Organics and Composting in New Hampshire Stakeholder Meeting Organics and Composting in New Hampshire April 5, 2017: 9:00 – 11:30 AM Location: NHDES Auditorium 9 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301

Today’s Agenda 8:30-9:00 - Registration (photo id required)- Coffee 9:00 Welcome: Introductions – Housekeeping -- Fire Escape Route - Mike Durfor, NRRA Overview of NH’s regulations, practices, future needs and plans - NHDES Staff Overview of NRRA’s EPICURE Project for Organics/ Composting - Cindy Sterling, NRRA 10:15-10:30 – Short Break Overview- VT’s Organics Program – Mike Nork, NRRA Group Discussion and Q&A Next Steps / Wrap Up

Housekeeping Items

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About Us In 1981, four New Hampshire municipalities founded the Northeast Resource Recovery Association, then called the New Hampshire Resource Recovery Association, to provide a clearinghouse for current, up-to-date information and a source of technical and marketing assistance in the general areas of waste reduction and recycling. Mike Working Together to Make Recycling Strong!

Working Together to Make Recycling Strong! MOM and NRRA Workshops MOM - Members/Operations/Marketing meetings are held monthly. In addition. NRRA conducts workshops and facility tours several times a year that can be used for continuing education credits toward transfer facility operator certifications and renewals. Working Together to Make Recycling Strong!

EBC–– NRRA –SWANA Program: Friday, April 7, 2017 Registration 7:30AM “Talking Trash 4.0” Fourth Annual Conference on Solid Waste Management in Northern New England Friday, April 7, 2017 Registration 7:30AM 8:15AM Start – 1:15PM Puritan Conference & Event Center 245 Hooksett Road Manchester, NH 03104 Collaborating Organizations Environmental Business Council of New England Solid Waste Association of North America – Northern New England Northeast Resource Recovery Association

Background: The amount of food Americans throw away each year is staggering. According to the US EPA: A.) Over 38 million tons of food waste was generated in 2014 in the United States. B.) Nearly 95% of food waste goes to landfills and incinerators. C.) Food waste makes up 21.6% of municipal solid waste. D.) The cost of landfilling and incinerating food waste is significant, in both dollars and environmental impacts. Alternative methods are available that can save you money and benefit the environment.

Meeting Focus: 1. Existing and alternative options for managing food waste. 2. Opportunities to develop and implement options that will reduce the amount of food waste disposed of in landfills and incinerators. 3. Strategies, partnerships, tools, and next actions to promote and implement alternatives, including identify potential pilot site for USDA/NRRA EPICURE project.

Composting in NH: What works now, what needs help and why? This is the first in what we expect to be a series of meetings with NHDES to review current practices and alternatives for diverting food waste from being landfilled and incinerated, including composting and other methods.