Join MyRWA and the EPA to learn how reducing the sources of trash in our communities—and capturing escaped trash before it enters rivers—can lead to cleaner water far beyond the Mystic River watershed. In this working session, participants will identify shared priorities and brainstorm ideas for reducing trash across the watershed. Join us to share your goals and ideas!
This is the third and final webinar in this series. Register here.
Session 1: Structural solutions: Trash Capture and other infrastructure changes
Trash Free Mystic: The scope of the problem and why it matters, Andrew Hrycyna, Mystic River Watershed Association
Trash Capture Initiatives in Washington, D.C. – Matt Robinson, Environmental Protection Specialist, D.C. Department of Energy & Environment
Applying Inlet Guards in Commercial and Industrial Areas - Laura Schifman, Ph.D., State Stormwater Coordinator, MassDEP
Session 2: Non-structural practices to reduce trash in waterways
Education Campaign: ReThink Disposable – Grace Lee, ReThink Disposable Program Director, Clean Water Action
Trash reduction initiatives in New York/New Jersey State Parks and trash capture efforts in the Hudson River Watershed -- Josh Kogan, Coordinator, Wet-Weather Programs, EPA Region 2
Massachusetts Depart of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Trash Removal and Stormwater Policies – Robert Lowell, Deputy Chief Engineer, MA Department of Conservation and Recreation
Regulatory Incentives to Reducing Trash Pollution: Stormwater Quality & Trash Reduction in the MS4 Context – Newton Tedder, EPA Region 1
Recording / Access Passcode: 9H94a88+
Session 3: Group discussions on possible watershed-wide collaborative projects
In the third session on May 6, we hope to have conversations—about what we could team up to do collaboratively over the next few years, projects we can brainstorm that we can go out and look for funding for. Please join us by registering below. We will have some framing discussion, but also breakout rooms on Zoom for small-group idea generation. It should be fun.
