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URL:https://midwestawma.org/events/may2018_recycling/
SUMMARY:Midwest A&WMA May Meeting - Business Recycling & Waste Reduction
DESCRIPTION:[open_location_map]\n\n[ics_download]\n\nBridging The Gap Busin
 ess Recycling Program\n\nOver 90% of waste generated in Kansas City is rec
 yclable\, and yet our recycling rate is only 34%.  Bridging The Gap (BTG)
  has been working to change those numbers by helping businesses in the me
 tro look at their waste differently and explore opportunities for waste d
 iversion and recycling.  Cassandra Ford will discuss the standard recycli
 ng options for businesses (i.e.\, plastic\, glass\, paper\, etc.)\, option
 s for the less common recyclables (i.e.\, textiles\, mattresses\, organics
 \, etc.)\, as well as key program components like education and universal 
 signage.  BTG’s Business Recycling Program is funded by the Mid-Americ
 a Regional Council Solid Waste Management District and the Missouri Depart
 ment of Natural Resources.   Ms. Ford will also provide contact informat
 ion for the Johnson County\, Kansas recycling program coordinator.\n\nCass
 andra Ford\, Bridging the Gap Business Recycling Program Manager\n\nCassa
 ndra has been a life-long “treehugger” and environmental activist and 
 has found her place in BTG. After a plan to go to Alaska and help clean up
  the Exxon Valdez oil spill was thwarted by her parents (she was only 11)\
 , Cassandra started focusing her environmental passion closer to home. She
  spent her formative years starting recycling programs at all of her after
 -school jobs and was ecstatic to learn you could major in the environment 
 when she looked at colleges. Cassandra has a degree in Environmental Studi
 es and a Masters of Urban Planning – Environmental Land Use from the Uni
 versity of Kansas. She has spent over 15 years in the solid waste manageme
 nt arena\, including both public and private sector and is a proponent of 
 local sustainability initiatives. Cassandra enjoys reading\, walking with 
 the dog\, travel\, photography\, scuba diving and spending time with her f
 amily.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
LOCATION:Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Conference Center\, 4801 Rockhill
  Rd\, Kansas City\, MO\, 64110\, United States
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