Podcasts about Recology

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. In this Episode, Emily features artist Laurel Roth Hope. Laurel discusses her journey from a conservation worker to a full-time artist, emphasizing her use of recycled materials in her sculptures. She shares her creative process, influences, and collaborations with her husband, artist Andy Diaz Hope. The episode highlights her current residency at Recology, San Francisco, where she creates art from landfill materials. Laurel's work often reflects themes of ecological impact and human interaction with the natural world. About Artist Laurel Roth Hope:Laurel Roth Hope lives and works in Northern California. Prior to becoming a full-time, self-taught artist she worked as a park ranger and in natural resource conservation. These professional experiences influenced her current work, which centers on the human manipulation of and intervention into the natural world and the choices we must make everyday between our individual desires and the well being of the world at large. Hope was a 2025 SF Recology AIR Artist in Residence, a 2020 Space Program SF Resident Artist, a 2017 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow, and a 2016 Resident Artist with the Kohler Arts and Industry program in Wisconsin. In 2013 she and her sometime collaborator, Andy Diaz Hope, completed a year-long Fellowship at the de Young Museum of San Francisco examining the history of human cooperation through architecture. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Mint Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 21C Museum, the Zabludowics Collection, the Progressive Collection, and the Ripley's Museum of Hollywood, among others. She is represented by Catharine Clark Gallery of San Francisco.Visit Laurel's Website:  LoLoRo.comFollow Laurel on Instagram, CLICK HERE. Learn about the Recology exhibit, CLICK HERE. --About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com

Imagine the difference an additional 40% payload per trip could make to a refuse fleet. That's what Parker Meeks, CEO of Hyzon, is hoping to give haulers in the North American market looking to move away from diesel via Hyzon's hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse trucks, which are now being tested in the U.S. in partnership with New Way, a refuse truck body manufacturer, and Recology, a San Fransisco-based hauler."While [all-electric refuse trucks] can do the work on a micro level going job to job house to house, the weight of the batteries creates a situation where most battery trucks can only do about 40-50% of a day's work, because there's a significant weight penalty that's on the truck because of how heavy those batteries are," Meeks says. "So, what we're seeing in most battery-electric trucks is up to a 40% payload penalty, meaning they can carry only 6-7 tons of trash. That's a big problem, because to accomplish the same refuse collection in a single day, you're either making 40% more trips or you're buying 25-40% more trucks. That is the fundamental reason why refuse fleets are so excited to try our truck because we believe we have a vehicle that is the only viable zero-emission refuge collection vehicle on the market today." In this episode of The Amped EV Podcast, Meeks breaks down how the performance of Hyzon's hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse vehicle compares to all-electric or trucks with internal combustion engines, how Hyzon is addressing common hydrogen-related challenges like fueling and infrastructure, and how Hyzon has adapted what it learned from running this truck in Australia for the North American market. The Buzz: www.thebuzzevnews.com

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Friday, Oct 27th at 3pm ARTS – Live & Local! Carol Newman & guests: Liv Joyce and Dustin Nord, Coastal Oregon Arts Residents (COAR) sponsored by AVA & Recology, show their art from the dump in Astoria. Marianne Monson from The Writer's Guild & Rocio Simmons from El Centro NW, with The Literary Ball &...

For employers and employees within the waste and recycling industry, safety is top of mind. It's important that we not only stay safe on the job but that we are keeping others around us safe as well. In this 60-minute session, safety experts will outline workplace safety best practices, tips for preventing and addressing distracted driving, effective safety training strategies and more. Speakers: Kevin Fitzgerald, Director of Safety, Recology, Inc. Romeo Vellutini, Director of Environmental Health & Safety, Waste Pro USA Selin Hoboy, Vice President, EHS & Compliance, GFL Environmental Shawn Mandel, Vice President, Safety & Risk, Waste Connections Kirk Sander (Moderator), Chief of Staff and Vice President of Safety and Standards, National Waste and Recycling Association

This summer, San Francisco Public Works launches its public trash can pilot program. Prototypes of their next-generation public trash cans are on the street for real-life testing. Community members have the opportunity to evaluate the cans and give input into the final selection. During the 60-day test period, custom and off-the-shelf models are in neighborhoods around the City. Public Works is soliciting feedback from residents, business owners and staff from nonprofit organizations and Recology, which services the cans. At the end of the test period, Public Works will review and assess the feedback and land on a final design for the new City can. After the design is set, a Request for Proposals will be developed to select the manufacturer for San Francisco's 3,000-plus public trash cans. About SF Public Works: San Francisco Public Works is one of the largest and most complex municipal operations in the City, with a 1,600-member workforce and a $384 million annual operating budget. The department's active capital project portfolio exceeds $3 billion. As one of San Francisco oldest City departments, it is also one of the most forward-thinking. As a 24/7 operation with a diverse set of responsibilities, Public Works touches every neighborhood in San Francisco. The staff designs and manages construction of civic buildings and streets, cleans and greens the right of way, maintains civic buildings; trains people for jobs, keeps the right of way free of hazards, paves the streets, repairs bridges and public stairways, expands accessibility and works at the forefront addressing some of San Francisco's biggest challenges, including homelessness.

 This week we talk about all different kinds of mist. We also give eight simple tips to stop global warming. Wally and research assistant Katy Kondo are featured! It's a tour de force. The music in this episode is by the MonophonicsSee Kate, Mansur Nurullah, and Jeremy Rourke at Recology!...if you've forgotten the access key, remember the tower rotation

San Francisco Controller's Office released a report today that alleges, employees with the city's Department of the Environment had accepted and solicited donations from waste management company, Recology, that matched in time with contract negotiations.  The department's director, Debbie Raphael, stepped down yesterday, before today's report came out.  

Intro.(1:35) - Start of interview.(2:19) - Christa's "origin story". She grew up in Dixon, California. She later went to CSU Sacramento and got her MBA at USC.  She started working as a bank teller in college and ended up as the President & CEO of Mechanics Bank in the Bay Area.  They sold the bank in 2015 to a PE firm owned by a Texas billionaire. After that sale, she started joining boards of directors.(3:53) - Her breakdown of banks: large, regional and community banks. At each level there is a significant difference in corporate governance.(5:23) - Her experience joining boards post 2015. She's had 8 board experiences with companies of different sizes and stages of development: from startup, scale-ups, to public companies. She started exploring bitcoin and blockchain technology. She also joined the NACD (Northern CA chapter). The first board she joined was of FIG partners, an investment bank (where she also joined as a partner). They sold the firm to Janney Montgomery Scott in 2019. She then joined the boards of Brainchip Holdings (ASX), Recology, OFG Bancorp, Sasser Family Holdings, Tanimura & Antle and Balco Holdings, Inc (owner of Bay Alarm, Bay Alarm Medical and BALCO Properties).(10:08) - The pros and cons of serving in boards of companies of different sizes and stages of development. Her transition from board member to CEO at Balco Holdings (starting on April 1, 2022). The intricacies of family-owned businesses.(14:08) - What's Balco Holdings and why she's excited about her new CEO role.(17:27) - How she thinks about security in CA, the impact of COVID-19 on how people behave, plus tech and cybersecurity trends.(19:15) - How boards and companies should approach cybersecurity threats: "I think you need the cybersecurity expertise in the C-suite."(22:43) - Her take on the evolution of ESG in the boardroom: "I've helped my boardrooms develop ESG dashboards." "It's going to be very interesting to see what happens in the next few months." "Boardrooms should look at the company's own CPI indexes and costs given the current environment." "A lot of people will have to take a stance of wait-and-see [on ESG] and not overthink it right now."(28:06) - Her take on blockchain technology. Biden's Executive Order on Digital Assets. "SWIFT is so antiquated it needs to go (on how we send wires and ACH)." "It's too early to weigh-in on DAOs, it will continue to morph and evolve."(35:30) - Christa's parting thoughts for directors in the current environment:Directors should be asking about their own company version of their CPI index. Are they tracking what's happening internally?Take measures in case we enter a recession. What's the inventory? Receivables?Hybrid model (office-home). Where do we go from here?(37:57) - Benefits of joining NACD. She's been affiliated with the NACD Northern California chapter since 2015 (she's currently the Vice-Chair of the chapter): "It has been wonderful for me." They have about 1,500 public company directors in their chapter. 50-60 speaking engagements on an annual basis. "Directors of 20 years ago vs. being a director today has dramatically shifted. It's all about staying current and educated." "I encourage directors to become NACD certified directors."(39:23) - Christa's favorite books (applicable to her board work):AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, by Kai-Fu Lee (2018)Think Again, by Adam Grant (2021)(40:25) - Who were your mentors, and what did you learn from them? In the board context: "the mentors from which I've gained the most wisdom, are the ones that have been there and done that." "I've learned the finesse of how questions are asked and answered." "I've understood the boundaries that exist between directors and operators." "The mentors and people I admire the most are the ones that lead with humility, they have been humbled."(41:45) - Are there any quotes you think of often, or live your life by? "The curse of knowledge is that it closes our minds to what we don't know." Adam Grant from Think Again. The flipside of that is "if knowledge is power, knowing what we don't know is wisdom."(42:12) - An unusual habit or an absurd thing that she loves: "I wear Uggs slippers all year long."(42:43) - The person she most admires ("relevant right now"): Margaret Thatcher, "I think that the Iron Lady's anti-communism stance right now is alive and well."Christa Steele is the incoming CEO of BALCO Holdings, owner of Bay Alarm, Bay Alarm Medical, and BALCO Properties. She also serves as a public and private company board director.__ You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License

It's a Kate only episode this week, but we send our love and hugs to Maysoun forever! Let's take a little ramble through upcoming shows, revisit a treasured cat memory, and learn about a duck.The music in this episode is by FAVORSRead this article by Sarah Hotchkiss! ‘Frustrating' Delays in City Funding Affect Over 200 SF Arts Nonprofitsgo to Recology!Goldeneye!

