Speaking Engagements

Holly Elmore, Founder & CEO of Elemental Impact, is an engaging speaker who captivates the audience with her passion and leaves them with a commitment to take action.  In addition to speaking on ZWZs, Holly is known as an expert on food residual collection for composting and her enthusiasm for making a difference.

Featured Speaking Engagements

NRA Show 2011 

Compost, The Quiet Hero Returns with THE HOW

Saturday, May 21, 2011 | Chicago, IL
Holly Elmore, Ei CEO & ZWZ Director, returned for an encore performance at the 2011 NRA Show. This year Holly was joined by the Chris Triad.  Chris Moyer with NRA Conserve program gave an overview of how the Conserve program supports foodservice organics collection. Chris Newman with the U.S. EPA spoke on government assistance available. Chris Koetke with Kendall College presented on the specifics of HOW to develop an organics collection program. Holly gave a brief overview of the WHY organics collection is important and served as the session moderator.

The WHY Recap (185 KB)

Compost, The Quiet Hero. NRA Conserve, Chris Moyer (3746 KB)

Government Assistance In Organics Collection, NRA Show, Chris Newman (891 KB)

Composting: Living It! Teaching It! with Chef Chris Koetke, Kendall School of Culinary Arts (1695 KB)

National Restaurant Association Board of Directors Meeting
ZWZ:  Mobilizing an Industry

Thursday, January 27, 2011 | Palm Springs, CA Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore educates the National Restaurant Association Board of Director’s Sustainability and Social Responsibility Committee on the ZWZ program.  The presentation invites the NRA to mobilize the foodservice industry to embrace organics collection.

January 2011 POWER meeting presentation (2941 KB)

Waste Management Q4 Area (GA, NC, SC) Management Meetings
Zero Waste Zones: Mobilizing an Industry

December 1, 7 & 8, 2010 | WM Area Corporate Offices, Marietta, GA
Holly educated the WM management team on the importance of zero waste initiatives and the changing paradigm of the disposable industry.

Zero Waste Zones: Mobilizing an Industry Presentation (6059 KB)

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2012 Speaking Engagements

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Green Growth & Resource Recovery: The New Orleans Opportunity.

A CoRR ConferenceNew Orleans, LAIndustry experts travelled from across the nation and Canada to present on how their experience may used in rebuilding NOLA’s recycling infrastructure. Ei Founder & CEO, SFCI director, Holly Elmore presented a SFCI update. Below are PPT & video for Holly's presentation.

SFCI Update at CoRR Meeting (691 KB)

ZWA blog post Global Green Team Work in NOLA gives a conference overview. The Ei FB album, 03-02-12 NOLA Resource Recovery Conference, gives a pictorial recap. 
 

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2011 Speaking Engagements

Annual Ei Sponsor & Advisory Council Meeting
HLB Gross Collins
November 16, 2011
Ei Sponsors and AC travelled from around the country for an energized meeting filled with in-depth updates, strategy session and networking. 

11-16-11 Meeting Notes (139 KB)

11-16-11 Ei Sponsor AC Mtg with HMSHost pages (408 KB)

11-16-11 SGM Agenda ZWZ Expansion Slides (584 KB)

POWER WebSite 11-16-11 (14793 KB)

11-16-11 SGM Agenda GREASE Slide (79 KB)

11-16-11 SGM Agenda Bus Projections Slides (164 KB)

National Restaurant Association Quality Assurance Executive Study Group Annual Meeting
Tuesday October 4, 2011
The NRA invited Ei Founder & ZWZ Director Holly Elmore to introduce Recycling Integrity: Truths, Myths & Emerging Technologies at the Quality Assurance Executive Study Group’s Annual Meeting.  Visit the ZWZ Blog post, Recycling Integrity Introduced @ NRA Quality Assurance Meeting, for a recap of the meeting. 

10-04-11 NRA Recycling Integrity (593 KB)

Foodservice Package Institute Member Meeting

Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The FPI fall member meeting held in Denver, CO included an afternoon sustainable packaging session.  Ei Founder & ZWZ Director Holly Elmore joined Biodegradable Products Institute, Earth911.com, Coalition for Resource Recovery and the National Restaurant Association for the invigorating session.  Holly presented on the ZWZ|POWER|SFCI programs and pilots.

09-21-11 FPI - Denver (724 KB)

Green is Good for Business, Columbia, SC
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The City of Columbia, in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, hosted the Annual Green is Good for Business.  ZWZ Director Holly Elmore presented on Zero Waste Zones:Mobilizing an Industry. Visit the ZWZ Blog post, Columbia Rock’n in the Green, for a conference overview.

