Presentations in Breakout Workshop 1
- Presenter(s): Warren Heyman & Jim Corwin, RI School Recycling Project
- Location: Main Room
At this year’s Compost Conference, RI Schools Recycling Project will provide updates on the various activities at our “food smart” schools from Pollinator Gardens to Zero Waste Days. Circular Gardens - Plans for schools to use the compost made from their food scraps this spring. Recent successes in food recovery, redistribution, and reductions in food waste per student.
We’ll also tell you about our plans to make Get Food Smart open source so that you or anyone with the passion to reduce food waste in their school can do it!
- Presenter(s): Lisa Pellegrino, CET
- Location: Student Union 307
In this session attendees will learn some of the behavioral aspects to help more people waste less food, but also practical prevention methods that businesses and institutions can implement today so they can save money and waste less food.
- Presenter(s): Greg Gerritt, Research Director for ProsperityForRI.com, Founder of the RI Compost Conference and Trade Show; Michael Bradlee, Community Compost Depot
- Location: President's Dining Room
Greg Gerritt will share his experiences of trying to move compost forward for the last 15 years in Rhode island.
- Presenter(s): Tess Feigenbaum, Epic Renewal
- Location: Donovan 202
A discussion on data's role in driving industry-scale growth, enabling organizational resilience, and fostering legitimacy to cement composting's role as a critical component of a diversified waste management infrastructure.