With a holiday coming up that usually involves a lot of boxes, we're revisiting two previous shows about recycling. Ride along with a sanitation worker who collects everything in San Francisco's blue bins, and learn some dos and don'ts of recycling at a Recology sorting center.

Interview with Katie Storey In this episode, I had the amazing chance to talk about something that I have been passionate about for years with the talented and knowledgeable Katie Storey!  Katie Storey is the founder and principal designer of Storey Design, a full-service interiors firm based in San Francisco. She has been recognized by California Home & Design, Wallpaper, Vogue, Domino, Luxe Interiors, and World of Interiors. She is also the founder of the Good Future Design Alliance, an alliance of design and builds professionals committed to reducing waste in the industry. “I had two choices: start this movement or change careers.”  The waste Katie was seeing every day in her interior design practice kept her up at night. The breaking point came when she ordered a couch from Oakland for a client in San Francisco, which was promptly sent 3000 miles to a distribution center in North Carolina before being shipped back to the Bay Area. Katie knew the sustainability initiatives she was implementing as a small design firm, although necessary, weren't enough. She also knew that meaningful and lasting change would require greater industry involvement. Katie began to brainstorm ways she could prompt radical changes in the design & build industry, & connected with her greater SF community to see what could be done. After building relationships with Recology and SF's Department of the Environment, she began creating what is now the Good Future Design Alliance – a movement to dramatically reduce waste and change the way my industry does business. They are new in their form, but with the wisdom and experience of leading designers, builders, and makers, they are here for the long fight toward a better future. Through the episode, Katie shares her story and the journey that led her to start the GFDA. For decades, the design industry has been wasteful and not focused or conscious of the carbon footprint nor the environmental impact of the products and services that are used. However, in recent years, there's been a shift as people are realizing how important the planet and living healthy is for our present and future. I shared details about my own firm's journey to sustainability, and Katie and I talked more about the many issues designers face when trying to source and work more sustainably, and she even provided some solutions. There is a way to DO better and find a balance in the design industry. Words of Wisdom:  If we can survive the pandemic and adjust, we can definitely adjust and meet this climate moment! You can find Katie Storey and the GFDA at www.thegfda.com or on Instagram @thegfda. -- Join our Facebook community, here. -- Leave a comment below on how you liked this episode and let me know what other topics or guests you'd like on the podcast. Don't forget to rate the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or any other podcast platform!

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is defending herself after flouting the city's indoor mask mandate, criticizing "fun police" for raising questions about her recent appearance at a live concert where she was seen dancing and posing for photos without a mask on.   "Don't feel as though you have to be micromanaged about mask wearing. Like, we don't need the fun police to come in and try and micromanage and tell us what we should or shouldn't be doing. We know what we need to do to protect ourselves," Breed told reporters on Friday when asked about the episode at a news conference. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meghan Butler, VP/Chief of Staff at Recology, sits down with Bryan to talk about their efforts to make California a leader in plastic recycling. The Recology mission represents a fundamental shift from traditional waste management to resource recovery. They seek to eliminate waste by developing and discovering sustainable resource recovery practices that can be implemented globally. (Originally aired 10Sept21) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. The news: Recology fined; no in-school COVID-19 transmissions recorded; overdose crisis. Coming up: Transit Month, Stern Grove repair considerations; meeting to discuss improvements on Geary.

Pandemic or no, sanitation workers are still collecting the city's waste material. Back in April, Civic hitched an early morning ride with Recology recycling driver Gareth Willey to get a sense for how the pandemic has changed his work. While the decreased traffic had made the streets a little less crowded, the bins he emptied have been piled high with cardboard boxes from mail orders.

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Plastic continues to be a hot topic. With new bans, more restrictions, changing markets and an emphasis on sustainability and circular economy, the challenge of finding real solutions to manage plastic waste has become a priority. But there are differing views on how to attack this issue. What are the financial implications of recycling plastic? What are the infrastructure challenges? Is our energy better spent on addressing the root of the problem and limiting the use of plastic altogether? Find out what steps are being taken to address this growing global problem. Speakers: Chaz Miller, CEO, Miller Recycling Associates Felix Hottenstein, Sales Director, MSS, Inc. Meghan Butler, Vice President & Chief of Staff, Recology, Inc. Susan Robinson, Senior Director of Sustainability and Policy, Waste Management

In recent years, the mills and foundries that receive recyclables from Recology have stopped accepting material with more than one percent impurities, so the sorting facility at Pier 96 must work at a very high standard. On a tour of the sorting center, we learn what happens when things that don't belong in the recycling end up there, and what to do about things that are difficult to recycle, like plastic bags.

