Manhattan SWAB on compost

[Coquille Houshour & Micki Josi]

Hello Composters,

Some of you may be very interesting in attending the Manhattan SWAB meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 2, where Kendall will be talking about our most favorite subject! The meeting is at 6pm at Durst on One Bryant Park, 48th Floor. 

Details below. 

Coquille

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From: Craig Wilson <craigl...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Subject: Fwd: Tomorrow's Presentation
To: manhattan-swab <manhatt...@googlegroups.com>

Hello All, 

Kendall Christiansen, who will be presenting tmw, asked me to circulate the attached information and the brief overview of his presentation below prior to our meeting.  It is important to note that this information represents a particular point of view and that Kendall is a consultant for Insinkerator.

There is a significant amount of research on this issue, including a December 2008 NYC DEP study that I unfortunately only have a hard copy of, that reaches a different conclusion than the information presented here.  If the Board is inclined, we can distribute and discuss this additional information at future Board meetings.

Also, there will be one e-mail following this e-mail as the maximum size of messages sent through google groups is 4 MB's.

See you tomorrow,
-Craig




Manhattan SWAB – Meeting Preview for December 2, 2009 

“Food fights” are breaking out in the EU, pockets within North America and elsewhere – prompted primarily by rapidly escalating interest in food scraps as a source of renewable energy, and complemented by concerns about environmental damage from landfilling of organics, and the benefits of using processed organics to rebuild healthy soils.  A variety of approaches are being pursued by municipalities, supported by new adaptations of old technologies and more flexible regulatory schemes that encourage re-thinking of food waste as a renewable resource. 

Kendall Christiansen is actively engaged across North America in a wide range of discussions about food scrap management, via his role as senior consultant on environmental affairs for InSinkErator, the world’s leading manufacturer of food waste disposers for homes and food service establishments.  Locally, Kendall was founding Assistant Director of NYC’s Recycling Office, worked locally within the industry for many years, and chaired the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board for more than five years. 

Kendall will share his knowledge and perspective on these topics, and what it might mean for NYC.

He’s shared the following quick reads as background for the SWAB’s discussion, and also encourages you to visit www.insinkerator.com/green for a deeper discussion – with links to a range of comprehensive studies, reports and commentaries – including NYC DEP’s comprehensive report in 1997 that led to full legalization of food waste disposers in all NYC residences.

Wall Street Journal article (February 2008) reporting on growing international interest in food waste disposers.
Multi-Housing News (December 2007) re efficacy of disposers in apartment buildings.
North American Clean Energy (March-April 2009) re biogas potential of food scraps via wastewater treatment plants.
Stockholm article (September 2008; translated/summarized) re its dropping of restrictions on disposers so as to encourage their use.
Milwaukee Metro Sewerage District (April 2009) – sample of public education literature promoting disposer use.
Correspondence (December 1993) between then-DSNY Commissioner Emily Lloyd and then-DEP Commissioner Al Appleton re the efficacy of promoting disposers as means to achieving the food waste composting goals of the 1992 SWMP.

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Sincerely,
Coquille Houshour & Micki Josi
UFT Green Schools Committee Co-Chairs
http://www.uft.org/member/committees/
"Waste not, want not."

[Beth]

It'll be a composting convention, as I'll be there to update on leaf
compost in NYC as well!

FYI: Please see (and support) this bill to protect leaf compost in
NYC, drafted by David Buckel of the Brooklyn Food Coalition:

http://www.brooklynfoodcoalition.org/forum/topics/leaf-compost-law-you-can-help

Join groups like Just Food, Lower East Side Ecology Center, East New
York Farms, Green Guerillas, Earth Matter, North Brooklyn Compost
Project, BK Farmyards, Added Value and Sustainable Flatbush in this
important effort to curb climate change and promote food gardens in
underserved neighborhoods.

Thank you, and looking forward to meeting some of you tonight!

-Beth

On Dec 1, 10:34 pm, "Coquille Houshour & Micki Josi"

> UFT Green Schools Committee Co-Chairshttp://www.uft.org/member/committees/
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