Waste Removal & Recycling in the North (Panel)

Date: March 23, 2023
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm CT. Registration starts at 5:15pm
Location: Rossmere Golf & Country Club, 925 Watt Street Winnipeg, MB R2K 2T4   Map

CITT Manitoba Area Council and Premiere Sponsor EPRA are excited to offer a panel presentation on removing solid waste and recyclables from Manitoba’s northern and remote communities over the ice roads. This will be our first in-person seminar in almost 3 years.

This is an in person event to be held at Rossmere Country Club, 925 Watt Street. Food and drinks will be served. Have a chance of winning 1 of 4 door prizes.

Cost:

• CITT and SCC Members & Students – $30 plus GST & Service Charges ($34.94)
• UMSCO and Red River Supply Chain Students – $30 plus GST & Service Charges ($34.94)
• Educators – $30 plus GST & Service Charges ($34.94)
• Guests - $37.50 plus GST & Service Charges ($43.32)

All tickets include pizza and 1 free drink ticket per person. A cash bar will be there for additional beverages.

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The three presenters will be discussing how nine different stewardship programs in Manitoba came together to provide service to Manitoba’s remote communities to support their recycling efforts and remove unwanted waste items like white goods. They will discuss the genesis of the program to how all levels of government from Chief and Council to the Federal Government worked to make this a success. The issues of loading and transport of various items including hazardous waste to community support and what this service means to individual remote communities.

Panelists:

Dennis Neufeld – EPRA’s Manitoba Program Director. Building on his 20 years of logistics experience, he started EPRA’s electronics recycling program for Manitoba in 2012. EPRA Manitoba provides regulatory Compliance for more than 500 Manufacturers and retailers and operates over 100 Collection depots throughout the Province.

Randy Weber - Randy has worked in the environment industry for 34 years playing multiple roles. Randy currently coordinates The Backhaul Project.

Amy Smith - Amy has worked with the First Nations Waste Minimization Program at Green Action Centre for five years working with various First Nations to improve recycling and waste management systems. Her specialty is waste management planning and education.

This event is worth 5 CMUS