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Workshop Session Three
Thursday, April 09, 2015 • 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
EI-3: Film Industry Reuse Panel Discussion
Studio IV
Here are 3 LA area organizations involved in lessening the impact of resources required and materials consumed in the commercial production of film and advertising shoots. Each in its unique way provides source reduction education and resourcefulness for proper accountability and disposal. Join us for a look at our host city’s local industry from a sustainability perspective!
Speakers
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Bert Ball is the founder and Executive Director of L.A. SHARES, the world’s largest non-profit materials reuse program. L.A. SHARES takes business donations of reusable materials and makes them available free of charge to the thousands of non-profit organizations and schools located throughout Los Angeles County.
Since 1994, L.A. SHARES has redistributed more than $180,000,000.00 worth of items to local schools and nonprofits and has become the largest single donor of goods and materials to the Los Angeles School District, the Recreation and Parks Community, the Arts and Theater Community, the Alcohol and Drug Recovery Community, After School Enrichment Programs, Senior Centers, the Domestic Violence Prevention Community and the Charter School community, among others. For more information please visit their website: www.lashares.org.
Mr. Ball has received numerous commendations for his work with L.A. SHARES. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored him with an “Outstanding Environmental Achievement” Award and the E.P.A Administrator named L. A. SHARES as “the model reuse program for America.”
Along with serving as an advisor to the State of Hawaii, Mr. Ball has consulted for the cities of Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Francisco to create materials reuse programs that replicate the successful L.A. SHARES model.
Mr. Ball received a Bachelors degree from Lehigh University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television’s Producers Program. L.A. SHARES became the basis of his thesis.
With an extensive background in business and arts management, Mr. Ball has created and managed numerous art galleries, film and reading series, nightclubs and video bars in New York and Los Angeles.
Mr. Ball has also served as a Board member of the Nissan Foundation, the charitable arm of the international automobile and truck maker; an Advisory Board member of the International House of Blues Foundation, an Advisory Committee Member of the California Arts Council’s Adopt a School through the Arts Program and an Advisory Board member of the Riordan Volunteer Leadership Development Program.
Mr. Ball resides in Marina del Rey, California and San Jose Del Cabo, BCS, Mexico.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Chase White is the Founder of Recycled Movie Sets, a diversion alternative to the landfill for set walls and construction materials.
Recycled Movie Sets mission is to be a large volume diversion company, specializing in service to the entertainment industry, and supporting California’s Zero Waste goals. Operating as a social enterprise, White hires from second chance organizations like the Midnight Mission and Homeboys industries, creating jobs, providing work experience, and reestablishing people as productive citizens.
White’s current role in the company is to create diversion strategies, consult with clients, train staff, and devise logistics for safe, efficient workflow.
Amy Hammes,
Donations and Business Development Director, EcoSet
Speaker-submitted biosketch
EcoSet Consulting works to change the filming and event industry’s waste impact before, during and after the production.
Amy helped shape EcoSet’s Zero Waste best practices that prioritize reuse before recycling. She built a comprehensive reuse network and founded the free reuse center, EcoSet’s Materials Oasis, connecting discarded materials to the local arts community and non-profit organizations. These efforts have resulted in an average 93% diversion rate, with 57% of this through reuse.
Amy holds a Masters in Public Administration and Sustainability from Presidio Graduate School, and a certificate in Sustainable Resource Management from the California Resource Recovery Association.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Chris Carrieri is a partner in C2: Alternative Services (pronounced C Squared), a consulting firm assisting local governments and businesses with environmental programs,
especially public education regarding waste reduction and recycling.
Chris has worked with used oil recycling programs for over 15 years, for clients including cities,
counties, regional programs, and non-profit grant recipients as well as Calrecycle.
Presentations/Handouts
HHW-3: Emerging HHW: Past, Present and Future
Studio III
As new products and materials continue to enter the waste stream, government programs are faced with the challenges of determining the hazards associated with them and determining the means to properly manage them. This session will focus on three different products at different stages of this process. Nanomaterials are a product whose toxicity and hazards are still not entirely understood. The hazards found in smoke detectors are better understood, but a new non-removable battery mandate poses new challenges for collection in the coming years. The collection of pharmaceuticals has seen many different approaches throughout the years and present something of a test case for product stewardship programs and local ordinances.
