November 2016
Welcome

Dear Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) Workshop Attendee: We are pleased to invite you to CalRecycle's Zone Works Training Workshop on November 16-17, 2016 at the Holiday Inn in Sacramento. Zone Works offers the unique opportunity for Zone Administrators, CalRecycle Zone Liaisons and Loan staff, and valued program partners to regularly convene and discuss current issues and to coordinate business assistance activities. Through the educational and networking sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about new and expanding funding opportunities and other business incentives to support recycling manufacturers and reuse/recovery networks.   

Pre-Workshop Opportunities

  • The morning of November 16th, Zone Administrators are encouraged to attend the California Association of Recycling Market Development Zones (CARMDZ) meeting.
     
  • Additionally, for new Zone Administrators, CalRecycle and CARMDZ are hosting a RMDZ 101 training to review roles and share resources. 

Workshop Summary

Following the CARMDZ meeting, RMDZ 101 Training and lunch on November 16th, the first session of the training workshop explores conventional composting, vermicomposting, and anaerobic digestion in the context of the RMDZ program, AB 876 and AB 1826.  The following session features various business examples employing these techniques and technologies for processing organics, including foodwaste.

During the third session on Day One, Zone Administrators and Zone Liaisons will collaborate on goals for the coming year, including ideas for spending Zone Incentive Funds (ZIF) and for maximizing the Zone Information Reporting System (ZIRS) to assist businesses.  Another benefit of this collaborative working time is that it will make filing the Zone Annual Report in March 2017 a snap.

We will conclude the first day with a networking reception during which attendees have the opportunity to discuss the material shared throughout the day and have additional access to workshop presenters.

On Day Two, we will start the day with the ever-popular Peer Share session lead by Maureen Hart. In addition to sharing local program information, issues, etc., Peer Share will address how zones spend ZIF and how they have used regional collaboration to get the most from those funds.

We are excited about the diverse array of excellent speakers and hope you will join us in Sacramento on November 16-17, 2016. In the meantime, if you have any questions about Zone Works, please contact Frank Severson.

Sincerely,

Frank Severson, Zone Works Coordinator
Local Assistance and Market Development