Waste & Recycling Expo Canada has brought the brightest and best industry experts together to present an education program during the show.










Agenda
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Day 1 – Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Circular Economy Education Stage
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - A circular economy and EPR for Agricultural Plastic
Speaker: Barry Friesen
Company: Cleanfarms
Description: Learn about the programs that Cleanfarms operates to capture and recycle or safely dispose of agricultural plastic waste and the benefits of doing so in terms of jobs, environment and the economy.
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Managing the Growing Challenges and Opportunities of Electric Vehicle (EV) Batteries
Speaker: Maria Kelleher
Company: Kelleher Environmental
Description: Take a deep dive into the world of EV batteries including chemistries and designs, options for reuse in energy storage, recycling approaches, and policies considerations to address end-of-life issues.
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM -Using Fleet Telematics Technology to Manage Waste Collection Operations
Speaker: Tanya Bellefontaine
Company: Northern Business Intelligence
Description: Join us for an informative presentation on how different organizations are using fleet telematics technology and software integrations to manage waste collection operations.
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM - Smarter Systems, Superior Sorting with a close focus on how AI systems work
Speaker: Tim Barry
Company: AMP Robotics
Description: Explore how AI-driven identification and sortation is enabling precise material separation economic improvements via retrofits within today’s waste management infrastructure.
Future Forward Stage
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - How to Achieve Effective Waste Diversion in Communal Settings
Speaker: Nigel Deacon, Gerald Grant
Company: metroSTOR + Innovate Waste Solutions Corp
Description: Dive into the 5C methodology for effective waste diversion in challenging environments and explore with concrete examples from multi-res and downtown neighbourhoods.
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Food waste & packaging: The effects of excessive packaging on organics processing
Speakers: Brittany McLeod, James Davidson, Jeremy Perrin,
Company: Davidson Environmental
Description: Take a real-world look at one of the most pressing issues in organics recycling: how to deal with excessive packaging on food waste.
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM - The Evolution of MRF Design
Speaker: Matt Risko
Company: Machinex
Description: Explore the transformation and advancements in the design of MRFs, gain insights into how and why MRFs have evolved over the years, and get a glimpse of the future direction of MRF design.
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM - Say "Yes!" to Hard-to-Recycle Materials
Speaker: Tom Szaky
Company: TerraCycle
Description: Discover novel ways to enable more consumers and businesses to collect hard to recycle items, and unpack some of the current trends and challenges we may see over the coming years.
Day 2 – Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Circular Economy Education Stage
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - How to up your Safety Training game
Speaker: Anthony Butera
Company: City of Toronto
Description: Dive into the City of Toronto’s award-winning safety training programs that have helped reduced workplace incidents and have better prepared Solid Waste Collection Operators in urban environments.
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Best practices for anaerobic digestion - City of Edmonton case study
Speaker: Renaud Buclon, Nicolas Thiry
Company: Veolia
Description: Explore best practices and applied lessons in both organic waste operations and material recovery from the Edmonton High Solids Anaerobic Digestion Facility and the Edmonton Material Recovery Facility.
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM - Effective aerosol recycling
Speaker: Mike Mackay
Company: Despray Environmental
Description: Learn about the latest aerosol recycling technology that enables 100% recovery of the aerosol liquid, gas, and metal contents in a way that is not only safe and sustainable, but profitable.
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM -Waste and Recycling Pelleting – Best Practices and Potential Pitfalls
Speaker: Josh Gill
Company: CPM Pelleting Plastic and Recycling
Description: Explore the process, best practices, and pitfalls of waste pelleting, starting immediately after the sorting process, through the shredding, drying, prep, pelleting, and cooling process.
Future Forward Stage
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - Recycling and EPR for shingles
Speaker: Aidan Mills
Company: Northstar Clean Technologies
Description: Join us as we explore clean recovery and sustainable reprocessing solutions for how to deal with the 14.85 million tons of roofing material sent to landfills annually.
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Plastic Recycling: How to recycle your plastic waste streams and navigate the Single-Use Plastic Ban
Speakers: Tom Hashemi, Cory Silver
Company: Target Recycling
Description: Join us for this extremely timely session as we breakdown the federal single-use plastics ban, along with various best practice considerations for recycling plastics.
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Lessons from the Municipal Waste Journey
Speakers: Katie Motta, Peter Uppal, Anthony Butera, Kyla Greenham
Company: Telus
Description: Join a panel of experts as they unpack some of the latest technology and data being used by cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor and Guelf to improve solid waste collection operations.
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