Speakers
Dr. Patricia Holden,
Environmental Considerations of Manufactured and Engineered Nanomaterials, University of California, Santa Barbara
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Patricia Holden is a Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California (UC), Santa Barbara,researching environmental microbiology and water quality, and is Director, UCSB Natural Reserve System. Within the NSF- and EPA-funded UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), Holden leads Theme 4 (Terrestrial Ecosystems Impact and Hazard Assessment) and the Carbonaceous Nanomaterial Working Group. Holden’s B.S. and M.S. (Civil & Environmental Engineering) degrees are from the University of Tennessee and Purdue University; her Ph.D. (Soil Microbiology) is from U.C. Berkeley. Prior to academia, Holden was a practicing engineer.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Leo Raudys is currently vice president of program development at Call2Recycle, responsible for sharing Call2Recycle’s 20 years of product stewardship and recycling experience with other industries. Raudys is a senior policy and operations executive with a track record of leading high-performing strategies and operations that improve brand reputation, reduce cost and mitigate risk. He brings a fresh perspective to the eco-industry as a state environmental regulator, retail sustainability expert, and senior executive at one of North America’s top product stewardship organizations. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Corporate Environmental Management for the University of Minnesota.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Steve Rodowick has worked as the Recycling Coordinator for Butte County since 2003. Prior to that, Steve worked for Waste Management in the capacity of Account Supervisor, sales and operations. His background includes over eighteen years’ experience in commercial and industrial waste stream analysis. As Recycling Coordinator, Steve was instrumental in developing Butte County’s model Illegal Dumping ordinance. Steve graduated from California State University, Chico where he majored in Geography and Business Administration.
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Heidi has been a leader in the solid waste industry in California for 22 years, working with industry, government and the public to reduce waste, improve product design and recyclability, and implement cost-effective projects and policies which protect the health and the environment. Collaborating with local government leaders, Heidi was one of two original co-directors of CPSC in 2007 to change the way product waste is funded and managed in California; she has since become a nationally recognized thought leader and driver for innovative product stewardship programs across the country.
Heidi’s collaborative, tenacious problem-solving approach has delivered unprecedented success in developing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) public policy at national, state and local levels. She has engaged diverse stakeholder groups to create and promote best-in-class product stewardship programs for pharmaceuticals, mercury thermostats, carpets, paint, fluorescent lights, and batteries. Nationally, Heidi was instrumental in adoption of EPR policies by the National League of Cities (NLC) and the US Conference of Mayors. Through CPSC, she successfully co-sponsored AB 2347 with the Sierra Club, creating a comprehensive statewide take-back program for mercury thermostats to reduce mercury pollution in the environment. Heidi has also influenced the formation of product stewardship councils in three key states, which respectively passed EPR legislation. Maybe most significantly, Heidi provided technical support to Alameda County as it adopted the first EPR ordinance in the country which was then challenged by PhRMA and two other producer associations and Alameda won in the lower and appeals court, but was appealed again to the Supreme Court awaiting a determination if the court will hear the case. Alameda is leading the country in determining the “legal rules of the road” in regards to local government authority to hold producers of products responsible for their management at end of life.
Heidi speaks throughout the world to raise awareness about product stewardship. She has been frequently published on the topic and done interviews on National Public Radio and quoted in the Wall Street Journal on the subject. Heidi earned a B.A. in Political Science - Public Service from the University of California at Davis and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
Moderator: Emily Wang,
Environmental Scientist, CalRecycle
Presentations/Handouts
UO-3: Implementing a Successful Used Oil/Filter Curbside Collection Program.
Studio II
Drawing on the results of an ongoing study for CalRecycle of curbside used oil/filter collection as well as draft training materials in preparation, this interactive workshop will allow local officials, haulers, and others to explore the potential for -- and means of -- successfully implementing new curbside programs or improving existing programs in their own jurisdictions.
Speakers
W. David Conn,
Professor Emeritus of City & Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University
Speaker-submitted biosketch
With a background in chemistry and economics, Dr. Conn’s career at UCLA, Virginia Tech, and Cal Poly as a faculty member, consultant, and senior university administrator, spans four decades. His teaching, research, and professional application (including public and private sector consulting) have focused primarily on environmental policy and planning, including solid/hazardous waste management as well as pollution prevention and control. Between 2002-04 he led a comprehensive assessment of California’s Used Oil Program for the former Integrated Waste Management Board, and currently he is directing a study for CalRecycle of the curbside collection of used oil and oil filters.
Meg Henry,
Research Analyst, California Polytechnic State University
Speaker-submitted biosketch
Meg Henry, Research Analyst, has fourteen years of experience with planning as well as planning-related research. She is closely involved at present with applied research projects through Cal Poly's Resilient Communities Research Institute. Her current role includes data collection and analysis, as well as tracking and assimilating large amounts of complex and interrelated data from various sources including the staff of state agencies and local jurisdictions.
Presentations/Handouts
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