Waste and Materials Management Study Group

Study Group

Study Group Members

Waste and Materials Management Study Group members are appointed by the DNR secretary.

• Tim Curry, GFL Environmental
• Chad Doverspike, Brown County (representing Solid Waste Association of North America, Wisconsin Badger Chapter)
• Tom Karwoski, SCS Engineers
• Julie Ketchum, WM
• Brandon Knudtson, Hilltopper Refuse and Recycling Service, Inc. (representing Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin)
• Paul Mathewson, Clean Wisconsin
• David Pellitteri, National Waste and Recycling Association
• Bart Sexton, Sand County Environmental
• John Welch, Dane County (representing Wisconsin Counties Solid Waste Management Association)

Meetings

Note: all documents referenced in notes are not clickable within the documents, but are available through the links below.

Recovery & diversion subgroup

The subgroup will evaluate the modern landscape of waste recovery and diversion as compared to the original intent of recycling laws and landfill bans. Focus areas include:

• standard definitions for the various terms associated with recycling, waste reduction, diversion and beneficial use;
• effectiveness, challenges and opportunities of diversion of additional materials from landfills;
• contaminants/problematic items in the recycling stream and how to address the issue;
• funding mechanisms and processes; and
• 21st century framework for evaluating success of waste recovery and diversion programs.

Subgroup members

*Subgroup member is also a WMM Study Group member

• Chris Blan, Brown County
• Amanda Haffele, Portage County
• Megen Hines, Menomonie
• Meleesa Johnson*, Marathon County
• Amber Meyer Smith, Clean Wisconsin
• Lynn Morgan*, Waste Management
• Jennifer Semrau, DNR
• Karin Sieg, Recycling Connections Corp/Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin

Meetings