Businesses and other organizations interested in learning more about how reducing waste, recycling, and buying recycled products can help their bottom line are invited to the next online meeting of the New Jersey WasteWise Business Network.
Registration is now open for this free online seminar, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4. Individuals who are New Jersey Certified Recycling Professionals can earn 1.5 recertification credits by attending.
Presentations and speakers include:
- Recycling and Waste Management Legislative Update, Carole Tolmachewich, Principal Planner, Middlesex County Solid Waste Management Office and Board Member, Association of New Jersey Recyclers
- The Good Guardians’ SecondVerse Notebook Recovery/Waste Reduction Initiative, Persis Garg, Founder, Good Guardians/SecondVerse
- New Jersey Clean Communities Single Use Plastics Update – with a Focus on Skip the Stuff, Reusable Bag Resource Center and Anti-Litter Messaging, JoAnn Gemenden, Executive Director, NJ Clean Communities Council
- Saint Peter’s University’s Successful Waste Reduction, Recycling and Sustainability Initiatives, Eileen L. Poiani, Ph.D., Chair, Sustainability Council and Professor of Mathematics, Saint Peter’s University
- Introduction to Sustainable Fashion, Terina Nicole Hill, Sustainable Fashion Designer and Educator
There will be a 10-minute question and answer period at the end of the program.
For more information about the webinar, or the New Jersey Wastewise Business Network, contact Steven.Rinaldi@dep.nj.gov.
