March 10 Composting Conference

The 2014 Compost Conference March 10th, O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina  Worm Ladies Website     Environmental Council     Salve Regina

20  2014 Compost Conference Sponsors Town of Portsmouth Recycling Committee Exhibitors Brownbear Corporation Buxton Hollow Farm Green Mountain Technologies NOFA RI RI Resource Recovery Corporation SCS Engineers Sustainable Aquidneck Vertal Inc. The Worm Ladies of Charlestown /Ben's Bins Environment Council of Rhode Island PO Box 40568 Providence RI 02940 401-621-8048 environmentcouncil@earthlink.net www.environmentcouncilri.org

Purpose of the Compost Conference Compost Conference Agenda  8:30 Registration, Bagels, and Trade Show 9: 00 Welcomes 9:25 Tim Faulkner Previous Strategies for Recycling Organics 9:35 Facilitated Brainstorm What will it take to handle all of Rhode Island's organics. 9:55 Introduction of workshops 10:10 Workshops Round 1 Workshop 1 The Providence Compost Pilot Sheila Dormody Director of Sustainability City of Providence Liza Sutton Community Garden Director Southside Community Land Trust Michael Bradlee President Earth Appliance Workshop 2 Composting on Aquidneck Island Kyle Hence Sustainable Aquidneck Lauren Carson Newport Energy and Environment Commission Workshop 3 Home Composting and the Master Composters J Eric Scherer, Toni Ciani, Bob Barnes URI Master Compost Program Workshop 4 Practical Policy considerations Ken Payne Systems Aesthetics LLC Greg Gerritt RI Compost Initiative Round one ends 11:15 Mid-scale Vermicomposting in Cafeterias  The Worm Ladies Workshop 11:25 Workshops Round 2 Workshop 5 The Solid Waste Plan and Smith Hill Developments Sarah Kite Director of Recycling RI Resource Recover Corporation Representative Donna Walsh Donna Walsh legislation Workshop 6 Something Different: Worms and Odors Nancy Warner Worm Ladies of Charlestown Claude Beaule Vice President Vertal Inc. Workshop 7 Food Services Get Ready: Don't Waste Food Robert Ross Johnson & Wales University Christine Beiling Project Engineer, Assistance and Pollution Prevention Unit US EPA | Lunch 12:30   1:45 Panel Moving forward in CT, MA, and RI State Environmental Agency perspectives and initiatives K. C. Alexander Organics Recycling Specialist CT DEEP Recycling Program Terry Gray Associate Director for Environmental Protection RIDEM Sumner Martinson Director, Composting Program MADEP 3PM Closing WORMS AVAILABLE AT THE CONFERENCE Interested in starting vermicomposting? Need more worms? The Worm Ladies will be exhibitors at the conference.  Worms will be available.   If you are interested in any other products listed on our website, email or call us and we will bring them to the conference. Ben Goldberg, BEN'S BINS, will be joining with The Worm Ladies, Nancy Warner, Chris Bertoni and Jenny Galli    Ben Goldberg Nancy Warner VISIT OUR WEBSITE

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