[GreenYes] US Composting Council to hold Zero Waste Barbecue in Orlando, FL

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

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>Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:18:17 -0500 (EST)
>From: US Composting Council <uscc@no.address>
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>December 2006
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>The Biodegradable Products Institute sponsors 
>?Zero Waste? Barbeque at the US Composting 
>Council?s 2007 Annual Conference & Exhibition
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>New York, NY - Dec 3, 2006, The Biodegradable 
>Product?s Institute (BPI) will host the ?All 
>Compostable? BBQ at the US Composting Council?s 
>(USCC) Annual Conference and Exhibition, January 
>21-24 in Orlando Florida. This marks the first 
>time that the USCC has held a ?zero waste? event 
>at its annual meeting. The goals of the ?All 
>Compostable? BBQ are to highlight the growing 
>array of certified compostable foodservice items 
>and the feasibility of incorporating source 
>separated food scraps collection into hotel 
>operations. The BBQ will be held on the evening 
>of January 23rd and the food scraps and 
>compostable items will be processed at the 
>nearby Reedy Creek Energy Services composting 
>facility. Efforts will be made to recycle all 
>the non-compostable cans, bottles and jars, 
>making this a true ?zero waste? activity. The 
>BBQ will be open to all attendees of the USCC Annual Conference.
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>?This is a great opportunity to demonstrate the 
>feasibility of source separated food scraps 
>diversion programs in hotel operations?, stated 
>Dr. Stuart Buckner, the USCC Executive Director. 
>Studies show that large restaurant operations 
>annually generate approx. 4,400 lbs of 
>waste/employee. Of that, 66% are food scraps, 
>another 6% are plastics and 5% are compostable 
>paper items. By implementing a diversion program 
>and substituting compostable food service items 
>for its disposable plastics, restaurants could 
>divert over 75% of its wastes to composting 
>facilities. ?Organic waste streams from hotels, 
>grocery stores and restaurants represent new 
>revenue and profit opportunities for the 
>composting industry,? Dr. Buckner added.
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>BPI member companies will provide all the items 
>needed to serve the BBQ to hundreds of 
>attendees. Items include glasses and cups, 
>plates and bowls, along with cutlery, which will 
>be collected in compostable bags and taken to 
>the nearby composting facility. All compostable 
>items used at the BBQ meet ASTM D6400 or ASTM 
>D6868 and will compost effectively in a 
>professionally managed facility-such as the one 
>at Reedy Creek. ?It is exciting to see the 
>growing availability of BPI approved products, 
>which make food scraps diversion programs easier 
>and more effective,? stated Steve Mojo, BPI?s 
>Executive Director. Special recognition will be 
>given to the event?s ?Gold Sponsors?, BASF, 
>Huhtamaki, NatureWorks LLC, Northern 
>Technologies Int. Novamont NA and Poly-America.
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>According to the US EPA, the US generates 
>approximately 26 million tons of food waste 
>annually. Diverting these materials from 
>landfills has many benefits. First, the 
>resulting compost can be applied to farms to 
>feed the soil and grow more food; second, the 
>creation of methane in the landfill, a powerful 
>greenhouse gas, is reduced. In fact, countries 
>that have signed the Kyoto protocol are 
>promoting the diversion of food scraps from 
>landfills as a way of achieving their overall 
>reduction goals. ?Once consumers and businesses 
>understand the numerous environmental benefits 
>of composting, I expect to see more residential 
>and commercial food scrap diversion and 
>composting programs where the diverted food 
>scraps, ultimately are used in the vineyards and 
>farm fields to produce food locally,? stated Matt Cotton, USCC President.
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>BPI is a multi-stakeholder group, involving 
>people and organizations that produce, use or 
>recover biodegradable plastic products. It 
>promotes the growth of biodegradable plastics 
>through education, use of scientifically based 
>standards and cooperative efforts with organizations in Europe and Asia.
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>The US Composting Council is a national 
>organization dedicated to the development, 
>expansion and promotion of the composting 
>industry based upon science, principles of 
>sustainability, and economic viability. The US 
>Composting Council is involved in research, 
>public education, composting and compost 
>standards, expansion of compost markets and the enlistment of public support.
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>For more information, contact:
>Stuart Buckner
>Executive Director, US Composting Council
><mailto:stubuckner@no.address>stubuckner@no.address
>p. 631-737-4931 f. 631-737-4939
>Steve Mojo
>Executive Director, Biodegradable Products Institute
><mailto:smojo@no.address>smojo@no.address
>p. 973-916-1982
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