FTC Releases Agenda for Green Guides Workshop, Jeff Greenbaum

The Federal Trade Commission just released the agenda for its "Talking Trash at the FTC: Recyclable Claims and the Green Guides" workshop scheduled for May 23rd. The workshop, which is being held in Washington, D.C. and is open to the public, will be focused on "recyclable" advertising claims. The workshop is being held in connection with the FTC's review of the Green Guides.

Here are the details:

James Kohm, the Associate Director of the Division of Enforcement at the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, will deliver opening and closing remarks.

There will be three panel discussions, all of which will be moderated by Julia Solomon Ensor and Hampton Newsom, who are attorneys in the Bureau of Consumer Protection's Division of Enforcement.

The first panel will be "Current State of Recycling Market and Claims." The speakers are:

Kate Bailey, Chief Policy Officer, Association of Plastic Recyclers
Anne Germain, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, National Waste & Recycling Association
Adam Riedel, Manager, Environmental Management Office, Arlington VA County Government
Kaelah Smith, Assistant Attorney General, State of Connecticut
Anthony Tusino, Senior Program Officer for Plastic Policy Advocacy, WWF
Eric Unis, Senior Attorney, National Advertising Division

The second panel will be "Consumer Perception of Recycling Claims." The speakers are:

Sarah Dearman, Chief Innovation Officer, The Recycling Partnership
Karen Hagerman, Director, How2Recycle, GreenBlue
Brian Hawkinson, Executive Director, Recovered Fiber, American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)
Kim Holmes, Owner and Principal Consultant, 4R Sustainability
Bonnie Patten, Executive Director, Truth in Advertising (TINA.org)

The third panel will be "Future of the Green Guides." The speakers are: