Sabtu, 15 November 2008

North Carolina Food Waste Task Force

More than fifty attended a seminar on Food Waste in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in December sponsored by NC DPPEA and the Carolina Compost Council. The goal of the seminar was to outline the need for increasing food waste diversion and organize a committee to explore options to make it happen. Ten speakers presented on such issues as food waste generation, EPA’s hierarchy, Orange Counties Food Waste Collection program, UNC Charlotte on-site composting and Food Banks.
This zero waste event was co-sponsored by Whole Foods of Chapel Hill that donated the lunch; BFS of Bend, OR donated the biodegradable utensils, plates and collection bags and Orange County that transported the waste to be composted.
The seminar was video taped by Davis Stillson of HDV Production that is producing a DVD of the event. The DVD (2) will be available to purchase for $30.00 (s/h included) thru the Carolina Compost Council ( http://www.carolinascompostingcouncil.org/)
Over 20 attendees expressed interest and signed up to be on a statewide task force. The next meeting of the NC Food Waste Task Force is scheduled for January 16 at the Inner Faith Food Shuttle facility in Raleigh. For more information about the task force please contact Brian Rosa at brian.rosa@ncmail.net or visit www.p2pays.org/compost web site.

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