Federal prosecutors have charged a second former Recology executive in connection with San Francisco's Department of Public Works scandal. For more, KCBS Radio Anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising spoke with KCBS Radio Insider Phil Matier See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pandemic or no, sanitation workers are still collecting the city's waste material. Civic hitches an early morning ride with Recology recycling driver Gareth Willey to get a sense for how the pandemic has changed his work. While the decreased traffic has made the streets a little less crowded, the bins he empties are now piled high with cardboard boxes from mail orders, which poses a challenge.

As companies face increasingly existential threats to business and to society as a whole, how should corporate leaders grapple with these issues to foster positive change? Debbie Alvarez-Rodriguez, board member at Recology, and Kathryn Cartini, co-founder of Chloe Capital, give their insights and advice.

Recology has agreed to pay San Francisco 94-and-and-half million dollars to reimburse customers in the City as part of the City's ongoing corruption probe. This all started with the arrest of former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru. What's Recology's role? For more, KCBS Radio anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising spoke with KCBS Radio Insider Phil Matier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here I'm talking with PR manager https://youtu.be/SBk175QORwU (Robert Reed in the San Francisco Recology Recycling and waste sorting facility) which manages the waste of millions of people in San Francisco every day. Looking at waste is a great reminder to shop wisely and use items longer to create less burden for our communities. Support this podcast

In This Week's Show:San Francisco is abandoned by TechiesThe Corruption of Recology.Companion Article is available on Medium. 

Join us for this special program in The Commonwealth Club's series recognizing recipients of The Club's 2020 Distinguished Citizens Award. This program honors both Recology, the company, and its leadership. Recology's mission represents a fundamental shift from traditional waste management to resource recovery, developing sustainable practices that can be implemented globally. Recology has more than 45 operating companies that provide integrated services to more than 889,000 residential customers and 112,000 commercial customers in California, Oregon and Washington. Farmers across California and Oregon use Recology organic compost for fruit, vegetables, flowers, plants and vineyards. Recology is also 100 percent employee-owned. As Recology's president and CEO since 1980, Mike Sangiacomo has led and inspired many of the company's innovative recycling and diversion programs. Sangiacomo also serves as a director and an executive officer of Recology's subsidiaries. He holds a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of San Francisco. Dennis Wu, chair of Recology's Board of Directors since 2013, is one of San Francisco's best-known business executives and a long-time leader among Asian Americans in the Bay Area. Born in the Philippines of Chinese ancestry, Mr. Wu is a retired partner of Deloitte and currently the managing partner and co-founder of WuHoover, a CPA advisory firm. Mr. Wu is also a past chair of The Commonwealth Club's Board of Governors. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California and received his B.S. and M.B.A. in accounting/finance from the University of California Berkeley. Join this unique conversation with two of the Bay Area's most prominent trailblazers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We visit the archives to learn about Recology (www.recology.com), a 100-year old company and 100% ESOP since 1986. Project Equity's (www.project-equity.org) co-founder, Alison Lingane, shares how Recology is standing with its employee owners during the pandemic. The notes and transcript for this episode are available on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/mini-cast-96-recology-revisited

Employee-owned companies are stepping up in many different ways. Recology (www.recology.com) is a 100-year old company and 100% ESOP since 1986. Project Equity's (www.project-equity.org) co-founder, Alison Lingane, shares how Recology is standing with its employee owners during the pandemic. You can read the full transcript of today's podcast on our website: https://www.theesoppodcast.com/post/mini-cast-82-eo-spotlight-on-recology

This is Installment Two of our National Zero Waste Conference series meant to elevate the voices featured during the two-day event in Berkeley, California (postponed this year). Our guests are Mike Sangiacomo, President & Chief Executive Officer of Recology and Eric Potashner, Vice President & Senior Director of Recology, speaking with our host, Jessica Aldridge from Adventures in Waste. More Info: https://zwconference.org/ What is the responsibility of the businesses creating the products we use, including packaging material? Should they share in the responsibility to ensure a product is truly recyclable or compostable in current markets? What is their role if a product they create cannot be readily recycled and composted? Should the product have a minimum recycled content in order to stimulate a healthy economy for recycled resin? Or is it alright for their responsibility to be completely abandoned once a product is sold and consumed? On this show we dive into these questions and talk about what is happening with California legislation that is looking to reduce plastic pollution and support recycling and Circular Economy efforts. Ballot Measure website: https://plasticsfreeca.org/ MICHAEL J. SANGIACOMO has served as the Recology President & Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors since November 1990. Over the past three decades, under Mr. Sangiacomo’s leadership, Recology, an integrated resource recovery company, has expanded its operations from Northern California to include more than 60 operating solid waste processing companies and facilities across California, Washington, and Oregon. As the largest employee-owned company in the waste and recycling industry, Recology serves 140 communities along the West Coast. Website: https://www.recology.com/ ERIC POTASHNER joined Recology’s Corporate team in 2012. Eric is responsible for a team that executes on the company’s strategies for government affairs, permitting, planning, and community and media relations across California, Oregon, and Washington. The National Zero Waste Conference is a two day educational and networking event organized by the National Recycling Coalition. Hosted by Jessica Aldridge from SoCal 350 and Adventures in Waste Engineer: Blake Lampkin Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Show Created by Mark and JP Morris Music: Javier Kadry Episode 55 Photo credit: Greenpeace USA

