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North Carolina
Composting Council
 The North Carolina Composting Council, a chapter of the U.S. Composting Council,  focuses on topics and issues impacting commercial composting and allied industries.  It supports the programs of the U.S Composting Council , including the Seal of Testing Assurance (STA) program and International Compost Awareness Week.  Frank Franciosi, chairman.

CORC
(The Council formerly known as
the Carolinas Composting Council or CCC)

Carolinas Organics
Recycling Council

CORC is a council of the Carolina Recycling Association.  It promotes the recycling of organic residuals and by-products in North and South Carolina. This includes, but is not limited to, the support and fostering of a myriad of appropriate systems, technologies, and products, such as composting, anaerobic digestion, vermicomposting, compostable plastics, alternative fuels, alternative energy, agricultural outreach and soil enrichment. CONTACT:  Gary Bilbro, CORC president. MORE

Carolina Recycling Association conference.  View PowerPoint presentations from the March 2008 Organics Diversion session here. Topics include food rescue, food collection logistics, evaluating economic viability of an organics route, and International Compost Awareness Week in North Carolina. Or visit the CRA website.

NEWS

CCC becomes CORC. Reflecting the scope and growth of organics recycling in the Carolinas, the Carolinas Composting Council of the Carolina Recycling Association has changed its name to the Carolinas Organics Recycling Council.  With it comes an expanded mission that includes many systems, technologies, and products for reducing the volume of plant and animal-based materials that are currently being disposed of instead of reused/recycled.  This includes composting, anaerobic digestion, alternative fuels, alternative energy, agricultural outreach, soil enrichment, and other focus areas related to diversion and beneficial reuse.

Peter W. Klaich was recently appointed senior organics program manager for Garick Corporation.  MORE AT
http://www.garick.com/main.php/about_us/press_releases/53
  
 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Charleston Battery soccer team is looking for a composter for its PLA stadium cups for the coming season. Contact Austin Huff at 843-971-4625 or austin.huff@charlestonbattery.com.   31Mar2008

CALENDAR

Reserve your seat now!

 Compost School 2008. September 8-12 in Raleigh. Contact Craig Coker. 2008 course synopsis.  Brochure.  Registration form.

USE COMPOST.
SAVE WATER.
60% less runoff in Iowa study
Up to 50% less summer irrigation needs
Runoff 120% greater with no compost
Water-holding capacity of compost
Water stress and crop production
Compost benefits for viticulture soils

INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSTING C&D  -- Composting the American Dream POWERPOINT SLIDE SHOWS
These slide shows have been designed for you to download and present at local meetings or at the jobsite. Simply right-click on the link and "save as" to your computer. Save both the AUTORUN slide show and its sound file in the same folder. There is also a standard slide show, which requires a presenter.  Suggested narration is included in the Notes section. Neither version has been locked, and you are permitted to add your own images, local statistics, etc. to make the information specific to your company or locale. You do not have permission to run either show without the credits, make substantive changes, or extract images to use for any other purpose. Questions? Contact Lynn Lucas at llucas at mcgillcompost dot com.

BLOGS from the Carolinas
FDTF (food diversion)
Soil Food (composting beyond the backyard)

Landscape
with compost
FREE brochure from the Carolinas Composting Council

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