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Finance Workshop - Chenango, NY ...
05/14/2013

3rd Annual Spring Greening: An Educator Conference on Teaching Green...
04/30/2013

Minnowbrook Local Leaders Conference...
04/23/2013

Ninth Annual Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century...
04/20/2013

Construction Materials Management Center Events...
03/19/2013

Food Recovery University Roundtable...
10/30/2012

Southern Tier Stormwater Symposium...
10/24/2012

Building for the Future: Construction and Demolition Waste Reuse and Recycling Trainings...
10/17/2012

Local Leaders Conference...
10/16/2012

SyracuseCoE 12th Annual Symposium on Energy and Environmental Systems...
10/11/2012

TAPF: Top-down, Bottom-up and Sideways Approaches to Local Watershed Management...
09/06/2012

Western NY Compost Facility Tour and Workshop ...
08/02/2012

Green Roof Working Group Kick-Off...
06/28/2012

USDA-RD Consulting Engineers Statewide Training...
06/14/2012

Food Recovery Challenge University Roundtable...
05/02/2012

SWPPP Preparation and Review...
04/25/2012

Smart Management for Small Communities: Practical Resources for Governance...
04/10/2012

TAPF: Wetlands, Watersheds and Resources...
03/22/2012

Spring Greening: A Teacher Training on Greening Your School...
03/20/2012

Stormwater Management for Linear Projects...
03/15/2012

Stormwater Ponds and Wetlands...
02/08/2012

Applied Green Infrastructure...
01/11/2012

Growing Green Infrastructure in New York...
11/16/2011

Lower Hudson Compost Facility Tour and Workshop...
10/27/2011

New to You: A Webinar on the Environmental, Economic, and Social Benefits of Reuse...
10/20/2011

Smart Management for Small Communities: Practical Resources for Governance...
10/06/2011

Vacant Properties to Vibrant Communities: What the Land Bank Bill Means for NY...
09/22/2011

Tips and Tools for Managing Organics: A Forum for Municipal and Institutional Solid Waste Managers ...
09/14/2011

Leading the Charge: A Webinar on Local Government's Role in the Product Stewardship Movement...
08/23/2011

Tips for Starting an Office Compost System...
08/16/2011

Food Waste Composting: A Program for Restaurants, Hotels, Schools and Cafeterias...
08/01/2011

The Finger Lakes Institute Presents: Proactive Approaches to Mitigating Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development...
07/21/2011

E-Waste as RE-Source: A Webinar on Electronic Waste Reuse, Recycling and Policy...
07/19/2011

Greenbuilt CNY...
06/18/2011

Capital District Local Government Planning and Zoning Workshop...
06/15/2011

Webinar: Composting Is Easy - Why Don't People Get It Right?...
06/14/2011

Jane's Walk 2011...
05/07/2011

Smart Management for Small Communities: Practical Resources for Governance...
04/27/2011

Farms, Folks, and Funding: Cultivating Leadership Through Research and Practice...
04/13/2011

Greening the Gray: Innovative Infrastructure Solutions and Funding Updates...
03/23/2011

Growing Green Infrastructure in New York State...
11/17/2010

Smart Management for Small Communities:
Practical Resources for Governance...
10/06/2010

Technical Assistance Partnership Forum at the SyracuseCoE Symposium...
09/28/2010

Asset Management Tools Training...
07/15/2010

Asset Management 101...
06/15/2010

Conference Series: Smart Management for Small Communities: Practical Resources for Governance...
06/02/2010

Technical Assistance Partnership Forum ...
05/27/2010

Jane's Walk...
05/01/2010

Smart Management for Small Communities: Practical Resources for Governance...
04/20/2010

The Right to Water...
03/29/2010

Sustainable Communities Partnership Forum...
03/06/2010

NYS Clean Water State Revolving Fund Sustainability Initiative Meeting...
03/05/2010

Food Waste Composting: A Program for Restaurants, Hotels, Schools and Cafeterias

Gateway Center, Westchester Community College
Valhalla, NY
Aug. 1, 2011
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
REGISTER HERE
 

EFC is excited to sponsor this Food Waste Composting workshop, hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County. The program will cover:

• Why reducing waste is important

• Why compost?

• Economic, environmental and legal concerns

• Composting food scraps - It may be easier than you think

• Composting technologies

• Program planning and source separation

  • Analyzing your waste stream

  • Compostable materials

  • Non-compostable materials

  • Designing a collection system

• Off-site composting

• On-site composting

  • Area requirements

  • Compost pad

  • Ground water and surface water protection

  • Water supply

  • Security

  • Odor controls

• Managing the compost site

• Composting with worms

For more information and to register, click here.