2025 Master Recycler Vancouver Conference
Sunday, January 19, 2025 10am-4pm PST
The year's conference will focus on the pressing issue of plastic waste
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Tackling Plastic Waste
Organized by the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) and Master Recycler volunteers, this event will bring together experts, industry leaders, and community members to explore innovative strategies and solutions for reducing plastic pollution.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn how we can all take actionable steps to combat plastic waste in Metro Vancouver and beyond.
Speaker line-up:
- Fetisha Villamin, RecycleBC
- Emily McGill, Compostable Field Testing Program and MRV facilitator
- Andrea McKenzie, City of Vancouver
- Meg O'Shea, Canada Plastics Pact
Finding Innovations and Solutions
This full-day online event takes place on Sunday, January 19 from 10am to 4pm, via Zoom.
Our Speakers
Emily McGill,
Compostable Field Testing Program / BSIbio
How well does certified compostable foodware break down in real-world compost operations? Come hear the results of 10 years of field testing data from across North America. Emily will present the Compostable Field Testing Program's interactive dashboard, share key takeaways from the field test results, and discuss the implications for composters, highlighting the value of real-world data and both the promise and problems with compostable products.
By Participants and For Everyone!
This conference is open to the public in 2025 - come network with past graduates of the Master Recycler program and folks in the larger waste reduction community.
Presentations, Q&A and Social Space with Local Experts
Feel free to just listen in, or participate in the chat to enjoy the MRV Conference your way. Hear from a variety of sustainability champions.
Registration is Pending for our 2025 Edition
Conference Details
The Conference will be held on Zoom. Please ensure that you have the latest version of Zoom before the Conference.
Zoom Notes:
- You are not required to be on video, or to speak at any time unless you want to!
- You can always mute your sound as needed to take a break
- Each session will have built-in Q&A time
- The Conference and sessions will not be recorded
- Please do not share the Zoom link to keep the Conference to registered guests :)
Last Update: Jan 11, 2024
Why does the MRV Conference exist?
You may have heard of a little event called the Vancouver Zero Waste Conference and maybe even have attended it. The conference is now a high powered corporate event with innovating and exciting international and local speakers. Over the years, the cost has risen and attracted a corporate and government attendance, making it difficult for the community to access this culture.
To address this, members of the SPEC Zero-Waste Committee and Master Recycler Vancouver have created a conference tapered to the local community rather than to industry. The vision finally came to fruition in 2020 albeit in a surprisingly different format than originally planned, and that was quite alright! The first conference featured 10 sessions, attracted over 50 attendees from all cohorts and the community, and was a much needed connection point for Master Recyclers and the community alike.
We are thankful to bring this virtual space into existence with your help and support!
