We hope you’ve all returned refreshed and inspired by what you heard at COMPOST. Please enjoy this first monthly edition of the Compost Communicator! We’ve started a new partnership with Naylor Communications to bring you more regular and complete information about our advocacy activities, membership news, events and all the things you care about.
The USCC has selected Capitol Hill Management Services (CMHS) as the organization's new management service and support team. Capitol Hill began providing management services for USCC on February 1, 2019.
Did you miss getting a calendar at COMPOST2019? Would you like to get one even if you didn’t attend? Starting today, you can purchase a calendar for just $10.95 for members. Click below to get your copy now!
We want your photos! Not only for next year’s calendar, but to use on social media, in brochures and on our marketing materials! The member (these are open to members only) are always credited.
E3 Laboratories Inc. (E3) is pleased to become an STA Compost Certified Laboratory. E3 is located in the Niagara Region in Ontario, Canada. E3 Labs is an inorganic & microbiology laboratory serving large industrial and government clients. Our entire focus for the past one and a half years was setting up and validating compost analytical procedures. E3 participated in all 2018 rounds of compost analysis proficiency (CAP) testing.
Teton County Integrated Solid Waste and Recycling has contracted with Golder Associates and O2 Compost to develop an RFP to be issued in mid-March 2019 to select an operator for its compost facility at which yard waste, food waste, manure and possibly biosolids will be processed utilizing the aerated static pile method. Criteria will include project price, related experience and references; bids will be due in mid-April, and it is anticipated that the contract will be awarded on May 7, 2019.
The North Carolina Composting Council in 2018 awarded a $2,500 grant to Every Tray Counts, a NCCC and USCC non-profit member that focuses on helping individual schools to use compostable or reusable products and cut back on their lunchtime waste.
Check out the Soilbuilders Blog's latest posts by Britt Faucette of Filtrexx on compost use in construction projects and Ron Alexander on the importance of biosolids composting.
The on-site operations team is the backbone to the core of our service, which is providing clean collection containers. For our entire job board, click here.
Browse a full list of this month's new members!
 
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Read up on the latest developments in California, Maryland, New Jersey and Colorado.
The City Council of Berkeley, California voted unanimously last week to approve a sweeping ordinance aimed at eliminating single-use foodware by 2020, as reported by Berkeleyside and other publications. In addition to mandating compostable foodware for to-go orders and reusable dine-in foodware, the Single Use Disposable Foodware and Litter Reduction Ordinance will also require businesses to implement a $0.25 charge for disposable cups by January 2020.
A project at Princeton University is aiming to take leftovers and turn them into lush green lawns.The university held a ribbon-cutting took Tuesday for the campus biodigester, a machine which has the ability to turn everyday kitchen scraps into compost in just five days.
As more state and local governments consider food waste bans or recycling mandates, those that have paved the way are recommending a close look at the data to ensure sound policymaking. During a recent webinar hosted by The Composting Collaborative, speakers from California, Oregon and Massachusetts emphasized the importance of developing a data-based estimation methodology to determine the potential amount of recoverable food as accurately as possible.
After last week’s food audit, in which students sorted and weighed food waste, liquids, disposable trays and other types of cafeteria trash, Whitewater Middle School switched to compostable paper trays this week. Working with Every Tray Counts, a nonprofit group based in Chapel Hill, the school hopes to set the stage for a full-district switch from polystyrene to paper trays, following the lead of Chapel Hill-Carborro, Durham and, most recently, Wake County Public Schools.
On Sunday, February 3, the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Super Bowl LIII. And while all eyes were on the game, the halftime show and the commercials, notable sustainability plays happened behind the scenes.
Former Gov. Rick Snyder's $69 million Renew Michigan initiative managed to secure funding from the state legislature in December. Rather than raising landfill fees, as originally proposed, legislators reached a compromise to cover the expense with new online sales tax revenue.
If you are a compost manufacturing member and haven’t heard about it yet, take note of this benefit worth $2,750 to all levels of members: a discount on a CAT Wheel Loader. CAT’s engineers focused on the needs of compost facility operators to have fans and grills that deal with fine particles and produced a custom loader for compost manufacturers.
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Feb 2019
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Feb. 25-28, 2019; Boston, Mass.
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Mar 2019
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March 26-27, 2019; Rochester, NY
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Apr 2019
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April 1-4, 2019; Portland, Ore.
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Apr 2019
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April 7-11, 2019; Oslo, Norway
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Apr 2019
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April 9, 2019; Hartford, CT
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Apr 2019
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April 17, 2019, 4-8 PM; University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Minneapolis, MN
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May 2019
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May 23, 2019; Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
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Aug 2019
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Aug. 5-9, 2019; Ithaca, N.Y.
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