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Agenda
Event Dates: November 12 – 15, 2025
With Pre-RCon training sessions beginning November 11
Exhibit Hall Open: November 12 – 14, 2025
RCon Schedule*
Tuesday, November 11
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | U.S. Plastics Pact Activator Action Summit (U.S. Pact activator attendees only)
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| 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | SWANA Training Courses
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| 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Load-In |
| 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | U.S. Plastics Pact Activator Networking Reception at Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center Great food, great drinks and great recycling--this reception has it all! See recycling in action at North America's largest recycling center--the Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center. Enjoy cocktails, hearty hors d’oeuvres, and visit the 3,000-foot Rumpke Education Center. While there, you'll experience interactive exhibits taking you through making in-store purchases, to recycling at home, to sorting items at the material recovery facility, and finally to the manufacturing of recyclables into the new products we purchase every day. After visiting the education center, see recycling in action! Take a walking tour through the material recovery facility. This Rumpke facility processes an average of 16,000 tons of material a month at a rate of 70 tons per hour with a 97% recycling recovery rate. Come see AI, optics, ballistics and trommel technology working together to sort recyclables by commodity. It's bound to be a business reception you'll never forget! |
Wednesday, November 12
| 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Franklin County Sanitary Landfill Tour |
| 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | SWANA Training Courses (continued)
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| 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Exhibitor Load-In |
| 8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. | U.S. Plastics Pact Activator Action Summit (U.S. Pact Action Summit attendees only)  |
| 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Chapter Connect (invitation only) |
| 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Franklin County Sanitary Landfill Tour |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | RCon Orientation Session |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Collection and Transfer Technical Division Meeting |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Planning and Management Technical Division Meeting |
| 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | Opening General Session |
| 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Opens / RCon Opening Reception |
| 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. | Volunteer Appreciation Bash (invitation only) |
Thursday, November 13
| 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Franklin County Sanitary Landfill Tour |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. | Landfill Management Technical Division Meeting |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. | Waste Conversion and Energy Recovery Technical Division Meeting |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | General Session |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open (lunch served in exhibit hall for all attendees) |
| 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Catalyst & Technical Sessions in New Way Theatre |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Leachate & Landfill Liquids Committee Meeting |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Field Practices, Extraction & Control / Training Joint Committee Meeting |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Legislative & Regulatory Committee Meeting |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Facilitated Roundtable Discussions |
| 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Sustainability Tour |
| 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Landfill Rebranding Committee Meeting |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | RCon Fun Run |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Communications, Education and Marketing Technical Division Meeting |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | SWANA Awards Celebration |
Friday, November 14
| 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Franklin County Sanitary Landfill Tour |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. | Landfill Gas & Biogas Technical Division Meeting |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. | Sustainable Materials Management Technical Division Meeting |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | General Session |
| 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open (lunch served in exhibit hall for all attendees) |
| 11:00a.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Catalyst & Technical Sessions in New Way Theatre |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Facilitated Roundtable Discussions |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Revive Environmental Technology Tour |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Talkin Trash Trivia |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | All-Conference Networking Event |
Saturday, November 15
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Facilitated Roundtable Discussions |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Concurrent Sessions |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Closing General Session |
*Schedule updated September 2nd. Subject to change.
