October 8 - Cosby, TN

The Tennessee Recycling Coalition is hosting a one-day workshop on recycling and the tourism industry.

TRC members can attend for no cost - there’s a $25 fee for non-members. Click here for more info.
Agenda Items Include:
• Welcome and Introductions, Elizabeth Reed, Keep Cocke County Beautiful & Bettye Carver, Cocke County Mayor’s Office
• Rafting Industry Recycling Program
• Theme Park Recycling -Mike Teske, Dollywood
• The Litter Law and Tourism - Judge Larry Potter, Shelby County Environmental Court
• Successful Community Recycling, Marian Bracknell, Sevierville 2008 Government Recycler of the Year
• Industrial Recycling - Patrick McGuffin, Tidi Waste
• Lunch with Keynote Presentation - Commissioner Susan Whitaker, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
• Recycling at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Networking Session - Hard to Recycle Items

Early bird registration discount ends today

SERDC’s Southeastern workshop will take place Nov 3-4 in Lexington, KY. Click here for more info and to register.

Topics:

• Recycling’s impact on climate concerns: A plenary session will explore carbon credits.
• Economics of the region: Recycling’s impact on a fiscal level.
• Electronics collection: Specifics for municipalities and industrial settings.
• Into the Bin and Back Again: Plastic specific recycling information from the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers.
• Markets round table: Get the specific on commodities from recycling experts.
• Facility tour: Visit the Lexington/Fayette MRF.
• Networking: Meet potential partners at more than one event.

Register for the 2009 TCAPWA Annual Joint Public Works Conference and Exposition October 24-27 in Kingsport.  Conference will be held at Marriott Meadow view Convention Center and Resort.
This year’s conference will feature an Equipment Exposition with exhibitors from all over the Southeast displaying equipment and vehicles. TCAPWA will join forces with SWANA Volunteer Chapter and the Tennessee Stormwater Association to host over 24 educational sessions highlighting public works hot topics and trends.
See the Chapter Website for further registration information:
http://tennessee.apwa.net/events/5082/

–Forwarded by Mike Stooksberry–
The Tennessee Solid Waste Directors Association will be having an Educational Conference on October 6 & 7, 2009 at Henry Horton State Park, Chapel Hill, Tennessee. This conference will cover such items as New UT-CTAS Solid Waste Professional Certification Training , Monofills and Rural Development Assistance. We encourage members, prospective members and interested parties to attend.
Registration Form:
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–Forwarded from Shawn Lindsey–
Keep McMinn Beautiful has announced the Annual Household Hazardous Waste Event on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 from 9am-1pm at McMinn County High School in the stadium/student parking lot. Please make every effort to attend this important event.
A complete list of accepted items can be found at the TDEC website or by calling the KMB office at 745-2086 for more details. Thank you for doing your part to keep McMinn beautiful, green and chemical free!
To see list of accepted items see the TDEC website here:
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/swm/hhw/hhwproducts.shtml

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will conduct a public hearing on the draft language for the proposed waste reduction rule on September 1, 2009 on the 17th floor of the L & C Tower in Nashville.  The hearing will be from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.  It will also be broadcast via GoToMeeting in a Webinar format to allow citizens Internet accessibility to the proceedings.

The public comment period is active and will end September 30, 2009.  All comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on September 30th to be considered.

Additional information can be found at:  http://state.tn.us/environment/swm/wrpublic.shtml

You can register for the Webinar by following the link below.

http://state.tn.us/environment/swm/wrpublicweb.shtml

Electronics Waste Recycling For Campus, Businesses, Governments & Schools
Apple, Inc is sponsoring an E-waste recycling event for the University of Tennessee and the Knoxville community. Bring old, unwanted electronics to the UT Agriculture Campus this Saturday.
Location: UT-Ag Campus, Parking lot CFN1 (Brehm Animal Science Ag Campus) and Parking lot 66 (behind veterinary hospital)
Time: 9am to 3pm  each day

For more information, see erecycle.utk.edu

A major recycling event sponsored by Apple Inc. that resulted in tons of old and unused electronic equipment being properly disposed of last year is returning to campus May 14-16.

The public, including University of Memphis employees, will be able to drop off e-recyclables on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Southern Avenue Parking Lot near the recreation center. Professional movers will be on hand to unload recyclable items from vehicles. May 14-15 is set aside for institutions and businesses to drop off material en mass. This location is also on the Southern Ave. parking lot.

The May 16 public day will offer an opportunity to recycle CPUs, all-in-one computer systems, laptop/notebook computers, televisions, cameras, printers, copiers, PDAs, keyboards, computer monitors, speakers, audio devices, FAX machines, cell phones and pagers, and other related equipment.

All items including hard drives will be ground down to confetti-like material to ensure information security prior to being recycled.

Contact Steve Terry at (901)678-2194 for additional information on the electronic equipment recycling effort or visit the U of M eRecycling website.

Travel budgets are tight, so we are picking the events we are attending this year carefully.  Below are several upcoming solid waste related training events you may want to check on if you have the option.

• First, SWANA will host a Landfill Management Symposium in Savannah, GA.  The conference takes place between June 1st and June 4th, 2009.  There is ample opportunity to obtain Certification CEU’s by attending this event.  See this link for more information on the Savannah Landfill Conference.

• TDEC is sponsoring it’s yearly Landfill Operator’s Course.  This class will be held March 30 through April 2, 2009 at the Fleming Training Center in Murfreesboro, TN.  This is the basic training class held for new operators that need certification as well as certified operators that want to obtain additional credit hours for re-certification.  More information on this course can be found here.

• Last, the 38th annual Solid and Hazardous Waste Conference will be in Gatlinburg this year. The dates for this year’s conference are April 29th through May 1st.  If you haven’t registered, check out the registration info here.

EPA has scheduled a series of web-based seminars on Recycling and Solid Waste Management.  The seminars are taking place every third Thursday of the month through October.  The topic for March 19th is “Substance Flow Analysis for Local Governments: A Tool to Help Reduce and Manage Toxics”  The Seminar is free for federal, state, local and tribal government waste management professionals.   See the link here for more information on this month’s topic and to see the remaining courses in the series.