In this episode of Mornings with the Mayor, Mayor Ron Rolwett discusses new services offered by Recology, as well as upcoming legislation around the state of California's recycling efforts with Recology general manager,Scott Pardini.

Episode 52 features Tess Beistel, co-founder of Cracked Pots and Kelly Caldwell, volunteer coordinator at Cracked Pots and ReClaim It

John Porter, vice president of Recology, discusses changes the garbage collection agency is making to help clean up San Francisco's notoriously dirty streets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to RIMScast. Your host is Justin Smulison, Business Content Manager at RIMS, the Risk and Insurance Management Society. Today’s podcast was produced and recorded live on-site at the RIMS ERM Conference 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana! This episode will be featuring some of the great guests that stopped by to chat with Justin!   Joining Justin first in the episode is Julie Pemberton, RIMS-CRMP, and Director of Risk Audit and Compliance for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. She is also an ex officio of RIMS, having served as the RIMS President in 2016. At the RIMS ERM Conference 2019, Julie led a session called, “Building an Inclusive Culture.” Together, Julie and Justin further the dialogue by discussing actions you can take in your own organization to foster a culture that is oriented towards building opportunities that leverage employee, client, and partner talent. Next, Justin speaks with Jon Walkup, a Senior Risk Analyst at Westfield Insurance. Jon is incredibly passionate about ERM and has been becoming an increasingly more visible member of RIMS. Justin picks his brain to hear what he had been taking away from the conference! And lastly, Justin speaks about Bill Lyons, the Vice President and Sr. Director of Risk, Safety, and Environment Compliance at Recology Inc. Bill stopped by RIMScast’s recording booth just after accepting the ERM Award of Distinction on behalf of the Recology team! The waste management company was honored for its outstanding integration of ERM with governance and strategy to achieve sustainable, long-term value across the organization.   Tune in and don’t miss this special episode!   Key Takeaways: [:14] About today’s episode! [:28] Justin reminds listeners about some upcoming RIMS events! [:49] About today’s first guest, Julie Pemberton! [1:23] Justin welcomes Julie to the podcast. [1:40] Having spoken about the topic of diversity at the conference, what does Julie think are some of the upside risks of diversity vendor hires? [2:49] How do you quantify the sorts of benefits you get from diversity vendor hires? [3:20] Is it an easier sell if you use numbers to back the benefits you get from diversity vendor hires? [4:34] Julie speaks about the Columbus Regional Airport Authority’s five-year strategy and business plan. [5:45] Julie gives her outlook on the current generation of young professionals and what she thinks they need to do to succeed in the risk management industry. [8:30] About Justin’s next guest, Jon Walkup! [8:52] As a big fan of ERM, Jon speaks about his position in the industry and how he uses ERM. [9:24] Does Jon feel that the conference is addressing what’s happening now in the field of emerging risk? [10:00] Does Jon find that information sharing is something that happens a lot at RIMS conferences? [10:38] Jon describes the ERM framework that they have at Westfield Insurance. [12:14] Does Jon get tidbits of information as well as inspiration when he attends the ERM Conference and then later apply it to his own framework? [13:17] Are there currently any big emerging risks that have Jon up at night? [14:11] About today’s final guest, Bill Lyons! [14:44] Justin welcomes Bill to the podcast and congratulates him and Recology for winning the ERM Award of Distinction. [14:53] What does it feel like to win the ERM Award of Distinction? And what does this win mean to the Recology team? [15:14] When did Recology institute their ERM program? [16:07] Why does Bill believe that the ERM program continues to be so effective? [17:02] How did Bill get certain employees on board? [18:00] Approximately how many employees do they have? How big is the program? [18:18] Bill describes the lifecycle of their ERM program, where they are in it now, and how might it evolve and improve towards the end of the cycle. [19:44] Bill gives some additional thanks for accepting the award on Recology’s behalf. [20:13] Is an award like the ERM Award of Distinction a way to demonstrate the value of their work in the industry? [20:54] Justin gives thanks to the guests who appeared in today’s episode and highlights some links to check out in the show notes!   Mentioned in this Episode:RIMS RiskTech Forum 2019 (Dec. 9th in New York City) — Save 10% by entering the code LISTENER2019 at checkout! RIMS 2020 (May 2nd–6th in Denver, CO) — Booth space is now available! Upcoming RIMS Events RM Magazine Risk Management Monitor RIMS-Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP) RIMS Membership — Discover why 10,000 of your peers from more than 60 countries are a part of the RIMS community! RIMS ERM Conference 2019 RIMS members can access ERM Conference materials and presentation at the ERM Conference Attendee Service Center RIMS Risk Management Talent 2025 Report ERM Q&A Interviews (Check back in December for a full interview with Recology’s Bill Lyons!) RIMS Press Release: “Recology wins RIMS 2019 Global Enterprise Risk Management Award of Distinction”Recology   Want to Learn More? Keep up with the podcast on RIMS.org and listen on iTunes. Have a question or suggestion? Email: Content@rims.org.   Join the Conversation! Follow @RIMSorg on Facebook and Twitter, and join the RIMS Group on LinkedIn.   Follow up with Our Guests: Julie Pemberton’s RIMS Profile Jon Walkup’s LinkedIn Bill Lyons’ LinkedIn

