How To Recycle Right: Navigating the Recycling Industry

*****In Person Registration*****

(NOTE- if you want to attend virtually, by Zoom webinar format, and receive a webinar link automatically by email, you need to follow this link to register  https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X7NIt-X_RsWyMUR0t0GQUA)

Options for in-person participation include:

Schuyler County - Human Services Complex, Room 120,
323 Owego Street, Montour Falls, NY

Seneca County- CCE Conference Room, 369 East Main Street, Waterloo, NY 13165

Cayuga County- CCE Office, 248 Grant Ave, Auburn, NY 13021

Join us for a free In-Person opportunity to participate in a Virtual (webinar) event about How To Recycle Right: Navigating the Recycling Industry.

Experts from Syracuse University Institute for Sustainability Engagement,  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Materials Management, and Sunnking Sustainable Solutions will share important information about recycling.

Participants will walk away from this program with a better understanding of the recycling landscape including curbside single-stream, return to store, flow of recycling materials in NYS, regulated recycling facilities, NYS Solid Waste Management Plan, and challenges of hard-to-recycle materials like electronics and batteries.

Presenters 
Lindsay Eberhart, Program Associate, Syracuse University Institute for Sustainability Engagement. Topics include- Recycling Basics, RecycleRightNY,com program, Center For Sustainable Materials Management Potential Recycling Markets and Material Flows project. 

Victoria (Tori) Lannon, Environmental Program Specialist, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 8, Division of Materials Management. Topics include- NYS Solid Waste Management Plan, Overview of Recycling and Scrap Facilities, and NYS Recycling Updates.  

Paola Viera, Community Programs Manager, Sunnking Sustainable Solutions. Topics include: Electronics Recycling, and Challenges for Hard to Recycle Materials.

DATE:   TUESDAY JULY 22, 2025

TIME:    6:00pm- 8:00pm

This educational program is FREE to attend/participate.

This educational program is sponsored by Schuyler County Planning Department, Cayuga County Planning Department, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga, Schuyler and Seneca Counties. 

Contact Ryan.Staychock@cornell.edu for any assistance or questions regarding this event.