2025 Symposium - Pre-Event

CircularSTL Symposium 2025

Our second annual CircularSTL symposium is designed for anyone interested in improving recycling, reuse, and other forms of circularity in St. Louis to:

Learn about the social and economic benefits of a circular approach to waste management, product design, and more
Learn about what’s happening (& no longer happening) in St. Louis with regard to reuse, recycling, and composting
Co-create a vision to shift St. Louis city from inaction to innovation for win-win circular solutions
Co-create a draft action plan for a more circular St. Louis region
Strengthen connections across our community

Join us October 30th from 9 AM - 2 PM at the University City Public Library

Free registration

Light snacks and refreshments will be provided

Program

9:00 Welcome & Orientation
STL's Circularity Story
Special Guest Speakers on What We Can Learn from Other Cities

10:00 Reimagining Compost & Recycling in STL (interactive discussions)

11:00 Reimagining Reuse in STL (interactive discussion)

12:00 Moving Forward Together: Next Steps & Ways to Engage

1:15 Symposium Closing

1:30 Lunch at Blueberry Hill

Appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided

Are you advancing circularity in St. Louis?

We want to feature you at the Symposium!

There are limited spaces available to display posters or banners at the event. We welcome both informational conference-style posters and branded vertical banners. We want attendees to learn about the work that you do to make circularity a reality in St. Louis. Advertising and product promotion displays will not be considered.

Poster requests must be made by October 8th.

Poster Request Form

October is Zero Waste Month!

The CircularSTL Symposium is featured on the global Zero Waste Month events map. Learn more and add your zero waste event to the map by visiting zerowastemonth.org.

Getting There

Venue

University City Public Library

6701 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130

Public Transportation

You can travel to the University City Public Library by MetroBus or MetroLink.

MetroBus

Route: 97 Delmar

Stops:

Delmar @ Kingsland (Westbound)
Delmar @ Sgt Mike King (Eastbound)

Route: 5 Green

Stop: Kingsland @ Loop North

MetroLink

Take the Red Line to the Delmar Loop Station. From there you can take the westbound 97 MetroBus to the Delmar @ Kingsland stop or walk or bike ~1 mile west along Delmar Ave to the library.

Biking

There are bicycle racks located by the entrance off the small parking lot behind the building. Delmar Ave. does not have bicycle lanes, please ride carefully.

Parking

You may park in either the small lot behind the library, enter from Sgt Mike King Dr or the large lot located across Kingsland Ave, enter from Leland Ave or Kingsland Ave.