Seeking Communities Collecting Food Scraps from Residents

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

Apologies for Cross-Postings

The USEPA Region 9 has contracted with a team of consultants to determine
what are the best practices regarding the collection and processing of
residential organics.
 
This study will identify different factors that define the programs and
will include recommendations to advance such programs, such as increasing
the amount of organics diverted, reducing the costs of collecting or
processing the material, and improving the quality and marketing of the
products. These are viewed as critical next steps to helping communities
move towards Zero Waste.
 
We would like to identify All communities in EPA Region 9 (Arizona,
California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific islands and Tribal Nations) to
interview for this study that currently, in addition to yard trimmings,
also collect food scraps and soiled paper.  We are also looking
to identify model communities beyond Region 9 in the U.S. or
Canada.  If you are such a community, or if you know of such a
community, please email
gary@garyliss.com to share that
with us.  
 
After the analysis is done (around summer of 2007), we will also assist
one or more communities that are interested in developing or expanding
such residential organics programs. We would also like to identify
communities in Region 9 now that may be interested in getting assistance
in such efforts, particularly those interested in exploring less than
weekly collection of food scraps as garbage.    If you
are such a community, or if you know of such a community, please
email gary@garyliss.com to share
that with us as well.  
 
Peter Anderson is the leader of our Project Team (RecycleWorlds and the
Center for a Competitive Waste Industry, www.competitivewaste.org),
assisted by Steve Sherman (Environmental Science Associates,
www.esassoc.com) and myself (Gary Liss & Associates,
www.garyliss.com).
 
Thanks for any help you can provide!
 
Gary Liss

Gary Liss       
916-652-7850    
Fax: 916-652-0485
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