Building Collection Infrastructure for Composting: Success in the greater Worcester, Massachusetts area Join us for a Webinar on January 16th, 2014 Register Here. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/535827538 The webinar will feature the project team that initiated the collection infrastructure to bring commercial hauling of source separated organics to a…
Retail Dining Operations: Opportunities for Source Reduction and Effective Materials Management Webinar, Thursday, December 12th, 2013 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Join the College & University Recycling Coalition for the last of their 2013 webinar series. Collecting food waste in retail dining operations is challenging but the opportunities for food waste reduction are immense. Join CURC…
Did you miss the last College & University Recycling Coalition webinar on composting food waste on campus? Listen to speakers from Food Recovery Challenge partner Middlebury College in Vermont along with two other great speakers! Presenters -Joe Rasmussen, Ed.D., LEED AP BD+C, Integrated Waste Management Specialist, CalRecycle -Missy Beckwith, Assistant Director for Support Services, Middlebury…
Are you not already a Food Recovery Challenge partner? The Food Recovery Challenge asks participants to reduce as much of their food waste as possible – saving money, helping communities, and protecting the environment. Have you started or plan to start food recovery work? You can now join through the new data platform. It is…
Thursday, December 5th, 2013 – Composting Strategies for Colleges and Universities Webinar, Thursday, December 5, 2013 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM In this Webinar, the EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge (FRC) will be explained and success stories from partners will be shared. Whether your school has been composting for years or is just beginning to contemplate a composting…
Martha’s Vineyard is an island that has to ship it’s waste off to landfills and incinerators on the mainland of Massachusetts, which can get very expensive. A large percentage of that waste consists of compostable materials, like food waste and other organics. Instead of being trucked off the island, these materials could be processed into compost through a…
MSSCOR invites you to attend the first conference call among MSSCOR, John Fischer of the MassDEP; Sarah Cadorette of FoodDay Massachusetts; Heather Billings of RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts, and more! There will be Q&A sessions after each speaker, and open discussions after their presentations. Spread the word, ask pertinent questions, and add your perspective or helpful tip. Friday, Noon – 1 October…
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) recently posted a directory of vendors of small organics-to-energy systems. These systems are of potential interest to generators with feedstocks in the range of 0.5 to 30 tons per day, such as small farms, individual food waste generators, or small community systems.
The RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts program has posted recommended best management practices (BMPs) for source-separated food waste collection at businesses and institutions. These BMPs are intended to serve as a resource for local health officials, as well as provide guidance to businesses and institutions and their haulers. Check out the below web page for more information! …
BioCycle and the American Biogas Council interviewed Kenneth Kimmell, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, about opportunities for renewable energy from anaerobic digestion in Massachusetts. Check out the informative article, published in BioCycle Magazine, here.
