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

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Mon, April 12,
Workshops
Tue, April 13,
Sessions
Wed, April 14,
Sessions
Thur, April 15
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Updated March 10th

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TRACK 2
TRACK 3
Tribal & Rural Communities
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 — 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Composting Process Management

Shredding Impacts On Compost Bulking Agent Performance
Craig Coker, Coker Composting & Consulting

Tracking Time And Labor Costs At Large-Scale Composting Operation
Renee Robertson, City of San Diego

Size Reduction Facilitates Decomposition In On-Site Composting
Michael Bryan-Brown, Green Mountain Technologies

Processing Biodegradable Food Containers In Vermicompost System
Lora Hall, Full Circle Gardening

Codigestion Substrates To Enhance Biogas Production

Biogas Production From Potato Processing Wastewater Streams
Cheng Fang, Technical University of Denmark

Effects Of Additives On Biogas Production
Zeynep Erdal, CH2M Hill

Codigestion Of Poultry Processing Residuals
Dennis Crabtree, BioStar Systems, LLC

Project Financing And Management Tools

Cost Feasibility of Anaerobic Digestion In Rural Setting
Juliette Bohn, Humboldt Waste Management Authority

Financing Sustainable Waste Management Projects In Tribal And Rural Communities
Linda Martinez, Rural Community Assistance Corporation

GIS Tool Matches Generators, Processors and Product Market
David Healy, Stone Environmental

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 — 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Building Infrastructure To Process Food Waste Stream

Food Waste Feedstock Flow Jumps After Separation Mandate
Kevin Drew, San Francisco Environment Department

Evaluation, Selection of Anaerobic Digestion System
Chris Choate
, Recology

Processing Infrastructure Guides Collection Strategies
Michele Young
, City of San Jose (CA) Environmental Services

Pretreatment, Digestion Of MSW Organics

Feedstock Prep And Blending To Optimize Substrate Mix
Douglas Carruthers, ORMI, Inc.

Equipment Configurations For Contaminant Removal, Size Reduction
Richard Miller, DODA, Inc.

Biogas Production From Food Waste And Industrial Organics
Stefan Kromus, Enbasys GmbH

Biofuels Production Opportunities

Small-Scale Biodiesel Production
Kumar Plocher, Yokayo Biofuels, Inc.

Producing Home Heating Oil In Algae Reactor
Steve Crawford, Passamaquoddy Tribe

Small Scale Biodiesel Production With Fryer Cooking Oil

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 — 1:45 PM – 3:30 PM

Advancing Municipal Food Waste Diversion

Lessons Learned From Biowaste Collection In Italy
Christian Garaffa, Novamont Spa and Michele Giavini, Ars Ambiente Srl

Starting A Municipal Food Waste Recycling Program At Large Venues
Ana Lucia de Carvalho, San Diego Environment Department

Rolling Out Residential Organics Collection In Ontario Cities
Doug Hill, Norseman Plastics

Biogas Conditioning, Biomethane Markets

Onion Processor Upgrades Biogas To Power Fuel Cells
Bill Deaton, Deaton & Associates, LLC

Dairy Digester Gas Emissions Reductions
Marco Lemes, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Renewable Biogas Market Developments
Dan LeFevers, Gas Technology Institute

Contaminant Removal To Produce Pipeline Quality Biomethane
Nelson Chan, Xebec Adsorption, Inc.

Zero Waste And Community Composting In Hawaii

Organics As Integral Component of Zero Waste Policy and Planning
Richard Anthony, Richard Anthony Associates

Organic Resource Management Strategies For Island Environment
Skylark Rossetti, Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, and Rich Flammer, Hidden Resources

Job Creation, Economic Stimulus From Landfill Diversion
Jacqui Hoover, Hawaii Island Economic Development Board

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 — 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM
Food Waste Management Economics

Redefining Food Service Waste Management
Andrew Shakman, LeanPath, Inc.

Food Waste Cost Calculator Guides Decision-Making
Jean Schwab, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Composting For Health Care Systems
Nicole Chardoul, Resource Recycling Systems

Anaerobic Digestion Opportunities And Trends

Feasibility Of Anaerobic Digestion In Food and Beverage Markets
Sara Martin and Paul Greene, O'Brien & Gere Companies

Developing, Siting Commercial Digester In Port of San Diego
Kelly Sarber, Strategic Management

Preprocessing Of Organics For Resource Recovery
George Savage, CalRecovery, Inc.

Digester Biogas Industry Coalition Developments
Nora Goldstein, BioCycle

Vermicomposting Opportunities And Operations

System Options For Food Waste Vermicomposting
Norman Arancon, University of Hawaii

Vermicomposting At Tribal School
Shannon Judd, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Hot Days, Cool Nights Lead To Composting Innovation
Brian Adkins, Bishop Paiute Tribe

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