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

Saturday, May 21, 2011

NRA Show 2011
Chicago, IL

Compost, The Quiet Hero Returns with THE HOW
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)

Thursday, January 27, 2011

National Restaurant Association Board of Directors Meeting
Palm Springs, CA

ZWZ:  Mobilizing an Industry
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)

December 1, 7, & 8, 2010

Waste Management Fourth Quarter Area (GA, NC, SC) Management Meetings
WM Area Corporate Offices, Marietta, GA

Topic:  Zero Waste Zones:  Mobilizing an Industry
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 9th, 2012
Green Real Estate Summit 2012

The 2012 GREEN Real Estate Summit  focused on sustainable operations and maintenance of existing buildings. In addition to providing a forum to network and learn best green practices from other individuals in the commercial real estate industry, the Summit featured educational seminars equipping attendees with the knowledge and skills they need to go green successfully.  Ei Founder Holly Elmore spoke under the topic, Realities and Resources: Rapid Fire - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Sustainability in ACTION (676 KB)

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Green Growth & Resource Recovery: The New Orleans Opportunity. A CoRR Conference
New Orleans, LA

Industry 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 find the PPT & video for Holly's presentation.

SFCI update at the CoRR Meeting (691 KB)

Video (41451 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.

2011 Speaking Engagements:

November 16, 2011

Annual Ei Sponsor & Advisory Council Meeting

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 meeting 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)

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

National Restaurant Association Quality Assurance Executive Study Group Annual Meeting

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)

 

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Foodservice Package Institute Member Meeting

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)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Green is Good for Business, Columbia, SC

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

Green is Good for Business (739 KB)

Tuesday August 16, 2011 

SCHA ZWZ ATL Tour

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)

Tuesday May 24, 2011

Recycling Integrity:  Truths, Myths & Emerging Technologies 

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 5-24-11 (487 KB)

Sunday May 22, 2011

NRA Conserve Solutions Center at the NRA Show, 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)

Monday, January 24, 2011

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

December 14, 2010

Food Diversion in North Carolina Webinar

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

November 17, 2010

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
2010 FOREST SERVICE SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS SUMMIT, Atlanta, GA

Leading By Example to Conserve Natural Resources

Zero Waste Zones: Mobilizing an Industry (11043 KB)

 

COMPOST: The Quiet Hero (144 KB)

Thursday June 17, 2010 - 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. 

Global Green’s Coalition for Resource Recovery, Paley Center for Media, New York, New York

Topic:  Commercial Food Waste: Opportunities to Enhance NYC Recovery Infrastructurer 
Holly spoke on POWER, ZWZ relevance to NYC.

POWER Presentation - June 17, 2010 (838 KB)

Monday May 24, 2010

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
National Restaurant Association Show, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL

Topic:  Compost:  The Quiet Hero

COMPOST: The Quiet Hero (144 KB)

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.

Wednesday, March 31

Emory University, Goizueta Business School 

Topic:  Zero Waste Zones:  The Business Case.

Zero Waste Zones: The Business Case (1018 KB)

Tuesday, March 2

GreenPrints Conference, Atlanta, GA. 

Topic:  A Building in Balance:  Zero Energy, Waste & Wate

A Building in Balance: Zero Energy, Waste & Water (1014 KB)

Monday, January 25

US Composting Council Conference, Orlando, FL.

Topic:  Zero Waste Zones:  Mobilizing an Industry to Make a Difference 

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

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2009 Speaking Engagements:

Thursday, September 19

EPA Webinar

Topic:  Zero Waste Zones:  From Philosophy to Practical Implementation

Thursday, May 14
Georgia Business Travelers Association

 Topic: Zero Waste Zone introduction

Zero Waste Zone Introduction (2432 KB)