Organics SubCommittee 

Solid Waste Plan Update, Organics Subcommittee

Meetings

Background Information 

• Background Information Summary Hand-out 
• NRDC Food Waste Fact Sheet  
• Compostable Food Serviceware presentation by Eco-Cycle  
• Microplastics in Compost presentation by Eco-Cycle  
• Best Management Practices For Incorporating Food Residuals into Existing Yard Waste Composting Operations by the US Composting Council (34-page pdf) 
• Best Management Practices in Food Scraps Programs by Econservation Institute/EPA Region 5 (65-page pdf) 
• MDEQ Compost Guidelines for Ann Arbor      
• UM's Dr. Catherine Badgley talked on WEMU's Issues of the Environment about food waste on Wednesday. March 7, 2012. You can listen to the archive of the 8-minute show at: http://www.wemu.org/post/issues-environment-362   
• Portland Food Scraps and Bi-weekly Trash Pick-up Pilot (14-page pdf)      
• BASF Zero Waste PowerPoint (pdf)
• BASF Food Composting (pdf)

• WEMU 8 min. food waste radio program Jan 2013 (audio link)
  

Organics subcommittee members

From the Solid Waste Plan Update Committee
Sabra Briere, City Council
Pat Greves, Private Hauler (WMI).
Sheryl Korsnes, Multi-Family (Crossings)
Jeff Krcmarik, Washtenaw County
Barbarb Lucas, Resident
Alison Richardson, Insititution (University of Michigan)
Nancy Rucker, Business (Zingermans)
David Stead, Environmental Commission

Additional community members
Becky Adrews, Recycle Ann Arbor
Christopher Bradlee, BASF
Derek Luellen, BASF
Michael Nicolson, WeCare Organics
Melissa Peterson, NSF and Steve Mojo BPI
Daniel Stevens, BGreen
David Sturza, ReValue Waste

Staff
Nicole Berg, Katie Dennis, Tom McMurtrie, Nancy Stone

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