Frank Franciosi

Greetings members,

Our Communicator this month is short but sweet - because we are getting ready for our family reunion at COMPOST2020.

This year’s conference will be a great one for takeaways for your community and stakeholders and learning the impact of compost on one of the most important topics of our time: climate change mitigation. We’re excited to watch you learn and network about best practices in our industry. We look forward to seeing you interact with equipment and service vendors who can help you be more productive in your manufacturing process. It’s especially rewarding for us to watch you connect with people who do what you do and from whom you can learn.

The conference is a great chance for:

• The compost manufacturer to talk over a coffee with a compostable tableware producer;
• A large-scale compost manufacturer to learn from a community composter on the front lines of contamination;
• A young professional to meet a seasoned mentor;
• A state or municipal regulator to discover the challenges of an entrepreneur learning the permitting ropes for the first time

We encourage you to get out of your comfort zone and use the resources that abound, and please help us recruit new members so we can expand the impact of our industry (see recruitment article below).

Looking forward to seeing you all in Charleston. Have a great conference!