April 2016
Welcome

Dear Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) Workshop Attendee: We are pleased to invite you to CalRecycle's "Zone Works" Training Workshop on April 6-7, 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.  The theme of this Zone Works is Material Management Matters.  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 April 6th, 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 related resources. 

The first session of the training workshop starts following lunch on April 6th and will explore extended producer responsibility and connections with the RMDZ program with a focus on Carpet Stewardship in California.  Day One also features a session highlighting California business incentives for recycling manufacturers; including an:

Attendees will also receive an overview of guidance documents and webinars to help assist local jurisdictions, elected officials, and the public to plan and finance new recycling facilities. Prepared by the Institute for Local Government (ILG) under contract with CalRecycle, this information includes resources regarding facility financing, understanding permitting, land use, siting, CEQA, and the different types of facilities for recycling, organics and anaerobic digestion.  Afterwards, we will enjoy the ever-popular Peer Share session lead by Maureen Hart.  In addition to sharing local program information, issues, etc., Peer Share will address regional market development collaboration between adjacent zones, and how to effectively market the RMDZ loan program.  We will conclude the first day with a networking reception during which attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the material shared throughout the day and have additional access to workshop presenters.

On Day Two we will have two sessions focusing materials management networks before concluding at noon.  The first session features a representative from the US Business Council for Sustainable Development to highlight the United States Materials Marketplace.  This marketplace facilitates company-to-company industrial reuse opportunities that support the culture shift to a circular, closed-loop economy.  We will also have the opportunity to hear about a program that targets zero waste within the production industry, providing Zero Waste project consulting services, operating a reuse facility in Southern California, and participating in the US EPA Food Recovery Challenge.  The second session will address food waste reduction programs with a focus on food recovery.  This session of the workshop offers an overview of two local food recovery programs.  One of the programs features an expansion to the food recovery program and a partnership with a local anaerobic digestion project to recycle food waste into clean energy, which together were partially funded by CalRecycle’s GHG Reduction grant.  The second session will highlight a local food recovery program and its use of technological advances to expand its network.  To conclude the training workshop, we are fortunate to hear from a US EPA, Region 9 representative regarding a food waste mapping tool and other related resources.

Registration is open to Zone Administrators, Zone Liaisons and other CalRecycle team members.  When you use the online registration process, CSUS will book you a room for one night and confirm your registration. Zone Administrators who have an executed Zone Incentive Funds (ZIF) contract and register will automatically have a related ZIF request added and approved for one person and one night in ZIRS.   For FY 2015/2016, ZAs can request reimbursement up to $750 for expenses like hotel, mileage, airfare, and parking related to attending Zone Works.   Any reimbursement for an extra night of hotel expense or to bring a guest needs preapproval.  For questions about ZIF requests, including preapproval for more than one night of hotel expense and/or to bring a guest to Zone Works, please contact Frank Severson at Frank.Severson@CalRecycle.ca.gov or (916) 341-6259.  CalRecycle is not able to reimburse Zone Works related costs, including for hotel without an executed ZIF contract. There is, however, no registration fee

We are excited about the diverse array of excellent speakers, and hope you will join us in Sacramento on April 6-7, 2016. If you have any questions about Zone Works, please contact Marshalle Graham at marshalle.graham@calrecycle.ca.gov or 916-341-6270.

Sincerely,

Marshalle Graham, Zone Works Coordinator
Local Assistance and Market Development