Emerging Composter Competition

The 2022 USCC Emerging Composter Competition (ECC) took place in person this year with the same excitement and sensation, on Wednesday, January 26, at the COMPOST2022 conference and tradeshow. 13 finalists, including 2 international composters, were competing for a total of USD 6,000 in prize money. This edition saw a new voting mechanism taking place, which combined public voting and judging panel scoring. The conference attendees and judges had the opportunity to have a one-on-one discussion with the contestants, from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM before making up their mind. The public was provided with a QR code for a seamless paperless online voting process. The top three winners were announced during the Closing Celebration on the same day.
 
Final results:
1st: Dylan Lew of Ecotone Renewables Digester -- USD 3,000 sponsored by Rubicon.
2nd: David Velez of TAWA -- 2,000 USD sponsored by  Honeycomb Credit.
3rd: Jamie Blanchard-Poling of Compost Queen PBC (Curbside Micro Site Composting) -- 1,000 USD sponsored by McGill.
 
A big thank you to the ECC finalists ,sponsors - Ryan Cooper from Rubicon Global, Chip Homer from Honeycomb Credit, Gary Gittere from McGill,  the judges -  Ginny Black from CREF, Meredith Danberg Ficarelli from Common Ground Compost  and the volunteers of the organizing committee.  

All finalists with their posters                                                   Top three winners with their prize money