2011 Proceedings

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USCC Conference Program | Tuesday, Jan 25

Track 1 Industry Growth, Regulations, Organic Agriculture Market in CA

10:45am Composting industry growth

* How to Grow the U.S. Composting Industry. Nora Goldstein, BioCycle, Emmaus, PA

* Meeting the Challenges of a New Decade—An Update on the CA Composting Industry. Matthew Cotton, IWM Consulting, Nevada City, CA

* Waste Management Grows its Organics Portfolio, Eric Myers, Waste Management, Houston TX

1:45pm REGULATIONS AND CARBON CREDITS

* New USDA and FDA Rules May Affect Composters, Pat Millner, USDA, Beltsville, MD

* How Can Permitting Encourage More Organics Diversion and Composting? Terry Keene, Barton & Loguidice Camp Hill, PA

* Model State Composting Regulations, Brenda Platt, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington, DC

* Climate Action Reserve Protocol for Organic Waste Composting, Joel Levin, Climate Action Reserve, Los Angeles, CA

4:15pm SELLING COMPOST TO CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARMS: THE IMPACT OF CA AB 856

* Implementing AB 856, Amadou Ba, California Department of Food & Agriculture

* Impact of AB856 on the Organic Marketplace Bill Wolf, Wolf, DiMatteo + Associates

* The Grower Perspective Claudia Reid, Policy Director, CCOF

Track 2 Food Residuals and Increased Diversion

10:45am Food Residuals 1

* San Francisco’s Mandatory Food Composting Collection Experience, Jack Macy, City & County of San Francisco Department of the Environment, San Francisco, CA

* Overcoming Barriers to Increased Commercial, Residential, and Institutional Recycling and Composting of Food Residuals, Mike Manna, Organic Recycling Solutions, Manchester, NJ

* Parallel Universe: Emerging Interest in Food Scraps from Wastewater Utilities—Updates and Perspectives, Kendall Christiansen & Michael Keleman, Gaia Strategies, Brooklyn, NY

* Enabling Community Stewards to Step Forward, Rod Muir, Sierra Club Canada, Toronto, CAN

1:45pm FOOD RESIDUALS 2—COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL EVENTS

* Food Waste Composting at Goshen College, Lewis Naylor, David Zwier, Hannah Eberly and Glenn Gilbert, Goshen College, Goshen, IN

* University of Michigan Campus-Wide Food Waste Composting Options Feasibility Study, Nicole Chardoul, Resource Recycling Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, and Tracy Artley, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

* Capturing Organics Key to San Jose’s Best in Class Approach to Greening Special Events, Donna Thurmon, City of San Jose, San Jose, CA

4:15pm ACHIEVING INCREASED DIVERSION 1

* Seattle Mariners and Strategic Partnerships: A Success Story in Waste Diversion and Conservation, Scott Jenkins, Seattle Mariners, Seattle, WA, and Michele Talucci, Pak-Sher, Kilgore, TX

* Diversion and Conversion—Innovative Solutions for Commercial Organics, Jeff Anderson, City of San Jose, San Jose, CA

* Processing Innovations In San Jose, Emily Hanson, GreenWaste Recovery, San Jose, CA

* Auditing Route Participation: a Case Study. Brian Matthews, Alameda County, CA

Track 3 Anaerobic Digestion, Renewable Energy, Compostability Testing

10:45am ANAEROBIC DIGESTION

* Challenges and Opportunities in Developing an Anaerobic Digestion Project, Nadeem Afghan, BIOFerm Energy Systems, Madison, WI

* State of the Art of Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal Solid Waste in Europe in 2010, Luc De Beare, Bruno Mattheeuws, and Norma Mc Donald, Organic Waste Systems, Dok Noord 4, BE

* Incorporating High Solids Anaerobic Digestion into an Existing, Successful Composting Facility.  Jan Allen and Alexander MacFarlane, Harvest Power, Waltham, MA

