(IBC, Intermediate Bulk Containers, Totes, Drums)
2013
Composite IBCs: Where is the Market Going? What is IBC Reconditioning? (PowerPoint)
Scott Birchfield, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
Don Bradley, Olympus Seed Treatment Formulator
Chris Lind, Mauser USA LLC
An Overview of IBCs and the Reconditioning Industry (PowerPoint)
C.L. Pettit, Reusable Industrial Packaging Association (RIPA)
What is IBC Reconditioning? Compliance in Collection, Triage and Refurbishing (PowerPoint)
Brian Bilyeu, Cropland Containers, and Brian Evoy, FDS Packaging, Inc
State of Mini Bulk Recycling Programs (PowerPoint)
Nancy Fitz, U.S. EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
Scott Birchfield, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
Gary Glickman, Container Services Network, LLC
Derrick Bell, North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Containers, Containment and Agricultural Plastics
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF): (1) What DEF Is & What DEF is Not; (2) Equipment Considerations to Avoid Contamination; (3) Why Pesticide Containers Cannot be Used for DEF
Boyd Bosaw, Brenntag North America
Industry Stewardship, Update on American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance (AASA) (PowerPoint)
Don Paulson, Jr., Consultant
EPA’s Pesticide Container Regulations: What are EPA and the States Seeing in the Field? (PowerPoint)
Nancy Fitz, US EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs
2012
State Mini Bulk Recycling Programs – Bryan Gran, Tri-Rinse; Alice Licht, NABA; Randy Mogard, West Central Chemical and Scott Birchfield, Syngenta
Exploring Crosslink Plastics – Richard Marburger, USAg Recycling (Note: this file contains 100MB)
Container Stewardship: The New Agriculture IBC – Brian Bilyeu, Cropland Containers Inc. and Jeff DeLiberty, Mauser USA
2011
Current Mini Bulk Container Recycling Activities
ACRC/AAI Mini Bulk Recycling Pilot Program – Ron Perkins, Executive Director, ACRC, and J.D. Fish, Application Technology Manager, Bayer CropScience
Pilot Project in California to Recycle Mini Bulk Containers – Jim Bise, Director of Sales, Myers Container, LLC / Container Management Services, LLC, and Renee Pinel, President/CEO, Western Plant Health Association
IFCA 2009 Illinois Mini Bulk Recycling Project – Kevin Runkle, Regulatory Services Manager, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association
An Ongoing Mini Bulk Collection and Recycling Program – Bryan Gran, Business Development Manager, Tri Rinse
Clean Tide Container’s On-going Pesticide Container Collection and Recycling Program – Mike Harding, Executive Vice President, IBCNA/Clean Tide
Pesticide Container and Rinsate Management: Panel Discussion
Clinton Shocklee, Sales Representative, Tri-Rinse, Inc.
Mike Harding, Executive Vice President, IBC North America/Clean Tide
Brad Bittleston, President, Interstate Ag Plastics
Brian Bilyeu, President, Cropland Containers
Kip Landwehr, EHS Manager, Winfield Solutions, LLC
International Pesticide Container Recycling
CropLife International Global Container Management. Where We Are? Where We Are Going? – Cam Davreux, VP, CropLife Canada
Pesticide Container Disposal in Peru and Campo Limpio Activities – Alfredo Malarin, Campo Limpio, Peru
Pesticide Safety Training in West Africa – Don Mullins and Pat Hipkins, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech University
Complying with the New Repackaging Requirements
Common Practices for Refillable Container Management – Scott Birchfield, Emergency Response/Environmental Stewardship Manager, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
Update – Actions Taken Toward Rule Compliance – J.D. Fish, Application Technology Manager, Bayer CropScience
Repackaging Information Update from Monsanto – Steve Adams, Chemical Regulatory Affairs Manager, Monsanto
Repackaging Information Update from Helena – David Wieties, Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering Manager, Helena Chemical Company
Challenges that Distributors Face in Complying with the Container Regulations – Pam Hodge, SSRE Manager, Wilbur-Ellis
Complying with the New Refillable Container Requirements
Updates on the Pesticide Container and Containment Regulations – Nancy Fitz, Chemical Engineer, US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
What a Refillable Container Owner Needs to Know about Periodic Pressure Testing to be Compliant with the EPA 2011 Rule – How to, How Often, and Exceptions – Bill Anderson, Sales – chemical group, Farm Chem
Container Identification Systems – Rod Conner, CEO/President, Ag Gateway CorporationTracking and Managing Mini Bulk Containers at the Ag Supplier – Clyde Martin, President, AgWorks Inc.
Tracking and Managing Mini Bulk Containers at the Ag Supplier – Clyde Martin, President, AgWorks Inc.
2010
Recycling Mini Bulk Containers
Managing Mini Bulks Made Obsolete in 2011 – Marty Fitzpatrick, Manager Product Stewardship, BASF Crop Protection
ACRC’s Involvement with Mini Bulk Recycling – J.D. Fish, Application Technology Manager, Bayer CropScience
Pesticide Containers: Solving the IBC Handling and Recycling Puzzle – Steve Wiest, US Market Segment Manager, Crop Production Services, Inc
North Carolina’s Experience with Mini Bulk Recycling – Derrick Bell, LG, CHMM, Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Overview of EPA Project: Pilot Program to Collect and Recycle Non-Compliant Mini Bulk Containers – Margaret L. Jones, Environmental Scientist, Pesticides Section, US EPA Region 5
Update on Implementing US EPA’s Pesticide Container-Containment Regulations
EPA’s Pesticide Container-Containment Regulations – Nancy Fitz, Chemical Engineer, US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
Implementation of the New Pesticide Containment Regulations in Virginia – Jeff Rogers, Environmental Program Planner, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS)
Responsible Registrants Working via CropLife America to Implement the Container-Containment Rule – Marty Fitzpatrick, Manager Product Stewardship, BASF Crop Protection
Revising Repackaging Agreements to Comply with the Container-Containment Regulations – J.D. Fish, Application Technology Manager, Bayer CropScience
Container-Containment “Rules to Reality” for Retail Dealerships – Ed Cranson, Environmental, Health and Safety Manager, J.R. Simplot Company
2009
Pesticide Container & Containment Rule: EPA’s Perspective
EPA’s Pesticide Container & Containment Rule: A Primer – Nancy Fitz,US EPA OPP
Results of the American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance Inspections and Retailers’ Experience with Containment and Managing Containers
Results of the American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance Inspections and Retailers’ Experience with Containment and Managing Containers – Kevin Runkle, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association and American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance
Pressure Testing Mini Bulk Containers – Clifford Schoettmer, Schoettmer Enterprises
New FAO-WHO Guidelines on Empty Pesticide Container Management – Dr. Gero Vaagt, FAO representative in Nicaragua
Pesticide Container and Containment Rule: Registrants’ Perspectives
C&C Rule: What Registrants Should Know and Do – Martin Fitzpatrick, BASF and CropLife America Stewardship Committee Chair
Implementing the Label Changes – Wendy Bair-Johnson, BASF
California’s Pesticide Container Recycling Law: Industry’s Perspective – Renee Pinel, Western Plant Health Association
California’s Pesticide Container Recycling Law: Recycler’s Perspective – Brad Bittleston, Interstate Ag Plastics Moderated Discussion
Learn about Products That Can Be Made From Less-Than-Perfectly Clean Used Ag Plastics: e.g., Sweet Crude, Roofing Material, Binder for Wood Fuels, Lumber.
Waste Plastic to Refined Petroleum – Dan Hauschild, Genesis Poly Recycling / Mario Davila, Ekoroof