May 2019
Welcome
Dear Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) Workshop Attendee:
We are pleased to invite you to CalRecycle's Zone Works Training Workshop on May 29-30, 2019 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 May 29th, Zone Administrators are encouraged to attend the California Association of Recycling Market Development Zones (CARMDZ) meeting. This is a meeting where Zone Administrators can talk among themselves about issues important to them.
- Additionally, for new Zone Administrators, CalRecycle and CARMDZ will host a RMDZ 101 training to review roles and share resources.
Workshop Summary
Following the CARMDZ meeting, RMDZ 101 Training, and lunch on Day One, May 29th, the first session of the training workshop will help you feel even better about the work you do and the impact you have. You will learn, for instance, that recycling plastics in 2015 vs. using virgin material removed the equivalent GHG emissions as taking 254,000 passenger vehicles off the road for a year!
Our speaker in session two will update us on how the recycling industry is responding to the after-effects of the international bans on scraps. Afterward, Heather Jones, from CalRecycle’s Public Affairs Office, will talk about a statewide education campaign contract designed to address recycling quality.
The third session on Day One will be Peer Share. Three experienced Zone Administrators—Manuel Medrano, Jennifer Halpin, and Antonia Graham—will lead us in an exciting presentation using the World Café model. You won’t be nailed to your chairs during this session! You’ll be collaborating with your peers and integrating your diverse individual perspectives into a new collective perspective!
We will conclude the first day with our networking reception on the 16th Floor of the Holiday Inn, where we will enjoy expansive views of the city and vibrant conversation with our colleagues and workshop speakers.
On Day Two, we will give you a high-level overview of the finalized loan criteria with real-world examples of what qualifies and what doesn’t for funding, give you specific business examples of what’s eligible and what’s not, clarify some gray areas, like tires and polystyrene, and solicit your experience of sharing and using the updated guidelines.
We will wrap up our workshop with a session where California manufacturers will talk about how they use California discards to make their products and how the global landscape has affected their businesses.
As you can see, the workshop agenda represents a diverse array of excellent topics and knowledgeable speakers. We hope you will join us in Sacramento on May 29-30, 2019 to learn and to share your specific experiences with others.
In the meantime, if you have any questions about Zone Works, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Frank Severson, Zone Works Coordinator
Local Assistance and Market Development
Frank.Severson@CalRecycle.ca.gov or (916) 341-6259