Recycle Better Reunion

media release: After five years of teaching Recycle Better, come celebrate and join us for our Recycle Better Reunion!

For the past five years, Sustain Dane has taught the ins and outs of recycling through our award-winning Recycle Better course. This course has taught more than 1,400 people with their outreach projects reaching over 100,000 people. Now, we’re bringing our recycling community together for a Recycle Better Reunion!

Whether you’re a past Recycle Better participant or a recycling enthusiast, join us to connect with fellow recyclers, learn what happens to our materials after we recycle them, and get a behind-the-scenes look from local recycling processers. Come celebrate how far we’ve come, swap recycling stories, and connect with others who want to Recycle Better.

Where: Starting Block, 3rd floor cafe (821 E Washington Ave, Madison, WI 53703)

What: Networking, recycling bingo and games, and brief recycling stories from Sibelco, Alter Metal Recycling, Pellitteri, and more.

When: Wednesday, October 14 from 5:00—6:30 PM

• 5:00—5:30 PM Arrival and networking
• 5:30—6:15 PM Recycling stories from glass, metal, and electronics recyclers
• 6:15—6:30 PM Networking

Speakers:

• Amanda Hauser – account executive, Alter Metal Recycling: As of March 2027, Amanda will have been with Alter for 12 years, including nearly five years in her current marketing role. In addition to purchasing from industrial, commercial, and supplier accounts, Amanda works closely with Alter’s MFR and landfill customers throughout the surrounding Wisconsin region, with a focus on tin can bales and aluminum beverage cans.
• Garrett Modesitt – regional sourcing manager, Sibelco Glass Recycling: Garrett leverages one of the most extensive glass recycling networks in the world to divert spent glass material from landfills and transform it into reusable material infinitely. As a global leader operating across 32 countries, Sibelco helps protect our planet by recycling over 5 million tons of glass cullet every year instead of letting it go to landfills. By connecting local recycling programs with major manufacturers, Sibelco makes it easy to save energy, cut carbon emissions, and give everyday glass a second life. Garrett has held a variety of positions in the industrial waste & recycling industry over his career and has recently joined the Sibelco family this year.
• Todd C. Bollenbach: Todd has been the municipal account executive at Pellitteri Waste Systems for almost four years now. Todd is responsible for managing over 45 municipalities and 85,000 residential homes’ waste and recycling services and contracts. Along with speaking at municipal board meetings, community events, and sustainability meetings, Todd handles most of the Recycling Education and Outreach programs, as well as facilitates most of the tours at Pellitteri’s material recovery facility.

This event is free and open to the public. This program is supported by WM.