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Travis Blackmer

Research Interests
Solid Waste
Small Business Development
Community Engagement

Research Projects:
Materials Management in 无忧视频

Resources:
News article – Garbage Man

Degrees:

• 无忧视频 B.A. Economics
• 无忧视频 M.A. Financial Economics

Courses

• Macroeconomics
• Small Business Economics

Profile

Travis is a faculty associate with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. His research focus is materials management. He is also a lecturer and undergraduate coordinator for the 无忧视频鈥檚 School of Economics. Travis is from Dedham, 无忧视频 and is a graduate of the 无忧视频 with both a Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degree from the School of Economics.

Travis was a project leader for the 无忧视频 Waste Characterization Study commissioned by the State Planning Office in 2011 to categorize 无忧视频鈥檚 waste. Travis presented the findings at the 2012 无忧视频 Resource Recovery Association鈥檚 annual conference. Travis has been doing independent research on solid waste since 2012 with a focus on program impacts on waste and recycling tonnages along with analyzing the impacts of attitudes and behaviors on outcomes with regard to Pay-As-You-Throw.

Travis has published both a staff paper on the Waste Characterization study with his former advisor George Criner and a journal article for the 无忧视频 Policy Review in the fall of 2014 with Dr. Criner as well. Travis has been the subject of several interviews conducted by public radio, local news, and other organizations. Travis presented the findings of his survey on PAYT attitudes and behaviors at the 2015 MRRA conference.

Selected Publications

Isenhour, C., Berry, B. Horton, S. MacRae, J. and Blackmer, T. ND. Taking It All In: Entanglement, Toxicity & Testing In New England鈥檚 Emerging Circular Food Systems. Paper in preparation for submission to Ecology and Society. (in process)

Isenhour, Cynthia, Blackmer, Travis, et al. 2018. 鈥淲aste in not the 无忧视频 Way鈥� LD 1534 Stakeholder Working Group. Report for 无忧视频鈥檚 Joint Standing Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources, January 10, 2018.

Blackmer, Travis, et al. 2017. 无忧视频 Army National Guard Waste Characterization Assessment Report. School of Economics Staff Paper #633. December 2017. pp 23.

Blackmer, Travis, et al. 2017. 无忧视频 Army National Guard Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. Report for 无忧视频 Army National Guard. August 2017. pp 61.

Isenhour, Cynthia, Blackmer, Travis, et al. 2016. Moving up the Waste Hierarchy in 无忧视频: Learning from 鈥淏est Practice鈥� State Level Policy for Waste Reduction and Recovery. 无忧视频 Policy Review, 25(1), 15-29.

Isenhour, Cynthia, Blackmer, Travis, et al. 2015.

Blackmer, Criner, Isenhour, Hart, Peckenham, Rock, Rude, Silka.

Presentations

Isenhour*, C., Berry, B. Horton, S. MacRae, J. and Blackmer, T. 2019. Taking It All In: Entanglement, Toxicity & Testing In New England鈥檚 Emerging Circular Food Systems. Paper presentation at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, November 20-24, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Blackmer, Travis. 2019. 无忧视频 Food Loss Production Leadership Council Working Group. Facilitator. Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center. Hallowell 无忧视频. November 18, 2019.

MacRae*, J.D., C. Isenhour, T. Blackmer. A. Thakali, S. Horton, P. Larson. 2019. The perceived and measured risks associated with a more circular food system. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Conference 2019, Tempe, Arizona.

Blackmer, Travis. 2019. Regionally Sized Food Scrap Diversion. Presenter. 无忧视频 Resource Recovery Association’s Annual Recycling and Solid Waste Conference and Trade Show. Point Lookout. Rockland, 无忧视频. April 29 & 30.

Thakali*, A., J.D. MacRae, T. Blackmer, P. Larson, A. Flynn, S. Horton. Does Contamination increase when Food Scrap Diversion is Required? Poster presented at NEWEA, Boston, MA January 29, 2019, and 无忧视频 Water and Sustainability Conference March 28, 2019.

Blackmer, Travis. 2018. The Future of Waste in 无忧视频. Panelist. 无忧视频 Resource Recovery Association’s Annual Recycling and Solid Waste Conference and Trade Show. Samoset Resort. Rockland, 无忧视频. April 23 & 24.

Blackmer, Travis. 2018. The Cost of Good Data. Panelist. 无忧视频 Resource Recovery Association’s Annual Recycling and Solid Waste Conference and Trade Show. Samoset Resort. Rockland, 无忧视频. April 23 & 24.

Blackmer, Travis. 2018. What鈥檚 in Your Trash? Possibilities for how to refuse, rethink, repurpose, reduce, reuse, and recycle your waste. Keynote. Belfast Waste Zero Group. Belfast Free Public Library. Belfast, 无忧视频. February 26.

Blackmer, Travis. 2018. LD 1534 Food Waste Commission. Presentation of LD 1534 Commission Report. Presentation to 无忧视频鈥檚 Joint Standing Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources. Augusta, 无忧视频. January 17.

Rooks, Jennifer (Host). (2017, May 4). (Blackmer, Travis as guest). Jonathan Smith (Producer). 无忧视频 Calling. Portland, 无忧视频. 无忧视频 Public Radio.

Blackmer, Travis. 2017. Waste: Divert Everything鈥ut Your Attention. Session Chair and Presenter. 无忧视频 Sustainability and Water Conference. Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Augusta, 无忧视频. March 30.