Organics Track – 1

ORC’s Recent ELLS Events – Sweetwater Farm’s Onsite Composting and Use, WM’s Okeechobee Co-Composting Facility and On-Farm Compost Use

Session Summary:   Presentations on recent ELLS Events to the Sweetwater Farms Onsite Composting and Commercial Gardens, and WM’s Okeechobee’s Co-Composting Facility and one of their commercial farms usage of their compost, and the City of Orlando’s community garden program.

Moderator:  Chris Snow, Consolidated Resource Recovery

Sweetwater Community Farm Overview –

Peter Engel; Kessler Consulting, Inc.

Food Waste and Community Gardens, Creating a Closed Loop –

Ian Jurgensen; City of Orlando

Harvest Community Garden Composting Event Overview –

Ray Stamper; Waste Management

Organics Track – 2

Co-Composting Case Studies, Utilization of WWTP Capacity for Food Waste

Session Summary:  Presentations on the recent success stories in Hillsborough County’s Co-Composting Pilot Program and the Emerald Coast Utility Authority’s Co-Composting Facility, and the ability to utilize excess treatment capacity in WWTP’s for food waste.

Moderator:  Chris Snow, Consolidated Resource Recovery

Co-Digestion of Food Wastes at Wastewater Treatment Plants –

Mike Muffels; and Alice Varkey, GHD

Biosolids Compost Taking Root in Florida –

Peter Engel; Kessler Consulting, Inc.

Organics Track – 3

U.S. Composting Council

 Session Summary:  Lorrie Loder, President of the US Composting Council (USCC) will provide an overview of how the US Composting Council is helping to grow the compost manufacturing infrastructure.  Special attention will be paid to the Seal of Testing Assurance program, along with their education, certification and advocacy activities.

Moderator:  Miriam Zimms, Kessler Consulting, Inc.

The USCC – Programs and Tools for Closing the Loop on Organic Recycling –

Lorrie Loder; U.S. Composting Council

Organics Track – 4

 FDEP’s Organics Recycling Strategic Plan Workshop

Session Summary:  Come and be a part of FDEP’s efforts to develop an Organics Recovery and Recycling Strategic Plan for the State of Florida.  Organics make up a significant amount of the State’s waste stream and needs to be recovered and recycled at much higher levels for the State of Florida to meet its 75% Recycling Goal.  Please assist the FDEP in its efforts to develop a strategic plan to accomplish this.  FDEP has secured the services of EPA’s Region 4’s Professional Facilitator to assist in this effort.

Adam Saslow; CSRA

 Interactive participant planning workshop.