* Developing an Organics to Energy Program: Parallel Track Approach to Maximize Benefits, Zeynep Erdal, CH2M HILL, Santa Ana, CA, Peter Klein, St. Paul Port Authority, St. Paul, MN; Doug Lubben, John Borghesi, CH2M HILL, Mendota Heights, MN, and Marty Reif, CH2M HILL, Chantilly, VA

1:45pm ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

* Anaerobic Digestion and/or Composting of Source Separated Organics; an Analysis of the Opportunities and Challenges of Combining These Technologies, Tim O’Neill, Engineered Compost Systems, Seattle, WA, and Mark Gould, CDM, Cambridge, MA

* Renewable Energy from Organics: Thermal Energy Recovery from In-Vessel Aerobic Composting, Joshua Nelson and Brian Jerose, Agrilab Technologies, LLP, Pawlet, VT

* Methods of Recovering and Utilizing Renewable Energy and Compost from Post-Consumer Organic Materials, George M. Savage and Luis F. Diaz CalRecovery, Inc., Concord, CA

* Leveraging Regional Assests for Energy Conversion Initiatives, Jo Zientek City of San Jose, San Jose, CA

4:15pm COMPOSTABILITY TESTING, CODIGESTION ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

* Compostable Products: The Past, Present, and Future, What Every Composter Needs to Know, Michele Riggs, Cedar Grove Composting, Seattle, WA

* The Co-Digestion Economic Analysis Tool (CoEAT) … Because You Have to CoEAT Before You Co-Digest. Laura Moreno, USEPA, Region 9, San Francisco, CA

* Improved profitability by combining Wet Anaerobic Digestion with Composting, Klaus Ruhmer, Enbasys Gmbh, Austria

* Case Study-Santa Barbara County: Dry Fermentation Anaerobic Digestion of Mixed MSW Organics, John Dewey, Mustang Renewable Power Ventures, Newport Beach, CA

Track 4 Emissions, Bioplastics, Education

10:45am AIR EMISSIONS AND ODOR CONTROL

* Speciation, Ozone Formation Potential and Mitigation of VOCs from Compost, Peter G. Green, Anuj Kumar, Isabel Faria, Univ. Calif. at Davis, Davis, CA, Robert Horowitz, CA Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, Sacramento, CA

* Compost Emissions: Research and Regulatory Progress, Robert Horowitz, CA Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery, Sacramento, CA

* Getting Odors Under Control at an Expanding Large Scale Aerated Static Pile Biosolids Composting Facility, Tim O’Neill, Engineered Compost Systems, Seattle, WA

* Benefits Resulting from the Implementation of a Real Time Odor Impact Management System, Thierry Pagé, Odotech Inc., Montreal, CAN

1:45pm BIOPLASTIC INNOVATIONS AND CASE STUDIES IN EXPANDED USES

* Bioplastics and Managing Post Consumer Feedstock Streams, Debra Darby and Robert Whitehouse, Mirel Bioplastics by Telles, Lowell, MA

* Compostable Thermoplastic Starch/Biodegradable Polyester Polymer Blends, Edwin Tam, Greg Anderson Teknor Apex Company, Pawtucket, RI, Dr. Basil Favis, McGill University, Montreal, CAN, Pierre Sarazin, Cerestech, Montreal, CAN

* Biodegradation of Compostable Plastic Snack Bags With Metallized Coating in Green-Yard Waste and Food Waste Compost, Joseph Greene, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA

* Extensive Use of Compostable Shopping Bags in Italy: Synergy and Integration Between Retail Sector and Residential Organics Collection Programs, Christian Garaffa, Novamont SpA, Novaro, Italy

4:15pm EDUCATION

* Education As the Key to Social Change: Compost Systems at Schools, Retreat Centers and Jail, Rick Kaye, The Compost Club, Healdsburg, CA

* Terra Loam, the Living Soil: Compost Education for Primary & Secondary Grades, Meribeth Sullivan, Waukesha County Recycling Specialist, Waukesha, WI

* Applying Vulnerability Analysis to Composting Facilities: Assessing Vulnerability and Planning for Recovery, Nellie J. Brown, Cornell University-ILR, Buffalo, NY

* An Analysis of Nigerian High School Students’ Attitude towards Conservation of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, George Oladele and Abdulah Ismaila, Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Osun, Nigeria

USCC Conference Program | Wednesday, Jan 26

Track 1 Compost Quality, Marketing and Use

8:30am COMPOST QUALITY, URBAN MARKET DEVELOPMENT

* Characterizing Compost and Anaerobic Digester Products, Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates, Inc, Apex, NC

* CO2 Respiration of Composts: Volumetric vs Gravimetric Methods and Relevancy to Intended Use, William Brinton, Woods End Laboratories, Mt Vernon, ME

10:45pm COMPOST BENEFITS

* Using Compost to Improve Water Quality, David Crohn, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA

* Compost Effect on Wood Quality of Eucalyptus SRWCS, Donald Rockwood, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

* Potential of Compost in Improvement of Agroforestry in Nigeria, Badejo Yetunde, Onawumi O.A., Adeoluwa O.O, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria

2:00pm MARKETING

* Compost Cures the Planet and other well founded Truths of Marketing Compost, Kathryn Kellogg, Kellogg Garden Products, Carson, CA

* The Ultimate Key to Compost Marketing Success, Tom Kelley, Harvest Power, Inc., Waltham, MA

* Position and Market Your Product(s) to Fully Leverage your Identified Market Segment(s) and Optimize Sales Objectives, David Hill, CycleLogic, Bethesda, MD

* The Psychology of Compost Sales, Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates, Inc, Apex, NC

4:30pm COMPOST USE

* New Compost BMP Design Manual for Sustainable Storm Water Management, Britt Faucette, Filtrexx International LLC, Decatur, GA

* Impact of Compost on Biological Control of Plant Diseases, Onawumi Olufisayo, Federal College Of Forestry Ibadan Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria

* Expanding the Compost Producer’s Residential Lawn Market. Daniel Cote, Ecolawn, Norton, VT

* Effect of Gliricidia sepium Leaf Litter and Poultry Manure Compost on the Growth of Jatropha curcas. O.P. Duyilemi and D.K.A. Shodeke, Federal College of Forestry, Ibadan, Nigeria

Track 2 Tools of the Trade, Compost System Developments, Biosolids Treatment and Use

8:30am TOOLS OF THE TRADE

* A look at a wide range of field tools and facility procedures you can use for monitoring moisture, temperature, gases, odors, pH, blower performance and compost quality. Jeff Gage, Compost Design Services, Olympia, WA

10:45pm COMPOST SYSTEMS 1: AERATED STATIC PILES

* Spotsylvania County’s Expanded Composting Facility Applies Aerated Static Pile Technology Advances, Todd Williams, CH2M HILL, Mechanicsville, VA

* Living and Learning With ASP Systems, Michael Bryan-Brown, Green Mountain Technologies, Bainbridge Island, WA, and Jeff Gage, Compost Design Services, Olympia, WA

* Benefits of Positive Forced Aerated Static Pile Composting, John Bouey, Managed Organic Recycling, Oakland, CA, and Dr. Eliot Epstein, Epstein Environmental Consultants, Stoughton, MA

2:00pm BIOSOLIDS COMPOSTING SYSTEMS AND PRODUCT USE

* Potty Talk: Applying Public & Stakeholder Engagement Lessons from Wastewater to Your Technical and Land Use Projects, Jennifer Garnett, City of San Jose, Environmental Services Dept., San Jose, CA

* Composting Systems Technologies­—Building a Regional, World Class Composting Facility in Response to Increased Urban Challenges, Jeff Ziegenbein, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

