The 8th Massachusetts Organics Recycling Summit

Date: Mar. 4-5, 2008

Location: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, Marlborough, MA

The 8th Massachusetts Organics Recycling Summit: "The Changing Climate of Composting"

When: Tuesday, March 4, 8:00am to 4:00pm (conference & exhibit hall) Wednesday, March 5, 2008 (training)

Where: Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, Marlborough, MA

Join us for a professional conference and vendor exhibit hall, focused on food waste composting and diversion efforts in Massachusetts. Last year's Summit attracted over 225 professionals from 14 states, and continues to grow. This year's agenda includes a second day offering a composting course for site operators, municipal boards of health and regulatory staff.


Plenary Sessions:

  • Composting and Climate Change - This year we are excited to welcome Dr. Sally Brown, Research Associate Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle and Nora Goldstein, Editor of BioCycle as they discuss composting and climate change connections.

  • Hear about several feasibility studies currently being conducted in Massachusetts to site anaerobic digesters at municipal wastewater treatment facilities, landfills and farms.


Breakout Sessions

  • Hear from Steve Mojo of the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) on the current trends of biodegradable products use.

  • Learn about composting technologies such as "compost blankets" and in-vessel systems.


Roundtable Discussions:

  • MassDEP staff will be available to discuss the regulatory process for adding food waste to leaf and yard waste composting sites.

  • Funding opportunities for organics diversion projects. Emerging technologies for on-site management of food residuals.


Who should attend? Organics Recycling Professionals:

  • Commercial and municipal composters, haulers, and equipment vendors.


Government Officials:

  • Recycling, health, public works, wastewater, and composting.


Food Waste/Organics Generators:

  • Supermarkets, hotels, institutional food service, restaurants, healthcare, colleges, and corrections.

Interested in Exhibiting or Sponsoring, please contact:
Morgan Harriman at morgan.harriman@state.ma.us.
617-654-6580.

Host: Massachsetts DEP

Contact: Morgan Harriman

Tel: (617) 654-6580

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