December 4, 2006

Managing Solid Waste Sustainably

Co-sponsored by:
New York City Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee
Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC
New York City Bar Association Committee on Land Use Law
New York City Bar Association Committee on Energy Law
New York City Bar Association Committee on International Environmental Law
New York State Bar Association Environmental Law Section

This program focused on how other cities are managing their municipal waste sustainably, including alternatives to landfilling municipal waste, such as state-of-the-art waste-conversion plants that generate renewable energy.

Panelists included:
Chris Fazio, Esq., Chair NYC Bar Association Environmental Law Committee
John J. Doherty, Commissioner, NYC Department of Sanitation
Keith Weitz, Research Triangle International, Durham, NC
Carter Strickland, Professor and Director, Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic
Tim Judge, P.E., Pencor Masada OxyNol, LLC
Hilburn Hillestad, Ph.D., President, Geoplasma LLC
Melvin Finstein, Ph.D., USA Representative for ArrowBio Process
Nickolas Themelis, Professor and Director, Columbia University Earth Engineering Center
Michael Edelstein, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Science, Ramapo College, NJ; Former President of Orange Environment, Inc.
Mathy Stanislaus, Esq. CEO of Allegiance Resources Corporation; former co-Chair, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
Benjamin Miller, former Director of Policy Planning, NYC Dept of Sanitation, author of “Fat of the Land: Garbage of New York- the Last 200 Years.”