Green is Good for Business (739 KB)

SCHA ZWZ ATL Tour

Tuesday August 16, 2011
The South Carolina Hospitality Association brought a group of Board members, local business executives and City of Columbia staff and councilman to tour Atlanta’s Zero Waste Zones’ Participant sites. ZWZ Director Holly gave a ZWZ introduction at the Georgia Restaurant Association’s offices.

08-11 SCHA ZWZ ATL Tour PPT (781 KB)

Recycling Integrity: Truths, Myths & Emerging Technologies
Tuesday May 24, 2011
Holly Elmore, Ei CEO & ZWZ Director, presented along with Chris Moyer of the NRA Conserve Program and Buzz Chandler of Asean|StalkMarket & BPI Board Member on bringing integrity to current recycling practices.

Recycling Integrity with the 05-24-11 IFSS (487 KB)

NRA Conserve Solutions Center at the NRA Show

Sunday May 22, 2011 | McCormick Place, Chicago
Holly Elmore, Ei CEO, presented at the NRA Conserve Solutions Center at the NRA Show on Elemental Impact initiatives, including Zero Waste Zones, POWER – Perishable Organics Waste to Energy Recycling, and SFCI – Sustainable Food Court Initiatives.

2011 NRA Show: Conserve! (2763 KB)

ZWZ|NRA: Mobilizing the Foodservice Industry to Embrace Organics Collection

Monday, January 24, 2011 | Power Meeting in Santa Clara, CA in conjunction with the U.S. Composting Council’s Conference
Mobilizing the Foodservice Industry to Embrace Organics Collection Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore tag teams with Chris Moyer of the National Restaurant Association’s Conserve Program in a presentation on the impact of mobilizing the foodservice industry to embrace organics collection.

NRA-ZWZ Presentation (2941 KB)

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2010 Speaking Engagements

Food Diversion in North Carolina Webinar

December 14, 2010
Please click here for the agenda and presentation Presented by the Government of North Carolina's NC Project Green

Sponsor, Advisory Council & Board Meeting

November 18, 2010 | HLB Gross Collins, Atlanta, GA

Sponsor, Advisory Council & Board of Directors Meeting (585 KB)

2010 Forest Service Sustainable Operations Summit

November 17, 2010 | Atlanta, GA | Leading By Example to Conserve Natural Resources
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Compost, The Quiet Hero
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Plenary Session: Zero Waste Zones, Mobilizing an Industry to Make a Difference

COMPOST: The Quiet Hero (144 KB)

Zero Waste Zones: Mobilizing an Industry (11043 KB)

Commercial Food Waste: Opportunities to Enhance NYC Recovery Infrastructure

June 17, 2010, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Global Green’s Coalition for Resource Recovery, Paley Center for Media, New York, New York
Holly spoke on POWER, ZWZ relevance to NYC

POWER Presentation - June 17, 2010 (1022 KB)

National Restaurant Association Show | Compost: The Quiet Hero

May 24, 2010, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.| McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
The foodservice industry is one of the largest producers of "food residuals", a valuable resource, which is typically hauled to landfills. Discover how your operation can save money by composting those food residuals and gain insight about the importance compost plays in soil rejuvenation, water conservation and the production of nutritious food. Holly Elmore, CEO & Founder of Elemental Impact and Director, Zero Waste Zones, shared her insights on those opportunities and why the EPA has made the diversion of organic matter from landfills one of their top priorities.

COMPOST: The Quiet Hero (144 KB)

National ZWZ Team Strategy Meeting

Thursday, April 1, 2010

National ZWZ Team Strategy Meeting (1088 KB)

Zero Waste Zones: The Business Case

March 31, 2010 | Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Zero Waste Zones: The Business Case (952 KB)

A Building in Balance: Zero Energy, Waste & Water

March 2, 2010 | GreenPrints Conference, Atlanta, GA

A Building in Balance: Zero Energy, Waste & Water (768 KB)

Zero Waste Zones: Mobilizing an Industry to Make a Difference

January 25, 2010 | US Composting Council Conference, Orlando, FL

ZWZ: Mobilizing an Industry to Make a Difference (3298 KB)

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2009 Speaking Engagements

Zero Waste Zones: From Philosophy to Practical Implementation

September 19, 2009 | EPA Webinar
Topic: Zero Waste Zones: From Philosophy to Practical Implementation

Zero Waste Zone Introduction

May 14, 2009 | Georgia Business Travelers Association

Zero Waste Zone Introduction (948 KB)