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CET's webpage with Connecticut based resources https://wastedfood.cetonline.org/states/connecticut/

Brent.Madho@ct.gov

Can any PE submit Mgt. & Ops. Plans? Or are there engineers specially qualified in this area?

Farm-Based Anaerobic Digesters - Fact Sheet https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/Permits_and_Licenses/Factsheets_General/Farm-Anaerobic-Digester-Factsheet.pdf

CT DEEP Composting and Organics https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Waste-Management-and-Disposal/Organics-Recycling/Composting-and-Organics-Recycling

CT DEEP Food Waste Composting Facilities https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Waste-Management-and-Disposal/Organics-Recycling/Food-Residual-Composting-Facilities

Please post your questions here for Brent or Doug.

how much do you process every year?

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I neglected to give credit to the RecycleCT Foundation for 14,500 in funding for our food waste compost program. Many thanks for this valuable support!

Does the site in West Haven have any covered sorting or other areas, protected from the elements?

Are there any farms in CT using this approach to managing farm waste including those with animal manures?

Hi Caty,

Jim Davis, jim.davis@atlasorganics.net

Thanks!

no, there are no structures on site, but if we want to convert to a real permit from our demo permit we would have to have the tipping and mixing bin indoors.

Leah Retherford leah.retherford@atlasorganics.net

Thanks Doug. Massaro Farm is seriously consider a farm compost setup that would allow our CSA subscribers to drop off food waste.

David what was the bulk density of your 4:1 or 3:1 mix?

David, how many days it took from building the pile, active composting and curing?

If there’s a follow up email, perhaps you can include a list of the contacts that the presenters had in their slides.

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Cory - question is specific to ASP - I guess not .

contaminates in food scraps were a problem on a dairy farm.

are single-use utensils ever included in the processes we've seen today?

The pile temperatures do not get hot enough to break down compostible utensils

For ASP they do.

Woo hoo! I like that

What is the right terminology for the plastics that truly decompose, rather than break into microplastics?

CT DEEP recommends that "compostable" food service ware, bags and utensils be BPI certified, which also tests for PFAS. https://bpiworld.org/

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Yay, Barbara Bettigole! My college classmate.

Could you please go back to the cost page? Do you know how much the same amount of compost would have been to dispose of as trash (you said it would’ve been much less, how much less)? Do you see the costs getting less as you already have the start-up materials and signage? Did you have any help with coming up with messaging for your program? How did you pick the households in your pilot program?

Would households be willing to pay a fee to compost? Did you survey those in the pilot to know....seems like it was about $75 per participant in the pilot?

Amanda, this is an approach that Woodbridge is taking in applying for a grant to support food waste diversion.

Good to know Caty

You mentioned that you saved money collecting food scraps for composting. Do you know exactly how much money you saved? Why did you choose to start with businesses rather than schools?

Great work Kim!

Great presentations!

Have you considered working with the hospital, which is close to the District, if not in it?

nice video!

That's great!

That video is so happy!

Was the $25 fee (is it per year) a hurdle for some to participants? Did this program save the town money vs. trash disposal/tipping fees? Is Waste Free Greenwich receiving any money for this work or are you a volunteer organization?

Incredible! What a lot of great work from a volunteer organization!

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Julie-Are there any programs that operate with multiple towns to cut costs as a regional effort?

What are the opportunities for distributing food to people or animals in need of supply?

FAIRFIELD COUNTYFood Rescue US - Fairfield CountyDanielle Blainedanielle@foodrescue.us800-280-3298 ext 10Learn more here!NORTHWEST CONNECTICUTFood Rescue US - Northwest CTKathy Minckminckkathy@gmail.com860-309-7553Learn more here!HARTFORDFood Rescue US - HartfordKathy BeckwithKathyb@foodrescue.us203-739-9176

Do any of the communities that presented here have unit based pricing/pay as you throw? Did any of the towns try to implement UBP and failed besides Greenwich? Did the process to implement food scrap collection have any parallels to a UBP process implementation?

Greater New Haven area: https://www.havensharvest.org/about-us

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Bright Feeds - hopes to be in operation by July 2022 in Connecticut https://brightfeeds.com/

Thanks for these great presentations to share this exciting programs!

Thanks so much! This was great!

Many thanks. I have much greater awareness of the particulars as a result of listening! Kathy

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