STARs of Central Texas Tour registration: https://recyclingstar.org/event-4608928/Registration

Hi All, my name is Uzair Iqbal and I am total recycling nerd. So naturally I started an Instagram blog showing cool consumer products made from unique recycled things. Think, sunglasses made from coffee waste and bikes made from coffee pods. You can check it out at @shopdobara

Excited for the webinar today!

Major upvote for Uzair's Instagram blog! Interesting products showcased, and sometimes he interviews the creators!

Feel free to drop questions in the chat through the presentations today!

great points Richard

and thank you Heather. And yes sometime I interview these companies on my podcast. Feel free to share any products that I don't know of

Will we be able to get copies of the slides to share with out team?

Is there a reason that e-stewards standards was picked over R2 for electronics recycling? I'm looking into it for my company (ZTERS waste) and am curious...

For Karen Hamilton, can you explain the piggback icon again, in the end?

where can we find the calculators used to convert. Names etc

Feel free to drop questions for Karen or Richard in the chat or raise your hand if you'd like to ask yourself.

Thank you Heather. The piggyback program seems really cool and helpful for the smaller counties to avoid as much time and resource that they might not have!

Do you anticipate the % of CO2e emissions in the upcoming study being similar to the 2009 study? 46% is significant! We're looking into a supply chain analysis and not sure what to expect.

kingcounty.gov/procurement/green

Here's the King County sustainable purchasing website: https://kingcounty.gov/depts/finance-business-operations/procurement/for-government/environmental-purchasing.aspx

Thank you very much! That's really helpful.

what are some strategies King County has implemented to successfully reduce paper consumption?

I remember a while back that some printers wouldn't work with recycled printer paper or that settings need to be adjusted. Has someone come into similar challenges? It's maybe a minor question for this webinar🙃

@Uzair - good question - as I understand it from Travis County's printing team this was an issue back in the day when recycled paper was a new thing, but modern printers and modern paper don't seem to have issues anymore. If anyone else has input they're welcome to jump in

Thank You, this was very helpful!

I have to sign off but thank you STAR and the speakers for putting on this informational webinar

Thank you all!

Thank you!

Thank you everyone for joining us!

Thank you Karen and Richard for Excellent presentations

Thank you!

Great job today! Thank you