2016 Conference

Calgary, AB

Overview

Thank you to everyone who attending our 2016 Conference in Calgary, AB. Below are copies of the proceedings from the conference.

COLLECTION & TRANSPORTATION

Alida Kusch – 4R Winnipeg Depot

Peter Veiga – Communication is the key to success

Wilbert Yang – Seeking sustainable waste management solutions in first nation communities

RESIDENTIAL DIVERSION

Marie-Caroline Bourg – RFID Waste Collection and the new incentive tariff system in the City of Beaconsfield

Tamara Shulman – Urban and rural community organics collection success

Blair Shoniker & Ed Jollymore – Waste management surveys

USING TECHNOLOGY FOR WASTE COLLECTION AND INSPECTIONS

Brian Ng – Waste inspection mobile app pilot

Stephen Laird – Using apps to promote waste management Part 1
Stephen Laird – Part 2

SAFETY SUMMIT

Mark Welch – Landfill Safety & behavior

Chuck Samphire – Legislated roles and responsibilities

Sonia More – Bowtie risk analysis on entry into a collection truck hopper

ICI DIVERSION

Shawn Cable – Mattress Recycling

Leanne Michie – City of Calgary ICI waste diversion program

Jamie Bakos – Eight cool and sexy things to do with wood waste

ORGANICS

Jim Lapp – Compost fires

Xiaomei Li – Current available organic waste conversion technologies and their products

Kristine Wichuk – Composting of painted and CCA – treated wood

LANDFILL DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING

Nancy Nikolakakis – Beyond monitoring: mapping methane hotspots

Steve Johnson & Jeannie Paterson – Waste Management of Canada Corporation

Chris Riddle – 21st Century Landfill Technology

WASTE CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES

Daryl McCartney – Integration of anaerobic digestion into organics processing infrastructure

Alireza Rajabpour – Effect of seasonal variation and loading rates on organic separation efficiency in a two-stage trommel screen

Gordon Derick – Edmonton Organics Processing Facility

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Gary Fredrich-Dunne – Advancing renewable energy in Canada

HAZMAT IN THE OIL PATCH AND MINING

Devin Alibone – SWANA Waste in OUR World

LANDFILL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS

Owrang Kashef – Growing plants using treated leachate water

Sylvanus Ekwe – Lethbridge Landfill BMP Project

Sponsors

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