Environment Committee Meeting on 6-17-25: Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Campaign Recycling Assessment & Updates
Presentations:
- What’s Up with REO? – Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
- REO & Recycle Coach – Liz Kunkle, Customer Success Manager, Recycle Coach
- Why REO? – Phillip Shaffer, Vice President of Chapter Relations, National Waste & Recycling Association; Javier Erazo, District Manager, Waste Connections; John Pausma, Business Development, Homewood Disposal
- Recycling Education and Outreach- Data Collection – Spencer LaBelle, Senior Project Professional, SCS Engineers
- Marketing Campaign – Chelsea Maupin, Senior Strategist & Research Manager, Güd Marketing, and Lauren Abbott, Account Manager, Güd Marketing
Resources
- Uncovering opportunities with waste material assessments by Steven Schilling, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc. & Ricky Phillips, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc. in Waste Today
- Citing Basel, Illinois processor launches e-plastics line in E-Scrap News. An amendment to the Basel Convention led to changed requirements for scrap plastic imports, keeping more materials in the U.S. and North America.
- City of Chicago Blue Cart Recycling story map
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