Loser Marshawn Lynch  Marshawn Lynch couldn't even run his football camp without angering one of the moms.   During a drill in which the former NFL running back had kids, some as young as 9, line up to hit each other without pads, Lynch sent some to run laps after they objected.    He also used swear words in the midst of his coaching, which stirred objections from one of the mothers on hand, Stephanie Siva, who threw a shirt at Lynch's feet on the field.   In video obtained by TMZ, Lynch is seen running into the stands to confront Siva and try to calm things down.    When she loudly objects to his methods, Lynch doesn't make the situation better.   Lynch, who ran the Seattle-area camp on July 28, even seeks out a camera so that he can be on tape explaining himself, saying that he'll continue to coach his way. Winner  Employees at the  Recology sorting facility in Humboldt County, California  A man who accidentally tossed $23,000 into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday after a worker at a recycling facility in Northern California spotted a shoebox stuffed with money.

With a spiritual outlook, Jen Fuller explores large-scale glass making and multi component site-specific installations. As her career evolves, the artist views glass as a material capable of capturing ephemeral fleeting moments and outlining emotion. She says, “I’m in a relationship with glass as a mutual collaborator. It does what it wants and is more than merely a tool. It is a living entity.”   In 2009, Fuller attended the Glass Art Society conference in her hometown of Portland and later that year met Warren Carther of Winnipeg's Carther Studios. Both events inspired her to explore glass as a medium. As Carther’s apprentice for three months in 2010, Fuller assisted the artist in building his Aperturecommission for the Winnipeg airport. This introduction to site specific, large-scale work provided the young artist with the emotional fortitude necessary to pursue her own visions in large-scale glass.   Upon return to Portland from Carther’s studio, Fuller was awarded an Emerging Artist grant from the William T. Colville foundation to build a glass kiln, a process that introduced her to Portland metal artist, Steve Tilden. A new arts residency with Recology, the trash purveyors for the city of Portland, resulted in the artist’s first series made from recycled glass and reclaimed materials, setting the tone for future work. Fuller approached Tilden about making metal frames for her Recology project, but he suggested she learn to weld. The two artists formed a friendship and began collaborating on a series of life-size mythical creatures. After eight years of collaboration, Fuller’s glass studio is now located in Tilden’s metal shop.   In 2018, working with the horticulture team of Lan Su Chinese Garden Glass, Fuller spent one year harvesting plant specimens from the garden and rendering them in pate de verre. Her 36 specimens were exhibited for two months in the Scholar’s Pavilion of the garden. Other notable projects include Fuller’s River Memoir for the Milwaukie Courthouse, a site responsive sculpture memorializing the local role of the Willamette River.   In February 2019, Fuller completed a temporary installation titledF(Light)for Portland’s Winter Light festival, consisting of 150 glass paper planes that were digitally projected with imagery of the sky, different color washes, and sound, and installed underneath the 100-year-old Hawthorne Bridge. In March 2019, working with two art professors from Spokane Falls Community College, Fuller designed a glass and light exhibit called The Things I Could Not Sayto teach students how to make and install a body of work. The project made public Fuller’s glass cremation series that she’s been quietly working on for herself.     Fuller continues her exploration of large-scale flight patterns in glass and light, installing a birds in flight sequence in the Thai Pagoda of Olbrich Garden for Gleam Light Festival 2019, held in Madison, Wisconsin. Other new work includes Piano Push Play, Fuller’s glass and mirror piano that will be left in various locations in downtown Portland and on which the public is encouraged to play.    