* Utilizing Aerated Static Pile (Asp) and Biofiltration Composting Technology for Biosolids Composting to Meet Air Quality Regulations in the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District – a Case Study. Lorrie Loder, Synagro Technologies, LLC, Taft, CA

* Development of a Biosolids Composting Facility While Meeting Strict 503 Compliance Standards for PFRP and VAR, Katja Christof, W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH, Putzbrunn, Germany

4:30pm COMPOST SYSTEMS 2: AERATED WINDROWS, MBT, AGITATED BAYS and Comparing Systems

* Continuous Flow Aerated Windrow Composting for Large Waste Volumes, John Paul, Transform Compost Systems Ltd, Abbotsford, CAN

* News from MBT Barcelona, Spain: Commissioning, Testing and Operation, Michael Herken, Taim Weser Gmbh, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

* Mechanically Enhanced Biodrying of Biosolids Using the Agitated Bay Composting System. Lissa Ham and Richard Nicoletti, Siemens Water Technologies, Inc, Shrewsbury, MA, Lewis Naylor, Apple Environmental Services, James Taylor, Town of Merrimack, NH

* Comparative Evaluation of Different Composting Methods for Municipal Solid Wastes in Istanbul. Osman A. Arikan, Tuba Isık, Deniz I. Çifçi, Mahmut A ltınbaş, Şenol Yıldız, Izzet Öztürk, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

Track 3 Vermicomposting, Mortality Composting, International Developments, Increasing Diversion, Odor Control

8:30am VERMICOMPOSTING, Mortality Composting

* The Status of Vermicomposting in North America, Rhonda L. Sherman, NC State University, Dept. of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Raleigh, NC

* Large Scale Vermicomposting of Agricultural By-Products, Thomas Herlihy and Shawn Ferro, Worm Power, Geneseo, NY

* Assessing the Fate of Barbituates and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Composted Livestock Mortality, Jean Bonhotal and Mary Schwarz, Cornell Waste Management Institute, Ithaca, NY

* Air Emissions from In-Vessel Rotating Drum and Open Static Pile Composting of Swine Carcasses, Whole and Ground, Dale Rozeboom, C. Fogiel, Z. Liu, and W.J. Powers, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

10:45pm INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 1

* Compost for Soils: a National Industry and Market Development Program for Australia, Peter Wadewitz and Angus Johnston, Compost Australia, Wilunga, Australia

* Environment Impact of Emissions from Compost in Nigeria, A Adesida, Federal College of Technology, Ibadan, Nigeria

* Composting as a Sanitation Alternative in Post-Earthquake Haiti, Joseph Jenkins, Joseph Jenkins, Inc., Grove City, PA

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2:00pm ACHIEVING INCREASED DIVERSION 2, Life Cycle Analysis

* Development of Environmental Markets for Food Waste Diversion Projects, Scott Subler, Environmental Credit Corp, State College, PA

* MSW Composting Drives San Jose’s Apartment Recycling Program to Zero Waste, Laura McEwen, City of San Jose, San Jose, CA

* Public Health Through Urban Farming, and Digestion at Little Earth: a Minneapolis Public Housing Project, John Madole, Madole Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

* Total Economic Value of Compost – Results of a Life-Cycle Financial Analysis on Composting and the Use of Compost. Christopher Bradlee, Thomas Laginess, Keith Edwards, BASF Corporation, Ypsilanti, MI

4:30pm LAND RESTORATION, ODOR CONTROL

* Using Organic Waste for Soil Creation in Land Restoration­—UK Case Studies Paul Gibbs, Andy Whorton, Mike Holt and Jon Smith, 4Recycling Ltd., Garforth GB

* Experience and Observations on Odor Control. Fatih Büyüksönmez, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

* Effective use of Optimized Bacteria Strains for Odor Control. Vincent DeLorenzo, Bionetix International, Dorval, Canada

Track 4 Compostable Plastics Symposium