The Stony Brook University Waste Reduction and Management Institute (WRMI) will join with the Evan R. Liblit Scholarship Committee and Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine to host The 2025 Larry Swanson Environmental Symposium on Wednesday, June 25th at Suffolk County Community College's Brentwood campus from 8am-12pm, ET. Attendees must register prior to arriving at the event.
Long Island elected officials and solid waste experts will gather to address the future of how Long Island will manage its ever-increasing waste including:
- Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine speaking regarding Suffolk County’s efforts to facilitate environmentally sound and cost-effective waste management;
- The work of the WRMI in developing a regional solid waste management plan;
- The critical role of waste to energy facilities in managing Long Island solid waste and waste to energy ash processing and recycling;
- Separation of recyclables from mixed solid waste and construction and demolition debris;
- Regional glass recycling;
- Removing organics/food scraps from the waste stream
The WRMI was created by the New York State Legislature to confront the increasingly complex waste issues arising on Long Island, where per capita waste generation exceeds that in the rest of the U.S. Long Island is also a place where future landfills have been prohibited to protect the Island’s drinking water, which is solely derived from an underground aquifer. Michael E. White serves as the WRMI’s Interim Director at Stony Brook University.
“This year’s Larry Swanson Environmental Symposium comes at a critical time for determining the future of solid waste management on Long Island,” said Interim Director of the WRMI Michael E. White. “WRMI is proud to be a partner in bringing forth the Symposium and to have the opportunity to present the need for regional solid waste planning on Long Island along with the work of WRMI to develop such a plan connecting with local government, the solid waste industry and stakeholders.”
The Evan R. Liblit Memorial Scholarship Committee provides scholarships at Stony Brook and hosts events and webinars aimed at improving recycling and solid waste management.
The event will take place at the Suffolk Federal Credit Union Arena (Lecture Hall D105) at Suffolk Community College’s Grant Campus (Crooked Hill Rd, Brentwood, NY 11717). For more information about the programming, please contact wrmi@stonybrook.edu.