Wednesday, March 5, 2014

March 10 Composting Conference

The 2014 Compost Conference
March 10th, O'Hare Academic Center, Salve Regina





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 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

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


worms in apples
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

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


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