2008 Conference Highlights

PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING COURSES & WORKSHOPS | Saturday Feb 9:: Odor Control and Odor Management :: USCC “Foundations of Compost” Training Course:: Food Safety, E. Coli and Pathogen Issues :: Baseline Technical Knowledge for Selling Compost :: Compost Use in Agriculture, Horticulture & Landscaping :: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities “Green Roof Design 101” :: Compost Tea—Beyond the Basics:: Role of Composting in Zero Waste and Sustainable Community SystemsOUTSTANDING CONFERENCE PROGRAM | Feb 10–11Expanded Educational & Technical Program Featuring 8 Tracks with Sessions on: Critical Issues in Composting and Organics Recycling :: Odor Management and Control—Improving Process Design and Performance | Compost Facility Management :: Food Residuals Recovery & Composting Programs—Trends in Animal Mortality Composting | Impacts of Innovative Feedstocks :: New Applications for Compost Use—New Concepts in Sustainability | Compost Use in Bioremediation | Composting & Compost Usage in Vineyards :: Green Roofs, Green Building—Disaster Management Planning | State Composting Regulations :: Innovative Marketing Tools—The Business of Successful Composting | Compost Bene?ts | Marketing other Organics :: Alternative Organics Management Strategies & Case Studies—Small On-site & Large Scale In-Vessel Composting :: California Speci?c Tracks—Biosolids Trends & Case Studies | Issues and Infrastructure | Stormwater Management & Water Quality :: Greenhouse Gas Issues & Policies—Composting Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Energy from Organics | Carbon Sequestration & Carbon Credits for Composting | Anaerobic Digestion | Energy from OrganicsNETWORKING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES | Feb 10–12 :: Meet with Equipment Vendors and Service Providers at the Largest Industry Trade Show in North America Featuring the Newest & Most Effective Composting Equipment & Technologies :: Exhibitor’s Reception | Awards Luncheon | Zero Waste Banquet:: Compost Showcase & “Tools of the Trade” Workshop:: The “Consultant’s Corner”—one on one problem solving meetings with leading experts:: Equipment Demonstrations & Tours at the Grover Environmental Vernalis Composting Facility:: Tours of the new ACWMA LEED–Certi?ed Building:: Certi?cation exams and CEU’s:: Raffles of $5,000 worth of USCC Publications & more . . .REGISTER TODAYGo to www.compostingcouncil.org or call the USCC at 631.737.4931GET MORE INFORMATIONExhibitor information, sponsorship opportunities, conference registration forms, & workshop agendas are availble at the USCC website or call the number above.16th Annual Conference & TradeshowOakland City Center Marriott | Oakland, CA Feb 9–12, 2008The national forum for those involved in the development and expansion of the composting & organics recycling industryJOIN US FOR THE LARGEST CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION IN NORTH AMERICA FOR THE COMPOSTING, WOOD WASTE & ORGANICS RECYCLING INDUSTRYCURRENT CONFERENCE SPONSORSWaste Handling & Equipment News (WHEN)MSW Management MagazineResource Recycling MagazinePortable Plants & EquipmentComposting NewsBioCycle Green Roofs for Healthy CitiesForest Products EquipmentThe Coca Cola CompanyRecycling Product NewsCortec CorporationSynagroCedar Grove CompostingW.L. Gore AssociatesAmadas IndustriesA-1 OrganicsALLU GroupROTO-MIXGarick Paygro DivisionFiltrexx InternationalCal RecoveryAlameda County Waste Management AuthorityCoker Composting & ConsultingREOTEMP InstrumentsNorcal Waste SystemsMcCloskey InternationalVermeer ManufacturingMidwest Bio-SystemsAssociation of Compost ProducersUS Composting Council 1 Comac Loop, Suite 14B1 | Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 T 631.737.4931 | F 631.737.4939 | uscc@compostingcouncil.org