SPEAKERS Sarah Bohn, Ph.D. Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California Rhonda Johnson President, AT&T California Joe Speicher Director, Autodesk Foundation Minna Tao General Manager, Recology; Board Member, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; Board Member; Union Square BID Lenny Mendonca Chief Economic and Business Advisor and Director of the Office of Business and Economic Development, State of California; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on March 11th, 2019.

Ciaran Freeman is a senior majoring in studio art and art history. His lengthy resume includes being a student fellow at Recology in San Francisco, a Jean Donovan Fellow working at the Commonweal Magazine, an immersion trip coordinator, the founder of the Santa Clara Student Art League and the Assistant Residence Director in the Casa Italiana residence hall. Ciaran’s art explores social justice issues like immigration, family history and racial justice. After graduating, Ciaran will be in New York with a Jesuit organization where he has been awarded the Joseph A. O’Hare Postgraduate Media Fellowship.Website link: http://voicesofsantaclara.com/ciaran-freeman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A Bee, or not a bee. That was the theme of the latest Lousy Podcast. Whether 'twas nobler to suffer another week of hurled insults or to treat skinned arms with oceans of oatmeal, just keep your opinion to yourself until the end. To ride - to sleep; and by sleep we say to end in LA and a $115.00 shock each way. That flesh is heir too. 'Twas a consummation doubly near Ocean Beach's mist. To die of polar bear heart failure - to sleep as a rhino and not be resuscitated. To act - perchance to appear in movies. Ay, there's the bulb. For in that sleep of death what backhoe may come when we have encased in lead this mortal coil, must give us pause. There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life...or short, but with money. For who would bear the whips and scorns of Tammy Foxx at Bridal Fitness Coach, the oppressors wrong, the pangs of despised love, and the spurns of that patient when he himself might his Murasmus make with a bare bodkin? Who would these fardels bear to grunt and sweat under a weary life in Virginia, but that dread of something after St. Thomas, the undiscovered country from whose bourn this traveler - Roger Garrison - returns. And makes him rather bear those ills from his scooter as it flies over hills that some know not of? Thus a swarm does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of wax moths is sicklied over with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of hotels, Recology, and LaBeau with great pith and vinegar and with this regard their stingers turn awry and lose the name of A Bee Well Production and the San Francisco Bee Association. The fair Throng!- Patreoniac, in thy orisons be all our sponsors remembered.

On this episode of Bay Area Ventures we speak with Jim Wunderman, CEO of www.bayareacouncil.org and take a look back at the San Francisco Bay Area’s economy for 2016, as well as, taking a look forward to what might lie ahead for the region in 2017. The Bay Area economy, to put it simply, has been booming. It has been undergoing a sustained period of growth and economic development. Was 2016 the “best of times”? What were some of the factors that contributed to the current state of the economy? What were some of the biggest challenges the region faced in 2016 and what will be the key drivers and issues going forward? The Bay Area has some of the lowest rates of unemployment in the country but, at the same time, has some of the highest costs of living in the world. Can people afford to live in the Bay Area and, if not, can companies attract and retain the talent needed to maintain its position as one of the leading centers of innovation in the world? Jim covers all these areas and more in this special extended edition of the Bay Area Council Quarterly Update feature of our show.The Bay Area Council is a public policy organization focused on making the San Francisco Bay Area and the Silicon Valley the most globally competitive and economically productive region in the world. The council’s membership is comprised of CEOs from hundreds of the top businesses in the Bay Area and Jim has been its CEO since 2004.Before the Bay Area Council, Jim had a distinguished career in both the public and private sectors. He served as Chief of Staff to San Francisco Mayor Frank M. Jordan from 1992-95, responsible for overseeing all departmental and budgetary functions, and management of the Mayor’s Office. Earlier he served as Special Assistant to Mayor Dianne Feinstein, from 1983-1987, with his duties including oversight of the city’s utility, the Public Utilities Commission, and the Department of Public Works. From 1988 through 1991, he served as Vice President and General Manager of two major waste collection, disposal and recycling firms in the Bay Area under its parent, Recology, Inc (formerly Norcal Waste Systems). From 1997-2004 he served as Senior Vice President for External Affairs at Providian Financial Corporation. Jim is also a Visiting Professor at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, teaching a course in Executive Leadership. You can see Jim’s full bio here http://www.bayareacouncil.org/people/jim-wunderman/This interview was recorded on January 23, 2017, on SiriusXM Channel 111, Business Radio Powered by the Wharton School. Bay Area Ventures airs live on Mondays at 4:00pm Pacific Time, 7:00pm Eastern Time. For a list of upcoming and past guest information visit www.donaldlandwirth.com and click on the Show link.To participate in our monthly Bay Area Ventures Conversation of the Month visit www.BAVConversation.com

