STAR is happy to announce that the 2023 Summit Call for Speakers is now open for session speakers and poster sessions. We are excited to feature engaging sessions on relevant and timely topics, as well as a new feature debuting this year, poster sessions. 

We invite subject experts to participate in presentation-style sessions, engaging and discursive panels, or to share current, ongoing, or recently completed research relating to waste management and reduction in a poster session format. Please use the application form to submit your information as it relates to one or more of the following topics:

• Recycling material market (paper, OCC, plastic, UBD, steel & glass)
• Construction and debris recycling
• Household hazardous waste (HHW) innovations
• Organics: reduce, recover, or reutilize
• Technology and the recycling value chain
• Communication and awareness (e.g., campaigns, events, promotions)
• Education (e.g., school recycling, youth engagement, university programs)
• Pubic policy (e.g., extended producer responsibility [EPR], deposit systems, right to repair)
• Other innovative waste reduction and reuse ideas

* Topics are not limited to the above list. All ideas will be considered. If you have an alternate idea about a topic on which you would like to speak, please submit it.

Please note: Not all submissions will be selected for presenting at Summit.