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Wednesday, Sept. 12
8:00 am – 11:30 am (optional tour to follow)
PNC Park Press Conference Room
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Are you responsible for managing your organization’s or community’s waste management program? Struggling to keep up with what can be recycled? Frustrated by low diversion rates and limited reporting by your waste hauler?
Join Sustainable Pittsburgh for this morning workshop that pulls back the curtain on waste and recycling options for businesses, organizations, and municipalities located in southwestern PA. Attendees will gain free access to the new Material and Waste Management Resource Guide for Southwestern PA, a project of Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Champions for Sustainability network. Stick around to see responsible waste management in action during an optional tour of PNC Park and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ cleaning operations immediately following the workshop. For more details and a full list of speakers, use the ‘read more’ link!
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Thursday, September 13
8:30 am – 11:30 am
Energy Innovation Center
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The Pittsburgh region is surrounded by an abundance of water, a resource growing increasingly scarce in other parts of the United States. Waterways, lakes and streams create tranquil spaces to enjoy the outdoors and provide abundant drinking water sources. Yet, the region’s aging water infrastructure has raised deep concerns about water quality, both for recreational purposes, and for daily consumption.
Pittsburgh is not alone in this regard; the American Society of Civil Engineers gives nationwide drinking water infrastructure a grade of ‘D’, with wastewater infrastructure faring slightly better at ‘D+’. It is estimated that drinking water infrastructure alone will require an investment of $1 trillion over the next 25 years. Join Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge participants and colleagues to learn how multiple stakeholders are working together to protect and repair Pittsburgh’s water resources. All are invited, regardless of participation in the Challenge. For a full list of speakers, use the ‘read more’ link!
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