Joshua Fisher Lee and Lubab Alkhayyat from AYPAL Tonight on APEX Express: Renee Geesler talks with members of AYPAL, Building API Community Power, join us to talk about their anti-displacement organizing work in Oakland; Cristal Fiel talks with Oliver Saria about Legions of Boom, a book by Oliver Wang on the Filipino American mobile DJ scene, and Bindlestiff Studio‘s  API Heritage Month events inspired by the book; And, we head to the dump — yes, the dump, to talk with visual artist Weston Teruya about his latest residency where he's exploring displacement and gentrification in San Francisco. Community Calendar Weston Teruya at his residency at Recology. Photo by Micah Gibson For a quick recap of what we featured on tonight's show: Legions of Boom, the discussion on Filipino American mobile DJs and the immersive theater experience is on Friday, May 13 for the panel discussion, and Saturday, May 14 for the immersive theater experience at 8 p.m. both nights at Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco.  AYPAL's May Arts Festival is on Saturday, May 14 from 11 to 4 at San Antonio Park in Oakland.  and the Recology exhibition dates are Friday, May 20 from 5 to 9 p.m., Saturday the 21st from 1 to 3, and Tuesday, May 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. at 401 Tunnel Avenue in San Francisco. You may remember that on April 6, APEX covered a story about a Bay Area production of the Mikado where it was feared performers would be in Yellow Face. That controversy led to an important community discussion on equitable representation in the arts. It takes place on Monday May 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Arts activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph will be moderating a conversation on this topic with the members of the Ferocious Lotus Theater. May 10th is Asian American Mental Health Day. Asian & Pacific Islanders make up one of the fastest growing ethnic communities in the United States, yet they have the lowest rates of utilization of mental health services among ethnic populations. To destigmatize mental health issues, Kearny Street Workshop has teamed up with the Richmond Area Multi-Services Inc. to present “Frames of Mind,” a seven-week photography workshop. An exhibition of their work focused on mental health led by documentarian R.J. Lozada that will be on display at the I-Hotel in Manilatown on May 10 to May 12. As part of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance's #RedefineSecurity week of action, a broad coalition of API community organizations are coming together to discuss what safety looks like for queer and trans API folks, particularly in the context of incarceration, immigration and racial profiling. This conversation will take place at Excelsior Works on May 15 from 3:30 to 5:30 with our friends at AACRE: API Equality of Northern California, the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, Asian Prisoners Support Committee, and ASPIRE  And closing out May, spoken word artist and author Jason Bayani will be performing pieces drawing on stories from the fourth wave of Pilipino immigrants at Bindlestiff Studios on May 27 and 28. The post APEX Express – May 5, 2016 appeared first on KPFA.

Jenny Odell gives us a tour of her Bureau of Suspended Objects, developed during her residency at the city dump.

Daryle Washington returns to The Context of White Supremacy. Mr. Washington first visited the program in July 2014. We discussed workplace Racism and his alleged mistreatment at Recology Corporation in San Francisco. We discussed Mr. Washington's reports of being subjected to Racist torment and the hanging of a noose, as first reported by PNN TV and San Francisco Bay View. Gus maintains that Racists invest a great deal of energy studying non-white people in order to fortify their dominion. Shortly after last summer's visit to The C.O.W.S., Kathy Jamison, Recology's human resource manager for San Francisco, asked to speak with Mr. Washington. She wanted to know if his allegations of Racism were true. We're eager to hear what has transpired over the last year. INVEST in The COWS - http://tiny.cc/ledjb CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# SKYPE: FREECONFERENCECALLHD.7676 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

This episode corresponds to Lesson 3 of our course. In this first episode, we are talking to Robert Reed who represents Recology, a company specializing in resource recovery services in the San Francisco region. Interview by Eleen Murphy   Thank you to BiobiN for making  this episode possible. BiobiN® is a mobile, on-site organic/wet material management solution that starts the... Read more »

Since goldrush days San Francisco has been a magnet for those on the make. But the latest moneymakers aren't interested in striking gold, they're in search of cans and bottles. The city's efforts to boost recycling rates have been so successful that the value of rubbish has spiralled, leading to battles between official, unofficial and downright criminal garbage collectors. San Francisco now recycles 78% of it's trash: paper, bottles, cans, plastics and even food gets recycled or composted. This is partly due to the California Bottle Bill of 1987 that introduced legislation to ensure a deposit was repaid on bottles and cans that were sold in the state. The amount recyclers get depends on the package they return. The city has also made it extremely easy for residents to recycle. They now have three bins. A brown bin for food waste, a black bin for general waste and a blue bin for recycling. It's these now iconic blue bins that scavengers target, pillaging the bottles and cans before Recology, the city's official garbage collectors, can get to them. They then take the booty to recycling centers and collect a few bucks. The fear is that now small time pilfering by a handful of scavengers is becoming more organised with criminal gangs getting in on the act. Tom Heap hits the streets of San Francisco to meet those making cash from trash. Producer: Martin Poyntz-Roberts.