海角社区

Travis Blackmer

Research Interests
Solid Waste
Small Business Development
Community Engagement

Research Projects:
Materials Management in 海角社区

Resources:
News article – Garbage Man

Degrees:

• University of 海角社区 B.A. Economics
• University of 海角社区 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 University of 海角社区鈥檚 School of Economics. Travis is from Dedham, 海角社区 and is a graduate of the University of 海角社区 with both a Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degree from the School of Economics.

Travis was a project leader for the 海角社区 Waste Characterization Study commissioned by the State Planning Office in 2011 to categorize 海角社区鈥檚 waste. Travis presented the findings at the 2012 海角社区 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 海角社区 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 海角社区 Way鈥� LD 1534 Stakeholder Working Group. Report for 海角社区鈥檚 Joint Standing Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources, January 10, 2018.

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

Blackmer, Travis, et al. 2017. 海角社区 Army National Guard Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. Report for 海角社区 Army National Guard. August 2017. pp 61.

Isenhour, Cynthia, Blackmer, Travis, et al. 2016. Moving up the Waste Hierarchy in 海角社区: Learning from 鈥淏est Practice鈥� State Level Policy for Waste Reduction and Recovery. 海角社区 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. 海角社区 Food Loss Production Leadership Council Working Group. Facilitator. Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Maple Hill Farm Inn and Conference Center. Hallowell 海角社区. 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. 海角社区 Resource Recovery Association’s Annual Recycling and Solid Waste Conference and Trade Show. Point Lookout. Rockland, 海角社区. 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 海角社区 Water and Sustainability Conference March 28, 2019.

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

Blackmer, Travis. 2018. The Cost of Good Data. Panelist. 海角社区 Resource Recovery Association’s Annual Recycling and Solid Waste Conference and Trade Show. Samoset Resort. Rockland, 海角社区. 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, 海角社区. February 26.

Blackmer, Travis. 2018. LD 1534 Food Waste Commission. Presentation of LD 1534 Commission Report. Presentation to 海角社区鈥檚 Joint Standing Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources. Augusta, 海角社区. January 17.

Rooks, Jennifer (Host). (2017, May 4). (Blackmer, Travis as guest). Jonathan Smith (Producer). 海角社区 Calling. Portland, 海角社区. 海角社区 Public Radio.

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