minutes	–	11-22-11Minutes.pdf
Environmental Stewardship and Economic Growth Go Hand in Hand	Wayne Staub, Director, NJDEP, Office of Economic Growth and Green Energy	w.Staub.pdf
Pedals for Progress…Supplying International Economic Aid Through Reuse	Dave Schweidenback, Founder and CEO, Pedals for Progress™	See Meeting Minutes. Contact pdls4@comcast.netfor further information
Food Scraps Recycling by Composting: Opportunities for Sustainability Leadership. When Brown is Green!	Nicholas J. Smith-Sebasto, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Kean University Center for Sustainability Studies	See Meeting Minutes. Contact nsmithse@kean.edufor further information.
Outsmarting Waste Through Innovation…The TerraCycle Story	Albe Zakes, Vice President Global Media, TerraCycle Inc.	See Meeting Minutes. Contact albe@terracycle.netfor further information.