BioCycle West Coast Conference 2010 Composting Organics Recycling Renewable Energy San Diego California

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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Mon, April 12,
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Tue, April 13,
Sessions
Wed, April 14,
Sessions
Thur, April 15
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OPENING PLENARY

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 — 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Empowering Sustainable Communities

Advancing Organics Diversion
Jared Blumenfeld, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9

Growing Healthy Communities
Nikki Henderson, People's Grocery

“Resource” Stream Yields Green Jobs And Enterprises
Neil Seldman, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
Tribal & Rural Communities
TRACK 4
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 — 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
International Developments — Research And Practice

Organics Management’s Evolution In Germany
Werner Bidlingmaier, University of Weimar

Weekly Vs. Biweekly Collection Of Residential Organics
Kit Strange, Residua Limited/Warmer Bulletin

Advanced Treatments Increase Value of Digestate
A. Chiumenti, R. Chiumenti and F. da Borso, University of Udine (Italy)

Building Permanence Into Statewide Organics Diversion

Goals And Incentives To Anchor Programs
Ginny Black, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Working Toward Common Sense Compost Regulations
Greg Pirie, Napa County (CA) Department of Environmental Management

Regulating Food Waste Composting
Panel Discussion

Greening Casinos

Recycling, Job Training And Next — Organics Diversion
Liz Bogdanski, Morongo Band of Mission Indians

Food Waste, Yard Trimmings Composting
Kevin Gunderson, Ho-Chunk Nation

Integrating Sustainability Into Casino Operations
Josh Simmons and Jesse Patterson, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

Zero Waste Schools Workshop

Waste Assessments, Strategic Planning, Implementation
Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead

Engaging Key Decision-Makers, Participants
Michelle Vanderlaan, Holmes Elementary School PTO

Transferring Zero Waste Practice To The Community
Gary Cuneen, Seven Generations Ahead
Michelle Vanderlaan, Holmes Elementary School PTO

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 — 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM

Compost Utilization Trends, Opportunities

Economics of Compost Production And Utilization
Casey Sclar, Longwood Gardens

Status Of Compost Markets In California
Ron Alexander, R. Alexander Associates, Inc.

Urban Food Production In Contained Compost Systems
Rod Tyler, Filtrexx International

Municipal Compost Use In California Organic Agriculture
Matthew Cotton, Integrated Waste Management Consulting

Codigestion At Wastewater Treatment Plant

Wastewater Treatment Plant Digester Trends, Realities
Robert Gillette, Carollo Engineers

Commercial Food Waste Digestion Pilot
Bart Carr
, Central Contra Costa (CA) Solid Waste Authority

Pilot Testing Substrate Additions
Kathleen Ave, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

FOG Receiving And Processing At WWTP
Richard York, FOG Energy Corporation

Regional Collaboration To Build Economies of Scale

Georgia Rural Recycling Hubs
Randy Hartman, Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Public-Private Partnership Expands Compost Markets
Doug Johnson and Gary Plotz, City of Hutchinson, Minnesota and Mike Marsollek, Garick LLC

Small Communities Unite to Recycle And Compost
Phil Hayes, Pinetop-Lakeside Sanitary District

From Illegal Dumping To Sustainable Waste Management Tools
Jay Mashburn, Rural Community Assistance Corporation

VOC Emissions Research And Management

Ozone Formation Potential From Composting
Peter Green, UC Davis

Static Pile Respiration In Relation To CO2, CH4 Emissions
Will Brinton, Woods End Laboratory

Evaluating Gaseous Emissions From Composting Facilities
Carsten Cuhls, GEWITRA

Simultaneous Comparison Of Air Emissions From Three Composting Methods
Tim O’Neill, Engineered Compost Systems

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 — 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM

Navigating The Carbon Credit Maze

WARM Model Update — New Factors For Organics Degradability
Jennifer Brady, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Practical Thinking On GHG Emissions, Carbon Credits
Sally Brown, University of Washington

Composting And Organic Waste Digestion Protocol Update
Max Dubuisson, Climate Action Reserve

Economic Viability Of Livestock Biogas Offsets In 2010
Patrick Wood, AgRefresh

Permitting, Economics Of Anaerobic Digesters

Reviewing Environmental Impacts Of Source Separated Organics Digestion
Ken Decio, CalRecycle and Paul Miller, ESA

Modeling Financial Viability Of Dairy Biogas Plants
Dean Foor, ECOregon

Economics Of Organic Waste To Biomethane Facility
Josh Rapport, University of California, Davis

Codigestion Permitting Process — Lessons Learned
Sam Snellings, SJH and Company, Inc.

Community Composting Case Studies

Green Waste Facility Features Community Collaboration
Mike Whitt, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

Transfer Station With On-Site Composting
Lenore Lamb, Pala Band of Mission Indians

Backyard Composting And Community Gardening
Gwen James, Washoe Tribe

Low-Tech Tools To Optimize Operations
Dan Hathaway, NWCI

Compost Utilization Research

Compost Use To Remediate Fire Damaged Land, Control Erosion
Danielle Aslam and Brian Stalker, CalRecycle

Test Protocol To Predict Soil And Crop Response To Compost
Rick Haney, USDA-ARS


6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Zero Waste Evening Reception
Sponsored by Novamont


SPONSORS
Novamont Materi-Bi compostable products
Novamont
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
CalRecycle
CalRecycle
The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company
Recology
Recology

BASF

GORE Cover System
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
U.S. EPA Region 9

Rural Community Assistance Corp.
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals