Join us for the 5th Annual Potomac Watershed Trash Summit
Learn. Discuss. Plan. Take Action!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, Washington D.C. 20009
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Highlights
- Energizing regional and national leadership panels, presentations and keynote speakers
- Ceremonial Signing of the Potomac Watershed Trash Treaty by elected officials, with media coverage
- Update on the Regional Anti-Litter Campaign
- Action-oriented roundtable discussions
- Models for trash reduction
- Legislating solutions
- Trash "hot spots" and monitoring
- Youth Ambassadors
- Exhibits (Be an exhibitor)
Who Should Attend?
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Agenda8:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast8:30 a.m. Morning Roundtables: Policy
10:30 a.m. Morning Plenary:
Trash-Free Potomac Facilities Stormwater Technologies Signing of the Trash Treaty
12:45 p.m. Trash-Free Lunch and Exhibits
Elected Officials Potomac Champion Awards 2:00 p.m. Afternoon Roundtables: Enforcement
4:00 p.m. Wrap-up on the Rooftop
Composting Public Education Regulation |
Registration Information
We hope that you will be able to join us! Please click here to register for this event! If you are an elected official or member of law enforcement please register by contacting event coordinator Michelle Melton at mmelton@fergusonfoundation.org or 202-518-7415.All registered participants will receive detailed information prior to the day of the event.
The Trash Treaty
At the Annual Potomac Watershed Trash Summit elected officials from throughout the region sign the The Potomac Watershed Trash Treaty which commits signers to achieving a Trash Free Potomac by 2013, and to:- Support and implement regional strategies aimed at reducing trash and increasing recycling;
- Increase education and awareness of the trash issue throughout the Potomac Watershed;
- Reconvene annually to discuss and evaluate measures and actions addressing trash reduction.
"The Trash Treaty has created a push to taking proactive measures to eliminate trash in the Potomac." Vivian Watts, Virginia Delegate
Background
The Alice Ferguson Foundation (AFF) is coordinating the Trash Summit to address our serious regional trash problem. Last year, leaders attended the 4th Annual Trash Summit from major jurisdictions in the Potomac Watershed and Capitol Hill. They collectively showed support and commitment to have a Trash Free Potomac River by 2013.The network is committed to action-oriented, problem-solving efforts. This is an important follow-up to AFF’s 22nd Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup, which took place in more than 500 sites in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
The Trash Summit will be a day-long gathering in Washington, D.C., with approximately 300 key stakeholders in attendance.