SCHEDULE

Monday, May 6 Pre-conference Activities Schedule

2:00 p.m.

Plainfield Correctional Facility Recycling and Composting Programs Tour In 1997, the Plainfield Correctional Facility started a large-scale composting program in cooperation with the West Central Solid Waste District. Since then, the facility has looked for more ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Come see the innovative methods used in this unusual setting. RSVP IS REQUIRED FOR THIS TOUR!. The Correctional Facility must have a complete list of tour participants prior to arrival - anyone not on the list will not be able to join the tour. Be sure to check the box for this tour on your registration form.

7:00 p.m.

Recycledelic Welcoming Reception at the Marriott East Peace. Love, and Recycling! Put on your grooviest clothes and hang out! Dance by the light of lava lamps to great sixties music, enjoy some munchies, play some party games... you even get your first drink free. After that, it's a cash bar. Prizes for best-dressed hippy, beatnik, or flower child... Please remember to indicate on your registration form if you will attend the Welcoming Reception.

Tuesday, May 7 Activities Schedule

7:30 a.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.

Conference Opening Session - Annual Meeting and Breakfast

9:00 a.m.

Socially Resposible Investing As a person working in the environmental field, is your money going to work to support your environment and social interests? Learn how the leading SRI firm evaluates, makes decisions, and tracks those companies in which they invest.

Introduction to Responsible Design Indiana Projects Utilizing "High Perfomance Design" Landscape Architecture that strives to balance the relationship between the built and natural worlds Sustainable initiatives undertaken in one Indiana county project Things you can do without adding $$ to the project cost.

Less IS More Recycling programs can become more effective when they go beyond what goes in the bin or is taken to a drop-off. This session will focus on new outreach materials to familiarize the public with the importance of waste reduction. Ways to promote the concept of "pre-cycling" will be discussed as part of a new campaign currecntly under development by the IRC.

10:15 a.m.

Break / Exhibits Open

10:45 a.m.

Chew on This - The Industrialization of Food Tainted food; contamination on the farm, at the processing plant, and even your own home. Learn more about the life of a vegetable. Your dinner plate has an effect on the environment - you can make a difference just by what you eat.

Spotlight on Industry: Leading Manufacturers and their Green Products Intro to green building materials and resources Pre and post-consumer recycling practices in the manufacturing process Air and water pollution prevention measures Reclamation programs

Household Hazardous Waste Reuse Liability issues: how to protect yourself and still offer reuse as an option. Show me the numbers: can reuse reduce you HHW costs? Reuse items to watch for; are you helping the dope makers?

12:00 p.m.

Lunch and Keynote: Coca Cola and the Environment Scott Vitters, The Coca Cola Company

2:00 p.m.

Green Thumbs Up! As the saying goes, it's not just what you grow, it's how you grow it. Give your yard a green thumbs up by learning the environmentally friendly way to make your lawn and garden lush and green. "Don't Bag It! Leave it Lay! and Yard Cycling" - historic campaigns to reduce disposal of yard waste make a comeback. Backyard habitats are easy and fun.

Construction Site Waste Management: Success STories and Pitfalls Overview of marketable materials Economics Overview

Household Hazardous Waste Alternatives Chemicals got you down? What choices do you have? When is a soap not a soap?

3:15 p.m.

Break / Visit Exhibits / Silent Auction opens for bids

3:45 p.m.

Vermiculture 101: The Big and Small of It All Putting vegetable trimmings to better use The establishment and maintenance of earthworm culture General informtion about the earthworm The benefits of earthworm action

Education Activities: PAWS and Bugs! Dog-gone fun! Watch PAWS, a robotic dog, help teach recycling and waste reduciton and learn about a rewards program for teachers that promotes earth-friendly habits in the classroom. Discover the world of "Integrated Pest Managment" and come "Build-A-Bug" with us!

Household Hazardous Waste Policy Facility and single day event registration Transporting your HHW materials How does Indiana rate against other states?

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Recycler's Silent and Live Auction and Reception

Dinner

on your own

Wednesday, May 8 Activities Schedule

7:30 a.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast witht the National Recycling Coalition - Kate Krebs, Executive Director

9:00 a.m.

Determine your Environmental Footprint Did you know there are enough resources in the world for each individual to utilize 5 acres of resources? See how your choices of consumption, transportation, and lifestyle increase and decrease you environmental "footprint."

Illegal Burning Learn about dioxins, particulate and toxic materials in burn barrel smoke - it might be enought to make you hole your breath! Burning trash is against the law. Why do people do it, and who's responsible for making them stop? Discuss local public education efforts, partnerships, and your role in curbing this major source of pollution.

Recycling at Special Events Programs for fairs, festivals, parades, and more Determining if an event will accomodate recycling Identifying and working with event organizers Implementing your plans Evaluating your results

10:15 a.m.

Break / Visit Exhibits

10:45 a.m.

Education Activities Experience Recycle Town, an interactive recycling education display. Visitors to Recycle Town will become active participants in the recyucling process starting from "your home", the drop-off bins, a materials recovery facility, and finally, to the Recycle Town General Store Come "Share a Small World" with us and tlearn how to engage young students into the issues of population dynamics, resource use, and human impact on the environment.

Electronics Stewardship Hear from the retailers and the recyclers; What's hot and what's not in electronics stewardship.

Greening Your Organization Defining "Green"... internally-focused, comprehensive environmental efforts Viewing your organization through green-colored glasses Covering your organization with different shades of green

12:00 p.m.

Lunch and Keynote: History of Recycling (and Garbage, too) Chaz Miller, Director of State Programs, Environmental Industry Associations