Category: Organics Diversion

DIV.223-Will Implementation of Compostables Reduce Contamination and Capture More Food?-AC23.USCC

In collaboration with four Chicago dining venues and numerous stakeholders, CompostAble Chicago built a framework to evaluate how best practices for compostable serviceware are linked to rates of food capture and levels of contamination. Findings suggest a direct relationship between these practices and a diversion program’s effectiveness.Speakers: Ashley ElzingaDuration: 15 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price:… Continue reading DIV.223-Will Implementation of Compostables Reduce Contamination and Capture More Food?-AC23.USCC

DIV.224-Growing Food Scrap Diversion: Adding Food Waste as a Feedstock to Existing Compost Operations-AC23.USCC

To provide the audience an opportunity to hear from an industrial scale compost manufacturer with 10 years of food waste processing experience. The Compost Company has worked with food waste since its inception, allowing them to provide valuable perspective on the efficacy of incorporating food waste as a feedstock.Speakers: Clay Ezell, Brad MillerDuration: 20 minutesCredits:… Continue reading DIV.224-Growing Food Scrap Diversion: Adding Food Waste as a Feedstock to Existing Compost Operations-AC23.USCC

DIV.222-Enabling the Organics Recycling Renaissance: Lessons from those Generators, Haulers and Processors that are Rising to the Occasion-AC23.USCC

Participants will come away with real-life examples of generators, haulers and processors that are successfully evolving to meet the demand for organics recycling solutions. Ryan will share learnings of what works and what doesn’t work for market participants working to scale their organics landfill diversion operations.Speakers: Ryan CooperDuration: 18 minutesCredits: 0.5Member Price: $30.00Non-Member Price: $52.50Purchase… Continue reading DIV.222-Enabling the Organics Recycling Renaissance: Lessons from those Generators, Haulers and Processors that are Rising to the Occasion-AC23.USCC

DIV.111-Compostable Products: Benefits and Challenges to Organics Processing Systems-AC20.USCC

This video discusses the challenges and benefits of compostable products in a case study in Sonoma County, California, noting the research conducted and the various experts worked with to overcome these challenges and choose the best strategy. Speakers: Leslie Lukacs Duration: 24 minutes Credits: 0.5 Member Price: $30.00 Non-Member Price: $52.50 Purchase Course Now

DIV.110-Controlling the Upstream-AC22.USCC

Investing in the cleanliness of the feedstock stream before it reaches the facility is an important step that saves time, resources, and money. Your sales team, education and outreach efforts and customer support team can be major assets in this.  As the composter, we have the opportunity to control our streams through these individuals: The… Continue reading DIV.110-Controlling the Upstream-AC22.USCC

DIV.219-Coffee in the workplace and the role of compostable pods, pre-pandemic and future looking-AC21.USCC

There will be a continued increased of single serve coffee in workplaces where hopefully we can reduce the plastic with sustainable compostable solutions. Collaboration across the supply chain will be critical to ensure compostable solutions are properly certified and tested to ensure they can be properly processed. Speakers: Solange Ackrill Duration: 13 minutes Credits: 0.5… Continue reading DIV.219-Coffee in the workplace and the role of compostable pods, pre-pandemic and future looking-AC21.USCC

DIV.218-Research Trends in Community Composting & Technology-AC22.USCC

Qualitative research using an innovative platform to crowdsource insights on community composting was conducted. Real-time data was collected in a structured collaborative format enabling contributors to connect and react to information and add deeper meaning to the conversation. Our report contains careful examination of these conversations allowing the compost sector to understand current community composting… Continue reading DIV.218-Research Trends in Community Composting & Technology-AC22.USCC