AMRC/CCC Organics--Grow On Workshop
Deer Creek Golf and Banquet facility, Ajax, April 5, 2007
(Note 1: We are uploading these files as they become available. Not everyone used a Powerpoint presentation.  The highlighted presentations are downloadable.
Note 2:  Some of these files are VERY LARGE--high-speed would be best. Some have been made into pdfs*)

The workshop program

Organics - The Big Picture
• The Provincial Perspective; Representative, Neera Shukla, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
• Composting in the Context of the Creation of a Greenhouse Gas Protocol--Alan Yee, City of Edmonton
SSO Program Design - Taking a systems approach to source separated organics
program design: Keys to participation and factors for success
SSO By Design
• Brian Van Opstal, Senior Engineer, Solid Waste Management Services, City of Toronto
• Pat Parker, Manager of Solid Waste Planning, City of Hamilton
• Peter Watson, Manager of Waste Management, Regional Municipality of Durham
• Sue Campbell, Diversion Supervisor, Ottawa Valley Waste Recovery Centre
- An Overview of Municipal Organics Collection Programs,
Barry Friesen, Director, Waste Management Services, Regional Municipality of Niagara

Beyond SSO - Novel Feedstocks and Process Technologies
• Windrow composting of SSO; Rick Vandersluis, Vice President, TRY Recycling
• Why Include Novel Feedstocks? Michael Cant, Senior Solid Waste Planner, Golder Associates
• Processing Biosolids; Brent Lauber, Land Application Manager for Operations,
GSI Environnement
Beyond the Curb - Organics collection at municipal buildings, multi-residential units and public spaces
• Mission Green at Work; Claudia Marsales, Manager of Waste Management,
Town of Markham
• Waterloo's SSO pilot; Kim Kitagawa, Waste Management Coordinator,
Region of Waterloo
• SSO at special events and public spaces; Cathy McCarthy, Director of
Communications, Resource Recovery Fund Board, Nova Scotia
Branding, language and social marketing - a facilitated discussion on working towards a common message and vocabulary for all SSO programs
Phil Renzoni, marketing expert
A Municipal Perspective, Janet Carnegie, Director, Corporate Communications, Town of Markham

*These proceedings are also available on CD for a small fee.
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