SB 54: The Path to Passage

 

Panelists:

1. Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director, National Stewardship Action Council

2. Senator Ben Allen, representing CA's 26th District

3. Tina Andolina, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Ben Allen

4. Chuck Helget, Director of Governmental Affairs, Republic Services

5. Adam Regele, Policy Advocate, CalChamber

6. Derek Dolfie, Legislative Representative, League of California Cities

7. John Kennedy, Policy Advocate, Rural County Representatives of California

8. Dr. Anja Brandon, U.S. Plastics Policy Analyst, Ocean Conservancy

9. Dylan De Thomas, VP of External Affairs, The Recycling Partnership

10. Dr. Alexis Jackson, Associate Director, The Nature Conservancy

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Date Recorded: September 28, 2022

Duration: 120 minutes

Cost: FREE

Watch now: https://youtu.be/09oDM6dS-Zo

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Sharps & Medicine Waste Management: Innovations and Policy Update Webinar

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Panelists included:

1. Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director, National Stewardship Action Council

2. Marion Briggs, Sustainability Manager, HealthBeacon

3. Sarah Hanssen, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, UltiMed

4. Cedric Gysel, Manager of Health Care Solutions Design, Johnson & Johnson

5. Peter Daheb, CEO & Co-Founder, Pillumina 

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​Date Recorded: September 15, 2022

Duration: 120 minutes

Cost: FREE

Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o02k5jZU2Aw 

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This webinar is hosted by the Stewardship Action Foundation (SAF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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Smoking Waste Pollution Prevention

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Panelists:

1. California Assemblymember Luz Rivas

2. California Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris

3. New York State Senator Senator Liz Krueger (Pre-recorded)

4. Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director of NSAC

5. Dr. Thomas Novotny, Cigarette Butt Pollution Project

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Date Recorded: February 22, 2022

Duration: 50 minutes

Cost: $150, FREE for NSAC funders, legislative staff, media, and collaborating NGOs - If applicable, please email victoria@nsaction.us for discount code.

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This webinar is hosted by the Stewardship Action Foundation (SAF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All monies will go to SAF.

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FREE Legislative Update: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act 2021 & Related Bills in Various States

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Panelists:

1. Dr. Anja Malawi Brandon, American Geophysical Union (AGU)/American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Congressional Science Fellow in the office of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley

2. Jessica Gauger, Director of Legislative Advocacy and Public Affairs at the California Association of Sanitation Agencies

3. Eric Nelson, Founder of Circonomey Innovations

4. Maia Corbitt, President of Texans for Clean Water and Director of Advocacy and Mission Giving for the Garver, Black, Hilyard Family Foundation.

5. Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director of NSAC

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Date Recorded: Thursday, April 14, 2021

Duration:1.5 hours

Cost: FREE

Watch Now: https://youtu.be/gCYbYqiF9kU

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How to Make Money from Saving the World: Business-Driven Solutions to Organics Recycling

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Panelists:

1. Eric Myers, Waste Management

2. Peter Ettinger, Bioenergy DevCo

3. Rowena Romano, Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment

4. Heidi Sanborn, NSAC

5. Roy Weedman, JLL

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Date Recorded: March 12, 2021

Duration: 1.5 hours

Cost: $125;

FREE for funders, collaborating NGOs, legislative staff, and members of the press.

$75 for NAHMMA & STAR members.

For more information and/or receive the discount, please email Jordan@nsaction.us

 

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Basel Convention Amendments & its Impacts on the U.S.

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​Featuring Basel Action Network Founder and Executive Director, Jim Puckett.

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Date recorded: November 19, 2020

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: $100

FREE for funders & collaborating NGOs.

$50 for NAHMMA & STAR members.

For more information and/or receive the discount, please email Jordan@nsaction.us

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Cannabis Waste

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Date Recorded: October 29, 2020

Duration: 1.5 hours

Cost: $125; FREE for funders & collaborating NGOs.

$75 for STAR members, $25 for NAHMMA members.

For more information and/or receive the discount, please email Jordan@nsaction.us 

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Panelists:

1. Heidi Sanborn, National Stewardship Action Council

2. Jonathan Lee, Gaiaca Waste Revitalization

3. Jason Lammers, The Cannabis Alliance

4. David Pauwels, The Pauwels Company

5. Tony Perrotta, Greentec

6. Michael Hren, City of Merced

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Flushable Wipes

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This webinar will have a panel discussing the problems caused by "flushable" wipes which are mostly plastic and causing clogs in sewer systems across the country. We will discuss the real costs and possible solutions including legislation such as AB 1672 in California. Panelists include:

• Heidi Sanborn, National Stewardship Action Council

• Assemblymember Richard Bloom, California State Assembly

• Representative Joe Fitzgibbon, Washington State Legislature

• Jessica Gauger, California Association of Sanitation Agencies

• Cynthia Finley, National Association of Clean Water Agencies

• Shane Trimmer, Representative Alan Lowenthal

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Date Recorded: April 10, 2020    

Duration: 1.5 hours

Cost: $125; FREE for funders and collaborating NGOs.

