Building What’s Next – Strengthening Recycling Infrastructure Without Increasing Your Budget 

MACo’s 2026 Summer Conference Solutions Showcase features thought leaders and industry experts presenting resources and best practices to assist local governments. Check out this session hosted by Eastman Chemical!  

About Eastman Chemical: 

Eastman Chemical helps their partners solve society’s greatest challenges with technologies like molecular recycling, which takes plastic that would otherwise end up in landfills or incinerators and breaks it down to its original building blocks so it can be used over and over again. Their success has always been built around customer collaboration, and they’ll continue to work together to develop sustainable materials that open up countless possibilities for the future. 

Eastman | Material Innovation Company 

SOLUTIONS SHOWCASE SESSION:

Title: Building What’s Next – Strengthening Recycling Infrastructure Without Increasing Your Budget

Description: As recycling policy evolves, counties have an opportunity to prepare their systems for what comes next. This session will explore how producer-funded programs and cross-sector collaboration can support education as local waste and recycling programs change, while also helping communities plan for infrastructure needs. Join this session to learn how funding can generate available capital, transfer stations, and collection systems, while aligning to state level implementation, developing public-private partnerships, and introducing technology solutions to expand access and validate equity for vulnerable residents.

Date: 8/12/2026 

Time: 10:45 AM−11:15 AM 

Be sure to register for MACo’s Summer Conference to attend this session and many more! 

MACo’s Summer Conference, “Build What’s Next,” will be held at the Roland Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, MD, on August 12-15, 2026. 

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