Returning guest speaker, Mark Bowers, will continue our conversation about what is recyclable and the truth about plastics. Mark is a Solid Waste Management Expert, who will help us demystify what items are recyclable, what we can do to reduce waste, and how to manage organic materials.
- Here to help answer these questions is our special guest, recycling and waste management expert, Mark Bowers.
- Mark managed the recycling and solid waste division for the City of Sunnyvale, California for 29 years before retiring. He started his local government career as Mountain View, California’s first Recycling Coordinator, and prior to that worked for 12 years starting and operating community-based recycling non-profits in Boulder, Colorado; Arcata, California; and Bend Oregon.
- In retirement, he has continued to work on special projects related to the collection franchise and the Sunnyvale Materials Recycling and Transfer Station, affectionately called the SMaRT Station. Mark earned a B.S. in Natural Resource Planning at Humboldt State University and has recently moved to Northern California.