$75 for NAHMMA, NACWA, and STAR members.

For more information and/or receive the discount, please email jordan@nsaction.us

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Tobacco Waste

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This webinar will have a panel talking about the tobacco litter problem, the pending legislation in California SB 424, and other legislation such as the tobacco bill in Maine. We will review the problem and potential solutions to the world's most littered plastic product. Panelists included:

1. Heidi Sanborn,  NSAC

2. Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara)

3. Sarah Nichols, Sustainable Maine Project Director

4. Mike Roylos, Founder, Sidewalk Buttlr

5. Jonathan Black, Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Tom Udall (D-NM)

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Date Recorded: March 13, 2020

Duration: 1.5 hours

Cost: $125; FREE for funders. $75 for NAHMMA members.

For more information and/or receive the discount, please call 916-431-7804

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Pharmaceuticals and Sharps

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Pharmaceuticals and sharps are a significant public health and safety risk when improperly disposed of, which is why California passed SB 212 to require the producers of these products to fund and operate a take-back program statewide. Learn from the experts who passed this legislation on how any state or county can achieve EPR for meds and sharps. Speakers include:

1. Debra Shore, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

2. Heidi Sanborn, NSAC

3. Tim Goncharoff, Santa Cruz County Public Works

4. Beverly Hanstrom, Colorado Medical Waste

5. Dan Moran, Covanta

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Date Recorded: December 11, 2019

Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Cost: $125; FREE for funders. $75 for NAHMMA members.

For more information and/or receive the discount, please call 916-431-7804

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​Textiles

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Textiles and clothing are an important component in residential waste streams- coming from our closets, bathrooms, kitchen, or living room. Textiles and clothing also have industrial uses in firefighting, healthcare, agricultural work, and cooking. We are surrounded by products containing textiles and it’s about time to discuss end-of-life for these materials. Textiles comprise 4% of the CA waste stream according to CalRecycle’s 2014 waste characterization report and many clothing manufacturers agree that raw material sourcing has the largest impact in GHG reduction efforts. Join this webinar to learn what manufacturers are doing upstream to address textile sustainability and how jurisdictions are dealing with textile recycling at end-of-life. Panelists include Mark Walker, CEA of Outerknown, Andy Keller, CEO of ChicoBag, and Dr. Joanne Brasch of NSAC, who holds a PhD in Textile Economics and teaches at UC Davis in the Department of Textiles and Clothing. 

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Date Recorded: November 1, 2019     Duration: 1 hour

Cost: $125; FREE for funders. $75 for NAHMMA members. For more information and/or receive the discount, please call 916-431-7804

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Household Hazardous Waste Reuse

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As sponsors of SB 726 in California, a bill that would allow for the reuse of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) that is currently not allowed statewide due to restrictions by some local Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA), NSAC will gather industry experts to share how HHW reuse can be expanded and better tracked while removing barriers to implementation. Speakers include:

1. Heidi Sanborn, NSAC

2. Chris Ripley, Smarter Sorting

3. Victoria Hodge, Smarter Sorting

4. Elizabeth Rouan, San Mateo County, Environmental Health Services

5. William Stockton, Habitat for Humanity

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Date Recorded: September 5, 2019

Duration: 1 Hour

Cost: $125; FREE for funders. $75 for NAHMMA members.

Click Here to Download 

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Battery Recycling 

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Batteries help power the world we live in, but improper disposal can cause fires. Batteries are now a leading cause of fires in the materials management industry and a serious threat to their ability to secure insurance coverage, NSAC is hosting this webinar to share viable solutions including producer responsibility.

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Date Recorded: July 24, 2019

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: $125; FREE for funders. Click Here to Download

For more information, please email jordan@nsaction.us

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Producer Responsibility Policy Options for Tobacco Waste 

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As sponsors of SB 424 (Jackson) on Tobacco Waste Reduction- NSAC is hosting a webinar to discuss producer responsibility policy options for tobacco waste. Invited speakers from various companies will share their product stewardship stories addressing tobacco waste in the environment.

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Date Recorded: June 21, 2019

Duration: 1.5 hours

Cost: $125; FREE for funders. Click Here to Download

For more information, please email jordan@nsaction.us

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Solar Panel Recycling in California

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We invite solar panel installers, local government, recyclers, and waste haulers to watch our webinar on solar panel recycling in California. Learn about solar panel recycling concerns and information on future recycling in California.

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Date Recorded: June 13, 2019

Duration: 1.5 hours

Cost: $125; FREE for funders - Click to watch

For more information, please email jordan@nsaction.us