2022 MMA Annual Meeting and Trade Show webinars
• The State of Waste and Recycling
Feb. 16, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Presented by the Association of Town Finance Committees
This workshop covered a range of timely waste and recycling topics, including a briefing from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on its new 10-year Solid Waste Master Plan, a primer on extended producer responsibility for packaging and other products from the Product Stewardship Institute, and a case study of zero waste initiatives in Cambridge.
PANELISTS
John Fischer is the deputy division director for solid waste at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
Sydney Harris is the policy and programs manager for the Product Stewardship Institute.
Michael Orr is the recycling director in Cambridge.
MODERATOR
Neil Rhein is the founder and executive director of Keep Massachusetts Beautiful and a select board member in Mansfield.