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    April 27 | SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT WEBINAR – Appliance Recycling

    Tuesday, April 27, 2021

     

    David Keeling, Regional Sales Manager for the East Coast, ARCA Recycling, discusses the process used to recycle appliances.

    When an appliance stops working and cannot be repaired, most people can simply place it at the curb or let the delivery crew take the old one when the new appliance is installed. As recycling professionals, we need to think through the appliance recycling process to determine what system is best for our constituents, our community and the environment.

    This webinar will discuss the process used to recycle appliances in most areas of the country and the components that need to be properly managed by the company processing the appliances from your program.
    Missed the Webinar? Find it in the RMC Webinar Library

    Presenter Biography

    David Keeling


    David Keeling is the Regional Sales Manager for the East Coast with ARCA Recycling, better known as Appliance Recycling Centers of America. ARCA Recycling has been the leader in appliance recycling for 40 years. The company is based in Edina, MN and has 18 processing facilities around the country.

    Prior to joining ARCA Recycling, Mr. Keeling worked as the Director, Recycling for the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI), a business unit of American Iron and Steel Institute. Prior to his departure in August of 2019, Mr. Keeling had been with the SRI in various positions since 1990.  Before joining the S.R.I., Mr. Keeling worked in various positions at Central Steel and Wire in Chicago, IL.

    Mr. Keeling currently serves on the Board of Director of the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). He served as the President of the NRC from April 2018 until October 2020. He also currently serves as a member of the Wisconsin Council on Recycling which is a governor appointed citizen advisory board on recycling. He served as Chair of the council from 2018 until March of 2021.

    Mr. Keeling has been a member of every viable state recycling organization in the country and continues to be a member of multiple state recycling organizations across the country. He is serving his fourth term as a board member of the Illinois Recycling Foundation.

    Mr. Keeling is a LEED Accredited Professional in the United States Green Building Council and has been a member of every USGBC chapter throughout the country and continues to maintain his membership in several USGBC chapters. He is the former Executive Director of the Midwest Steel Framing Alliance.

    FREE to Attend / Register Here

    April 22 | Insights into Circularity

    Insights in Circularity
    Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center
    President, Bob Bylone
    Hosts a Live, One-on-One Conversation with
    Engineered Plastics, LLC
    President, Kurt Duska

    Thursday – April 22, 2021 – 1:30 pm

     

    Kurt Duska


    Kurt Duska, President, Engineered Plastics, LLC

    Kurt Duska has been in the plastics industry for over 40 years as a contract manufacturer. On a flight, a seat mate who worked for a medical company said she “wished she could recycle their used IV bags at hospitals”. With no experience in recycling Kurt received a grant from the PA DEP and purchased an Erema recycling system. Twelve years later Kurt has run a recycling trial with the Cleveland Clinic as well as developed sustainability programs for multiple fortune 100 manufacturing companies.

    Kurt is the founder of Engineered Plastics, LLC with 4 facilities, totaling 320,000 square feet and 250 employees. His experience covers medical, food, telecommunication and consumer products. He represents Engineered Plastics Recycling Solutions as a consultant in new business develop, program design and technical solutions.

    Kurt holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering/Business from Gannon University

    Recycling Highlights

    • 2008 – Awarded PA DEP Grant for $500,000 to purchase recycling equipment. Purchased advanced densifier/pelletizer recycling system.
    • 2008 – Awarded Environmental Company of the year by the NWPA SBDC
    • 2009 – Started a medical plastic recycling program at the Cleveland Clinic
    • 2010 – Became a founding member of the HPRC Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council. This group consisted of WM and ten of the largest medical manufacturers in the US. The group developed packaging/product design guidelines and recycling processes to improve hospital recycling rates
    • 2011 – Awarded PA Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence
    • 2012 – Started second recycling facility in Sanford, NC
    • Serves as Judge for business plans and products at the Gannon SBDC and Ben Franklin
    • Member of the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center

    Bob Bylone

    Bob Bylone

    Robert (Bob) J. Bylone, President, Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC)

    Bob Bylone leads a state-wide team to bring markets development assistance to an extensive list of stakeholders including entrepreneurs, manufacturers, recycled material processors, recycling programs, haulers, and agency officials.

    Building and supporting Pennsylvania’s $22.6B recycling marketplace, RMC outreach includes feedstock supply connectivity, applied research and commercialization assistance, technology acceleration, and service as a concierge to technical and business growth information. The RMC bridges relationships between economic development and recycled materials supply.

    With nearly 30-years in the industry, Bob has experience at Penn State University in water/wastewater training and research; as a County Recycling/Solid Waste Coordinator; Copperhead Chemical Company as a project/environmental, health, and safety engineer; and at Junkins Engineering as a project engineer. Bob has experience with projects completed in over 25 states and 30 industry sectors.

    Bob is a US Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional, is trained as an ISO 14001 auditor, and is certified as a senior level recycling professional through the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (PROP).

    Bob holds Master and Bachelor degrees in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University.