In this workshop you will hear about EPR programs and updates from the Northern Lights provinces and territories and some lessons learned from the rest of Canada. 

We will have the opportunity to learn from, ask questions and look for inspiration and explore synergies with our sister provinces and territories.

A walking tour of The Forks at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. Tour their on-site Target Zero initiatives, including a staffed food hall sorting station, BioVator in-vessel composter, fruit orchard, biofuel filtering station and the Oodena Celebration Circle that pays homage to the 6,000 years of Indigenous peoples in the area.

Mother Earth – Winnipeg’s first and ONLY Mattress recycling facility.  Learn how they separate mattresses into fabric, foam, metal and wood – all of which can be recycled!  Mother Earth now accepts all electronics for recycling as well!  Learn more about electronics recycling.

Reliable Tire/WOW Rubber – Reliable Tire is proud to be Manitoba’s only premier vertically integrated tire recycler that converts tires to products such as molded goods, rubber mulch for the landscaping industry, blast mats for construction and more!  From home and garden to sports and recreation, WOW Rubber is committed to making high-quality products made from recycled rubber tires.

• Tej Gidda, A GHD PRINCIPAL
  Global Leader – Future Energy, GHD

Moderator:  Carmen Anseeuw

• Lessons from Remote Waste Management in Canada: Insights from Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, and Northern Manitoba – Mario Poveda, Dillon Consulting
• Reality Check: Waste Management in Indigenous Northern Communities – Julian Russell, Sambaa K’e First Nation
• The Real Issues with progressing waste management in small communities (TBC)

Moderator: TBA

• How worried should I be about PFAS? – Dr Joe Ackerman, Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba
• Managing (PFAS) in Landfill Leachates: Current Challenges and the Path Forward in Treatment and Regulation – MD Tanvir Hasnine, University of Manitoba
• Evaluation of Destructive PFAS Technologies for Contaminated and Concentrated Treatment Residuals – A Technical Review of Existing Technologies – Tim Abbott, AECOM

Moderator: TBA

• High-rises to ground-floor suites: The ups and downs of introducing three-stream source separation to apartments and condos – Vahid Rashidi, City of Edmonton
• If you Build it, they will Come: A Story of Community Food Waste Drop off Stations – Ash Raichura, City of Winnipeg, and Amanda Wolfe, Compost Winnipeg
• Revealing The Value of Waste Audits – Shaun Spalding, Environmental Consulting Solutions

in Tradeshow

End your day of learning by networking with your colleagues and exhibitors.

Moderator: TBA

• Subsurface Fire at a Subarctic Landfill – Chris Vaughn, City of Yellowknife

Moderator: TBA

• FCM’s Green Municipal Fund – Funding for your Organic Waste to Energy Projects – Noemie De Vuyst, FCM 
• Compost Facility Commissioning: Practical Considerations for Industrial Facilities – Mark Molesky, City of Lethbridge
• We have built it – will they come? A new comprehensive commercial composting option for Manitoba opens, but universal adoption of organics diversion, and circularity remain elusive – Alex Singbeil, Catapult Environmental 

Moderator: TBA

• Pizza doesn’t pay the bills: toward more meaningful staff recognition in a difficult economy – Matt Rawluk, Claystone Waste Ltd. 
• Supporting Decision-Making and Driving Continuous Improvement: Emerging Performance Management Frameworks and Metrics – Tessa Vlaanderen, Dillon Consulting 

• Michelle Sawatzky-Koop, Canadian Olympian and co-founder of Heroes in our Midst podcast