1. Discarded Food – We once called it trash. Now we make it into compost for growing beautiful lawns, flowers, and gardens. We also used it for making renewable natural gas (RNG), to heat our homes. Presented by: Scott Pexton & Tom Lincoln A1 Organics

2. A1 Organics – Who are we? Why not put our organics into a landfill? What is compost? What can compost used for? What can and can’t be composted? Food Waste – Four Steps

3. 40 years (1954) in the organic recycling business A1 is the largest organic recycler in the Rocky Mountain Region Recognized both locally and nationally as a leader in the organics industry. A1 Organics started composting sheep manure (50,000) and moved into composting of all types of agricultural feed stocks, brewery waste, food waste, yard waste, tree trimmings, scrap wood, pallets, and biosolids

4. There is a simple definition/test to determine if it is organic:“If it once grew”“If it was once alive”THEN It is ORGANIC and can be composted or made into renewable natural gas

6. Stop for a moment and look at this next picture. Besides the bulldozer, what do you see? You are looking at a picture of a landfill and the garbage going into that landfill.

8. Two ways types of organic digestion (bugs eating organic material) 1)Aerobic Digestion – With Oxygen ~ What happens when oxygen is needed to decompose organic materials. 2)Anaerobically Digestion – Without Oxygen ~ Typically what happens in a landfill

9. Foodwaste/organic material sent to a landfill is anaerobically digests producing methane gas CH 4 and CO 2 – Methane holds 20 times more heat than CO 2 – By diverting foodwaste/organic material from a land fill to either composting or production of methane gas, there is a ton-for-ton reduction in greenhouse production. Declining Landfill Space – Landfills are filling up and closing – It is harder to permit new landfills – NIMBY

10. Source US EPA 6170 Fewer Landfills in less than 20 years

11. Organic Waste traditionally taken to landfills (65%+ is Organic Materials) To Organic Recycler or Sustainability – Beneficial use of food waste to make compost and then grow more healthy organic foods for the Generators To Landfill? Organic Recycling? A1 Organics Manufacturing Compost Generators It’s YOUR Choice… Compost for Growing More Food Collection of Organic Recyclable Materials

13. – Compost can be made from anything that was once alive. – Things like food waste, leaves or grass clippings or even trees can be composted, its an all natural process. – Think about a tree in the forest.

15. Microorganisms H2OH2OO2O2 Water Heat CO 2 Raw Organic Materials  Grass Clippings  Tree Trimmings  BioSolids  Animal Manures  Ground up Wood plus Water & Oxygen Finished Compost  Stabilized Organic Matter  Humus  Humic Acids  Microorganisms  Micro-Nutrients Source: University of Missouri Composting gives off WaterOxygen Composting needs raw organic materials, water, oxygen, and microorganisms

16. It is Planned Controlled Documented Regulated by State (CDPH&E), & Local County Governments