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Regional Recycling Roundtables

 
     

H-GAC hosts quarterly regional recycling roundtables to promote recycling and waste reduction and provide a forum for discussion about recycling issues within the H-GAC region. If you want to be included in our invitation list for these roundtables please contact:

Erin Livingston
Environmental Planner
erin.livingston@h-gac.com
(832) 681-2525
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ROUNDTABLES COMING UP NEXT
Topics will be announced closer to each event.

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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Houston-Galveston Area Council
2nd Floor, Conference Room A
3555 Timmons Lane
Houston, TX 77027

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PAST REGIONAL RECYCLING ROUNDTABLES

Planning for Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Save the Date (PDF) 182K
Agenda (PDF) 26K
Harris County - So You Want to Host an HHW Event (PDF) 478K
PSC - Household Hazardous Waste Collection Programs (PDF) 887K
Handout - Example HHW Planning Schedule (PDF) 42K

Yard Waste, Compost & Mulch
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Save the Date (PDF) 268K
Agenda (PDF) 29K
City of Houston - Green Waste Diversion (PDF) 1.26M
Montgomery County Pct 3 - Household Chemical Waste, Reuse & Recycling Complex (PDF) 4.01M
Living Earth - Yard Waste Composting (PDF) 5.43M

Waste Management Single-Stream Facility Site Visit
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Save the Date (PDF) 54K

Innovative Public Outreach & Education
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Save the Date (PDF) 115K
Agenda (PDF) 12K 1.1M
City of Austin - Dare to Go Zero (PDF) 86M
Keep Pearland Beautiful Overview (PDF) 4.7M

Expanding a Curbside Recycling Program
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Save the Date (PDF) 156K
Agenda (PDF) 12K
Handouts (PDF) 1M
City of Sugar Land Curbside Recycling Program Expansion (PDF) 1.9M
City of Huntsville Curbside Recycling Pilot Program (PDF) 1.5M 

Pharmaceutical Disposal
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Save the Date (PDF) 222K
Agenda (PDF) 12K
Pharmaceutical Disposal, Vendor's Perspective (PDF) 678K
Operation Medicine Cabinet (PDF) 7.3M
Handouts (PDF) 1.2M

Special Event Recycling
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Save the Date (PDF) 168K
Agenda (PDF) 11K
UTMB's Earth Day Expo (PDF) 2.5M
Zero Waste Events - Pitfalls and Practices (PDF) 5M
Special Event Recycling in Houston (PDF) 1.5M

Electronics Recycling
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Save the Date (PDF) 91K
Agenda (PDF) 11K
CompuCycle Tour (PDF) 383K
Texas Recycles Computers (PDF) 765K
Take Care of Texas (PDF) 2M

Multifamily Recycling
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Save the Date (PDF) 378K
Agenda (PDF) 11K

Innovations in Household Hazardous Waste
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Save the Date (PDF) 138K
Management of Home Generated Special Waste (PDF) 2.5M
Pollution Control Industries: Waste Recycling Overview (PDF) 420K

The History & Highlights of Recycling Regulation in Texas
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Save the Date (PDF) 143K
Regulation of Texas Recycling Facilities (PDF) 2M

Plastics Processing & End Markets
(Tour of Avangard Innovative Facilities on Brittmore Road)
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Save the Date (PDF) 432K
Agenda (PDF) 140K

Green Purchasing
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Save the Date (PDF) 269K
Agenda (PDF) 115K
Green Purchasing in Government (PDF) 265K
Green Purchasing: Examples (PDF) 40K
Greening Your Purchasing Policies (PDF) 1.4M

Recycling Markets
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Save the Date (PDF) 319K
Agenda (PDF) 116K
Downturn of the Recycling Markets (PDF) 1.3M
Cooperative Marketing: Strategies to Weather Fluctuating Markets (PDF) 1.4M

Paper Recycling
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Save the Date (PDF) 202K
Agenda (PDF) 115K
Paper Recycling Basics (PDF) 523K
Confidentiality Issues with Paper Shredding (PDF) 718K
End Markets for Paper (PDF) 1M

E-Scrap and the DTV Switch
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Save the Date (PDF) 201K
Agenda (PDF) 443K
PDO in a Box (PDF) 109K
Switching to the Recycling Channel Area Grids for Digital TV Changeover (PDF) 25K
Making the Digital Switch (PDF) 27K

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CONTACT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OLDER ROUNDTABLES

Erin Livingston
Environmental Planner
erin.livingston@h-gac.com
(832) 681-2525

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