| 8:30am |
Check-in & continental breakfast |
| 9:00am |
Introductory remarks: David Hart, Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions |
| 9:10-10:00am |
Panel of successes in solid waste
- Jim Guerra – Tri-County Solid Waste
- Ruth Libby – The story of Ruth’s Reusable Resources
- Melissa Walsh Innes – Product stewardship legislation
- Brett Richardson – We Compost It
- Troy Moon – Polystyrene ban & bag fee
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| 10:00-10:15am |
Break |
| 10:15am |
World Café I (Small group discussions): Envisioning the future of solid waste in Maine
- 10:15–10:25am Explanation of world café by Karen Bieluch
- 10:30–10:50am Q1) What should sustainable waste management look like in Maine?
- 10:55–11:25am Q2) What are the conditions required to achieve your envisioned waste management system?
- 11:30–12:00pm Q3) How can we draw on the past successes to help achieve the vision for sustainable waste management?
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| 12:00-12:15pm |
Break & lunch buffet |
| 12:15-12:45pm |
Reporting out from table facilitators during lunch |
| 12:45pm |
World Café II: Projects, ideas, and initiatives moving forward
- 12:45–12:55pm Introduction by Cindy Isenhour
- 1:00–1:15pm Q4) Are there specific proposals, ideas, or pilot projects that we might explore which could help us achieve our envisioned waste management system?
- 1:20–1:35pm Q4) Are there specific proposals, ideas, or pilot projects that we might explore which could help us achieve our envisioned waste management system?
- 1:40–2:10pm Reporting out by facilitators and formation of working groups
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| 2:15-2:50pm |
Working groups |
| 2:50pm |
Closing remarks: Travis Blackmer |
| 3:00pm |
Exit surveys and departure (all are welcome to say and continue discussions until 4:00pm) |
