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Unlocking Funding for Material Reuse Agenda – BADWG Reuse Infrastructure 10:00-10:10 – Welcome Meri Soll, Senior Program Manager, StopWaste 10:10-11:15 – Presentations James Slattery, C&D Zero Waste Senior Coordinator, San Francisco Environment Department Maura McKnight, Executive Director, Business Council on Climate Change Max Wechsler, Vice President of Sales, Pacific Reclaimed Lumber & Supply Krista Kuehnhackl, Sustainability Coordinator, San Mateo County Sustainability Department James Dawes, Principal, PlaceMakers, Inc. Stephanie Phillips, Senior Manager, Deconstruction and Circular

Shifting Practices for Material Reuse At our October meeting on funding strategies, presenters explored funding strategies to catalyze deconstruction and reuse markets but recognized entrenched barriers in procurement and integration processes optimized for a linear system that limit large-scale demand for reclaimed materials. This meeting will focus on the changes to methodologies and understandings necessary to break these barriers to reuse among owner-architect-contractor practitioners and create the demand that will sustain the sector long-term. Featured speakers will share best practices

The meeting focused on codes and compliance, with discussions on the importance of policy considerations and governance support for deconstruction and reuse, and the role of government in regulating the industry and promoting sustainable practices. The panelists also explored the challenges of tracking materials in the construction supply chain, the potential for misuse of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and the need for incentives, market building, and effective compliance monitoring. The conversation ended with an overview of the three-stage policy framework for deconstruction and

ReThink Disposable collaborated with the Middletown Public School District in Connecticut to eliminate disposable foodware across all school cafeterias. This shift is projected to save the district over $120,000 in avoided purchasing costs.

This sample foodware item overview is provided as a reference to assist with your Reusable Foodware Cafeteria Grant application. To learn more about StopWaste's Reusable Foodware Cafeteria Grants, click here.

Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) implemented reusable foodware in all 12 of its elementary schools, achieving annual savings of $25,000.

This sample budget is provided as a reference to assist with your Reusable Foodware Cafeteria Grant application. To learn more about StopWaste's Reusable Foodware Cafeteria Grants, click here.

Measure D (The Alameda County Waste Reduction and Recycling Initiative Charter Amendment) was approved by Alameda County voters in 1989 with the goals of reducing waste, promoting recycling, and setting a path toward ambitious landfill diversion targets for the county. The measure takes a unique and comprehensive approach to waste reduction and environmentalism by addressing a wide range of topics with multiple benefits, from residential recycling programs to mitigating the effects of climate change, along with prohibiting incineration as a waste management solution in the county. Measure D