1. Funding for School Cafeteria Recycling & Composting Training Workshop provided by:

2. Peter Cooke Manomet

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5. The average American wastes ten times as much food as someone in Southeast Asia and 50 percent more than an American living in the 1970s. Natural Resources Defense Council, August 2012.

9. The opportunity for our educational institutions to… demonstrate communicate …effective resource management. This is what we do at school, we teach our children how to recognize and use the resources that are available to them to better themselves..

10. They see us using resources and teaching them to use resources- books, educational aides..

11. They see us using and managing resources- energy and water. Are we teaching our children how to be creative with resources when we throw food in the trash?.

12. 40-50% of trash by weight is food. This is a resource, not trash- we’re not teaching our children how to be creative with resources when we throw food in the trash..

13. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Protecting Maine’s Air, Land and Water MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Protecting Maine’s Air, Land and Water Starting a School Composting Operation Starting a School Composting Operation Mark King, Sustainability Division mark.a.king@maine.gov

14. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Why Focus on Organics Recovery? Over 40% of MSW by weight is organic There is little appreciation for value of organics Will help with meeting state’s 50% goal Utilize the EPA “Food Recovery Hierarchy” There is value in organics!!

15. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Select Higher and Better Uses

16. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Program to Focus on Discarded Food Need to start ‘somewhere’ Interest in capturing the value of discarded food is growing Collection infrastructure is appearing There are suitable sites, especially if include farms Let’s make it happen!!

17. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Discarded Food Scraps… from? Residents Institutions - cafeteria at UMO Commercial sources → ← ← Restaurants →

18. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Food Waste “ What’s in a Name?” “Everything!!” Food Scraps

19. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Overview of Planned Program Identify the common “Barriers” and solutions Promote Updated ‘Organics Recovery Guide’ Target “Key” regions of the State with workshops:  Promote “Higher and Better Uses”  Develop a Recovery Program—Identify and Eliminate “Obstacles”  Do your “Home Work”—Residual Characterization Studies Promote Existing Pilot Projects and Develop New Ones

20. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Numerous Facilities Manage Food Scraps in Maine: 20 DEP licensed compost facilities currently using food scraps. 4 On-farm compost operations actively using food scraps. 1 Anaerobic digester currently using food scraps. 43 DEP licensed leaf and yard compost facilities. -Could process up to 5 cubic yards/month of food scraps under exemption.

21. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION www.maine.gov/dep Statewide Assistance Mark King, Environmental Specialist Tel: (207) 592-0455 E mail: Mark.A.King@maine.govMark.A.King@maine.gov George MacDonald, Director Tel: (207) 287-2870 E mail: George.MacDonald@maine.gov George.MacDonald@maine.gov Augusta Region Carla Hopkins, Unit Supervisor Phone: (207) 215-3314 E-mail: carla.j.hopkins@maine.govcarla.j.hopkins@maine.gov Augusta Region Jim Pollock Phone: (207) 592-8343 E-mail: jim.c.pollock@maine.govjim.c.pollock@maine.gov Bangor Region Rick Haffner Phone: (207) 941-4331 E-mail: rick.haffner@maine.govrick.haffner@maine.gov Bangor Region Roger Johnstone Phone: (207) 557-1173 E-mail: roger.h.johnstone@maine.govroger.h.johnstone@maine.gov Portland Region Mike Clark Phone: (207) 822-6300 E-mail: Michael.s.Clark@maine.govMichael.s.Clark@maine.gov Northern Maine Region Jay Duncan Phone: (207) 760-3165 E-mail: jay.b.duncan@maine.govjay.b.duncan@maine.gov Mark King DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Bureau of Remediation & Waste Management 17 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0017 Phone: 207-592-0455 OR 1-800-452-1942 Mark.a.king@maine.gov Maine DEP—Division of Sustainability (Compost Education and Technical Support) Or The Individuals Below Maine DEP—Residuals Utilization Unit (Licensing Support and Technical Assistance)