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Plastics Summit
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Please join us for a Plastics Summit
Dialogue about challenges and opportunities
DATE and TIME: September 25, 2017
Program starts at 9:00 AM
Check-in starts at 8:00 AM
Day closes at 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Ave S, Tukwila, WA 98168
You are invited to a one-day forum highlighting current knowledge of plastics, from microplastics in marine waters to plastics recycling challenges.
Plastics are everywhere and their impacts and management are a growing concern: plastic single-use food serviceware, new flexible packaging displacing traditional recyclables for food and in e-commerce, low value plastics in the recycling stream, curbside recycling contamination, lack of markets, marine debris and micro plastics to name a few! Tackling these challenges will take innovation. Many efforts are going on around the pacific NW and nationally.
OVERVIEW
The goal of the Plastics Summit is to present technical, scientific, and up-to-date information about current issues, challenges and opportunities regarding plastics. The day brings together local and national scientific researchers, agency staff, industry reps, K-12 teachers, students, elected officials, and interested public in a cross-sector dialogue. The organizing themes of the day will be three topics of current concern and interest:
-Packaging: Current trends, hot topics, barriers and challenges for flexible packaging, and innovations by businesses. Confirmed speakers include Nina Goodrich, Sustainable Packaging Coalition; David McLain, Printpack; and Sego Jackson, City of Seattle.
-Plastics Composition/Contamination Issues: Recyclability issues, compostability, bioproducts, additives. Confirmed speakers include Karl Englund, WSU; Dennis Denton, Denton Plastics; Katie Pelch, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange; Bill Orts, Western Reg. Research Center, USDA-ARS; and Susan Thoman, Compost Manufacturing Alliance
-Microplastics in regional waters: Microplastics research results in the Pacific NW. Confirmed speakers include Peter Ross, Vancouver Aquarium; Peter Hodum, University of Puget Sound; Julie Masura, UW Tacoma; Kathy Conn, US Geologic Survey.
The keynote presenters will be:
Nina Goodrich, Director of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition & Executive Director of GreenBlue. Nina leads research and promotes principles of sustainable materials management for packaging innovation.
Dr. Peter Ross, Vancouver Aquarium. Peter has been one of the lead researchers on toxic chemicals in orcas and has recently been studying microfibers in the marine environment.
REGISTRATION:
Includes lunch and snacks
General $45.00 (Advanced: Regular registration)
NGO/vol $25.00 (Advanced registration: Discounted for nonprofits, and volunteers/unaffiliated)
Students $10 (Advanced registration: Discounted for full time students)
Teachers No charge (Advance registration required). 6 Clock Hours available in partnership with the Seattle Aquarium. $75 stipend available for teachers.
At the door $60.00 (Walk-in registration)
BIG THANKS TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE Sego Jackson and Pat Kaufman, Seattle Public Utilities; Kris Beatty and Lisa Sepanski, King County; Alli Kingfisher, WA State Department of Ecology; Sydney Harris and Anya Savrasov, US Environmental Protection Agency; Hannah Johnson, HumanEco Design & Consulting; Marie Novak, Cascadia Consulting; Ashley Bolden, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange; and Heather Trim and Eva Dale, Zero Waste Washington.
Scholarships available for this event. If interested and any other questions, contact Heather at heather@zerowastewashington.org
Thank you to
Seattle Public Utilities, King County, Cascadia Consulting Group, Seattle Aquarium, and Washington State Recycling Association for their sponsorship support of this event!
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LocationTukwila Community Center (View)
12424 42nd Ave S
Tukwila, WA 98168
United States
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