Public Policy Forum

Join us on October 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Embassy Suites, 1040 P Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, for a Public Policy Forum: The Role of Government in Waste Management and Resource Recovery Systems.  The FREE Public Policy Forum (open to the public) will show how governments play a vital role in creating regulations and incentives for recycling a infrastructure and responsible waste disposal.

 

MEET THE PANELISTS

Panelists: Stephanie Barger, Executive Director & Founder of US Zero Waste Business Council, Dale Gubbels, CEO of First Star Recycling, Eric Lombardi, Executive Director of Eco-Cycle International, President of Zero Waste Strategies, Inc., Senator Ken Haar, District 21 Nebraska Legislature, Milo Mumgaard, Senior Policy Aide for Sustainability Mayor’s Office in Lincoln, Carrie Hakenkamp, Executive Director of WasteCap Nebraska.

 

More than 2 million tons of materials are landfilled each year in Nebraska. This practice wastes valuable resources and threatens our air, groundwater and climate. Creating a resource recovery-based system will not only conserve resources and protect our environment but it will create and sustain more productive and meaningful jobs than a disposal-based system. Federal, state and local governments play a critical role in protecting our natural resources and creating the structures, regulations and incentives surrounding waste disposal and resource recovery. In 1992 Nebraska communities were required by state law to develop 20-year solid waste management plans. Few, if any, have come close to meeting their plan’s waste diversion goals. Why? What needs to change? What can governments do at each level to create incentives and frameworks through which Zero waste systems and infrastructure can develop?

For more information  or to register visit: http://www.wastecapne.org/2014-sustainability-summit/.

 

WasteCap's Mission Statement

Our Mission: To partner business leaders to implement resource conservation strategies that improve profitability, community goodwill and employee pride.