Zero Waste Business Planning
Save money, be more efficient and develop new markets by becoming a Zero Waste Business! Come learn from several of the nation’s foremost authorities about Zero Waste implementation.This session will focus on Zero Waste business principles, implementation and overcoming challenges.
By attending this session, participants will learn:
10 Zero Waste business principles
How to fund implementation of Zero Waste for businesses
Benefits to businesses from adopting Zero Waste
How businesses implement Zero Waste
Zero Waste Business Planning Workshop: Session #1
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012; 1 to 5 p.m.
Location: Austin City Hall, 301 West 2nd St., Council Chambers (Room 1001)
Cost: Free!
Who should attend this course? Haulers of trash/recycling/composting/construction and demolition debris material, other materials management service providers, and local business owners interested in implementing Zero Waste programs at their businesses
Instructors
Gary Liss: With over 37 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field, Gary Liss is a pioneer in the Zero Waste initiative. He has worked in numerous capacities as an educator and advocate of Zero Waste helping to develop Zero Waste plans at a significant amount of communities throughout the United States. He is a founder of the California Sustainable Business Council, the Recycling Organizations of North America (RONA), the GrassRoots Recycling Network and the Zero Waste Brain Trust.
Richard Anthony: An internationally recognized and published expert in the area of Resource Management using the Zero Waste Systems approach, Richard Anthony has participated in developing zero waste plans since 1998. He is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of the California Resource Recovery Association, the Grassroots Recycling Network and the Zero Waste International Alliance.
Ruth Abbe: The vice president and senior management consultant with HDR, Inc., Ruth has more than 20 years of experience in facility and collection procurement, contract negotiation, program planning, and financial analysis. She is HDR’s national practice leader in Zero Waste planning and leads the sustainability services group which focuses on Zero Waste planning, toxics reduction, long term energy management and energy efficiency, renewable energy, green house gas accounting, water conservation, green building and sustainable urban planning.
