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Name
Samantha Sommer
Title
Program Manager- ReThink Disposable, Clean Water Fund
Bio
Samantha brings years of experience in program development and implementation, specializing in zero waste, community outreach, and behavior change. Before joining Clean Water Action in 2014 she implemented an AB 341 project developing recycling outreach and education programs for commercial businesses and multi-family dwellingsfor the City of Santa Monica and served as an Adjunct Professor in Recycling and Resource Management at Santa Monica College. Samantha is a CRRA Certified Professional in Sustainable Resource Management, holds a degree in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz, and a Masters in Community and Regional Development from UC Davis.
Reusable Business Innovation and How Reuse Saves Business Money
Launched in 2012, ReThink Disposable has been developed a winning model of technical assistance for cities that produces measurable waste reduction results and saves food businesses money. Local jurisdictions that have implemented or are considering reusable foodware policies are uniformly turning to ReThink Disposable to provide the technical assistance needed to help businesses comply.
In this session, ReThink Disposable will present the variety of compliance assistance services it now offers to local government facing the need to comply with waste diversion, organics, and trash / stormwater regulations. ReThink Disposable will present recent successes in transitioning the Palo Alto school district to reusable dining, unpackaging 80 businesses in the City of Alameda, and recent progress unpackaging food businesses in Los Angeles. We will demonstrate how reducing single-use foodware in local businesses can reduce litter, packaging, and trash and save businesses money.
Reusable Business Innovation and How Reuse Saves Business Money
Launched in 2012, ReThink Disposable has been developed a winning model of technical assistance for cities that produces measurable waste reduction results and saves food businesses money. Local jurisdictions that have implemented or are considering reusable foodware policies are uniformly turning to ReThink Disposable to provide the technical assistance needed to help businesses comply.
In this session, ReThink Disposable will present the variety of compliance assistance services it now offers to local government facing the need to comply with waste diversion, organics, and trash / stormwater regulations. ReThink Disposable will present recent successes in transitioning the Palo Alto school district to reusable dining, unpackaging 80 businesses in the City of Alameda, and recent progress unpackaging food businesses in Los Angeles. We will demonstrate how reducing single-use foodware in local businesses can reduce litter, packaging, and trash and save businesses money.
